The Rugby Racket

#DidYouKnow that apart from Town and School, all Rugby School's houses took the name of their House Master until 1930, when Sheriff House was built. In February 1931 Cotton and Tudor were named, with…

As it is here is a retweet from what was going on in the @TempleReading at @RugbySchool1567 in a time far far away... twitter.com/custosrotuloru…

Today at Rugby School we are celebrating the Arnold Foundation's 18th Birthday. These are just some of the items you'll find in our archives.

#WhyArchives They give us a sense of identity and understanding of our own and others culture and traditions. They can also give us a sense of belonging in society especially when we work to make arc…

This is the Rugbeian Society Collection (formally Old Rugbeian Society) it includes: Annotated Registers War Numbers of The Meteor A draft and copy of a history of the ORS Minutes of Meetings Newslet…

#Archive30 day 26 I think the photo of one of our mannequins says it all

We've had parts of the collection cleaned by Harwell and returned to us in 2020. #ConservationWin

We've been working on our accessions backlog checking and recording items donated to the collections over the years and now have over 660 records on our accessions database. #MiniMilestones

#ArchiveInclusion The contribution of women to the life of the school in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century is recorded throughout the archives in books, artwork, notebooks and photog…

Just some of the different outfits you would need for school at Rugby in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. #ArchiveFashion

@sps_kayton I really like how they have posed for the photographs.

@doctoruprichard This information comes from a PowerPoint written in 2017 so can't be certain of a date. I am thinking of creating a quiz or survey on words/phrases used at Rugby School to see when o…

RT @SportsCentreRS: We’re 3️⃣0️⃣ We’d like to say a huge thank you all of the team - past & present who have helped shape the centre to wh…

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 …