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Students of Manchester University are again directing their PACKS PUNCH Shrove Tuesday Rag activities towards the collection of funds to assist research with .children's diseases, to help orphan and crippled children and, in general, to promote and encourage forms of welfare among the less fortunate young people. Both in my capacity as Lord Mayor and as a member of the Committee entrusted with the distribution of the money raised, I warmly commend the action of the students and wish for them success in their 1953 effort. / am grateful to all who helped last year's effort and I appeal to them for their continued support this year. May the present Rag effort result in establishing a record collection to mark Coronation Year.

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NO LIMIT AT THE STARTING POINT WITH DICK SEYMOUR THEY'RE OFF!—TO DICK SEYMOUR'S THE RAG RAG A H THE RAG RAG WAG-WAG By "PLUTO" Letters to the Editor

No responsibility is accepted for anything Dear Sir, published in these columns. Address all correspondence to : I have been very depressed of late, and I am writing to say how very much your THE EDITOR, paper has cheered me up.

c/o " THE WEEKLY WIPER," I am a widow with three children and I am expecting a fourth any time. 1,027,587 LITTLE STREET, ROMNEY MARSHES. So convey my gratitude to your car­ toonist : I shall always remember him and Sir, what his little jokes have done to me. The attention of the public ought to be Yours gratefully, drawn to the ridiculous over-specialisation of the British small trader. Mrs. J. R. B. I went into a tobacconist's recently and he told me that he had no ironing boards Most Esteemed Gentlemen, at all in stock, and had ceased to sell hot meals. A propos recent chimerical communica­ tions promulgated within the confines of NCE again (by kind permission of the Watch Committee) the An even more flagrant example occurred your Leader " Rag Rag " has been allowed to rear its not-too-ugly head. As about a month ago, when I visited 12 fish Owith most enterprises during 1953, we have endeavoured to incorporate The enconium designed to eulogise high that extra sparkle, that extra something that is befitting of such a festive and chip shops in order to purchase a tyre and memorable year. for my bicycle. I had no success at all and, falutin, fustian and bombastic verbiage This year's " Rag Rag " comes to you bright and fresh from Spring in the end, had to borrow one off a motor was as diaphanous a panegyric as I have Cleaning, for who are we to say nay to an old-established British custom. ever perused. Banished is all fust, dust and must, and it gleams in the February sun as car—but I broke two hacksaws fitting it to a jewel in the Crown after its pre-Coronation dusting. my square wheel. The supercilious style and ostentatious As is usual at this season of the year, we look to you—the public of Manchester and environs—and we are not unpleased at what we see, for Yours, etc., presentation (for which I have a fiocci- on the whole you seem a likely-looking lot. Tolerant, good-humoured, naucitrihilipilificetion) was disingenuous, and above all, generous; that is how YOU look to us—the cream, in fact . . . but no more of this, lest you feel we flatter and suspect us of S. BENND (M.P.). and spuriously misrepresented factual an ulterior motive. data. Albeit, I say to you that transi- Enough of this, though, we can feel you straining at the leash and Mister, torially this interim lull, prior to further a-raring to go, so just one toast and then, bon voyage. opponents conceding to come forward, Let us drink to the Rag and to Coronation Year—and, as we suppose I saw a bloke was writin in this ere paper it is too much to expect that anyone will give US a crown, let's have as er yours a few days ago on Ex-Prisoners should be a palliative to mitigate your many half-crowns as you possibly can. The children need gettin jobs wen they ' came out.' Well, aberration—come now, Sir, surely you see them and will love you for your generosity. I'm one hov them there convicts with a the profound advantages bestowed by dirty sheet, and what i sez is—• unconditional useage of the Basic Eng­ lish ? when's the prison going to get a better Yours heteronomously, laundry ? No. 739, PENTONVILLE. " CONTRADISTINGUISHED PLEBEIAN."

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GODIVA PUT NOTHING ON A HORSE—UNFAIR TO DICK SEYMOUR THE RACING MAN'S GUIDE—DICK SEYMOUR T THE RAG RAG THE RAG RAG D : :—; : 1 ' Hello Bill, did'nt know you could afford a new car" Can't Joe, $ had it given to me"!!

