Rag Rag : The Rag Rag Annual Magazine, 1956

University of Manchester Student Union

Rag Rag

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Volume 30 of the University of Manchester Rag Rag. Cover features two black and white cobras with red hearts being charmed out of a basket inscribed with the year of issue, all set against a black background. Proceeds from the magazine were donated to various charities in Manchester, detailed on page 42. 20 percent of the proceeds were donated to medical research into children’s diseases, 12.5 percent to the Manchester University Settlement and 10 percent to the Manchester and Salford Council of Social Service. This addition also lists previous years’ street collections on page 41, along with details of a raffle for an Austin A30 Saloon purchased through charitable donations by various Manchester businesses.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Features include comedy descriptions of Rag week activities and cartoons joking about gender differences. There are references to atomic power, Teddy boys and overseas service. Cartoons show sexualised female imagery and demeaning racial stereotypes.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>This volume’s comedic advertisements include J. T. Richards bookmakers, Laskers home furnishers, Autodrome engineers, Paradise estates, Muir-Hill dumpers, R and H Autos cars, Unihall fire escapes, Dawes Plan life insurance, Elektron alloys, Stretford garage, Hatchett and Co engineers, Crown wallpapers, Royton chains, Northern Confectioners, Manchester abattoirs, Smithfield market, Old England shirts, Walpamur paints and others.</p>