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HeavenLeigh Tue 18-Jun-24 11:59:58

I had to laugh while shopping in my local supermarket I just had to buy this.pic enclosed! Since I can find lots of things amusing in everyday life despite my chronic illnesses that keep me in pain. The grandchildren will love it, I used to love buying Andrew in pastel green years ago to match my mint green and white bathroom . This though beats the lot .I hope I can get the pic to work

HeavenLeigh Tue 18-Jun-24 12:00:30

Andrex

Bumface Tue 18-Jun-24 12:21:41

Made me laugh too.

We now seem to be light years away from the medicated, tracing paper of years ago. When I started nurse training, the loo rolls all had "Property of the NHS" stamped on each sheet. We used to joke about having to return the used sheets.

I am sure your grandchildren will find it very funny. Mine would.

HeavenLeigh Tue 18-Jun-24 12:25:58

I remember when first started school in 1961 they had izal toilet paper yet I can’t remember ever having that at home, must have done though

Wyllow3 Tue 18-Jun-24 12:36:16

Thank you for the laugh, have just sent pic off to DS for grandchildren...

rubysong Tue 18-Jun-24 12:46:00

We were never allowed coloured toilet paper when we were young and it first appeared as my mother said it would make us sore.
We had relatives with a lavatory down a path in the garden. The toilet paper there was newspaper squares on a string, hanging from a nail.

Cossy Tue 18-Jun-24 12:48:16

Made me smile too. We had Izal at school, never ever at home or at my grandparents either. We had Andrex I think!

Oreo Tue 18-Jun-24 12:53:48

Didn’t make me smile, sorry, think it looks revolting.
Rubysong my Nan had the squares of newspaper cut out neatly and hanging on a nail in the outside loo as well.
School had hard medicated stuff on a roll, yuk.
If there was one improvement since then, soft loo rolls would win the trophy.

keepingquiet Tue 18-Jun-24 13:11:37

Whatever next? Poo decorations for your bathroom?

Witzend Tue 18-Jun-24 13:12:45

Will def. buy some for the Gdcs if and when I see it!

Witzend Tue 18-Jun-24 13:14:45

PS, I don’t think soft loo paper was even available when I was a young child. It was Izal or Bronco - I can still almost smell that distinctive ‘aroma’!

JamesandJon33 Tue 18-Jun-24 13:24:53

Both my Grandmas had newspaper squares on string in the outside toilets . One had The Times, the other the Western Mail.

Hellogirl1 Tue 18-Jun-24 15:03:54

We had to have Izal because both my auntie and my stepsister worked at the Chapeltown factory, near Sheffield, and we got it cheap through them.

NotSpaghetti Tue 18-Jun-24 17:07:52

My aunt had squares of the bread paper in her outside toilet. Very fancy as her neighbours had newspaper.

My mum was fixated on soft toilet paper - so I was lucky at home if not at school!

annodomini Tue 18-Jun-24 17:32:47

I remember having Andrex in pink to match the bathroom in a former house and I'm fairly sure blue and green were also available. At Christmas, toilet rolls with seasonal motifs were sold in M&S and probably other stores.

crazyH Tue 18-Jun-24 17:37:19

I want those - my GC would absolutely love it 🤣🤣

NotSpaghetti Wed 19-Jun-24 01:35:04

The dyes in colored toilet paper can cause/trigger allergic reactions and can cause irritation apparently.

A doctor friend told me not to buy it (years ago) with susceptible people in the house - children, the elderly and people with existing problems such as urinary infections, recent childbirth, haemorrhoids or fissures.

I never checked it out but do know some dyes aren't good...

NotSpaghetti Wed 19-Jun-24 01:37:01

I assume fragranced paper may also cause problems?

LucyAnna2 Wed 19-Jun-24 01:56:27

NotSpaghetti

I assume fragranced paper may also cause problems?

Eeew, is this fragranced too?! grin

Parsley3 Wed 19-Jun-24 07:53:01

I might just buy that poo roll to encourage my toddler granddaughter to give up her nappies. She has a good sense of humour.

Allsorts Wed 19-Jun-24 08:00:55

I only have white. Know it’s amusing to the grandchildren though, dare say if I had little ones I would buy a packet.

PoorJenny Wed 19-Jun-24 08:08:02

I have never seen coloured patterned toilet paper, I must keep my eye out as my grandchildren will love it.

PoorJenny Wed 19-Jun-24 08:10:03

My first recollection of toilet paper during and after the war years was me cutting newspapers into squares and threading them onto a piece of string and hanging it on a nail in the outside toilet. Then came the slippery shiny Izal, I think I preferred the newspaper toilet paper to Izal.

grandMattie Wed 19-Jun-24 11:07:37

We had "Bronco", just like tracing paper. Horrible stuff on the bottom - but us girls had wonderful times making those cutout snowflake things and using it to trace stuff!

NotSpaghetti Wed 19-Jun-24 11:30:24

Ha ha, yes LucyAnna2