Izal Medicated Strong Toilet Paper

"When I was a lad.....", - the phrase so often used to describe the misfortunate experiences of their woe-filled 1920s and 30s youthful existence. My Grandparents had to put up with carbolic soap, doodlebugs and Rickets. Was Izal invented to give us 1970s kids something to reflect on in these years gone by as something similarly evil and painful? I don't pretend it was just my generation but the recollection of the brand name itself is enough to send shudders through any 30-something's............. you know what! Firstly nobody ever explained to us young schoolchildren which side of the paper to grip. We therefore literally took ...

At the beginning of the 1890`s a germicidal disinfectant had been made using the by products from coke furnaces, gases, tars and oils. In 1893 this was patented as Izal. The product became available in liquid, powder, soap, cream and ointment form. This famous disinfectant was said to help combat cholera, chicken pox, whooping cough and typhoid fever. It also claimed to cure malaria, worms, perspiring feet and baldness! Izal was eventually added to toilet paper and was a best selling product for years. Izal is priced at £1.49 a roll, or a flat packet of tissue type paper also retails at £1.49. Izal is produced from a renewable source and is ...

Do you remember being at school and that horrible thin, scratchy non-absorbent paper that smeared everything around rather than soaking it up, and scratched your delicate bits to pieces? Well, now you know it’s name Izal medicated toilet tissue. If you don’t remember these days, you are indeed fortunate! On paper, (pun very much intended) this offers a useful thing up to the discerning wiper of rear end’s and front bottoms. It's medicated to kill bacteria, therefore making your bottom a much more hygienic place ,although I wouldn’t try eating your dinner off it! Thats not a place you want your head to get stuck! Less than attractive in its dull ...