04x11 - Village w*r Memorial

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Welcome to The Repair Shop, where
much-loved but broken treasures...

This is amazing.
It is absolutely brilliant.

..are brought back to life.
Welcome to my universe.

It's pretty marvellous. Furniture
restorer Jay Blades... It's so nice

that we can be part of that history
to just keep things going.

..and a dream team of some of the
country's most skilled
craftspeople...

I'm having a lot fun, and I'm really
liking the end result.
Sounds like teamwork.

..bring their talents to bear
on beloved pieces of family history.

Look at that. I'm liking what I see.

It's working. You beauty!
..utilising expertise passed down
the generations...

I'm going to teach you how to do it
the old-fashioned way.

..transforming priceless pieces
of family history.

Oh, my goodness me! The Repair Shop
team will resurrect the items...

Oh, gosh! ..the memories...

I'm going to have to hug you. ..and
the stories behind them.

Look at that. Oh, thank you so much.

I can't see it because
of the tears in my eyes!

This is a very emotional job to do,

but incredibly worthwhile.

CHEERING

In The Repair Shop today, cane craft
expert Rachel faces a big struggle

with a very small chair.
It's a challenge. That's what it is.

There we are. It's out. There it is.

While Brenton gets his hands dirty,
mending a machine that offers

a glimpse into the past.

Oh, look at that. Look at that!

Bit glad I put that glove on, then,
cos that is proper sticky.

Outside the barn, wooden furniture
restorer Will Kirk is awaiting

the arrival of
Christine and Derek Hunter.

Oh, hello. Hi, I'm Will. Hello, nice
to see you.

Christine's brought an important
piece of her family history.

Whatever it is, it looks
broken to me.

Gosh. Lovely.
Well, follow me into the barn. OK.

Don't know how to... Does it go up
and... It should stand upright.

Look at that.

That part should fit on there.

Right.

That is... And that part should
fit in there.

Right. So I presume it's a spinning
wheel. It's a spinning wheel...
Right.

..which belonged to my great-aunt
in Shetland where I grew up.

She was the nearest thing
that we had to a grandmother,

because my mother's parents both
died, one before the w*r and one

during the w*r,

and so Great-Auntie Annie looked
after my mother after that. Right.

And she had her wool to spin,

so my sister and I, when we
were sort of eight and ten,

our job was to go out and get
wool for her.

And we used to go round the fields
and gather pieces of wool, bits

of wool that hang on the fences
and gateposts and things like that.

In Shetland that's called
hentilagets. OK. It's a
special name for it.

She would tell us, a day that the
job had to be done, and we'd have
great fun just running around,

gathering bits of wool off fences.

Then we'd bring that wool home
and she would do spinning

demonstrations at a shop which was
in the local village. Lovely.

So, I mean, it's quite, sort of,
like an ancient craft, isn't it?

So... The spinning of wool was
starting to die out in Shetland.

That's why, in the '60s and '70s,
it used to be like a tourist
attraction.

People used to come on tours
on a bus and come out to see

Auntie Annie demonstrate
the spinning. Great.

And did she make you anything from
the wool?

We used to have jumpers, gloves.
Probably the main thing was socks,
winter socks.

Socks, socks, lovely, lovely!

Well, I mean, I don't know enough
about spinning wheels to sort

of know what's missing and, I mean,
I presume that should be...

That should be sitting up on here.
There were a couple of little
wooden pegs,

which have got lost along the way.
I mean, I'll do a lot of research,

and have a look and see what's
missing here. I mean, have you
actually done any spinning yourself?

I've never done any spinning myself.
I've done knitting, but I've never

done any spinning, no.
Should I be able to restore this,

do you think that might sort of push
you towards maybe giving it a try?

Thought would be perhaps
for a winter evening, to be able

to have a try again and do
some spinning.

So, plenty of socks for you.
Yeah, there we go.
LAUGHTER

At least I'll have warm feet.
Exactly. Right, well, I will do a

bit of looking into what's missing,
see what I can replace, see

what I can fix, and I hope I can do
your great-aunt and you very proud.

Yeah, yeah. Thank you for coming
down. Thank you very much. Thank
you. Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye.

It would be great to see Auntie
Annie's spinning wheel brought back
to life. It'd be really good

to see it used for the purpose
it was intended, not as an ornament.

