The Rugby Racket

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…

X is also for Rugby XV vs @UppinghamSchool XV 1924 #ArchiveZ

RT @explorearchives: It’s less than a month until our Launch Week begins! Your archive can get involved on social media…

Our project isn't quite at the stage where we are ready to start our programme but we do accession new material arriving into the collection including this programme and notes for The Beggars Opera p…

@VadeMcum2 @RugbySchool1567 Thank you for this, isn't it interesting how the ages of the pupils entering and leaving varied in nineteenth century.

#OTD in 1822 the author of Tom Brown's School Days, Thomas Hughes was born. He entered the School in February 1834 age 11. He boarded in School House and his Head Master was Thomas Arnold. Not sure w…

X is for another publication from the Members of Rugby school X.Y.Z a rival to T.V.W and The Meteor first published in 1878. #ArchiveZ

#OTD in 1920 the Debating Society discussed a motion condemning the cinema. The full report on this debate can be found in The Meteor November 1920. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Filename.ashx?…

Thank you @OxonMuseum! We have many ORs who went to Oxford but I thought we would share this print we need to investigate the provenance of

RT @explorearchives: W is for WEBSITE! Interested in learning more about archives? Want some resources to help you teach others about arch…

W is also for William Webb Ellis He entered the school after midsummer 1816 when Dr John Wooll DD was Head Master. #ArchiveZ

W is for Whitelaw Cap #ArchiveZ

The Bloxamian A Weekly Magazine October 14th to December 16th 1911 devoted to the interests of Bloxam House. Includes an interesting detective story "The Stolen Picture" featuring the great detective…