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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I recently had reason to use a public restroom in a restaurant in Glasgow. To my astonishment and absolute horror there were rolls of Izal piled up atop the cistern, and one loaded "ready to burn" in the dispenser. I remember this stuff from schooldays in the 60's, hell my parents remember it from before even then! It's utterly inconceivable that this product is still sold today. Perhaps the manufacturers have a twisted and distorted sense of reality, or an evil sense of humor. In any event, the product doesn't do what it's supposed to do - period. I attended the aforementioned restroom only because I was stricken with an attack of ...  Read the complete review

Remember the old days when Izal toilet paper was standard issue for school toilets? No? then you are indeed fortunate my friend. Izal produce two versions of this hideous toilet paper. A continuous roll and a neat little box that fits into a neat little toilet tissue box holder. On paper (pun intended!) this product appears to offer much to the fastidious bottom and front bottom wiper! Not only is it medicated to help kill bacteria and therefore provide better family hygiene, it comes in one colour only - semi opaqued tracing paper clear. Therefore you do not have to spend hours deciding on which colour to use to best enhance your bathroom decor. ...  Read the complete review