{"id":12284,"date":"2026-01-01T09:37:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=12284"},"modified":"2026-01-01T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:37:44","slug":"cg-custard-pies-rag-event-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/cg-custard-pies-rag-event-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"C&amp;G Custard Pies Rag Event: 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-06-at-14.21.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12299\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-06-at-14.21.14-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>One of the seemingly forgotten events is the throwing of custard pies (or something similar) as part of Rag Week. Back in October 1980 Mike Hackett from STOIC reported from Portobello Road on what City and Guilds Union were getting up to.<\/p>\r\n<p>The <em data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1489\">Felix<\/em> report (photo above) indicates that \u00a3276 was raised from the poor members of the public who were dragged into the spectacle.<\/p>\r\n<p>What ever happened to these Rag events that made Imperial fun?<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dWeDwy15t5s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw &#8211; January 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Custard Pies? 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