Category Archives: LASSCO News
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18 May 2012
LASSCO Three Pigeons Party: THE SALVAGE OLYMPIAD
Review: Well what a great night! We seemed to have timed our party well – not just because the so-called “Salvage Olympiad” fell on the day that the Olympic flame arrived on these shores but, just as our party got underway we were treated to a fly-past of a Lancaster Bomber and four Spitfires in...
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5 May 2012
LASSCO Goes Wild!
**Update – We had a fabulous evening last night at LASSCO Three Pigeons with Angie Butler enthralling a merry bunch with tales of Frank Wild – Ernest Shackleton’s right-hand man. Angie related his biography well beyond Wild’s years on the ice. We were treated to a first hand account of how Angie cleared up much...
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5 May 2012
Oxford Times preview LASSCO Three Pigeons’ Artweeks Exhibitor
We’re thrilled that the “Oxfordshire Limited Edition” magazine has showcased Daren Greenhow ahead of “Oxfordshire Artweeks”. Daren is taking centre stage at LASSCO Three Pigeons in a solo selling exhibition from 19th May 2012. The “Oxfordshire” is the colour supplement for The Oxford Times. We’re launching Daren’s exhibition with a fabulous Private View – ALL...
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3 May 2012
Beauty is more than skin deep
LASSCO has received this beautiful image from happy customer Aesop, who have just opened their shop at Borough Market: Aesop are known for using the finest plant based ingredients in their products for skin, hair and body. Its great to see our reclaimed stonecutter pine and salvaged sinks together in their new store. This image...
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1 May 2012
idfx Magazine gives LASSCO Shock Treatment
Jenny Brewer investigates industrial style interiors in this month’s idfx magazine. We’re delighted that she has picked out our “Hi-Voltage Insulator Bar Stools” as an illustration of the way industrial forms and salvage are being used in interior design. A small correction: We didn’t buy the St. John’s Wood substation! We did salvage a huge...
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19 April 2012
Stop The Press!
Both LASSCO London sites are listed as 2 out of 50 reasons to love South London – so says ES Magazine. Rope Walk is in there at number 10 along with The Brunswick House Cafe at number 32. Meanwhile, to quote Living Etc’s ‘Front Doors’ article in the May issue: “For the show-stopping opener your home...
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5 April 2012
The Economist, on the direction of Architectural Salvage, quotes LASSCO
This week’s Economist (7th April 2012) has an insightful piece about Architectural Salvage by David Rennie … read it here.
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29 March 2012
Interior Solutions in 25 Beautiful Homes
LASSCO’s ingenious up-cycling ideas, such as our unusual high voltage bar stools get a mention by decorating expert, Rachel Leedham in the current issue. Follow this link to see what they are like! /?id=58&tx_evlasscoproductdetail_pi1[uid]=11874
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29 March 2012
It’s all a facade – so says The Times Magazine
One of LASSCO’s favourite customers, renowned architect Chris Dyson has opened the doors to his East London house for a spread in The Times Magazine. Chris has built the first proper Queen Anne facade in London for many years. Impeccably correct brickwork and fenestration fronts a thoroughly agreeable interior. A glorious recreation and LASSCO is...
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15 March 2012
Exactly 100 years: Heroes of the Antarctic at LASSCO Three Pigeons
Recently, our diners at LASSCO Three Pigeons have been enjoying their lunch under the watchful eye of Herbert Ponting. We salvaged this framed photograph, an almost life-size reproduction, when clearing the premises of a film archive in Islington some time ago. Ponting (1870-1935) was the best known photographer of the heroic era of polar exploration and a pioneer of Antarctic photography – particularly challenging given...
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10 March 2012
Green Light for Development at LASSCO Three Pigeons!
LASSCO is delighted to report that Planning Consent has been granted by South Oxfordshire District Council for a development of our Three Pigeons site. Adrian Amos, LASSCO’s Chairman and founder, writes: ” This consent is great news for LASSCO and all our friends and customers. Firstly, it will give us ample warehousing, strategically and conveniently...
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23 February 2012
Self Awareness
At LASSCO Three Pigeons we have discovered that our shop is the star, or at least one of the settings, in a fiction by the celebrated author and broadcaster Will Self. Curiously, each of his 1994 collection of short stories, collectively titled “Grey Area”, is hinged around the stretch of the M40 motorway from Beaconsfield...