The Rugby Racket

X is also for Rugby XV vs @UppinghamSchool XV 1924 #ArchiveZ

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Our project isn't quite at the stage where we are ready to start our programme but we do accession new material arriving into the collection including this programme and notes for The Beggars Opera p…

@VadeMcum2 @RugbySchool1567 Thank you for this, isn't it interesting how the ages of the pupils entering and leaving varied in nineteenth century.

#OTD in 1822 the author of Tom Brown's School Days, Thomas Hughes was born. He entered the School in February 1834 age 11. He boarded in School House and his Head Master was Thomas Arnold. Not sure w…

X is for another publication from the Members of Rugby school X.Y.Z a rival to T.V.W and The Meteor first published in 1878. #ArchiveZ

#OTD in 1920 the Debating Society discussed a motion condemning the cinema. The full report on this debate can be found in The Meteor November 1920. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Filename.ashx?…

Thank you @OxonMuseum! We have many ORs who went to Oxford but I thought we would share this print we need to investigate the provenance of

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W is also for William Webb Ellis He entered the school after midsummer 1816 when Dr John Wooll DD was Head Master. #ArchiveZ

W is for Whitelaw Cap #ArchiveZ

The Bloxamian A Weekly Magazine October 14th to December 16th 1911 devoted to the interests of Bloxam House. Includes an interesting detective story "The Stolen Picture" featuring the great detective…