1 — — — — — DEVASTATION. - FRUITERERS "J*. „ E EfK * SON GREENGROCERS ) HERE it was, spread out before me ! ! A sight far more disturbing than my most 1 .. ' • Tgarish nightmares. What had once been a simple farmstead lay at my feet shattered. At every turn devastation revealed itself. The roof of the once cosy farmhouse had OUR JLE TTUCES fl„o CO 06AGES been lifted bodily from its supporting, walls. A hayrick, that might have been the play­ o roTfl tu thing of a giant, lay on its side. CHlpftoPHYLL

fii FOUND i(j ALL Q oeX> T00TH PflST£S Perhaps the most fearsome sight was that of the stricken humans and farmyard animals. Each adopted the position taken up prior to the arrival of the mystery onslaught. Here was a dappled cow, with leg missing, in the act of pulling a tuft of grass ; there was a pig with no head, lying it its trough. Motionless ducks on a glass-like pond, a horse with no legs whatsoever, a dairymaid with but one arm and the farmer himself with his head at his feet.

In the midst of my grief I heard a soft feminine voice behind me. " It's allright," it said, " David is asleep now, put them back in his toy drawer." NO SCAPE

GENUINE HOWLERS Small Advertisements ILLY Sally Simpson, sillily singing saucy songs, sat scintillating Ssmart Sammy Smith, smoking sweet smelling sarony, sapiently stroking " The rhinoceroses 'orn is made of compressed HE REVOLUTIONARY NOTEPAPER CO. scarlet scarf, sardonically stood sceptically scrutinising slim slight air." Tcan supply round envelopes for student circulars. soloist. She, sensing somebody, smartly swung slender shapely shin, " They sell jellies in cartoons at the Co-op showing sheer silk stockings ; started smiling sweetly. Imperium." HERE ARE STILL A PEW TICKETS Tleft for the Monster Raffle. Pirst prize : The Monster ; 2nd prize, 35 tons of pork sausages Sammy, smitten, stopped, sniffing snobbishly, sagaciously suggested " The trouble with these accidents is : they and a derelict building. 2s. per draw ; 3s. 6d. short stroll, sally sighed sensuously ; so sitting, Sammy shameless stroked always blame the presbyterians." for a pair of them. satin shoulders, stimulating sympathy—soliciting signs. She, sinking " Please, Teacher ; me mum says our Johnnie RGENTLY WANTED : one copy of " The shingled skull, stammeringly stated scoundrel spouse's separation. can't come to school this morning 'cause 'e's UBurglar's Manual for 1952."—Rev. D.T.8., Goggleswarth Vicarage. Sammy's soft shoulder soon soothed Sally's sorrows. She, susceptible, been playing billiards* all night." suppressed sad sighs, surrendered. AVE YOU HAD YOUR COPY of University " I don't care for the coffee she makes in HSongs yet ? Every remittance will pur­ that new-fangled perforator she's got." chase the current favourites—sent in a plain Sweet spring ! ! Sammy surreptitiously seduced Sally—so season's * plain bilious sealed envelope. sensational scandal. Soon six stalwart sons ; Sammy's salary seventy shillings—saves sordid story.