Because Auntie Annie was a very
important person in my life when I

was younger, it'd be just great to
bring back her memory.

Traditional spinning wheels
are powered by hand and foot,

and work by twisting the wheel into
yarn which winds around a spool,
ready to be used.

So, how are we doing? Spinning
wheel. You've got it sussed?
You know what you're doing?

I've never seen one, I don't know
how it works. OK. You ever worked on
a spinning wheel? No.

Well, there you go, then. OK.
I mean, I don't know if it's
supposed to be oiled or polished,

but it looks really dry. It's got
water damage. OK. And then this,
obviously it's broken. Do you know

where that goes? Well, that is...
Oh, right, yeah. ..broken off of
there. Yeah.

What that does, I've got no idea.

So it sounds like you're on the
ropes, then. I am on the ropes, and
this is something that could be

spinning out of control... OK.
..unless I get some help. All
right, OK. What I'll do is, I'll get

on the blower and I'll, I'm sure I'm
going to find someone who's an
expert on spinning wheels.

Be good if someone could shed some
light on how it works. All right.

I'll get someone sorted. You're the
best, Jay. All right, mate.
Cheers, mate.

Do you ever do any, like,
commercially type stuff,

like boutiquey stuff, or...
I've done a few, but I sort
of realised that that's not actually

the direction that I want to go in.

I like to do small,
quite special things. Mmm.

Yeah. There she is.

Luckily, something small
and special has just arrived.

Ushma Knapp from Kent brings an item
steeped in childhood memories.

Oh, look! There we go. Wow! Look!

Amazing! Beautiful.

Ushma's hoping that caning expert
Rachel South can use her traditional

skills to breathe new life
into the vintage rocker.

So, this is a lovely little chair.

Tell me about it.
Where did you get it from?

My dad made it for me
when I was very young. Ah!

He fell ill when I was around
six years old.

He had problems with his heart
and he had a stroke,

so he couldn't work any more.

Still managed to live life
to the full as much as he could.

He used to go to a rehab centre
as part of recovery from heart

surgery, and he used to make
a lot of furniture.

And this was one of two
chairs he made for me.

And over the years,
it's just got damaged,

and it's been sitting in my loft
for about ten years, and I decided

that it was time to do something
about it and try and get it fixed.

So I'm hoping you can do
that for me. Yeah. It's amazing.

It's a bit of a work of art, really.
Thank you. Yeah.

Before your dad fell ill,

was he working as a furniture
maker or... He was a cobbler.

So he had his own shop in Harrow.

So he was always very nimble
and agile with his hands.

So I imagine that's why he was drawn
to things like this.

I think, just because there's
some quite complicated

things going on here, like the sort
of way the rattans bend... Yeah.

..and this sort of lapping, and just
sort of making these shapes...

Yeah. ..it's quite a sort
of complicated thing do.

He must have been a really
skilful man. Yeah.

He wasn't one to shy away
from complicated projects. Yeah.

He probably looked at this and he
thought, "Yes." I bet you must have

felt quite special, having your own
chair that your dad had made.

Definitely. It's a nice reminder
of him.

It's quite special, really, isn't
it? Yes, it is.

It is a very special little chair.

So, what would you like me to do?

How would you like to see
this restored?

I'd certainly like to be able to sit
on it again, and at the moment

I don't feel too safe sitting
on it, because the wood

underneath it is... Yeah, there's a
broken bracket there. Yeah.

And there's a bit here that's
very loose. That's broken there.

I think if anybody did try and sit
on it, they might potentially

fall through it. And this beading
around here is, is all snapped,

so I'm not sure that's quite...
It's quite sharp there as well.

Because it's a handmade chair,

I'm in the mind that I'm going
to follow your dad's lead, really.

OK. I'm going to try and think
how your dad would think,

and I'm going to
fix it in the same way. Brilliant.

Thank you very much for taking
it on, and good luck.

Thank you. Thanks. Thanks very much.
Bye-bye. See you.

I was very surprised when Rachel
talked about the workmanship.

I hadn't quite appreciated how much
effort had gone into making

the chair and how complicated
it was.

It has great sentimental
value for me.

This cane seat is not actually...

..individual strands woven from hole
to hole.

Ushma's dad has actually

used a pre-woven sheet of cane
that's been stretched

around the frame.

