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Article: POST STYLE: TURN THE TABLES; AS WE LEAD INCREASINGLY BUSY LIVES, THE OLD TRADITION OF A FAMILY SITTING DOWN TO EAT TOGETHER HAS BEGUN TO FRACTURE, LEADING TO A DROP IN THE SALES OF DINING TABLES. GABRIELLE FAGAN LOOKS AT THE DEMISE OF THE DINING TABLE, AND WHAT MIGHT TAKE ITS PLACE.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- April 19, 2006
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If sitting around a dining table enjoying a meal as a family is a regular event for you, then you're in a minority.
Research shows the traditional dining table has been thrown out of the national shopping basket of goods.
Apparently, we'd rather spend our money on hi-tech gadgets such as plasma TVs than outlay on a dining table that we may rarely use or don't have enough space for.
The Government's latest official statistics on our buying habits suggest the table's demise is due to the conventional family meal being displaced by TV dinners and ...