Students of the engineering society of Manchester University with a 12ft high model of a pink elephant which will be on their float during Manchester Rag Parade. Their float warns about the dangers of drinking and driving. February 1966. 2 of 18
Student's rag parade fun starts with a snowball fight led off by Manchester and Salford Civic heads. Pictured, Manchester's Lord Mayor, John Gilmore, and the Mayor of Salford, Jack Smith, mark the start of the procession at Salford University. 12th February 1991. 3 of 18
Manchester Rag Day parade. Students gather on the Salford University Campus and dance to the Rag Parade music lorry to keep warm. 15th February 1994. 4 of 18
Vida Schepens, Manchester University, Rag Doll for Rag Week. She is in her second year at the Royal Manchester College of Music and was crowned by Vice Chancellor Professor Sir William Mansfield Cooper. 3rd February 1970. 5 of 18
Students Marion Rifkind and Barbara Metcalf invite passers by to buy paper plates from them to raise money for the Manchester and Salford Universities Rag Week in Piccadilly, Manchester. Pictured, Tony Renshaw buys a plate off Barbara as Marion looks on. 13th February 1969. 6 of 18