So I think that to stay true
to Ushma's dad and all of the time

and effort that he put into making
this chair, I'm going to replace

this seat with the sheet cane
that he originally used.

This needs to be soaked in hot
water, because the cane, it's the

bark of the rattan palm.
At the moment

it's quite stiff, but it
will become really elastic.

And then, as it dries, everything
tightens up again.

So I'm going to take this over
to the sink and I'm going to leave

it to soak in hot water
for about an hour.

With the cane soaking, Rachel can
use the time to remove the perished

beading, to ready the seat frame
for a new base.

In order to assist Will
on his restoration of the spinning

wheel, Jay's called in some
specialists.

Husband and wife team Joan and
Clive Jones have been restoring

spinning wheels for over 20 years.

Hello there. Hello. Look at that.
I'm Will. Hi there. Hi there.

Look at that. So, first of all, what
are we looking at?

Basically it would have been made
in one of the little crofts

on Shetland, probably. Right.

They're not normally of one type
of wood. They're off of wood

that they've got from the seashore.
On the seashore?

Because there's no trees
on Shetland. Oh, right.

Anything that's, you know, coming
off the sea from ships,

and that's why they're made of
different types of wood, normally.

That is fascinating. This bit's
called the flyer. The flyer.

You've got, obviously, to make a
complete new piece of wood. Really?

Even though I have that there. You
won't glue that on to make it

work, because the centrifugal
force... Yeah, is going to pull that
off. ..will pull it off.

So you can draw around it and use
it as a template. Right.

So there's a lot of work
just in that alone. Yeah.

Please give me better news for
everything else.

The wheel itself,
it's not too bad, actually.

Seems...seems OK.

Bit of a wobble on it, but it's not
too bad.

Well, what I might do is set
up a bench for you over there,

and you can both get to work, and
I'll make a sandwich or something

whilst you're working away.
THEY LAUGH

But, with all the information
you've given me,
I can at least make a start.

OK. Thank you for coming down to
give me a hand. OK.

Pleasure. Thanks very much.

I am slightly overwhelmed
with how much work

there is on this spinning wheel,
but I need to start somewhere,

and what I'm going to do is split
it down into sections. So the base

is really wobbly, so I'm going to
start off for the base and

sort of really
get that nice and secure.

So it seems to be coming apart quite
easily, and I think that's

because a lot of the original
glue has dried so much,

it's sort of turned into dust,
loosening up all of the joints.

There we go.

That really sort of slants
down at quite an angle.

You can also see how the joints in
the legs have, you know,

there's no more glue there.

So I'll take these three legs out,
clean out any old glue residue

on the inside, get some new glue
in there and camp this up and make

sure that that is...

..as horizontal as I can make it.

Once the glue's applied, makeshift
lashings hold the joins together

while it dries.

So it's really secure, really
stable, which is great.

I've been putting off one
thing, and that's making

this, which is the flyer. The flyer
is a U-shaped piece of wood

which holds the bobbin and widens
the yarn as it spins, and it needs

to be made to exacting measurements.

What I might do is
I might trace this side

on to a piece of paper, flip it
over and trace it on the other side,

so hopefully I should be left
with a very symmetrical,

nice U shape.

Size-wise, it's exactly how it needs
to be in order

for it to run properly.

The only thing I need to do now
is try to take this metal rod out

the middle and insert it
into the new flyer.

Will may be winning with his repair,
but the items

are continuing to arrive.

Heading into The Repair Shop is
80-year-old Allan Barham.

He's carrying a very special item,
which if repaired could provide

a conduit to a lifetime
of happy memories.

How we doing? Hello, Jay. You must
be Allan, then. Yes, I am Allan.

OK. Quite right.
Take a seat. Brenton.

We've got one over here
for you, sir. Right.

Brenton's not only a talented
silversmith but is the go-to guy for

all things
photographic and cinematic.

What have you got? Ah!

Oh, wow! An old projector. There we
are. Is this your projector?

It might look like a Eumig P8
projector... Right.

..but in fact it's a time machine.
OK. We got...

We found a load of old
8mm Cine Films,

all of which go back to the
1960s and 1970s when... Wow!

..my wife and I were first
married and when the children

were coming along. OK.
When did you get this?

Well, we got that when
we were first married.

We had been married 58 years

when my wife died. 58 years? But
we'd actually known one another a

lot longer than that, cos we'd met
in primary school, we met aged five.

