Museum of Rugby, Twickenham

A friend of mine recently visited the RFU Museum of Rugby at Twickenham and sent me some pictures in return. It seems to be a great place for memorabilia fans ... and I will surely arrange a visit next time I go to London...

Oddly, one of these pictures - partly dedicated to French memorabilia - provides an answer to a long lasting question : why is this poster print named "Le Football de Salon" ("The drawing room football") ?



And the answer is... because this print is copied from a table game (a kind of early XXth century Subbuteo  ?)  as evidenced in this dipslay proposed by the Rugby Museum !



BTW the French trade card in the bottom left corner of this picture is a wonderful trade card from French department store Le Bon Marché, showing a fine rugby scene inside...


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