maypolebaz
master brummie
I'm surprised to find there's no mention of that Day of Mayhem known as Rag Day on the forum !
I remember, probably mid 50s, I was in a bus going up Corporation St and the traffic was hardly moving. One of the passengers asked the conductor what was causing the delay and he said "Oh, it's Rag Day". The passengers all smiled tolerantly and said things like "Oh, it's the students !".
Coming out of Lewis's, later, I saw that there was a group of young men with long handled brushes and buckets of water, stopping the traffic and giving the buses a scrub. It was absolute gridlock but nobody objected.
Did Rag Day continue beyond the 50s I wonder ? Somehow I think the public attitude to such shenanigans would have hardened by the 60s !
I remember, probably mid 50s, I was in a bus going up Corporation St and the traffic was hardly moving. One of the passengers asked the conductor what was causing the delay and he said "Oh, it's Rag Day". The passengers all smiled tolerantly and said things like "Oh, it's the students !".
Coming out of Lewis's, later, I saw that there was a group of young men with long handled brushes and buckets of water, stopping the traffic and giving the buses a scrub. It was absolute gridlock but nobody objected.
Did Rag Day continue beyond the 50s I wonder ? Somehow I think the public attitude to such shenanigans would have hardened by the 60s !