SteveHB Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Yorkshire and North East Film Archives: https://www.yfanefa.com/record/10294 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Remember Rag Week, the selling of Twikker and the Student usually the tallest male dressed as a Fairy wearing a Tutu who used to lead the Rag Parade. 1968 Art College Students were going to take part in the Parade but we had to wait for a late arrival and missed the start of the Parade, never did catch it up. There was still some of the crowd left and we were told repeatedly we were a bit late, a few took pity and gave us some money. They were either very brave or foolish the ones who took part in the raft race. The Don wasn't so clean then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Some images of Rag Week (stands for Raising And Giving) unfortunately couldn't find an image of the Big Lad dressed as a Fairy. 1964 Rag Parade. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s31003&pos=3&action=zoom&id=64004 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s31002&pos=2&action=zoom&id=64003 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s31004&pos=4&action=zoom&id=64005 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s31006&pos=6&action=zoom&id=64007 The Rag Spider 1965. The symbol of The Twikker the "Jokey" Magazine the students used to try and persuade people to buy. Twikker being a corruption of The Wicker. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s31009&pos=9&action=zoom&id=64010 Rag Parade 1966. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s31011&pos=11&action=zoom&id=64012 The Boat Race, Rag Week 1964. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s31014&pos=14&action=zoom&id=64015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Link to Sheffield Rag Week: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 The Rag Fairy leading the start of the Sheffield University Rag Parade, Clarkehouse Road. 29th October 1966 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;w00594&pos=1&action=zoom&id=46353 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 c01197 Dated 27th May 2005. Going off the thread (No pun intended) wonder if the Spiders that are/were on Cobweb Bridge footbridge under the Wicker Arches, Five Weirs Walk used as an anti-vandal measure to protect the lighting was a nod to The Twikker and Rag Week. Perhaps just related to the design of the bridge, but it's a nice thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 "Twikker was the Rag Mag of Sheffield University Rag. The name is a corruption of The Wicker, a well-known street in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England crossed at one end by the Wicker Arches (a railway viaduct). ('Twikker' is also the name of a rock climb in Derbyshire, first climbed (and therefore named) by a member of the Sheffield University Mountaineering Club." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twikker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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