It is believed that most of the Keep Calm posters were destroyed and reduced to a pulp at the end of the war in 1945. Other companies followed suit, and the design rapidly began to be used as the theme for a wide range of products. The couple framed it and hung it up by the cash register and it attracted so much interest that Manley began to produce and sell copies.
in Alnwick, Northumberland, was sorting through a box of used books bought at auction when he uncovered one of the original “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters. In 2000, Stuart Manley, co-owner with his wife Mary of Barter Books Ltd. Over 2,500,000 copies were printed, although the poster was distributed only in limited numbers, and never saw public display. It was intended to be distributed in order to strengthen morale in the event of a wartime disaster and in particular German Invasion. The poster was initially produced by the Ministry of Information, at the beginning of the Second World War.
A range of items proclaiming the Second World War Slogan “KEEP CALM, CARRY ON”, straight and humorous
