IF you have to spend a penny in the home of Jean Edmunds, be very careful.

Because visitors to her smallest room are given strict instructions so that they do not disturb her unusual collection.

Charity worker Mrs Edmunds has about 30 toilet rolls which are far from bog-standard.

She started collecting them after being given one made of fake $10 bills.

"I would have a lot more but people keep using them," laughs the Trinant grandmother. "The regular ones are on the left and the others are on the right."

"People give them to me as presents, and I pinch them from toilets abroad," says the 55-year-old teacher, who is project manager for Blackwood Cancercare Line and also works for a number of voluntary organisations.

Her family do not mind her bit of "escapism" as they appear used to the fun side of her nature.

Mrs Edmunds says: "My granddaughter calls me'Nutty Nanna'."

She would have loved to have added rolls from two special places - but instead of being flushed with success, found their toilet tissue a severe disappointment.

She says: "I've been to 10, Downing Street and Buck-ingham Palace, but they only use ordinary paper so it wasn't worth taking it."

Mrs Edmunds has rolls printed with crosswords and jokes.