Rag Rag : The Rag Rag Annual Magazine, 1965

University of Manchester Student Union

Rag Rag

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Volume 39 of the University of Manchester Rag Rag. Cover features a photographic close-up profile of a woman with blonde hair looking at her shoulder, on which a small cartoon stick-figure with binoculars is looking towards her chest. The magazine was produced by students to raise money for charitable causes across Manchester. It cost two shillings and sixpence. The editorial describes the previous year’s collecting record of £21,000.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>This volume includes a printed photograph of Princess Margaret receiving a cheque from the Rag Society Treasurer on behalf of the NSPCC and a series of photographs of female students for ‘Miss Rag-Rag ‘65’. There are also jokes referencing the contraceptive pill, university grants, Mods and Rockers, protests and demonstrations. Cartoons are more abstract than previous editions, and some show sexualised female imagery, including nudity. A map of the Rag Day procession route is included.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>There are advertisements for Charrington Lancashire breweries, Fielden electronics, the Queen of Hearts club and casino, Double Diamond beer, Leonard Fairclough Ltd., Fram concrete, General Utilities Ltd., J. Edwards & Son footwear, Galt Toyshop Coffee, Timpsons, Gus Demmy bookmakers and others. There is also a job advertisement for James North & Sons.</p>


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