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Does anyone remember coloured toilet paper? Any other random disappearances?

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Imsobored22 · 26/02/2023 00:07

Just this really.

I have recollections of toilet paper being available in lilac, mint, peach, baby blue. My husband thinks in lying.

its now white. I’m not sure when the colours disappeared.

I'd love some lilac loo roll to brighten up the day. I realise that this is a non-problem but I’m bored and have had a glass of wine (or two).

Has anyone got any other random disappearances that cannot be explained?

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Ffsmakeitstop · 26/02/2023 09:30

RedRiverShore3 · 26/02/2023 08:17

Amazon does a cream one which would probably match my champagne toilet but it's scented which I don't think I would like

Coop do a cream non-scented one.

RedRiverShore3 · 26/02/2023 09:30

lucya66 · 26/02/2023 09:14

Doesn’t the colouring in the paper irritate sensitive parts?

My nether regions were always ok with it but I wonder if it did affect some people as you can't buy it now, I don't buy the scented though in case it irritates

FancyFanny · 26/02/2023 09:30

follyfoot37 · 26/02/2023 06:48

why is this in AIBU?
Coloured lavatory paper is common

Bog off!

FancyFanny · 26/02/2023 09:33

Vesta meals- where did they go? I used to love them! Now you can only get the chow mien one if you look on the top shelf where they hide it in a random area in Tescos and nowhere else seems to stock it anymore.

DorisParchment · 26/02/2023 09:33

We had an aqua coloured bathroom suite, and matching loo roll. I wasn’t allowed to use the loo when I had my period in case of “soiling and staining” and was banished to the outside loo. My Mum loved that bathroom so much!

Does anyone remember the soaps you used to get with a transfer picture on - Holly Hobby or a pretty cottage - that used to get smaller as you used the soap?

RedRiverShore3 · 26/02/2023 09:34

Thank @Ffsmakeitstop I will have a look in Co op

lollipoprainbow · 26/02/2023 09:43

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 26/02/2023 00:18

Remember bath pearls. I used to love squeezing them. Haven't seen them for years.

They were lethal ! Many a slip up in the bath.

KimberleyClark · 26/02/2023 09:44

ancientgran · 26/02/2023 09:01

I do remember that, I think it might have been called Izal. I also remember sitting at the kitchen table with granny cutting up newspaper and threading it on string. Very frustrating sitting on the loo reading something salacious in the News of the World and not being able to find the end of the story.

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My parents had a dispenser on the upstairs toilet wall to put the boxes in.

KimberleyClark · 26/02/2023 09:47

lollipoprainbow · 26/02/2023 09:43

They were lethal ! Many a slip up in the bath.

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The casing didn’t dissolve so yes they were a bit of a slip hazard

Anyone remember Three Wishes foam bath? It used to separate into two colours in the bottle and you had to shake them together. God only knows what was in it.

Ihavedogs · 26/02/2023 09:49

Coloured loo roll after izal was the height of luxury, although it had to match the decor. It now seems to have been replaced by scent impregnated and seasonal printed loo roll.

What I have never really got is patterned kitchen roll.

LilyPAnderson · 26/02/2023 09:49

Didn't they have to replace coal tar in coal tar soap because some ingredients were harmful to health?

CatkinToadflax · 26/02/2023 09:52

My mum still has her 1970s pink bathroom suite! She knows it’s horribly out of date but it still functions, and she’s 76 and can’t be bothered to replace it. We always, always had pink loo roll in the pink bathroom, beige loo roll in the beige bathroom and yellow loo roll in the yellow downstairs loo. It didn’t occur to me until reading this thread that she must have been forced out of buying pink loo roll for the past 20 years!

My best friend was a bridesmaid for someone about 20 years ago. She was unimpressed with her bridesmaid dress, which she described to me as being “bathroom green”. Such a perfect description! 😄

TheClitterati · 26/02/2023 09:53

I had a purple bathroom & used to buy lilac toilet roll. Until one day it just disappeared never to be seen again.

German loo roll is famously utilitarian so I would always take my German friend coloured fluffy TP when we visited.

GrainOfSalt · 26/02/2023 09:59

Thelnebriati · 26/02/2023 00:13

"I must say that I take my hat off to Sainsbury's, they seem to attract a better class of person. I saw a vicar choosing toilet paper; he chose a four-roll pack of purple three-ply. He must have money to burn! He could have bought some shiny white and given the difference to the poor. What a hypocrite!"
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

www.apartmenttherapy.com/colored-toilet-paper-history-255476

That was exactly the quote I thought of 🤣

ghislaine · 26/02/2023 10:08

Meandfour · 26/02/2023 00:15

I don’t mean scents like Dove etc. fruit soap I probably should’ve said.

Sainsbury’s do a lemon scented own brand soap. It doesn’t lather particularly well, but it does the job.

Moomin37 · 26/02/2023 10:10

Someone mentioned soap which reminded me about those bars with the magnet - super retro!

KievsOutTheOven · 26/02/2023 10:16

LovelyLovelyWarmCoffee · 26/02/2023 09:20

Isn’t it « no more tears » as no more knots in your hair / broken hair from pulling on a knot, not no more tears in your eyes?

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The advert showed the kids with soap suds on their faces and swiping it off with their hands, so the implication was definitely that it didn’t burn your eyes.

Cant find the exact advert but here is a similar one:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=DN2lUcNZCDE

it definitely burnt your eyes. Especially when you say “look this shampoo doesn’t sting your eyes!” Before lathering it directly into your eyeballs

Dis626 · 26/02/2023 10:21

I'd completely forgotten coloured toilet paper! We always had pink or peach.

changedforonenightonly · 26/02/2023 10:23

VonHorne · 26/02/2023 00:21

OP - thanks for this random thread, it’s bringing back memories 😂

Ahhhh to co-ordinate with the decor, now I know! I kinda respect that level of detail!

Does anyone remember those body shop bath oil capsules? I think they were all sorts of shapes and scents? And they did those animal soaps too

Yes I used to collect the body shop Soaps in animal Shapes as a child.
This was before we had double glazing and one year all the condensation from the window ruined then.

Jourdain11 · 26/02/2023 10:40

You can get them on Amazon Fresh, I do believe - so they must still be in existence!

ancientgran · 26/02/2023 10:50

KimberleyClark · 26/02/2023 09:44

My parents had a dispenser on the upstairs toilet wall to put the boxes in.

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You were obviously posh, not only having toilet paper instead of last weeks News of the World but a dispenser as well. You probably wouldn't have talked to rag tag me.

StrawberryJam4Ever · 26/02/2023 10:59

itsacarveup · 26/02/2023 00:12

I also remember the medicated loo roll my granda had that came in a wee box, it was like tracing paper.

IZAL flat pack, or it come on a roll. It always baffled me as to how you could possibly clean your arse with this stuff. The thing is it was expensive too.

RedRiverShore3 · 26/02/2023 11:04

We had Izal on a roll in the 60s, I'm not sure you could get much else

RedRiverShore3 · 26/02/2023 11:05

DH's grandparents had a pile of newspapers, I'm surprised that the toilets didn't block up

Allthingsstrange · 26/02/2023 11:31

kateandme · 26/02/2023 07:10

oh god.im your gran! still have shield soap
and camp coffee is the ONLY way to make the best coffee cakes!

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Lol @kateandme Do you make shortbread biscuits with caraway seeds in them too?