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12 March 2018
Sir William McAlpine 1936-2018
Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet, grandson of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet “Concrete Bob” [1847 – 1934] , and Director of the great British construction firm that bears his grandfather’s name, died at the age of 82 last week. Bill, unsurprisingly, given his civil engineering experience was more a hands-on practical man than the nabob...
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1 March 2018
Shiver me timbers
From a snowy LASSCO Three Pigeons in Oxfordshire: ***Update: Friday LASSCO Three Pigeons – the Architectural Yard and Shop is Open today (Friday)… but will close early at 3.30pm. We’ll be Open as usual tomorrow (Saturday). The Three Pigeons Pub Restaurant is Closed today (Friday): With some of the team unable to make it in...
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3 July 2017
New Car Park at Three Pigeons
If you like the smell of fresh tarmac get down to LASSCO Three Pigeons. After weeks of preparatory work, today and tomorrow we have the big pour – followed by the big roll (Mon/Tues 3/4th July 2017). We do need a bigger car park – the new one should be plenty big enough – we...
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23 June 2017
Bookcases ex The Queen’s College, Oxford
The late 17th Century Upper Library at The Queen’s College, Oxford University, is one of the finest rooms in Oxford. It houses the largest and most diverse collections of rare books in any of the University Colleges. We are delighted to have acquired a quantity of oak bookcases that, for the past 160 years, have...
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12 June 2017
The Gilded BBQ – Review
We would like to thank Chris and Greg of Native Feasts for another superb Pop-Up extravaganza this weekend; a banquet amidst the salvage. Tickets for Friday and Saturday nights were sold out within hours and the happy crowds each night enjoyed cocktails around the firepit before filing in for the Feast. This time dinner –...
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30 August 2016
Bill Posters will be Prosecuted
Day one of any graphic design course today probably includes a warning to pupils about using too many typefaces in their work. The Victorians however reveled in having their typesetter go through the full gamut of typography in order to fill their advertisements with vibrant and punchy proclamations in all available fonts and typefaces. From...
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25 May 2016
Pigeon Post
Pigeon Post: News from LASSCO Three Pigeons The final room of the recent Historic England Exhibition “Out There – Post War Public Art” at Somerset House ended with a mournful list of notable public sculpture that has, to date, been “Sold, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen”. This was a rather down-beat end to a show that had...
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7 April 2016
For the Record
Charles Wheeler is a sculptor who we are rather fond of – an article “Missing in Action: Charles Wheeler’s Post War Architectural Sculpture”, concerning his work was recently posted on “3rd Dimension”, the on-line Magazine and Newsletter for the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) and can be viewed in its original location here. We were delighted...
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14 March 2016
Wall to Wall Coverage
You, like us, may have been enjoying the nascent “Reclaim” magazine – not least due to the rather generous amount of its pages that are devoted to the LASSCO shops. Last month was a nicely written piece on the history of LASSCO and an interview with Adrian Amos. This month we got the front cover! The supply...
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3 March 2016
Review: Native Feasts at LASSCO Three Pigeons
We are delighted to re-blog this review from “Muddy Stilettos” – The Urban Guide to the Countryside. Muddy Stilettos, a winner of nationwide blog awards, has recently rolled-out its Guide to now cover most counties across Southern England – watch out for it. Muddy founder Hero Brown gives us the thumbs up! Muddy eats: Native Feasts...
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16 February 2016
Harold Wright, 6th December 1921 – 11th January 2016
Nearly forty years ago I was called out to the Christian Science Church in Mayfair to bid on pews that were to be removed prior to demolition. Of the highest quality they were commercially worthless because they were laid out in a semi circle which made them very impractical for reuse. However I found...
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14 February 2016
LASSCO Goes Native
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Native Feasts – a Pop-Up Restaurant from Michelin starred chef Chris Godfrey here at LASSCO Three Pigeons in Oxfordshire. Chris and his team will be cooking the best seasonal British produce and serving it up as set menus for diners to share out, divvy up and feast down...