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title: Forward Together - Keep in Step by Saving (Post Office Savings Bank)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-forward-together-keep-in-step-post-office-savings-bank-1943/
description: Dozens of national flags, among them the Union Jack, the US, Soviet, Chinese and Greek flags, fly in diagonal ranks above the slogan 'Forward together
section: Collection
---

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[![Forward Together - Keep in Step by Saving, 1943 UK poster: Dozens of national flags, among them the Union Jack, the US](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-forward-together-keep-in-step-post-office-savings-bank-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-forward-together-keep-in-step-post-office-savings-bank-1943.jpg)

# Forward Together - Keep in Step by Saving (Post Office Savings Bank)

Dozens of national flags, among them the Union Jack, the US, Soviet, Chinese and Greek flags, fly in diagonal ranks above the slogan 'Forward together - keep in step by saving'. The crowd of flags is the bandwagon tell: the saver is shown joining a marching coalition, and 'forward together' is a virtue phrase that names no specific ask beyond the bank named in the banner.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Forward together
keep in step by Saving
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK
P.B.51.
MR 43
```

[← Eisenhower Thanks Us (Ministry of Supply No. 103)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-eisenhower-thanks-us-royal-ordnance-factories-1943/) [Our Rollers keep 'em flying! (Ministry of Supply No. 99) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-our-rollers-keep-em-flying-ministry-of-supply-1943/)

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