Keep calm - have a coffee

[Booldawg]

I've noticed this slogan used alot recently, signs at work, on coffee cups etc. You know the one I mean, it has a crown above the slogan, pretty much like the UK treasury one.

Who has popularised its usage?

[mccfluff]

never seen it...

[jackthehat]

It was originally Keep Calm and Carry On......and appeared on posters distributed towards the end of the war.

http://www.keepcalmandcarryon.com/history/

[RATTER15]

Ive never seen it.

[Booldawg]

having a quick search on amazon the official one is 'keep calm and carry on' looks like some governmental poster from ww2.

Just wonder why and how its been popularised recently.

[Booldawg]

lol thanks JTH - just read your answer after submitting my last.

[maggiebee]

There was a woman on Antiques Roadshow a few weeks ago who had about 25 originals of this poster. Because they were used only for a short time then discarded, hers are worth a lot of money.

[parkie]

The way things are going those posters will be making a comeback. Anyone ready to 'dig for victory'?