The Rugby Racket

#DidYouKnow that until 1913 top hats were worn on Sundays by members of the School. They were replaced by white straw hats.

@Carthusiana I believe so, will keep an eye out to see if there are any others.

#OTD Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG was born: British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (tw…

We are really looking forward to this year's @SchoolArchives1 campaign starting on 1st November twitter.com/SchoolArchives…

Some of the House caps in the Museum in 1968 they where replaced by House ties.

The Green Pavilion is the School's oldest Cricket Pavilion and over the years the environment has changed around it. #HBAHEnvironment

“LEISURE” An address to senior members at the School by the Right Honourable the Lord Kennet, P.C., G.B.E., D.S.O., D.S.C. printed in the Meteor July 28th 1953 #exploreyourarchive #Adventure

@ICSHC @RugbySchool1567 @Rugby_Sch_sport

Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather entered Rugby School in 1905 and left in 1908 (Wilson now Cotton) his entry in the Memorials of the Great War can be found here: rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Rollof…

This is 1 Hillmorton Road not sure of the date but probably taken when it was Kilbracken's location.

#NationalPoetryDay twitter.com/RugSch_Heritag…

Map of Rugby from 1932 indicating where members of the School were not permitted to ride their bike.