Rag Rag : The Rag Rag Annual Magazine, 1954

University of Manchester Student Union

Rag Rag

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Volume 28 of the University of Manchester Rag Rag. Cover features a masked snake with a medical donation box collecting money from two masked men. The magazine was produced by students to raise money for medical charities across Manchester and Salford, particularly for the children’s hospital.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Features include ‘Mirth with the Medics’, joke cartoons on medical treatments, and ‘Book Review’, a series of joke reviews of fictional books. There are also jokes referencing the end of rationing, new social welfare plans and increased economic activity. Some cartoons show sexualised female imagery, including nudity, and racial stereotypes. Congratulatory letters are printed from the mayors of Manchester and Salford.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>There are comedic advertisements for J. T. Richards turf, Carlyle building contractors, Saunders & Taylor heating engineers, the Salford Catholic Protection & Rescue society, James Robertson & Sons preserves, Crown wallpapers, Walpamur paints and others. </p>