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KEEP A REIN ON YOUR FINANCES-BACK WISELY WITH DICK SEYMOUR A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YOU FANCY DOES YOU GOOD WITH DICK SEYMOUR o THE RAG RAG THE RAG RAG Y I n 'Given? Why that Model's worth almost £600" "Thats right Joe, and a 1953 Model too" Albert Rides Again (With humblest apologies to Stanley Holloway) rurnoxe 'Twas early in England's long history, Said, " Albert, my lad, why that's On Runnymede Isle they do say, smashing, That Lancaster John was done in by Tha sure put that baron's nose out " 'Is barons and earls one June day. And Albert mistaking his meaning Now you've all 'eard of Robert Fitzwalter, Proceeded to lay Walter out. Who made John sign on t'dotted line, Now the uproar was something terrific But real 'ero of that great occasion Just like 'Alles night at Belle Vue, Was Albert Earnshaw of Moss Side. Or 5.30 p.m. on Fridays For Manchester born and bred like As buses drive past workers' queue. 'E'd fought for t'Lancastrian King Of course it was all so one-sided And from having been there quite the Like Old Trafford in August or June longest With Yorkshire's first pair still batting 'E'd risen to be aide-de-camping. For a hundred by t'third afternoon. But faithful as only a dog can Aye, football supporters can too, The struggle was very soon over —-- And Albert thought his last moment was "But I assure you everyone's wearing it short 'E'd stuck with King J ohn till the end this year." right- nigh To go down with him to Div. II. For judgment was passed non-dissenting " Pardon me;—but I was recommended to come And Fitzwalter's was a lovely black eye. to you." So when up came proud Robert Fitzwalter, And spoke out,right brassy at J ohn But remembering now all 'is French Saying " Cum on my lad, let's 'ave you " THE DIRECTOR noted one morning that his breeding, secretary appeared to be rather more curvaceous Albert's patience was sore put upon. Fitzwalter recovered his poise than was usual and remarked upon this fact to An 'orrible feeling of nausea 'E didn't intend to let Albert his partner. His partner took one glance and Show 'im up before his own boys. replied, " I think it's a sham dame." Struck 'im at this lese majestate As if he'had heaten hup something " T'is Manchester's wrongs that we A PROMINENT ANNOUNCER of a certain sponsored 'E didn't 'ave ought to 'ave ate. punish." radio station took his young daughter to a church dinner. The parson invited the youngster His voice rang out true and defiant, Quoth Walter all haughty though pale to say Grace. She bowed her head and said, " Ha bit less of that hif you please " We shall levy an annual tribute " These victuals, good friends, are coming to you Hit's always the same with you forigners To be paid every Feb. without fail." through the courtesy of Almighty God." With your savez and R.S.V.P.s." And so Albert had to gather a band like JIM RUSSELL, table tennis champion of Kentfield, " You have no respect for fold gaffei Of ruffians, students and knaves California, has poignant memories of his home­ Despite the fine words that you spate, Deputed to terrorise t'populace coming from the war in Asia. " I had been in Right monkey, if tha came to Manchester the Pacific for two years," he recalls, " and never Till everyone of them had gave. saw a white girl the whole time. The minute T'Watch Committee would soon put thee our transport arrived in San Francisco, I rushed straight." So now that you know the whole story to my girl's house. I could hardly wait to get Now this wonderful gesture of Albert's Of Albert's and Manchester's fight, her alone in the ping-pong room. Was poorly received by those there For honour and freedom and glory " She beat me, too, 21—14 ! I " 'E might just as well 'ave suggested And every Mancunian's right. Trelaying of St. Peter's Square. Please do not forget your own duty But John, who were brought up right To honour the heroes of old proper And cough up the annual tribute And knew how to eat peas off t'lcnife Without having again to be told. And always put salt before vinegar On chips he took 'ome to his wife DATA WHAT'S THE ODDS—ASK DICK SEYMOUR A TIMELY TIP—OPEN A CREDIT ACCOUNT WITH DICK SEYMOUR THE RAG RAG

o*N more than one occasion, during this year of grace 1953, our minds will be cast back to the year of the last Coronation—1937. We, the Editors of Rag Rag, have thought that you may like to be reminded of some of the more interesting stories and cartoons that have appeared in our illustrious magazine between the Coronation years. In the following few pages we trust you will find at least one item that may strike you as being somewhat humorous.

