Christmas Opening Hours 2005

LASSCO shops are usually open from Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm.

Over the Christmas period:

LASSCO St. Michael's will close by 5pm on Friday 23rd December and will reopen at 10am on 3rd January 2006 ... as always, all stock can be viewed at http://www.lassco.co.uk/stm_index.html

LASSCO Brunswick House will close by 5pm on Friday 23rd December and will reopen from 10am - 5pm on Wed/Thurs/Fri 28th-30th December. The House will then be closed until 10am 3rd of January 2006. Much of the stock can be viewed at www.lassco.co.uk.

The LASSCO Team would like to wish a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all our Customers and Suppliers. We look forward to seeing you in 2006.
Pictured: Ant Reeve and "Moose" on a "Christmas Special" stage at the Royal Albert Hall during the LASSCO clear-out there two years ago. LASSCO St. Michael's purchased the internal workings of the Jupiter organ in the background, decorative plaster areas of the ceiling, handrails from the auditorium and dozens of the cast iron staircase spindles cast with an "A" for Albert (some still in stock).

Dressing up with the English National Opera

LASSCO has recently purchased hundreds of costumes from the ENO. The current vogue for modern dress productions has led to the sale of much of its traditional wardrobe.

Costumes that once graced productions of La Boheme, La Traviata, Manon, Don Giovanni, Rosenkavalier and Faust, now grace our showrooms at Vauxhall. In addition to these are the wonderfully comic and gargantuan figures from 'Trojans'.

So whether you're involved in the professional theatre; dabble in 'Am Dram'; prefer something other than high-street fashions or simply have a penchant for dressing up, there's plenty to inspire.

Stripping away the Years

Restoration in progress on the portico at Brunswick House.
The original, fine detail gradually revealed as layers of paint are carefully stripped away.

PRESS CUTTING "LASSCO opens new showrooms with a flourish", SalvoNEWS, 01.12.05

Adrian Amos tells SalvoNEWS : "Brunswick House now stands as an important reminder of Vauxhall's elegant past and as a counterpoint to the gargantuan developments that now surround it.." Click on the image to enlarge and read it (a button will appear on your browser to enlarge it further).

PRESS CUTTING "Happy ever after on the scrapheap", The Daily Telegraph 26.11.05

Dickon Horsey, Archie Macki and Hamish Urquart (pictured l to r) the "artful dodgers" together with Adrian Amos aka "Fagin" (in shorts) tell Rory Knight Bruce of The Daily Telegraph about their origins. Click on image to enlarge and read it (a button will appear on your browser to enlarge it further)