Keep Calm And Carry On

This facsimile of an old World War 2 British Government (never issued) poster I bought from the fabulous Barter Books in Alnwick (pronounced "Anick"), a week or so back.

Barter books is a dream for someone like me. A converted old railway station full of secondhand books! There's a coffee point and open log fires. You can sit in the old station waiting room and read all day if you like. And of course you can buy books, if you've got the dosh.

Alnwick Castle, by the way, is Hogwarts and can be seen (CGI enhanced) in some of the Harry Potter movies.

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dawn m. armfield says:

The bookstore is beautiful. What an amazing history it has to it. I could get lost on their web site for hours (and can only imagine what the actual bookstore would do to me).
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

angus_rs [OFF] says:

brilliant poster. I would have loved to have it on my wall!
iconic even now, out of context
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Levan Kakabadze (tabu) says:

great words and poster! thanks for link on store!
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

genevievew says:

I have this poster on my wall! Believe me, I look to it often, and it helps!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

TamnLu Productions says:

I love it, both the poster and the shop!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Nocturnales says:

One scary poster... I would like to see it on the streets of our cities.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

nasha lina says:

bookstore sounds like my kinda place!!! and yeah, i need a tat of this on my hand :-)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

major deegan says:

brilliant, as angus was saying.
in a way, a different meaning from an all too recent one: "keep calm and keep shopping".

unforgettable words of wisdom by george dubious bush after the drama of 9/11
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

velco says:

and ofcourse, the glorious Gill
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Sean Hogan - 何祥  says:

A motto for our new times? I came across you via Nasha65 (seems to be happenning a lot recently, she attracts quality I guess). Anyway, I really like this.

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Joe DIXON says:

I love this poster!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

TGKW says:

Wonderful poster, something which we (and our governments) ought to bear in mind now.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

billpan45 says:

In NYC two days after 9/11, I spotted a note someone left on a wall: Stay calm, stay calm.
It has worked for me ever since, but this British poster is my new slogan.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

SallyB2 says:

Hi.
Just to let you know that I have borrowed this piccie for a piece on www.londonist.com.
Ta.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

nookinwales says:

I didn't see the poster during the war.
But I DID keep calm in spite of
being eight at the time.
I am English and remember it all.
Hi, to all my American friends.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Bella Seven says:

Brilliant! I used this as inspiration for my own take!!! Check it out!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

InkPencil says:

Thank you for making this photo available as a creative commons picture! You can see how it was used here.

Keep carrying on, calmly!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

D for Derivative says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a brand new group called The View from Airstrip One.

We're inspired by movies such as '1984' and 'V for Vendetta' and we're collecting images that chronicle the UK's dystopian present.

Your image exactly captures this mood, and we'd love to have it added to the group! And please consider joining our group - we'd love to have you as a regular contributor!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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