1937 Rag-Basket Rhymes (To be thrown through Northern Windows)

ADVICE ON CHILDREN CURIOUS EPISODE A school-teacher in Cheetham, A girl in Piccadilli Advises you to Beetham. Thought we were acting silli. DILEMMA A NOTE FROM OUR BEAUTY SPECIALIST A girlie in Crewe The folk in Eccles Doesn't know what to dewe. Are covered with freccles. TREASURE NICE FOR THEM A chap in Irlam A boy and girl in Chorlton-on-Medlock Found a family hirlam. Are contemplating wedlock. WHAT TO DO WITH THE RAG RAG FRANK A wit from Stockport An elderly man from All Saint Had a clever retort. Says he is what he is and he aint what he aint. 1938 —"and kindly remember, Mr. Arkhirst, to keep the portrait in oil topped up" Batlp #a^ctte ONCB UPON A TIME the staid members of Lon­ A CORPORA!, G.I. stationed in East Anglia was don's Athenaeum Club were outraged by the entertained by a Duchess at one of the Stately following admonition received through the mail : Homes. Upon his return to camp everybody was agog for details. " Well," he drawled, " If Japan's Marie Stopes Mae West 1. Bishops who remove their gaiters the water had been as cold as the soup, and if the sincerely hopes does her best Must not throw them at the waiters. soup had been as warm as the wine, and if the Plans 2. The right to dine without their collars wine had been as old as the chicken, and if the are to to obtain to get her figure Is still confined to bearded scholars. chicken had been as young as the maid, and if wreck a reduction bigure. the maid had been as willing as the Duchess 3. Members Note : Till stock increases in the ill-effects Toilet rolls are not for theses. I probably would not have returned to camp." of seduction. iMVi

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1939 1941 Extracts from Letters Written to the Public Assistance Committee " I am forwarding my Marriage Certificate and two children, one of which is a mistake as you will see." " I am annoyed to find you have branded my son illiterate. This is a dirty lie as I married his father a week before he was born." " In answer to your letter, I have given birth to a boy weighing iolbs. I hope this is to your satisfaction." " In accordance with your instructions I have given birth to twins in the enclosed envelope." " I want my money as soon as possible. I have been in bed with the Doctor for over a week and he does not seem to be doing me much good. Unless matters improve, I shall have to get a new doctor." "Hazeyou seen my new shade of Nail Polish, George ?" 1940 "He Worn't 'Arf a Gentleman 'Ee took me to the pitchers, 'Be gave me such a time, Treated me like a duchess 'ee did — Lor' 'ee worn't 'arf fine. Thank Gawd I'd got me best on —you know, Dearie, me pink— For when the lights went up, 'ee said •" Your handkerchief, I think ! " 1942-1945

"I have a feeling that something was wrong with that salute, sir." cTtiS

THE DARWINIAN THEORY is that our ancestors hopped from tree to tree. There is something in this, for now we hop from kerb to kerb.

