RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 minute ago, rab said: Coarse or not? Wouldn't that apply more to the toilet paper. Only if BR used Izal. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 I remember izal in the outside toilet at my grandparents house. Two sheets to wipe and one to polish. There's no way that stuff would have stuck to axles, although it might have been worse than leaves on the line. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2023 Izal was actually coated in creosote. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 That would explain the burning sensation and why at our village school (outside lavs again until about 1980.) Izal was known as "ring stinger". 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 Anybody remember 'Bronco'? Another joy to use! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Re6/6 said: Anybody remember 'Bronco'? Another joy to use! Was that so nobody remained sitting for more than a minute, or am I overthinking this? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Re6/6 said: Anybody remember 'Bronco'? Another joy to use! Just to link this toilet theme back to our beloved eBay Madnass thread! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393123712294?chn=ps&_ul=GB&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=393123712294&targetid=1404115578853&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9045392&poi=&campaignid=17218284410&mkgroupid=142217514411&rlsatarget=aud-1657461042228:pla-1404115578853&abcId=9300867&merchantid=424820043&gclid=CjwKCAiAg9urBhB_EiwAgw88mWrnC_ZwnHjI_WnIdPZZ7aAoeB2Fv5sttugIpSWlOoZ9GyjXOYU-ihoCcyAQAvD_BwE Edited December 11, 2023 by Paul H Vigor to add information 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Was that so nobody remained sitting for more than a minute, or am I overthinking this? Probably meant to be character building! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Probably meant to be character building! So was a twenty mile march in full kit... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2023 To the theme tune of 'Bronco Lane', "Bronco, Bronco, tearin' across the dotted line Bronco, Bronco, PARRP! just in time!" 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 minute ago, MrWolf said: So was a twenty mile march in full kit... Made you a Man! It was all good fun back in the Olden Days! 😎 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Made you a Man! It was all good fun back in the Olden Days! 😎 Made you a cripple until you acquired some German pattern boots more like.😆 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 20 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Made you a cripple until you acquired some German pattern boots more like.😆 I had an excellent pair of German para boots back in the day. I guess they're considered retro today? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: I had an excellent pair of German para boots back in the day. I guess they're considered retro today? Very hard to get hold of and no longer a bargain. Ditto the outdoor sleeping bag suits you could walk around in. Still got mine, although I don't use it anymore as Miss Riding Hood doesn't do camping... Which I find a great relief, I've slept outside far too often, so when others are fighting to put up tents at vintage bike gathering and realising they forgot matches / teabags etc, we're heading off to a nice little hotel. 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 36 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Very hard to get hold of and no longer a bargain. Ditto the outdoor sleeping bag suits you could walk around in. Still got mine, although I don't use it anymore as Miss Riding Hood doesn't do camping... Which I find a great relief, I've slept outside far too often, so when others are fighting to put up tents at vintage bike gathering and realising they forgot matches / teabags etc, we're heading off to a nice little hotel. My partner shares exactly the same philosophy! I've always been camping/outdoorsy, she's comfy bed and electric hairdryer! I miss my para boots - I wore them until they finally gave up the ghost. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 The last pair I had, the welting stitches went between the uppers and the leather mid sole and I couldn't find a proper cobbler that could re stitch them before bonding on another commando sole. Same thing happened to my Georgia Engineer's boots after about fifteen years of using them for motorcycling. I don't think that you can even buy those anymore. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2023 Boots? We know a song about boots! ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted December 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2023 10 hours ago, MrWolf said: I remember izal in the outside toilet at my grandparents house. Two sheets to wipe and one to polish. There's no way that stuff would have stuck to axles, although it might have been worse than leaves on the line. You were lucky to have IZAL; in my grandparents outside loo it was torn up sheets of newspaper, (cue joke about the print coming off). Thinking about it, newspaper was probably a luxury compared to IZAL 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 4 hours ago, Hroth said: Boots? We know a song about boots! ... 🎶'... they are a chemists, and they're OK, ...'🎶 😎 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 14 minutes ago, rab said: You were lucky to have IZAL; in my grandparents outside loo it was torn up sheets of newspaper, (cue joke about the print coming off). Thinking about it, newspaper was probably a luxury compared to IZAL Brings a whole new meaning to 'the quality press'! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 9 hours ago, MrWolf said: The last pair I had, the welting stitches went between the uppers and the leather mid sole and I couldn't find a proper cobbler that could re stitch them before bonding on another commando sole. Same thing happened to my Georgia Engineer's boots after about fifteen years of using them for motorcycling. I don't think that you can even buy those anymore. That's the problem these days. Fixable in the right hands, but all the right hands have either retired or shuffled off this mortal coil! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 23 minutes ago, rab said: You were lucky to have IZAL; in my grandparents outside loo it was torn up sheets of newspaper, (cue joke about the print coming off). Thinking about it, newspaper was probably a luxury compared to IZAL Izal was made from recycled newspaper collected separately by the local councils in the Sheffield area. The newspaper was kinder before it was recycled. The coating was San Izal disinfectant, at one time they gave a box of Izal away with every pallet of San izal. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Is Izal the grease proof toilet paper you ised to get in schools and public toilets? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said: Is Izal the grease proof toilet paper you ised to get in schools and public toilets? If you were lucky. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Paul H Vigor said: Brings a whole new meaning to 'the quality press'! My preference would be the Guardian. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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