The Rugby Racket

@Brunel_Library @BrunelSpecColl We don't have anything like those but we do have this in our Museum.

@Brunel_Library @BrunelSpecColl We don't have anything like those but we do have this in our Museum.

In the 2000 issue of The Meteor you can find out more about the history of Chemistry lessons and laboratories at Rugby School. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/… twitter.com/RugSch_Heritag…

Image of a science lab from The Meteor 2000

In the nineteenth and twentieth century houses used to keep annals and journals about events and daily life. In March 1867 one room (house to be identified) kept an annal all of its own.

Weather reports for June are as close as I can get to the School Holidays although June 1903 appears not to have been ideal, 'disagreeable' even. #HolidayWeather #ArchiveHoliday

#DidYouKnow Butlers Leap in Rugby was named after Arthur Butler who jumped across the river at this point. He entered Rugby School in August 1844 and was in School House.

Rugby School Caps from c1850s Can you work out which of todays bording houses they belong to?

@BrunelUniArch yes of course, email is archive@rugbyschool.net. Good look with your move!

If you are researching your family history why not visit our digital archive here rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Authenticated/… #HBAHRoots

#OnThisDay in 1861 English biologist William Bateson was born. He attended Rugby School from 1875-1879 and was in Hutchinson’s (Bradley).

RT @BeginsHistory: Do you know where your parents/grandparents went to school? Who were they friends with? What were their favourite subjec…