PEOPLE WHO CAN PICK'EM, CHOOSE DICK SEYMOUR TEST YOUR MEMORY—DEANSGATE WHAT NUMBER? THE RAG RAG E THE RAG RAG ) BLITZ-SITE BOMBSHELL URING the site clearance prior to the reconstruction of the Woolworth's building in Deansgate, an archaeological discovery of immense importance was made. Unearthed was a Roman bedroom Dutensil dating back to the year dot. Contained in this vessel was a file of orders for the 17th Cohort (British Detachment) which were in a remarkable state of preservation. The editors of Rag-Rag are proud to announce that, in spite of fierce competition from the " Daily Depress " and the " Sunday Dimes," they have purchased the sole copyright, and proudly reproduce the contents herewith :— PART ONE ORDERS by 1946 Major P. Caddillium, O.C. XVII Cohort (British Detachment) Issue No. CCXIX. Date : Prid. in Id. Nov. A.D.V. Station Field Officer for the Week—Mon./Mon. : Major B. Brolli. Reveille and other Parade Times as stated in Castella Order No. CCCX. Detail for Fri. Prid. Ill Id. A.D.V. DUTY ORD. OFFICER Cohort Commander Hallium. ORDERLY CENTURION.. Centurion Ardwickus. N A f ( O N A L Deputy Centurion Traffordus. T au% T PIQUET I.C ENTERTAINMENT CHARIOT N.C.O. Centurion Corporatium. ENTERTAINMENT DUTY Legionnaire Odium. lo »Mt r» Tm£ 0OQS PIQUET ORDERLY Legionnaire W atch-Committius. DUTY CHARIOT DRIVER Legionnaire Nealus. DISCIPLINE—PARADE. Legion WILL parade at sunrise. Dress. Best woad. Torsos WILL be highly polished. Any pleb not complying with this order will be subjected to severe disciplinary action. I.E.—thrown to the lions. DISCIPLINE—HANDING IN OF CLUBS. All personnel of left half of cohort will hand in clubs to armourer's cave at sun-down to-night for 1947 inspection. Wood WILL be well oiled and nails highly polished. " Oh, pardon me.. I beg your pardon WINTER WOAD. ... I do really . . . (Oh Boy !) Awfully Winter woad will be drawn from Cohort Q.M. at the commencement of the second watch. Personnel careless of me, I'm sure ... If I'd only- requiring ceremonial paint will also draw same. PAY INCREASES. , , known. I shouldn't have dreamed of W.E.F. to-day all personnel will draw an extra handful of salt at pay-parade. Personnel requiring coming in here like this ... I mean, I didn't credits will come armed with a sack. know you were here . . . like that . . . EDUCATION. Personnel wishing to take classes in elementary Greek and Latin will parade in Oxford Road at Please forgive me . . . Really, I can't think sun-down. of going until I obtain your forgiveness . . . DEBATE—CAMP AMPHITHEATRE. Please say you forgive me... Terribly " That this Cave prefers a Sex-tet to three Brazen Maidens." silly of me... and all that ... I mean DISCIPLINE. , , , Vulgar discussions in barrack caves with reference to Caesar's wife or a certain young lady from rushing in where angels fear . . . Rushing Jerusalem will cease forthwith. in like this you know . . . and you . . . Well, WARNING. „ , _ you're hardly in a fit state to ... I mean Centurion Albertus Squarius has been court-martialled and has been sentenced to five years hard .. . you couldn't possibly ... You wouldn't labour in Gaul. Let this be another reminder to all personnel that the taking of British maidens want to see anybody ... or somebody . . . into barrack caves is strictly forbidden. NOTICES. , , . . Like me, for instance . . . would you now ? Camp Temple. Sunday—noon. Druid Red Deanus will conduct sacrificial service of Christians No, I thought not . . . It's a pity ! . . . as an offering to the sun. I mean, my having been so careless as to Camp Circus. Great attraction ! ! ! See Abdul and his performing lions devour twenty Christians. Picts and Scots roasted alive. Come and enjoy yourselves. stagger in here when . . . you see, the door CHARIOT RACES—DEVA. (Ed.—Chester). . wasn't locked ... I hope you won't mind If there be sufficient support a caravan will be arranged to trek to Deva to witness the chariot . . . Well . . . Please accept my profuse races to be held one moon from now. apologies . . . Don't be too annoyed . . . Mancunian Cave of Learning. The A/M will be closed on Shrove Tuesday—reason unknown. and the soap's behind your back ... An (Signed)—C. & A. Modes, Junior Cohort Commander. revoir 1948-1952 Knowing full well that you, dear reader, always make it a habit of committing to memory is the last five editions of Rag Rag, we will not bore you with extracts from the above years. 1 DON'T STICK IT ON THE WALL MRS. RILEY—PLACE IT WITH DICK SEYMOUR THIS IS THE LINE TO PUT YOUR SHIRT ON—DEA 4721 THE RAG RAG F I = "The University Students, Joe" But who would give YOU a 1953 Morris Minor"? A LA CAR(TE)

HE restaurant was fairly crowded so straight down Feather Street. Guess the man and his companion had to sit what 'e does ? I'll tell yer ! Puts it into Tat my table. Not that this worried me reverse, smack into the back of a milk particularly, for I had had my meal and cart, bottles all over the show, women was hidden behind the lunch-time edition shrieking, children yelling, an' then 'e of the " Evening News." I had just looks at me an' says,' Let's not count that. finished stirring my coffee with my ball­ Just a bit of practice.' point pen and settled into an article on cultivating mangoes, when the character on the other side of my paper addressed " Well, we got going an' 'e didn't do so his companion. bad, that is, if yer don't take into con­ sideration running along the footpath for an 'undred yards, knockin' down two old " Guess what, Charlie ? " he roared, ladies on a zebra an' making hand signals "I 'ad a real corker to test this mornin'. though 'e were conducting flippin' 'Alle. 'E d taken it twice and failed an' this Then I asks 'im to back into a narrow mornin' 'e put up another blob." entry—you know, that one by Clarkes' Farm. 'E does it smashing, but 'e don't " Corn ! ! " exclaimed Charlie. stop. Blow me, we ends up in the pigsty. Swill all over the bonnet, there was !

