Keep Calm and Carry On and other Second World War Posters
British Home Front Propaganda Posters of the Second World War
Thanks for these today… I was too busy today to pay much notice to Twitter, so missed all the excitement about potential petrol tanker strike, and pasty tax… I knew about the stamps and have stocked up on a few:
I’d seen people on Facebook talking about filling their baths up, and debating what else to hoard!! Another good one has come in from Twitter:
Well, officially it’s a garden ornament, but I don’t have a garden! Thanks to Wendy & Suzi who gave this to me for my birthday, and Megan who spotted it! And thanks for the lift home with it…
One of those few things that I’ve actually bought – discovered in a small shop in the Lake District!
Another nice video – I guess what this teaches you is that I need to get my own video made!
TweetI have always said I’d be a little skeptical if a chunk of posters turned up in someone’s attic, but it appears that these are genuine. We have always been a little unsure what had happened to the posters, and research indicated that they may have been pre-circulated … if not, then they were likely pulped in the paper shortages, and it’s likely many who received them would have done so… so many posters exhorting paper saving:
Read the full story. I posted a comment redirecting people to the information written for my PhD, as it’s been garbled, but the Daily Mail clearly strips out ANY links…
TweetRead this article I’ve just had published today on Christianised versions of Keep Calm and Carry On:
Charlie Brooker, always one to speak plainly, put getting rid of Keep Calm variations on the top of his ‘Don’t Do in 2012′ list… not sure it’s had much effect!
Read the rest of the article … what else does Charlie Brooker think needs banning?
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