The Rugby Racket

#OnThisDay in 1882 Percy Wyndham Lewis was born. He came to Rugby School in 1897 and left in 1898. He was in Stallard House now Tudor. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art.

@EtonCollections when was the school's Rifle Corps started? According to a report in The Meteor in 1867 an enrolled Rifle Corp was being formed. #FromTheArchive #SchoolCCF

Rugby formed in 1860 This is one of the earliest photographs we have of the Rifle Corps in July 1903. #FromTheArchive

@sps_kayton Perhaps we should start a timeline of dates @BredonSchool @CanfordSchool @OswestrySchool and @ExeterSchoolUK do you know when your CCFs were established? #FromTheArchive

@sps_kayton We still have ours which has been going for 160 years this year

This week we are looking at the history of our with We're going to start with a letter in The Meteor June 3rd 1869 from a Private in the Rifle Corps. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

RT @RugbySchool1567: Requiem Mass from the chapel was streamed last night with beautiful singing You can watch it here: https://t.co/p1R…

@StSwithunsArch @StSwithunsGirls You can post anytime of the week you like :-) fab images. Thanks for joining us.

#FromtheArchive Records on our include: Orders of Service, art work, objects, guides to the Chapel and Memorial Chapel, books of sermons by various Head Masters and pupils and a record book of the ch…

#ThrowbackThursdays This was the front cover of The Meteor 50 years ago in November 1970.

Monday's post included a drawing of the old chapel (seen below). The foundation stone was laid by Dr Wooll in 1818 and the first building designed by Henry Hakewill. It was enlarged between 1848 and …

RT @RugbySchool1567: Today students gathered on The Close as part of They each stood next to a small wooden cross, symbol…

#FromTheArchive #SchoolChapel We also have a Memorial Chapel dedicated to those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. Today we remember all Rugbeians who have lost their lives in t…

Time for some "In Rugby Chapel" reprinted in The Phoenix June 1904 written by OR. The Phoenix was a paper edited by members of Rugby School. #FromTheArchive

Tomorrow is We have a number of memorials in our Chapel dedicated to those ORs who have given their lives in different wars and conflicts. We also have a number of memorial books. You can find the me…

#FromtheArchive This week it is We have had two chapels, the second one was built by Butterfield and consecrated in 1872.

RT @MassObsArchive: Just in time for. Episode one of A Taste of History with @Stellastar80 (using recipes from the MOA). Thi…

This weeks is all about. Doesn't just have to be the building why not share your memories of events, services or assemblies at school or even religious studies while at school.

#RemembranceSunday We will remember them twitter.com/RugbySchool156…

Archives of do you have any school archives you'd like to share with us? @Chambearlin @CovUniArchives @MACEarchive @MRCWarwick

@StSwithunsArch @StSwithunsGirls Excellent first post

#ArchiveZ Z is for "An Hour at the Zoo" a report given at the School's Natural History Society meeting 27th March 1886.

Really looking forward to this, thanks @KEArchive, @NThorpeBS, @OundleArchive and @sps_Kayton for your support. 2nd November - 9th November - 16th November - 23rd November - 30th November - twitter.c…

@SchoolArchives1 @StonyArchivum Just been looking through all the great contributions for today look forward to seeing more over the next few months!

Great Interpretation of our theme for. Look out for in February. twitter.com/adnansamiaddic…

Between now and 31st March we will be bringing you a different type of school archives with Why not join us sharing your school heritage or memories This week is

#OnThisDay in 1923 Rugby School celebrated 100 years of Football. The Centenary Match was played on the close England-Wales V Scotland-Ireland.

Looking forward to starting next week. Who else is joining in? twitter.com/OundleArchive/…

RT @RugbyGallery: Fancy creating a Halloween drawing? 🎃 Check out this draw along with local illustrator Jess 🕷 twitter.com/jessiillustrat…

#OTD In 1950 the Debating Society held a Staff Debate on the motion - "that it is better to have something you don't want than not to have something you do". Some very interesting arguments which you…

#ArchiveMystery I often wonder what has happened to the photographs which are missing from the 1902 photograph album. On this page I can clearly see there are two missing one had a description and on…

Y is for Yours truly which is how one of the first published correspondence in The Meteor signed off in 1867. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/default.aspx #ArchiveZ

RT @CHilton_BB: I talked about this and why it might happen in the Red House podcast earlier this year (brittenpears.org/explore/benjam…, season 1 e…

#OTD in 1940 A Rackets Match took place Rugby School V Radley. #SportHistory

This is 'Old Sam' a porter at Rugby School who was responsible for locking the Quad and Close Gates. He lived on Sam's Farm which is where the new cricket pavilion stands according to the caption. Ph…

RT @btsportrugby: "He was a very creative, very intelligent footballer. He was able to control the pitch." Jimmy Peters was the first bla…