Mapping rugby Baines Cards...

Arggh... this blog is getting nowhere... this is only my second post since the beginning of November as I have tons of things to do... both business and personnal... and little time left to collect and display rugby memorabilia...

For instance, I recently came across some 20 of these wonderful Baines cards... that could be a nice opportunity to tell some stories about the Northern Union or Rugby League...

Instead, I started a useless (who knows...?) project : localize on a map all the rugby clubs featured on Baines Cards !

I have placed "pins" on a Google Map from my own collection... I have sometimes added a thumbnail picture of the card as well...
"My" Baines Cards can make you travel down to New Zealand... but, without any surprise, there is a high concentration of rugby places in the heart of industrial England - between Liverpool and Leeds -, especially around Manningham, Bradford where Mr Baines establihed his trade card business.

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This is an "open project" : you're invited to add your own Baines Cards onto the map (if you find it difficult to manage, just post the name of the locations in the "comments" of this post)

Add your own cards !

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