The Rugby Racket

Some of the prizes awarded in June 1840 by the Trustees of Rugby School.

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#Museum30 a view through our stereoscope.

#OTD in 1882 Percy Wyndham Lewis was born. He was an English writer, painter, and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited BLAST, the literary magazine of the Vorticist…

On August 25th 1845 three boys were appointed to write the rules of football (Rugby). On 28th August they became the laws of the School. #Origin

It was a very early start if you were an upper classical side student at Rugby School in 1902. At least you had a 2 hour and 45-minute in the afternoon.

RT @ICSHC: @RugSch_Heritage

For we give you the first page of the first edition of The Meteor published February 7th 1867.

#Musuem30 Trees on The Close on a winter's day. You can just make out the Chapel and School House in the background.

#OTD in 1932 Donald Michie FRSE FBCS was born. He was a British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, …

RT @RugbySchool1567: Tomorrow the whole school will gather on The Close to remember the six hundred and eighty-two former students who died…

This is the Rugby School War Register. It was created after the First World War recording the names of 1001 Old Rugbeians who fought in that war. 682 of those names appear on the walls of the Memoria…