The Story Of Keep Calm And Carry On

The same story which I based one of my shirt designs on:

The design i’m referring to of course is the Keep Calm And Carry One t-shirt.   Pretty neat history to the original poster.  I’m always surprised to hear 2.5M posters were printed at the beginning of WWII, and yet none surfaced until the year 2000.  I suppose paper is pretty fragile for long term storage if the conditions are not ideal.   I’m just waiting for a huge stockpile to be found someday so I can pick up an original to hang on the wall.


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11 responses to “The Story Of Keep Calm And Carry On”

  1. Church Avatar

    Hmm. Cool story.

  2. VERY cool story I didn’t know about.
    I definitively need a poster !

  3. Rignerd Avatar

    This was later shortened to “don’t panic” by Douglas Adams.

  4. JonMac Avatar

    Yeah, except that I’ve found two references to the posters actually being put up during the war, contrary to their claims.

    You can’t move in the UK without seeing the damn things, or some parody of them. Though obviously the ENDO one is an exception ;)

  5. dave w Avatar

    i hope you are giving royalties per shirt to Adolf Hitlers estate.

    1. ENDO-Mike Avatar
      ENDO-Mike

      Hope no longer! That’s where 85.23% of the proceeds go. *eye roll*

      1. dave w Avatar

        is that tax deductible?

  6. ZBalentine Avatar
    ZBalentine

    On a side note…That’s probably the coolest book store I’ve ever seen.

  7. I agree with ZBalentine. I’m a book nut and that book store is phenomenal.

  8. This was great. Thanks for posting it.

  9. The bookstore is so cool because it’s owned by someone named MANL(e)Y.