The Rugby Racket

#Museum30 We have lots of artwork in the School Museum

RT @RugbySchool1567: Today the school gathered on The Close to remember #lestweforget

Today we remember all those Rugbeians who gave so much for us and future generations. #RemembranceDay #SchoolRemembrance .@SchoolArchives1

@EtonArchives We have more in Old Big School on the walls and one of the houses has a table top on the wall.

#Museum30 #Wood These were removed from Upper Bench sometime between 1875 and 1886, to be replaced with desks. The tops were attached to the walls of the room. Boys were permitted to carve their name…

The Rugby School Memorial Chapel was dedicated 1922. #SchoolRemembrance .@SchoolArchives1

During and The Meteor and Old Rugbeian Society Newsletters recorded casualties of the war who had attended Rugby School. They also recorded honours awarded. #SchoolRemembrance .@SchoolArchives1

On 7th December 1878 Rugby School Natural History Society discussed the electric light. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/… #SchoolLights .@SchoolArchives1

Plan of the close 1891, shewing [showing] the elm trees.

While looking for something on I learnt something new about flood lights from a Meteor article about a physics trip to Rugby Theatre in 2002. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/… .@SchoolArchive…

Regulations for House Runs 1893

#SchoolLights - The first electric lights were introduced to Rugby Town by Rugbeian John Alexander McMullen in 1893.

@PFdn_Archives That is a fantastic drawing!

Rules of House singing competition 1893

New Big School - now Macready

School House in the 1850s

1880s Football with one of the earliest rubber bladders

@PFdn_Archives It's a slide viewer, you slot you slide in and it magnifies it for you.

One of my favourite pieces of equipment.

Cricket Score Book showing the 'Tom Brown' match 1841. Thomas Hughes was opening bat for Rugby.

Recollections of Rugby School in 1806 by Charles John Hume, 1806-1816 in Bucknill (now extinct) and Town.

@doctoruprichard You're welcome "Notes on the characters and incidents depicted by the master hand of Tom Hughes in Tom Brown's schooldays by Selfe, Sydney" is an interesting read on how closely the …

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These hands are from the 18th century clock on top of School House. In "Tom Brown's School Days" Tom climbs onto the roof and carves his name on the hands and stops the clock. The name T Hughes is vi…