The Rugby Racket

#OnThisDay in 1882 Percy Wyndham Lewis was born. He came to Rugby School in 1897 and left in 1898. He was in Stallard House now Tudor. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art.

@EtonCollections when was the school's Rifle Corps started? According to a report in The Meteor in 1867 an enrolled Rifle Corp was being formed. #FromTheArchive #SchoolCCF

Rugby formed in 1860 This is one of the earliest photographs we have of the Rifle Corps in July 1903. #FromTheArchive

@sps_kayton Perhaps we should start a timeline of dates @BredonSchool @CanfordSchool @OswestrySchool and @ExeterSchoolUK do you know when your CCFs were established? #FromTheArchive

@sps_kayton We still have ours which has been going for 160 years this year

This week we are looking at the history of our with We're going to start with a letter in The Meteor June 3rd 1869 from a Private in the Rifle Corps. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

RT @RugbySchool1567: Requiem Mass from the chapel was streamed last night with beautiful singing You can watch it here: https://t.co/p1R…

@StSwithunsArch @StSwithunsGirls You can post anytime of the week you like :-) fab images. Thanks for joining us.

#FromtheArchive Records on our include: Orders of Service, art work, objects, guides to the Chapel and Memorial Chapel, books of sermons by various Head Masters and pupils and a record book of the ch…

#ThrowbackThursdays This was the front cover of The Meteor 50 years ago in November 1970.

Monday's post included a drawing of the old chapel (seen below). The foundation stone was laid by Dr Wooll in 1818 and the first building designed by Henry Hakewill. It was enlarged between 1848 and …

RT @RugbySchool1567: Today students gathered on The Close as part of They each stood next to a small wooden cross, symbol…