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.
Comments and faves
Angus R Shamal [OFF], chibietotoro13, .ste., erda28, and 116 other people added this photo to their favorites.
dawn m. armfield (60 months ago | reply)
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).
Angus R Shamal [OFF] (60 months ago | reply)
brilliant poster. I would have loved to have it on my wall!
iconic even now, out of context
Levan Kakabadze (tabu) (60 months ago | reply)
great words and poster! thanks for link on store!
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genevievew (60 months ago | reply)
I have this poster on my wall! Believe me, I look to it often, and it helps!
TamnLu Productions (60 months ago | reply)
I love it, both the poster and the shop!
Nocturnales (60 months ago | reply)
One scary poster... I would like to see it on the streets of our cities.
nasha lina (60 months ago | reply)
bookstore sounds like my kinda place!!! and yeah, i need a tat of this on my hand :-)
seymour templar (60 months ago | reply)
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
velco (60 months ago | reply)
and ofcourse, the glorious Gill
Sean Hogan - 何祥 (60 months ago | reply)
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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Joe Dixon (59 months ago | reply)
I love this poster!
TGKW (55 months ago | reply)
Wonderful poster, something which we (and our governments) ought to bear in mind now.
billpan45 (52 months ago | reply)
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.
SallyB2 (51 months ago | reply)
Hi.
Just to let you know that I have borrowed this piccie for a piece on www.londonist.com.
Ta.
nookinwales (49 months ago | reply)
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.
Bella Luna Creative (46 months ago | reply)
Brilliant! I used this as inspiration for my own take!!! Check it out!
InkPencil (39 months ago | reply)
Thank you for making this photo available as a creative commons picture! You can see how it was used here.
Keep carrying on, calmly!
D for Derivative (37 months ago | reply)
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!
Doctor Power (15 months ago | reply)
Hi, love the picture. I used it in my blog, you can find it here: www.horndasch.net/2011/03/studienplatzvergabe -was-tun-wen...
Best,
Sebastian