Belfast sinks

My cottage has a belfast sink, I am always careful when I am washing up and crockery usually lasts me a very long time in fact I get fed up with it before it breaks, but since living here I have chipped/broken more china than I can believe!!!! I understand these are gaining popularity again, but WHY???? it is a friggin nightmare, I am now buying a plastic bowl which fits inside but surely that defeats the object?? the plastic bowl will eventually become scratched and won't be as clean/hygienic as the sink itself. Anyone else own one of these sinks from hell!!!!!!

Val

 

Blimey!
Saw this thread title and thought Northern Ireland had been hit by some terrible natural disaster.
What's a Belfast sink by the way?

 

One of these!!!!!!!!!

Val

 

That sink alone would put me off buying the house it was placed in. I think they are awful. Which is why they were replaced with a washing up bowl. I think we can become paranoic about so called "germs" in the kitchen. I can't remember the last time that I had an upset stomach.
I like to keep my soldiers in training, not lolling around in the Mess playing cards,
Jenny

 

I see. One of those big deep ceramic jobs then?

I've got a couple of those. In the garden.

Several years ago I rescued a couple of those big, deep old sinks from a school science lab, (it was being chucked out when they were refurbishing the school).
Simply dug a big hole, sunk them in and filled them. They make great mini ponds for wildlife.

 

I love them me, yes, they are nuclear weapons to anything pottery, but they are sooooo nice. Easy to clean, don't scratch like stainless steel and are so today.

 

I'll just get my stick and hobble over to my then Al,
Jenny

 

I don't have a problem with mine,but i do use a bowl to wash the pots