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Bought 8 French made dinner plates from local charity shop. 50p each! Took ages to find some I liked though.
Have we reached peak Middleclasstrackworld?
As for the title of ****trackworld it's a toss up between the designer sunglasses to match the car and the guy describing himself and missus as a young professional couple and wanting to drive a 1 series BMW...
Since when china made in China is not the real deal?
As for the title of ****trackworld it’s a toss up between
Or the outright winner; a bloke who put his livelihood in doubt because of his weed habit
Or the outright winner; a bloke who put his livelihood in doubt because of his weed habit
Nah, that's dickheadtrackworld.
I've got some Steelite plates. Can't remember where they came from but they're awesome. British I think.
As regards the volume…. Good point. I think she decided that at some point we might invite people round and need 12 plates, then four spares. Spares are good, but not when they total £150…
I could live with IKEA for the spares etc personally. How often will you seat 12 people really?
These are nice, scandi style but handmade in UK
https://www.pippiandmeceramics.com/
So I reckon the Denby stuff does last lot longer.
Maybe, although I bought some IKEA plates & bowls when I moved house 24 years ago and they're still fine (have lost a couple of items to breakages but have dropped lots of them over the years without it even chipping).
All our side plates are odd, we pick ones up we like from charity shops (got a couple from the USA!) so we have a big range of funky ones now. Got a load of dinner plates from m and s for 50p each in their clearance, and got a load of bowls from a friend who was getting rid of her red ones as they didn’t match the new house.
We didn’t get fancy crockery for our wedding as I couldn’t see the point, eventually they’ll get broken and you won’t be able to get new matching ones so you’ll have odd ones anyway, may as well skip the expense and time.
We’ve probably spent less than £25 on crockery in 25 years of being together, 90% of which was at charity shops!
Always remember it’s good to prioritise shopping local, but if you want to be eco friendly either don’t shop at all for the things you think you want, or reuse something rather than it going in a bin, which is a double win.
But it’s a shame that the premium to generate some UK jobs is so prohibitive.
And why might that be? Why do you think Chinese stuff is cheap?
Don't worry, soon we'll have the same kind of employment rights, environmental regulations and wages they have in China, and we won't be able to afford to import stuff.
Went through this about 6mths ago. We got a full Denby set when we got married 22 yrs ago and that set is absolutely fantastic. In value for money terms it has been brilliant.
We normally have 2 sets on the go so up until recently we had a full ikea set going too. What a pile of shite. It breaks too easily. It scratches at the slightest hint of a knife. Its plain cheap and nasty and we got about 2yrs out of it.
So when i decided we needed to replace the Ikea stuff i went and bought a complete set of LeCruset from their seconds shop in Gretna. Because i live nearby i was able to go through each plate etc and ake sure i was happy with them. I think the set of dinner & tea plates and large bowls cost me about £100. They weigh a ton, are brilliant quality and look nice.