IAN FINN 808 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Ah Izal the sandpaper of toilet rolls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,153 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Correction Ian. The greaseproof, tracing paper of toilet rolls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 Is that what they used in school for art lessons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 It made a passable substitute where none was available. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,153 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 It were never used to wipe yer 'arris. That's a dead cert. Used anything but that, if you valued your skin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,161 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 11d at Marsdens in the 60s  good for window dressing so easy to display....they were made up in Yorkshire just north of Sheffield........ We never had toilet rolls when growing up......Dad always brought Railway time tables home from work.......i knew all the routes and stops between Nottingham victoria and everywhere up to Newcastle...as i Sat reading them at an early age............ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,298 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Izal "Toilet Tissue" was equivalent to 1000 grade wet and dry paper, at least it felt like it. So beloved of all NCC schools Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Nowt wrong with Izal. It's all a tissue of lies! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,421 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Didn't Stanley Spencer the artist use it for his sketches? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,601 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 21 hours ago, IAN FINN said: Is that what they used in school for art lessons? Could have been Ian because most of my paintings were s**t anyway  Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,601 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 8 hours ago, benjamin1945 said: .i knew all the routes and stops between Nottingham victoria and everywhere up to Newcastle...as i Sat reading them at an early age............ Left an impression on you Ben Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted January 3 Author Report Share Posted January 3 So were mine plantfit izal knew most assoles in town. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,153 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 There's a few of them down yer. ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 My granny always had Izal loo paper and not surprisingly there was also a jar of Vaseline in the bathroom! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Personally, as a child, I never had to suffer the privations of an outside toilet but for those who view that little lean-to in the back yard with romantic nostalgia... a new take on an old favourite.  Izal be seeing you In all the old, familiar privvies, Where the icy, gale force chivvies All night through. In that small enclave, Where spiders dangle from the chain. The cistern with its rusty bell, The rats that make you run like hell! Izal be seeing you: Those crafty bugs you're bound to meet.  It's no use standing on the seat. The crabs in there can jump six feet. Izal find you in the outside loo, The floortiles wet with dew. Izal be reading of The Sun.... But Izal be seeing you!  Izal be seeing you When emptying the pot guzunder, Need to break the ice asunder Afore I do. On the rusty nail, Hang printed squares and spare junk mail. The leak that through the roof assails And drips into enamel pails. Izal be seeing you At 2am: the slugs to greet. That vindaloo looked such a treat, Now red-hot spikes spring from the seat. It's dragged you from your nice warm bed Out, shivering, to the loo. With a frozen poppadom.... So, Izal be seeing you!     3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 It's reminded me there's another thread on a similar subject....which also mentions Izal. Â https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/6627-so-who-did-have-a-house-with-an-outside-toilet/ Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,153 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 They played that at my mates funeral. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Not with those lyrics, I should hope? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,153 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Well, it were summat like that. Me hearings not too great. :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Its no use climbing on the seat the crabs in here can jump fifteen feet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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