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Tim Watts wrote:
I'm in the market for a new set of china plates etc.

However, what happens is one of many parts will get broken or at least
chipped badly in just a few years.

Does anyone sell long life designs - nothing fancy, plain is good
(thinking hotels and restaurants must demand sets that they can get new
parts for?)

It's either that or buy a backup set and keep that in the loft!

whatever you buy, it will be discontinued ahortly afterwards.*

However if its a popular style, you might find sellers on ebay to keep you
stocked up. I inherited my parents china, bought new in 1958, and have
added to it, to keep the numbers up, over the years.

* example: we bought some new cutlery in John Lewis, some 2 years later we
decided that we needed new tea spoons, No longer stocked - indeed the
young man assured me, on seeing one I took in, they'd never stocked it.
Luckily I found a internet stockist.

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from KT24 in Surrey, England