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25 August 2015
St Olave’s Grammar School Reclaimed
St Olave’s Grammar school has occupied a number of significant sites in its four hundred odd year history on the south bank of the London River. Most notable among these is the still extant 1895 building adjacent to Tower Bridge, designed in the Queen Anne Revival style by E.W. Mountford (Old Bailey, Sheffield and Northampton Town Halls)....
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28 July 2015
Jewellery – War In Pieces
LASSCO has managed to save from the scrap-yard furnace a dazzling trove of brass medals, buttons, badges, diverse militaria and heraldic emblems of all kinds, which we have hand-crafted into a striking range of jewellery and accessories. Originally modelled in London and Birmingham by J.R. Gaunt & Son, “metalworkers to the King, established 200...
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9 January 2015
Shining the Way: Top three vintage lighting styles
1. Opaline Pendant Lights French chateau featuring antique oak table, distressed leather sofa (via French By Design) Opaline pendants available here Dimly lit Opaline Pendants illuminated Parisian cafes and bistros at the turn of the century. And the soft, ambient light they produce is still sought after in the homes of modern romantics. Our comprehensive...
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27 May 2014
Feita em Londres
Although the fabric has travelled many miles, from as far as Brazil and Columbia, these Hessian Floor Cushions are made right here in the heart of Bermondsey, Central London. Both in stock and made to order. Buy Coffee Sack Floor Cushions Here
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25 May 2014
Illuminate and Scent
With a Royal Warrant, Price’s Candle Works was originally our neighbour at Brunswick House. Their traditional candles are an elegant and practical addition to the home. Shop Candles Here
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12 May 2014
Beginners Video Guide To: LASSCO Ropewalk
Our neighbours Square Group kindly took the time to put together a brief guide to LASSCO Ropewalk. So, for the uninitiated, here’s a glimpse of what you can expect.
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9 May 2014
LASSCO Workshop: V&A Teak Table
Recently commissioned by a well known Wapping connoisseur and made at our Bermondsey workshop this dining table has been constructed from Burmese Teak Wood Block Parquet salvaged from the old ceramics room in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The dread word ‘up-cycled’ suggests a modish trend but LASSCO and it predecessor firm, Geo. Amos & Sons have been recycling timber...
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8 May 2014
Reclaimed Greenheart Guitar
Mario Morgante makes Electric Guitars. Like all stringed instruments a guitar relies on the most stable of materials being used in its construction. Mario has trawled through the LASSCO stock and found some superb greenheart to make the neck of his most recent creation – starting life as the deck of the Woolwich Ferry this...
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22 November 2013
Hardy Amies profiles Harry Amos
From the Hardy Amies series, ‘Neighbourhood Portraits’. Featuring LASSCO Ropewalk, Maltby Street Market and the musings of our tally clark Harry. See more on neighbourhoodportraits.com
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14 November 2013
Not What, But How by WORKSHOP Architecture
LASSCO was proud to donate reclaimed pine boards to WORKSHOP Architecture for their upcoming exhibition, Not What, But How. WORKSHOP is a non-profit organisation that deals primarily with impoverished communities, building schools and learning environments. The centre piece of the exhibition is a large live/work space comprised of shelves, desks and a ladder...
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10 October 2013
LASSCO Door Furniture & Brassfoundry Now At Ropewalk
As of October the 7th, LASSCO Door Furniture & Brassfoundry will begin the process of relocating to a new home, at LASSCO Ropewalk, SE1. The transition may take a week or longer, so please bear with us during this transition period – call ahead to avoid disappointment. Door Furniture & Brassfoundry is of course...
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27 August 2013
Bar Tozino, a dream neighbourhood spot
Miranda York has written a glowing review of Bar Tozino, a tapas bar you can find inside one of our arches, on LASSCO Ropewalk. The LASSCO team were on hand to design the interior and supply all the architectural elements used. More of a jamón bodega than a tapas joint, Bar Tozino is the kind of neighbourhood spot...