The Rugby Racket

@sps_kayton Me too! there is a rugby top in the archive with this symbol sewn on and the house tie with skulls on it.

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@Frederic Thanks, possibly it looks very similar to Mitchell House caps

A more up to date version of our House symbols on a plate made to commemorate the exploits of a certain pupil. Do you know who the pupil was and what they did? #SchoolHouses

We hold a range of records for in our collection including sports annals, fasties, photographs, albums and even a few pieces of memorabilia. #FromTheArchive

@WarwickAlive @RugbySchool1567 also mention of architectural changes to the Old Quad in an issue of The Meteor printed in October 1893 but not what these are. bit.ly/36XBPfb I will keep an eye out fo…

@WarwickAlive @RugbySchool1567 I have had a look at a few different sources for this and can't pinpoint an exact date but I know that plans for New Quad were submitted in 1860 and although Temple pla…

@WarwickAlive @RugbySchool1567 I will have a look at life after Arnold and Rouse's History of Rugby School see what I can find

Old Quad hasn't changed much over the years (image 1843) twitter.com/HistoryRugby/s…

A slightly more up to date version of the House following-up caps. #SchoolHouses

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RT @hugh_barrow: 150 years ago this week a football team from Glasgow ventured across the border and played Liverpool and Manchester in suc…