" Aye, true as I'm 'ere. Well, this 'ere bloke rolls up at ten pronto an' I asks 'im " Next thing was a hill-start. Stops Conscientious Military Policeman: "Oh, he is, is he"! the usual—you know—' Got your li­ halfway up Clivedon Hill an' I asks 'im cence ? Car insured ?' etc. An' we steps to start an' drive up the rest of the 'ill. EDITOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT out into the street. I asks 'im, 'Can you Trys it five times—rolls back ev'ry time. read a registration number at a distance of By the sixth time we're back at the THE printers, inadvertently, neglected to number the pages of this magazine, and twenty-five yards ? ' to which 'e says bottom. Then 'e turns to me an' says, so, for the benefit of our readers, we hereby reproduce the numbers, which you may ' Yes." So I asked 'im the number of old ' Can I take a run at it ? ' Blimey, I 'ad cut out and stick in the appropriate places. Jonah's car over by the park wall. ' What to fail 'im after that." wall ? ' 'e says. I thought, ' Cecil, boy, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 we're in for it this mornin.' At this juncture the waitress brought 9 10 J Q K 14f 15 16 their soup. I paid my bill, strode out of 17 $ 19 20 21* 22 23 24 " Well, we gets in 'is car—1932 Ford the restaurant, climbed into my 1932 it was with a windscreen all cracked an' model Ford, peered through the windscreen 25s 26 27 28 29 30§ 30§ 32 yellow, then we change seats and 'he gets (which was all cracked and yellow) and waited for the arrival of my wife to drive 33 34 35R 36 37 38 39 40I behind the steering wheel. I tells 'im to pull away from the kerb an' drive me back to the office. t Bank Holiday $ Page of Blank Verse * and 5 Card Tricks only s Saturdays only §§ These Pages may be stuck together r Restaurant Car i At this point life begins & & & STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH—STICK TO DICK SEYMOUR IF YOU FANCY A FILLY—DIAL DEA 4721 T THE RAG RAG THE RAG RAG H

"What, GAVE it to you Bill"? "Well not exactly CAVE. I paid a V— for it"!!

You can play games— HOW TO BECOME THE but only in the two accepted ways— PERFECT STUDENT (A STUDY IN EVOLUTION) or (b) in the intellectual, Grecian and not too serious manner, striving for the perfect balance between mind and body.

Either (a) as an Athlete

He's a lairly normal type to begin with —but this is not nearly good enough, so- first, a scarf and no more haircnts-

IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL (a) to drink coffee heavily!

and (b) to read an extremely learned volume in cafes, on buses, and in all other places where Finally !—the penetrating and somewhat then, a beard (but on no account a moustache) concentrated reading is quite gloomy stare of the earnest —some not very skilful patching, and, of course, impossible. BUT ABOVE ALL BE WILD!! CORDS !— SEEKER AFTER TROTH. TAKE IT FROM HERE—DICK SEYMOUR IS YOUR MAN DICK SEYMOUR—SAFE AS A BANK THE RAG RAG THE RAG RAG

