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Description: | Concept: civilian effort, health / safety, civilian personnel, workers, cartoons, industry, humorous, women / womens work Description: whole: The poster is double-sided. Side 1: the three images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow black border. The title and text are separate and placed along the top edge and bottom edge, in black. Further text is integrated and placed within each image, in black, and in blue outlined black. All set against a white background. Side 2: the five images are positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title is separate and located along the top edge, in blue with yellow shadowing. The text is separate and placed across the majority, in black, in blue and in yellow. All set against a white background. image 1: the first image shows the character of Percy Vere talking to a female worker with loose blond hair. He indicates a sign, warning to keep hair covered. In his right hand, he holds a guard from a piece of industrial machinery. In the second image, Percy's clothing catches in the unguarded machinery, pulling him off the ground. The final image is of Percy standing in tattered clothing, reading signs warning against loose clothing and the need for guards. The female worker, her hair now covered, stands and laughs. image 2: the first image is a depiction of Charlie the worker and his favourite chain. The second and third images are of Charlie and his foreman talking. The fourth image is of Charlie lying on the ground, having fallen from his broken chain. The final image is of Charlie rejecting his old chain, in favour of two annealed chains. text 1: (5) PERCY VERE by Mendoza TO KEEP YOUR HAIR ON - KEEP IT IN A HAIR ON THE HEAD IS WORTH TWO ROUND A DRILL EEK-EEK TO KEEP YOUR HAIR ON - KEEP IT IN A HAIR ON THE HEAD IS WORTH TWO ROUND A DRILL TO KEEP YOUR HAIR ON - KEEP IT IN A HAIR ON THE HEAD IS WORTH TWO ROUND A DRILL LOOSE CLOTHING IS DANGEROUS GUARDS ARE FOR YOUR PROTECTION Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1. MLG/98 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. text 2: CHARLIE'S CHAIN Charlie he had a favourite chain And Charlie he loved it so: Wherever he had to use a crane That chain was sure to go. The foreman he called in accents clear, 'Good morning, Charles! What fettle? 'Just get some gear and shift this 'ere 'Onto yon heap of metal.' You want that there put on this 'ere?' Says Charlie 'Why, that's soon done, sir, 'I'll go right back and get some gear 'And start the job at once, sir.' Charlie pulled out his precious chain And tested it with his weight, But its weakened links couldn't take the strain. (Poor Charlie came down on his pate.) Now Charlie has learned to distrust his pet. Its weakness has been revealed. In future he'll go to the stores and get A chain that has been annealed. Mendoza A CHAIN IS AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK IT MUST BE ANNEALED PERIODICALLY Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1. MLK/100 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. Object: industrial machine, chain | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mendoza Printer: Loxley Brothers Ltd, London and Sheffield Publisher/Sponsor: Ministry of Labour and National Service; Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3369... | Go to resource |
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