Rag Rag : The Rag Rag Annual Magazine, 1935

University of Manchester Student Union

Rag Rag

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Volume 12 of the University of Manchester Rag Rag. Cover features a winking yellow sun coiled by a smiling blue snake, surrounded by red and gold arc and wave patterns. Proceeds from the magazine were donated to various charities – usually medical, and particularly the Manchester Royal Infirmary. This year, 20% percent of the Rag Rag’s estimated profits (£400) were allocated to the Ancoats Settlement.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Features include a spoof interview with ‘the king of the crooners’, a joke article on the French language and various cartoons. There are references to ‘panicky’ economic conditions and the League of Nations. Cartoons show sexualised female imagery and demeaning racial stereotypes.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>This volume’s comedic advertisements include Nathan Fine transport, Nulite fittings, Spark and Stephens building supplies, Rowlands Bros bakery, Salford Paint and Varnish Co., Grosvenor Garage, Pownall Park housing estate, Simpson’s motor service, John T Clarke stamp makers, Billy Brady bookmakers, Franklyn fireplaces and others.</p>