Rag Rag : The Rag Rag Annual Magazine, 1939

University of Manchester Student Union

Rag Rag

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Volume 16 of the University of Manchester Rag Rag. Cover features a bold heraldic graphic design with one panel of a red and yellow coiled snake and one panel of black silhouettes of figures on a yellow background. The editorial describes this as the first ‘Meunuch [Munich?] Edition’. Proceeds from the magazine were donated to various medical charities in Manchester.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Features include joke advice for air raids in a future war, a comedy announcement of a Rag Rag book club and a mocking play featuring Hitler and Mussolini. There are references to Nazism, gas masks and the impending threat of war. Cartoons show sexualised female imagery and demeaning racial stereotypes.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>This volume’s comedic advertisements include Manchester Garages Ltd., Champion loaves, Goulburn’s catering, The Reliance Laundry, Thomas Armstrong opticians, Salford Paint and Varnish, National School of Salesmanship, Thoms Castile Soap, Ward’s Furniture Warehouse, Hepolite, Manchester Haulage Ltd., Wall’s Ice Cream, Grange Laundry, Carston car cleaning, Ohm and Webster outfitters, Collier and Stanley tailors, Lancashire United Transport and Power, the City Meat Market, Smithfield Market and others.</p>