5 posts tagged Baines cards

Does Dreaming Make You Rich? Back in the good old days of school, the teachers would often catch us for daydreaming in class and not paying attention. "Stop dreaming! Dreaming will get you nowhere," yelled the teacher. Is it really so? Does 'dreaming' really get you nowhere in life? The answer is 'Yes'...and 'No'.

This is a Baines card - c.1900 - and myth is falling into pieces...! I've always been said that rugby in Home Countries was a gentlemen's game... How could this shouting crowd run after an umpire in such a trivial way... ? Possibly because it's Northern Union (*) rugby ...

This is a Baines card - c.1900 - and myth is falling into pieces...! I've always been said that rugby in Home Countries was a gentlemen's game... How could this shouting crowd run after an umpire in such a trivial way... ? Possibly because it's Northern Union (*) rugby ...

This is a Baines card - c.1900 - and myth is falling into pieces...! I've always been said that rugby in Home Countries was a gentlemen's game... How could this shouting crowd run after an umpire in such a trivial way... ? Possibly because it's Northern Union (*) rugby ...

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...