425 26 KEEP CALM AND CARRY ONE: THE CIVILIAN GAS MASK CASE AND ITS CONTAINMENT OF BRITISH EMOTIONS Mats Fridlund Box: general civilian anti-gas respirator carrying case. Size and shape: 17 cm x 13 cm x 11 cm rectangular cardboard box with two faps under main lid and a string strap flled with a gas mask of small, medium or large size. Colour: brown. Behaviour: containing, protecting, swinging from shoulders or on hangers in homes or workplaces, rarely opened, never activated but always present. Habitat: throughout the United Kingdom. Distribution: spoted in big British cities and especially in London; some 50 million during its active phase. Migration: during the Second World War many travelled from public places to private homes and into dark closets. Status: currently more or less extinct except for some remaining specimens in museums, at fea markets, and on eBay. Keywords: comforting , protecting , carrying , threatening , mobilising , signalling , awakening , fightening , waiting , simulating , practising , training