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16 April 2013
Private Dining & Receptions at Brunswick House
Steeped in Georgian splendour, a relic of Old London…Brunswick House is praised as a destination by customers who have enjoyed fabulous evenings within the beautiful private rooms. “Just back from our honeymoon and taking a moment to write you all at Brunswick House a note to thank you for your help. Our reception was without...
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5 April 2013
Geoff Westland 1940-2013
‘It is with great regret that we have to report the death of Geoff Westland, proprietor of Westland London, and erstwhile neighbour of LASSCO at St MIchael’s in Shoreditch, and joint owner of the premises, for over thirty years. Geoff was a stalwart of the Antiques Trade and, arguably during his lifetime, the most prominent...
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5 April 2013
Geoff Westland 1940-2013
‘It is with great regret that we have to report the death of Geoff Westland, proprietor of Westland London, and erstwhile neighbour of LASSCO at St MIchael’s in Shoreditch, and joint owner of the premises, for over thirty years. Geoff was a stalwart of the Antiques Trade and, arguably during his lifetime, the most...
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25 March 2013
LASSCO Opening Hours for Easter 2013
We’d like to wish all our customers a happy holiday season and safe travelling in this ghastly weather! LASSCO Three Pigeons, Milton Common Oxfordshire OX9 2JN will be closed on Good Friday, 29 March 2013; otherwise we’re open as usual: Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm, including Easter Monday for Architectural Antiques and serving lunch, tea,...
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25 March 2013
LASSCO Opening Hours for Easter 2013
We’d like to wish all our customers a happy holiday season and safe travelling in this ghastly weather! LASSCO Three Pigeons, Milton Common Oxfordshire OX9 2JN will be closed on Good Friday, 29 March 2013; otherwise we’re open as usual: Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm, including Easter Monday for Architectural Antiques and serving lunch, tea, coffee and cake in...
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26 February 2013
Last of the gas lantern makers.
LASSCO has had working relationships with numerous small workshops and specialist craftsmen over the years. Perhaps the longest association is held with Paul Clayton: last of the gas lantern makers. Paul’s house is hidden in a Hertfordshire market town – up the end of a cobbled mews. The archway into the mews is too small...
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19 February 2013
The Oxford Times finds the food “Delicious”, the shop “Lavish” & our Master Plaster Caster “Fascinating”!
The Oxford Times has a monthly colour supplement called Limited Edition and, not for the first time, they have done us proud over the past two editions with extensive features on both the restaurant and the shop at LASSCO Three Pigeons. In the January edition, our chef, Sam Atkinson, delighted the reviewer for the “Food...
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9 February 2013
Cranes
LASSCO Brunswick House trades as usual this weekend, Saturday & Sunday, as the advanced masterclass of high-level crane logistics unfolds around us. Ever since the tragic events of January when a helicopter collided with the lofty tower-crane at the rear of Brunswick House (see previous post here), Nine Elms Lane has been closed to traffic...
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23 January 2013
The Wall Street Journal features LASSCO Three Pigeons
This week’s Wall Street Journal has a wonderful write up about Peter Hone, our resident Master Plaster Caster, his complicated career and his triumphant gallery here at LASSCO Three Pigeons. Orders are coming in for his delicate plaster casts of architectural details and sculptural fragments. They can all be viewed in our so-called Hone Exchange...
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22 January 2013
Vauxhall Helicopter Crash: One Week On
It was with horror on Wednesday morning last week that Stefan Lorett, our Projects Manager, standing at the front of Brunswick House, first heard and then saw, a helicopter plummet straight past and crash into the busy London street in front of him. Helicopter wreckage and burning aviation fuel was spread across Wandsworth Road, just along from...
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16 January 2013
Helicopter Crash Update: LASSCO Brunswick House NOW OPEN!
***FINAL UPDATE >>>> 19TH Jan 9.00am Brunswick House finally re-opens this morning. The protracted delay was due to first the Police cordon and then our neighbours at St. George Wharf placing our shop within an exclusion zone due to the damaged crane at the rear of the building. There are still road closures in the...
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8 January 2013
Think Salvage
Period Living Magazine, January 2013 issue includes a comprehensive article by Roger Hunt entitled ‘Think Salvage’. The article recognises the salvage yard as being “a first port of call when your’re undertaking a renovation project..” LASSCO stock featured include Victorian brass and porcelain hooks, a vintage brass door bell with porcelain push and a restored...