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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21/09/2006
Now I know how you manage to have so much stuff... You just ask to our english friends !
I could not imagine we can find french rugby shirt near Twickenham, even if it's a 1910's one :-)
Posted by: Pierre-Olivier | 21/09/2006 at 18:40
Auf Cource !
Posted by: Folie Privée | 23/09/2006 at 12:06
Quand je pense que c'est mon frère qui a recuperé toutes les cravates de la FFR de mon grand-père( à l'époque, il y en avait une par an)... en même temps c'est lui le rugbyman, mais on aurait presque pu en faire un museum of rugby !
Posted by: Largentula | 24/09/2006 at 21:55
ah merde... j'ai fais mon commentaire en français... oh ben remerde... celui-là aussi :)
Posted by: Largentula | 24/09/2006 at 21:56