THE CHARITIES. "Cor! Strike me Pink. I wish I'd known.' Per cent. University Settlement 10 Christie Hospital 10 St. Mary's Hospitals 10 Royal Manchester Children's Hospital 8 Booth Hall Hospital 8 *.F. »2 Duchess of York Hospital for Babies 8 A CAR FOR A SHILLING!! Community Council of Lancashire 8 Green gate Hospital and Open Air School . . . . 5 HAVE YOU GOT YOUR TICKETS FOR THE Salford Poor Children's Holiday Camp . . . . 5 Save the Children Fund 5 Invalid Children's Aid Association 6 tm Wood Street Mission 3 7953 RAG COMPETITION? Salford Catholic Protection and Rescue Society . . 3 Manchester and District Diocesan Council for Moral Welfare 3 YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN A MAGNIFICENT Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes 3 Jewish Fresh Air Home and School 3 Stockport Auxiliary Cripples' Help 3 1st prize of a 1953 MORRIS MINOR SALOON 100% ON SHOW AT COCKSHOOT'S SHOWROOMS, ST. ANN'S SQUARE, MANCHESTER All the money allocated to the hospitals mentioned above will be earmarked for research into children's diseases. These Plus Set of Loose Covers presented by Joseph Cockshoot & Co. Ltd. research funds are not subsidised by the Government. Many other Valuable Prizes generously donated by the following firms, to whom our grateful thanks are given : Squires Gate Holiday Camp, Blackpool, Ltd. Law, Swallow & Sons, Oldham ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Forsyth Bros., Deansgate Lasker's Home Furnishers Ltd., Oldham Street We doff our hats—• Quelrayn Ltd., Cheetham Alec Watson & Mitchell's Ltd., Market Street a* W. G. Whiting Ltd., 4 Market Street H. G. Stevenson Ltd., Deansgate y.r To Our Advertisers— Finnigans Ltd., Deansgate Austin Reed Ltd., St. Ann's Square 1 v- 5. M Thanks a million ! Jackson the Tailors, Market Street Moorhouses Ltd., Apex Bedding, Dantzic Street C.W.S. Tobacco Factory Metropolitan Vickers Ltd., King Street To Our Advertising Agents— Studio Alexander, Market Street Cafe Royal, Peter Street MCMILLAN GRAHAM & Co. LTD.—Our W. Batty & Son, King Street Clifton's Chocolates Ltd. Guiding Light ! Middleton Tower Holiday Camp Ltd. Manchester Hippodrome Salford Electrical Instruments Ltd. J. A. Pattreiouex Ltd. To Our Printers— Sari Linden Ltd., 42 Market Street S. A. Squirrel & Co. Ltd., Leicester " STOCKPORT EXPRESS LTD.—Our heart- Elizabeth Arden Saloon, Kendal Milne & Co. Ltd. Amended Proverbs felt thanks ! THANK YOU EACH AND EVERYONE! (1) A Bird in the hand—is not worth two in To Our Readers— the bushes. For bearing with us ! (2) One Swallow—does not satisfy a student's To Our Contributors— thirst. TA ! ! Yes, dear readers, you may hold an identical conversation as our serial (3) A stitch in time—saves an embarrass­ And Last but not Least to— story depicted. But make sure you're in Bill's shoes; and the only way to ment. FILMS DE FRANCE LIMITED, 144 Piccadilly, find yourself there is to buy a London, W.i, whose kind permission has (4) Many hands—give you a peculiar appear­ made possible the Rag Midnight Matinee. ance. RAG COMPETITION TICKET TODAY From the Manchester University Union— (5) It's an ill wind—that blows round the PETER COLSTON (Secretary) All you have to do is Estimate the Total of this years Rag Street Collection gasworks. MICHAEL ORR (Editor) and you stand a chance of winning a 1953 MORRIS MINOR.

Any Student will sell you a Ticket!! THIS IS THE END C. HQ 60 BTI • GIB

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In addition to its religious and relief work in Manchester, the Mission provided a seaside holiday in its special Holiday Home at Blackpool for 1,595 children during 1952. For most of them it was their only holiday owing to their family circumstances. With more money, more children could be sent for a holiday. The Mission, which is entirely ••••TEH dependent on voluntary contributions and is not in any way State-aided, is badly in need Hollingdrake of additional support ; its balance of expen­ diture over income for the year ended 31st Automobile Co. Ltd. October, 1952, amounted to £1,430. Please help us to continue this very useful ore possibly the finest Automobile and work by sending subscriptions to : is Agricultural Engineers in the North. The Hon. Treasurer, Wood Street Mission, 50 Bridge Street, Sales & Service Depot Deansgate, TOWN HALL SQUARE • STOCKPORT Manchester 3. This is a bright littfe is/e... . Tel. 4464 so eat, drink and he merry/ OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY WITH DICK SEYMOUR A BOOKIE AT BEDTIME—DICK SEYMOUR THE RAG RAG THE RAG RAG

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