Never Scrape or Bump the Kerb
A red panel shows a tyre wall grinding against a stone kerb, with an arrow, and a pointing hand at right. The text warns that the habit 'leads to the early collapse of tyre walls', a mild appeal to the fear of losing scarce tyres.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- H.M. Stationery Office (government), printed by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd, London N.W.10
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
H.M. Stationery Office; printed by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd, 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives, RG 44.
Text on the object
TYRE WALLS AND FABRIC ARE GROUND BETWEEN STEEL RIM AND STONE KERB NEVER SCRAPE OR BUMP THE KERB -it leads to the early collapse of tyre walls PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY LOWE & BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD., LONDON. N.W.10 51-2751.
