On Sunday, January 5, 2014 2:04:31 PM UTC, Tim Streater wrote:
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Well the double-drainer double-sink one we saw in a farmhouse a few
months ago certainly looks 1950s. But so what. It *works*, thass the
point.

I still find the one my parents had installed in 1964 works better than any others I've used. The mixer tap has been replaced several times but everything else just goes on and on...
That was installed long enough ago that the waste pipes are lead...