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Name something you had in your childhood bathroom that isn't there today?2

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OneUmberJoker · 20/12/2025 18:30

Shower curtain

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Munchyseeds2 · 20/12/2025 20:14

I've always known them as bird tiles.
My Nan had pink in one bathroom, blue in the other
We had yellow in our first house, pink in the 2nd

Munchyseeds2 · 20/12/2025 20:16

Once you've seen the bird, you can never unsee it

uhtredofbattenberg · 20/12/2025 20:17

WandyAgain · 20/12/2025 18:34

Matey

Same. Good old Matey

scalt · 20/12/2025 20:19

I've remembered a few other peculiarities from my childhood bathroom: my parents kept lots of funny things in the bathroom.

A leather-cased radio which my mum always used when getting ready in the morning.
A poster of information about homeopathy. (My parents tried it briefly for my brother's asthma, but later decided it was no good.)
A shelf with tiny glass bottles of assorted colours, which were empty shampoo, medicine or perfume bottles with the labels removed, when they were generally in glass bottles, rather than plastic. They kept them because they thought they looked nice.
A halo: a device for keeping water out of our eyes while washing hair.
A toy wooden horse on wheels called "the trouble maker". There is a family photo of one of us as a baby being held on this horse, which caused an injury, so it was this horse's fate to stand there, on a high shelf, out of the way.
The naughty chair. Yes, really! A stool which was kept in the bathroom served as this purpose.

Drivingmissrangey · 20/12/2025 20:19

uhtredofbattenberg · 20/12/2025 20:17

Same. Good old Matey

We have Matey!

Gatekeeper · 20/12/2025 20:23

PistachioTiramisu · 20/12/2025 19:21

Helancyl massager - supposed to get rid of cellulite! (not that I had any, aged 21!)

Ohh, I had this as well. Can still 'smell' the gel you used with it

DisforDarkChocolate · 20/12/2025 20:25

Drivingmissrangey · 20/12/2025 20:19

We have Matey!

You can still get Matey but the smell has changed. I used to love getting the Christmas ones for my children's stockings.

Drivingmissrangey · 20/12/2025 20:25

poshfrock · 20/12/2025 19:11

I still have a shower curtain and soap. Didn't realise these things were "dated".

Haven’t seen a shower curtain in a while, but soap is anything but dated, it’s having a huge resurgence.

Pineapplewaves · 20/12/2025 20:27

The pink bathroom suite and matching pink tiles. Medicine cabinet with mirror doors high up on the wall so the DC can’t reach it.

Skeldale · 20/12/2025 20:28

Carpet up the side of the bath. My parents would still have it to this day if they could. It was a really thick pile carpet in navy blue.

Keepingongoing · 20/12/2025 20:30

A few plastic boats and a couple of small plastic crocodiles, for playing in the bath with my little brother

Linco beer shampoo (when I was a teenager) and for my mum, Amami setting lotion

Mum2Fergus · 20/12/2025 20:31

A toothpaste. Was quite compact, in a white tub…you would wet brush and then rub into the pink paste…tasted awesome! Not mint, almost lemony, very refreshing.

landlordhell · 20/12/2025 20:32

Carpet
Matey
Imperial Leather soap

HouseAshamed · 20/12/2025 20:32

Ash tray

landlordhell · 20/12/2025 20:33

Munchyseeds2 · 20/12/2025 20:14

I've always known them as bird tiles.
My Nan had pink in one bathroom, blue in the other
We had yellow in our first house, pink in the 2nd

Chick tiles in our house .Green.

climbintheback · 20/12/2025 20:35

Oilcloth

Fooshufflewickjbannanapants · 20/12/2025 20:35

Ice

Mum2Fergus · 20/12/2025 20:38

Mum2Fergus · 20/12/2025 20:31

A toothpaste. Was quite compact, in a white tub…you would wet brush and then rub into the pink paste…tasted awesome! Not mint, almost lemony, very refreshing.

Gibbs Dentifrice!

PInkyStarfish · 20/12/2025 20:41

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Name something you had in your childhood bathroom that isn't there today?2
PluckyChancer · 20/12/2025 20:42

A pink plastic bath in front of the coal fire when I was little once a week on a Sunday evening.
We got a bathroom installed upstairs with a toilet when I was about 12. That was the height of luxury! I hated going outside to the toilet at night as it was cold and full of spiders.

neilyoungismyhero · 20/12/2025 20:47

Izal toilet paper.

JasmineTea11 · 20/12/2025 20:48

Soap on a rope.
That weird shiny toilet paper that was kind of slippy, in a gross way.

BettyTurnerthewindskeptlaughingatme · 20/12/2025 20:50

neilyoungismyhero · 20/12/2025 20:47

Izal toilet paper.

Or substitute tracing paper at infant school

WorriedMillie · 20/12/2025 20:50

A corner bath with gold taps
carpet
a cupboard with louvered doors
body shop bath pearl and soaps in a posh sweetie jar

i know carpet in a bathroom is yak, but it was such a cosy room to bathe in!

TheIceBear · 20/12/2025 20:51

Breathmiller · 20/12/2025 20:04

These tiles. Ours were peach. My Gran's were pink I think. I saw a funny creature skiing.

Omg these tiles. We had them in our kitchen as far as I recall. I wonder why they were so fashionable at the time.

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