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The Term 'The Bodger' is no longer in use

In 1896, it was customary for one of the Lower Bench to warn of the Head Master’s approach to the classroom. A phrase from a popular song would be sung; (‘Our lodger is a jolly fellow.’). One day, a …

Our Archive is full of people and their stories This is H A James Head Master 1895-1910 nicknamed "The Bodger". The James Pavilion on The Close is named after him. #ArchivePeople #Archive30

#SomeThingNew to our collection Rugby School Calendars

@sps_kayton 😂Perhaps that should be a suggestion in the catalogue entry.

#ArchiveMystery - we still don't know what this hat was for

Day 18 this is a model of part of the school #ArchiveBuilding

It's nearly time to take the humidity and temperature readings in the storerooms. #ArchiveEnvironment

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#FavouriteItem, one of mine is the 1902 photograph album which not only includes photographs of school buildings, staff and pupils it also includes the school cockatoo. #Archive30

In 1914 four Tibetan boys joined the school. In Advent term 2020 we uncovered more of their story told in in an Old Rugbeian Newsletter from April 1988. They arrived in 1913 and were sent to Berlitz …

Lots of sports are played at Rugby School. This includes Rackets and Fives. This is the Fives and Rackets Courts built by William Butterfield (1861). #SportArchives #SportingHeritage #Archive30

@ReptonThePriory @sps_kayton @SchoolArchives1 Thank you for this info, really helpful and I will up date our records :-)

@sps_kayton Oh no! We believe we are the only school who still has their one. It would be good to know if anyone else still has their number @SchoolArchives1

RT @RugbySchool1567: May His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh rest in peace As a school, we were fortunate to welcome h…

The Schools Class Locomotive was introduced in 1930 each one bearing the name of a Public School. When they were removed from service Rugby received their plate. #ArchiveObject #Archive30

Getting in touch and asking us questions can also help us to identify and give context our collections such as these electrotype coins made by the British Museum. #Archive30 #ArchiveOutreach

If you have any questions about our history or think we can help you with your research please get in touch with via our remote enquiry service rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/authenticated/… #Archive30 #A…

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@sps_kayton Interestingly it wasn't in the glossary of terms from the 1940s.

@sps_kayton I know, I might get the slang book out later to see if it is there.

#ArchiveFoodandDrink #Archive30 At one time Sunday Tea was known as Piffer.

@doctoruprichard These are our two smallest Rugby balls about 14cm in length.

@doctoruprichard I'll go and measure them when I'm in the store room and let you know.

#unusualItem in our collection a locket of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's hair cut when he was 16 years old. #Archive30 I know other archives have hair in their collections but has anyone else got it…

#ArchivesFromHome This often involves a lot of reading and research via our online archive. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Authenticated/… #Archive30

RT @RugbySchool1567: Happy Easter everyone #wholepersonwholepoint

#Archive30 day 4 it's Here is the smallest cricket bat and ball in our collection.

For we have some of Sanitorium Equipment, record books and a photograph from the Old San. #Archive30

#WhereYouStarted We are currently trying to build an administrative history of our archives but it probably started with our foundation documents and the Will of Lawrence Sheriff #Archive30

We are the Rugby School Archives and Special Collections and hold a variety of material from letters to photographs to art work to vinyl records. We look forward to sharing more over the next 30 days…

Records of The Crick run have been kept since 1837. The first record run was completed by E B Kellett in 1889, 12 1/4 miles in 1 hour 15 minutes 15 seconds. (can you see when his time was beaten?) #S…

I'm not sure if Gertrude Hayes is the first female Art Mistress but certainly the first we have a record of. Gertrude Hayes taught during 1914-1918 and we hold some of her etchings in our collection.…

This is the last week of and we are ending on One of our firsts is William Webb Ellis running with the ball in 1823.

Did you know that Lewis Carroll and Arthur Ransome attended Rugby School? #SchoolAlumni #fromthearchives