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  • 22 March 2015

    Easter at LASSCO,

    The Three LASSCO shops are adopting differing opening hours this Easter –  please check the opening times below. All at LASSCO wish you a Happy Easter wherever you get to spend it. LASSCO Three Pigeons in Oxfordshire: Good Friday: Closed but with Limited Viewing available (the Pub & Restaurant will be Open) Easter Saturday: Open  11am – 4pm Easter...

  • 19 March 2015

    Lunar Eclipse

    On Friday morning (20th March 2015), for a while, we’ll be in the shade as the moon slips in front of the sun. In Denmark it’ll be a total eclipse. Of course you’ll be wanting a lunar globe to properly demonstrate the dynamics of an eclipse, and this one happens to be Danish:   It can...

  • 19 March 2015

    Private Dining at Brunswick House

    A stunning market menu has been created by Jackson Boxer of The Brunswick House Restaurant for intimate private dining in the sparkling rooms of our beautiful Georgian mansion.  A lavish 5 course seasonal menu, currently featuring  delights such as goose rillettes, mussels, kale & parsnips, roast lamb leg, cauliflower & walnuts.  All rounded off with...

  • 16 March 2015

    Well, well, well…

    You’ll find some beautiful old stone troughs and well-heads at LASSCO Three Pigeons. We can’t resist buying them when we find them; English or French  they tend to sell quickly. Encrusted with centuries of lichen and decades of moss, it is hard to envisage that these great lumps of roughly hewn stone could have been physically moved...

  • 12 February 2015

    The Three Pigeons Beer Festival

      We are delighted to invite all-comers to our first annual Beer Festival. We’ll start pouring at 11am on the Friday and keep going until 8pm on the Sunday – or until the beer runs out! Please come and join us. On Saturday evening, as you work your way through our Ale Menu with tasting...

  • 9 February 2015

    ‘Manna from Denim’,

    This is just one of Damian Foxe’s beautifully photographed and art directed images in the current FT ‘how to spend it’ magazine.  Featuring LASSCO’s reclaimed pine tables with tapered legs & other selected pieces. For more information or to place an order please email: ropewalk@lassco.co.uk or call 020 7501 7780. See the full article: http://howtospendit.ft.com/style/75851-denim-fashion    ...

  • 3 February 2015

    Save Spiegelhalter’s!

    Adrian Amos, LASSCO Chairman writes: “One of my earliest memories was being shown Spiegelhalter’s by my father, Sid Amos, in the mid 1950s. He pointed it out as a ‘sod you’ phenomenon – the ‘independent trader’ against the powerful and corporate – hubris with built-in nemesis. Spiegelhalter’s was dear to the heart of every small businessman in...

  • 28 January 2015

    The Return of Honest Grapes Wine Tasting

    Following the success of  their Autumn wine tasting event, Honest Grapes return to The Cellars at Brunswick House. Taste brand new listings from Burgundy and South America, accompanied by nibbles from the Brunswick House kitchens Information here: /www.honestgrapes.co.uk/events

  • 22 January 2015

    Cabinets of Curiosity – and size.

    We’re delighted to receive pictures of the “Captain Cook Cabinet” that we salvaged in the summer (2014) at The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, now installed at its new home in Berlin. The mahogany monster – it is 7metres long (23ft) – had sat for over a century in the prime spot on the first floor mezzanine at...

  • 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...

  • 5 January 2015

    Textiles at Ropewalk,

      Our textile department  has grown like topsy since its inception last year.   The list of stock now extends to include not just the curtains, lace panels, cushions, braid, trimmings, cushions including floor ones made from coffee sacks but apparel including smocks & military onesies from Chelsea Hospital, table linen, pelmets, tassels & baskets……As well as the...

  • 9 December 2014

    December Grate and Scuttle Sale at LASSCO Brunswick House

      A selection of coal scuttles and grates are 50% off for the month of December at LASSCO Brunswick House. Click here for a full selection. We are open 7 days a week