Latest LASSCO News
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2 January 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We at LASSCO would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year and look forward very much to welcoming you to our London and Oxford premises throughout 2009! Happy Rummaging!
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27 December 2008
SALE!! SALE!! SALE!!
Today Saturday 27th December 2008 Massive Discounts ONE DAY ONLY!! This a revival of the Flash Sales at our old shop in Shoreditch we're knocking out the stock at up to 50% off! Nearly all stock at LASSCO Three Pigeons is included. We're giving away Spiced Cider and delicious nibbles too so get down here...
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22 December 2008
LASSCO Ropewalk – Closed over Christmas
LASSCO Ropewalk will close at 1pm on Christmas Eve and will remain closed throughout the festive period. They will reopen for business as usual on Friday 2nd January. Small quanitites of Victorian Pine Boards at £38 per sq m + VAT – random lengths – will be avaiable at Brunswick House throughout the Christmas period – see Christmas opening times for...
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21 November 2008
Christmas Opening at LASSCO
Christmas Opening Brunswick House LASSCO Brunswick House will close at 5pm on Christmas Eve. We will re-open from Saturday 27th December through to Wednesday 31st December as per usual. We will be closed New Year’s Day. Normal trading hours will resume on Friday 2nd January, 10am – 5pm. LASSCO Brunswick House, 30 Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall, London...
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5 November 2008
Sumptuous Christmas Wreaths
This month's issue of Homes & Gardens magazine includes a sumptuous feature on Christmas wreaths. And what's more, the entire shoot was filmed here at Brunswick House. Check out the images below! As you will see, each wreath is displayed to perfection amid the character and beauty of our own historic Brunswick House. Homes & Gardens – December 2008 ...
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24 October 2008
Reclaim your home – London Lite, 22 October 2008
Salvage was the hot topic of yesterday's ubiquitous London Lite. In a triple-spread feature, Lara Sargent proffered some handy tips on buying salvaged pieces that could ultimately "add value and charm" to your home. "Second-hand goods don't normally add value to a property but it's a whole different business if it's an original Victorian fireplace, a vintage...
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21 October 2008
TRAFALGAR DAY
LASSCO are flying the biggest White Ensign (Battleship-size) available today on Brunswick House to celebrate the 203rd anniversary of the famous sea-battle and death of Admiral Lord Nelson. It is fondly imagined that naval officers of the time would have passed by Brunswick House, on the Portsmouth Road, in fast post-chaises eager to reach the...
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20 October 2008
Former Premises of LASSCO
Taken by the eminent photographer, Paul Barkshire, in 1981, the evocative photograph below depicts a corner of the former Lion Works premises of George Amos and Son, the company from which LASSCO originates. The photo is part of a collection recently acquired from the National Monuments Record. It was taken using a 1920s Eastman camera, with 8...
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18 October 2008
Junk Foodies
Today's "Telegraph Magazine" (Saturday 18th) in "Food News" by Carolyn Hart reports as follows: Junk Foodies What bliss to be able to poke about among other people's discarded junk knowing that lunch awaits a step away and is, moreover, served on antique garden tables that you can buy. So it is at the Oxford branch of...
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11 October 2008
Smart Salvage says The Times
A glowing write up in The Times yesterday ("Bricks and Mortar" section) reads as follows: Smart Salvage A trip to the salvage yard need not be akin to foraging through a building site. Lassco is probably the nation’s plummiest salvage store and has two gorgeous branches, in Vauxhall, South London and Milton Common, Oxfordshire,...
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7 October 2008
LUNCH AT LASSCO!
Having opened a Coffee Shop in May LASSCO Three Pigeons has progressed and is now serving light lunches, using local, fresh and wherever possible, organic ingredients all lovingly prepared by talented young chef, Claire Assis. Claire joined LASSCO direct from 3 years at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons having also worked at The Ivy and...
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6 October 2008
Money Where Your Mouth Is!
For those of you at home this Wednesday, October 8 please tune in to BBC 1 at 10am. Why? Our M.D. & Buyer, Anthony Reeve is on it that's why! Make a cup of coffee, curl up by the chimney piece you purchased previously from LASSCO & get cosy. Later, why not pay us a...