Audits in the 60s

In the mid sixties I spent some time as part of a team doing the audit of Automotive Products in Leamington. The company had about 4000 employees on that site and some of their brands were Borg and Beck clutches and, I think, Lockheed. We stayed in the Directors’ guest house, a rather splendid country house a few miles away; excellent chef and silver service waitresses. I remember that there was a large heated garage in the grounds for the chairman’s chauffeur to park the Rolls. I also remember assuring a new member of the team that he should remember to bring his dinner jacket as one was expected to dress for dinner. He did . . . . sorry Arthur . . . .

Toilet paper

OK, maybe not the most elegant of subjects but worth a mention as, once again, things have changed a lot since way back then. In the 50s, rationing was still in place and shortages in the UK were still common; money was tight too. Very common for people to tear newspapers to size (some people made it into a craft and used scissors) and either pile up the paper squares next to the WC or, sometimes, make a hole in the corner and string them so that they could be hung. Not as pleasant as using the soft tissue papers now in use. A single ply 'shiny' paper became available and was seen as a big advance over squares of newsprint - the shiny surface did tend to make the paper skid; Izal and Bronco were two leading brands in the fifties and sixties. Then came crepe paper - again, single ply but now with the added feature of a sandpaper like texture causing mild pain before it tore to allow fingers through; fun.  Believe me, you are seriously better off with modern toilet tissues. Of course, bog paper was also a common term. There was also a singer called Lou Rawls if my memory serves me well and his name was a source of amusement to toilet centred humour little boys.