Nobody believes me! Toilet paper in Britain used to be waxed on one side like the stuff you use to line baking trays. It was completely unabsorbent and just spread the stuff all over your bottom.
I went to America recently and was reminded of it when an American asked if we still used it in Britain.
Where can I get some? I am feeling nostalgic and would also like to find one of those big red bars of carbolic soap which I could use to dissolve the dead skin on my feat.
2007-03-01 01:56:02 · 13 answers · asked by Ronald 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
yeah, i remember we used it as tracing paper as well! That is so weird. tolilet papaer as tracing paper. bloody hell. education sucks in this country!!
2007-03-01 02:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by elsie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where you can still get carbolic soap, but I've seen the Izal toilet paper often enough in UK supermarkets. I admit I haven't specifically looked for it, but certainly it was on supermarket shelves as recently as a couple of months ago.
2007-03-01 02:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by Andromeda_Bloodaxe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most public conveniences in the UK still use waxed toilet paper and it's avaliable in most UK supermarkets called IZAL (medicated toilet paper) if your in america you should be able to pick up IZAL in specialist english food stores
As for carbolic soap i'm not sure it even exists anymore as i have never seen it before
2007-03-01 04:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by Claiire 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Dad tells me stories of the days long ago when he went outside to the Karsy. You wiped with what you had.
I remember my Grandad smelling like carbolic soap. It still makes me feel good inside to smell it and reminds me of him.
Go here for soap:
http://www.carbolicsoap.com/bcarbolic-rangeb-c-230.html
Good luck finding waxed toilet tissue, I can't seem to locate any.
2007-03-01 02:05:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IZAL made it - it came in boxes and on rolls and could be medicated too.
Actually the lack of absorabncy was not the issue as it worked on a different principle, - scrunched up it had a better scrape and remove effect, it was disliked due to the scratchyness, but it was not less effective.
2007-03-01 02:04:44 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most quality public toilets use it.. look for the ones with graffiti and blood up the wall, seringes on the floor and a gang of chavs hanging out near it!
2007-03-01 04:18:08 · answer #6 · answered by sh*tsngiggles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol i used it as tracing paper use to bring it home from school an trace all kinds of stuff wow you brought some good memory's back thank you, but i don't now were you can get it from sorry ..
2007-03-01 03:32:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the many reasons kids used to have skids in their pants .... a generation was too afraid to wipe their butts !
Oh happy days ... kids these days dont know how good they have it lol
2007-03-01 03:44:33 · answer #8 · answered by jizzumonkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember this - we had it in the toilets at school. we once ran out of tracing paper in maths and our mental teacher made us use the toilet paper...
2007-03-01 02:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i rmember it from school, that takes me back, i remember the big bars of red soap mmmm the smell, maybe try ebay
2007-03-03 11:15:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