The Rugby Racket

If anyone does know why Sunday tea was called piffer do let us know.

If anyone knows the recipe for Rugby Bread do let us know #SchoolFood

I wonder if the Tuck Box in our collection was actually used to store food? #SchoolFood #FromTheArchive

RT @OakhamArchives: Our December blog looks at the history of the @OakhamSch swimming pool. https://t.co/8Dh8n0…

RT @BBCArchive: 1968: Children discussed their favourite school lunches. BBC Archive doesn't know where this was filmed, but we'…

Frederick Temple was born in 1821. He was Head Master of Rugby School from 1858-1869.

@PFdn_Archives @CrescentSchRug Yes we think it is :-)

The Rugby School Natural History Society Discussed many topics including eating seaweed in 1870. #SchoolFood

#Health Here is a picture of the school's old sanitorium from a photo album compiled in 1902. Can you spot the nurse? #ExploreYourArchive

@Frederic I haven't seen anything so far to indicate any staff teams at the time but I will let you know if I do come across anything.

@Frederic Hayman chasing Jex-Blake might be representing his turbulent Head Mastership and his resignation which is a complex story (don't have enough characters on twitter) and I would recommend rea…

@Frederic I'll have to go over to the museum and take a look at it for you to see if there is any more information with the cartoon. Temple and Hayman were Jex-Blakes predecessors though two masters …