We were chatting about IZAL toilet paper on the Facebook group the other day and it brought back all sorts of memories. It was the only sort of toilet roll that we even knew existed as children, although I have just found out that soft paper was launched by St Andrew's Paper Mill (later to be known as Andrex) in England in 1942, so it was around ... gosh my Mum kept that quiet!!
I have just found out that it was only in 1935 that toilet paper was advertised as being 'splinter free', gosh that must have been a relief. 😨
As a child I thought the best use for IZAL was as tracing paper. 😄
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This weeks only shopping has been the £1 that I spent on these two packs of Heinz baked beans, which I bought at Booths using the six pounds in vouchers that Heinz/Kraft sent me last week after my polite complaint about being short changed.
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So my week six shopping bill was just £1.
I will be putting these in the lower food cupboard and 'buying' them with my Points spend each month. Baked beans come in at 2 points per tin, so I can have at least two tins every month for the next four months.
Sue xx
Ooh yes! We used Izal in geography lessons for tracing maps! I'm also old enought to remeber squares of newspaper in outside loos. Great for reading but not so good for the bum. Unhappy days.
ReplyDeleteUnhappy days indeed, and grubby fingers and nether regions after using too. ;-)
DeleteI do love baked beans and use them in lot of ways ,my latest discovery is fishfinger pie ,fish fingers, baked beans topped with mash in oven to crisp top sounds not too good but the child in me loved it, also Thrifty Lesley has a recipe for sardine pate which uses beans ,we both like that ,in fact I think a lot of her recipes are good for ration time. One thing I have noticed with this way of eating is that we were doing some things this way anyway the things that have affected me most are dried fruit, bananas, mayo and sauces ,otherwise happy with what we have had and I enjoy making a little go a long way.
ReplyDeleteThat actually sounds delicious, and very like 'nursery food' which is no bad thing. :-)
DeleteLesley's recipe's are brilliant aren't they and they always work out thanks to her carefully checking them over and over. Simplifying our eating this way does make us react to the over processed foods doesn't it, I have really noticed this just recently.
In regards to the loo paper was wondering why it's called Izal. could it be Irish for ar***hole :)
ReplyDeleteSeemingly, IZAL was the name of the disinfectant that it was impregnated with. But I like your reasoning better. ;-)
DeleteYes, like many, I remember using Izal as tracing paper for my homework. Ours didn't come in a roll, it was in a box that the paper would come out the front like tissues. Oh my gosh I really didn't like it at all.
ReplyDeleteI've seen the boxes, they used to be in holders in public toilets didn't they, but we always had the roll at home. I remember hating it if I had to change it over as the wire-sprung loo roll holder used to try and pinch your fingers.
DeleteMy lot thought themselves far too posh to use Izal but I remember the 'first' loo roll shortage in the early 70's when all the soft stuff was unavailable and it was Izal or nothing. 🤣
ReplyDeleteI think these days I would be of the mind to tear up some old sheets and make reusable cloths in preference to Izal. :-)
DeleteMy memory of Izal TP is of the square items (that my aunt kept in her outside loo). Used to gather a number of them and rub them together like crazy trying to soften them up to limit the damage to my nether regions. :o(
ReplyDeleteI doubt there would be much you could do to soften IZAL, even crumpled it wasn't that soft. :-)
DeleteNot familiar with that brand of toilet paper, but, glad you were able to stock up on the baked beans!
ReplyDeleteHaha ... yes I am very well stocked up now aren't I. :-)
DeleteOuch, splinters in toilet paper would surely have been painful.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
... and having someone get them out for you very embarrassing!! ;-)
DeleteI’ve not ever seen or heard of Izal here in the US. My daughter inadvertently bought one-ply toilet paper a while back and my SIL said “I know we are trying to save money, but do we have to use prison toilet paper now?” 😬 Carol
ReplyDeleteIt must be a very British brand. Just imagine tracing paper from your school days and you have it exactly. ;-)
DeleteSingle-ply toilet paper is neither use nor ornament is it, you just end up using twice as much anyway, so there's no saving for the businesses that use it.
I was born in 1960 and grew up in a very rural place in the country in Germany, and I remember that we used newspaper squares for a long time in our outside loo. And all the spiders in there were watching. *shudders* Occasionally there was a roll of one-ply (sandpapery, to say the least). How posh! 🤣 Eventually my grandparents (Mum and I lived with them) had saved up enough to have an indoor bathroom complete with WC installed, and by then two-ply toilet paper began to creep in. I don't think we ever used newspaper squares indoors anymore. We had become the posh set or at least it felt so to tiny me 😊
ReplyDeleteI was born the same year as you, but we were lucky enough to have an indoor toilet at home. At my Aunty and Uncle's caravan though all the conveniences were outside and I remember the daddy-long-legs and moths all joining the spiders and in flying around and watching you when they were drawn to the lights at night time.
DeleteMy dad used newspaper squares almost until the day he died in the late 1980's but my mum kept soft toilet rolls for herself and us kids (although we had to be careful how much we used!) Splinters don't bear thinking about :0/
ReplyDeleteHe was obviously very careful with his money and very good at recycling, as were so many of our parents generation. But I don't blame your Mum for getting the soft stuff for herself and you children ... sensible lady. :-)
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