Keep Calm And Carry On

[azalaisdep]

The Resident Geek sent me this earlier.  (I can't think why he thought I might need it.)

I  WANT ONE.

(Perhaps this needs to become the new national motto, given that John Sergeant has pulled out of Strictly Come Dancing...)

Comments

[altariel]

There is one hanging in the room next to me, to the left of mraltariel's desk.

[azalaisdep]

Is yours that pillar-box shade of red? I am now coveting one for my birthday, but can't help feeling that red is not actually that calming, and hence not terribly conducive to the message being conveyed...

[altariel]

mraltariel finds the bright red cheering. He has Churchill on one side and Davros on the other.

[azalaisdep]

Splendid. It's a very Churchillian sentiment. (I'm not sure it's very Davros!)

[espresso_addict]

How fabulous!

[dolamrothdame]

It's very cool, Azalais. Very much stiff-upper-lip to this Yank. I find myself coveting one as well! What's impressive is that it doesn't look dated in the least. Until I read the link about the history, I would never have guessed that it was that old.

[azalaisdep]

Now, that's interesting - see, to me, the combination of the crown motif and the font very strongly says early-twentieth-century Britain. 1950s would be about as late as I could have believed it to be. From the '60s onwards you simply couldn't have put out a poster like that as official propaganda, unless you were being ironic - the very idea of a) being that overtly bossy and nannyish and b) invoking the monarchy in support of any political idea would I think have got your campaign laughed out of court