Latest LASSCO News
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6 December 2006
The HEAT is on!
With the original central heating system having long since given-up-the-ghost, we spent last winter (and it was a cold one) working in what felt like sub-zero temperatures. We were, for a while, a company of multi-coloured Michelin men (and women). And yes, the irony, for a company selling radiators, didn’t go unnoticed! However, with a spanking...
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21 November 2006
What Might Have Been…?!
John Simpson's proposed scheme for London Bridge City, reviewed in Country Life Magazine, 1989.
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15 November 2006
Gift Ideas for Christmas
These beautiful 18th Century, hand-tinted, engravings (just four of fifteen available) represent, in small part, that age of Enlightenment in which scientific exploration and discovery exploded. Of particular interest is the early depiction seen here of a ‘Kanguroo’ – first recorded by James Cook in 1770. The enormous single claw to each foot also reminds us of...
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6 November 2006
Why not shop this Christmas at LASSCO
With the season to be jolly fast approaching, our thoughts, once again, turn to that perennial hunt for the perfect gift. However, your search could be over! Our new ‘interiors’ showroom at Brunswick House holds a delightful array of small and unique stocking fillers. So this year, instead of trudging the usual path, why...
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3 November 2006
Winter Door Furniture Reductions at St. Michael’s
We currently have a small selection of reproduction letterplates and knockers which are reduced. Please type "sale" in the search bar for their details…
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24 October 2006
‘Knockers!’
LASSCO St Michael’s maintains a fine selection of antique door furniture. This month we have added to our collection with 40 very handsome cast iron door knockers. Go to the home page and search ‘antique door furniture and brass foundry’ in the categories section for an overview.
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18 October 2006
SCRAMBLE!!
Spitfire Tyres LASSCO has acquired a quantity of Pneumatic Tyres from the tail-wheels of Spitfires … selling quickly at LASSCO St. Michael's in Shoreditch. The Supermarine Spitfire remains one of the classic fighter aircraft of all time, and certainly one of the most instantly recognizable. In this country it has become a part of folklore-...
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10 October 2006
LASSCO Brunswick House
The front room… The Ballroom… Another view of The Ballroom… The Twickenham Chemist shop in all its glory (now sold)… The elegant vaulted cellar, displaying an array of basins, baths, mirrors, radiators and more…. Retro is always popular at LASSCO Take a spin round the ballroom at Brunswick…. A corner of the Flooring gallery…. Brunswick...
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10 October 2006
LASSCO Three Pigeons
Balmy summer days with a Moroccan flavour. Galatea wearing a gorgeous stole and hat made of ….snow! The The front of the showrooms… The front approached from the car park Looking at the front as the sunsets. The shop lit up at night at Christmas time Looking at the building from...
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5 October 2006
Meet the Directors at Brunswick!
Hamish Urquhart has been appointed a Director of LASSCO Ltd, with special responsibility for the Flooring Department . Hamish has been with the company in this department for 5 years and has developed an easy confidence and informed feel for the reclaimed material, proving invaluable to the company and its customers. This may have much...
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2 October 2006
New Neighbours Coming!
Brunswick House is looking forward to welcoming its new neighbours! L&R (London & Regional Properties) bought Vauxhall Cross in May 2005. This neglected and derelict 0.95 acre development site is located immediately adjacent to one of London’s largest public transport interchanges. Being close to Vauxhall Bridge and the River Thames, Vauxhall Cross acts as...