In 1942, at age 16, my mother went to work on a lathe at a factory in Suffolk which hand fabricated replacement parts for military vehicles from recycled steel.  The Luftwaffe tried to bomb it on a nightly basis. Workers evacuated when the air-raid sirens went off but only for a few nights.   They were losing too much production.  After that, they worked through the bombings and were never hit.  Her extended family from London all moved into their small house, sleeping 3 in a bed, on the floors and in the tub. 

Keep Calm and Carry On indeed.   These are not just words or slogans that some smug idler casts aside in an effort to cement his own status in history. They represent character, fortitude, discipline, civility, pragmatism, selflessness and courage.

At age 91, my mother has lost none of these characteristics and an outing with her in 2015 is still an ongoing battle against anarchy.

What will replace?  What is to come?