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…