Right. When we got married,

we wanted to keep a permanent record
of our early life and times

and record the children's
antics when they were born.

And of course it was quite a big
investment for us, for a young

couple at that time. Yeah.

Did you not eat for weeks,
or how did you manage it?

I've puzzled over that myself,
how we ever managed to afford it.

So the early days of you guys
courting or being married... Yes.

..was kind of captured on film.
Yes. So, last time you had this

working, then, was when? When was
the last time? Oh, it must be over
30 years ago. 30 years!

If you plug it in, you can hear
the motors running. OK.

And I think there's a problem
with the drive system,

which needs looking at. OK.

The other thing is the projector
bulb has burnt out. A proper trip

down memory lane.... Yes,
absolutely. ..if we can fix it.

Yes, absolutely. OK. And, for me,
as an 80-year-old widower...

Right. ..it's an opportunity to
relive my early married life.
Of course it is.

You know, when the sun always shone.

We had the whole of our married
lives in front of us.

And for our children,
who are now in their 50s... Yes.

..it's an opportunity for them
to see what they were getting

up to as young kids. Yeah.
And THEIR children.

So, Brenton, have you ever
seen one of these before?
I have seen one of these.

This was a popular projector,

and I think Eumig was a huge
Austrian company in the

'50s and '60s and '70s, and made
thousands and thousands of these

things, and they're robustly built.

So I'm fancying my chances
with this. Oh, good.

You're not frightened of anything,
kind of in the sense of

the motors not working and the light
bulb is not working. You reckon you
can... I am a little bit

frightened... OK. ..but not
terrified. Well, thank you for
bringing it in. Yeah, yeah.

As soon as it's ready, we'll let
you know. OK. OK? Bye.

Really nice to meet you. OK, then.
Bye now. Bye-bye.

Well, I'm full of hope
that The Repair Shop will be able

to do a good job in restoring
that projector

to its proper working order.

There are a lot of memories
of doing that filming, and

I hope that film is going to be
available to the family once again.

That was a nice story, wasn't it?
That was a lovely story.

It'll be good to get that going for
him. And you can do this, can't you?

I hope so. Don't say it like that.

Well, it's an old electrical thing
that's 60 years old, so sometimes

when you plug them in,
they sort of go... Don't they? OK.

I'm hopeful that we'll be able
to get this going and be able to get

Allan's films projected for him. No,
that would be good, because this
holds a lot of memories.

It'll mean a lot for me to get
it going for him.
I've see how much it means to him,

so it's going to mean a lot
to me as well.

Well, let's get this on your bench.
OK, I'll get on with it.
Yes, please.

And I would say, have fun with this
one. Wish me luck.

No, I don't need to wish you luck.
I'm just saying have fun. OK.
Thank you. All right?

So I've got to open it up and see
why it's not driving properly.

This is absolutely filthy inside,
and I'm just going to put a glove

on, cos these can be a bit
greasy in here.

And where the drive belt
was meant to be,

that's what's left of the belt,
so there's no belt there, so that's

why he's not getting any drive.

It's either deteriorated or
someone's lubricated it with

something, so bit glad I put that
glove on, then,

because that is proper sticky.

So, basically I've got to do
a lot of cleaning up in here

before I can even attempt to put
a new belt on it and see

where we are from there.

Over on Rachel's bench...
It's a challenge.

That's what it is. She too is
getting to grips with her project -

the little wicker rocking chair.

That might just twist out now.

There we are. It's out.
There it is. Great.

So, now the seat's off,

I've got a really good opportunity
to have a good look at it.

Obviously this whole cane sheet's
going to come off, but I don't think

any of these brackets I'm going to
be able to save.

This is like a little bit
of binding that Ushma's dad

done, but because it's become
so loose, I think I'm going to weave

a new little cross on the back
there, and that'll just offer

a little bit of extra support
to the seat.

I'm going to lift the rattan
beading off first.

This beading is really old as well.

And it's just so brittle,
it's just crumbling away.

The chair caning that I do,

I was actually taught by my dad,
who was an upholsterer.

And he was taught by his dad.

I was in my dad's workshop
from when I was quite young, doing

all sorts of jobs.

It was a really nice way
of having a relationship

with him, actually.

Like Ushma and her connection
to her father through a chair

that, that he made for her,

you know, I feel that I have a
lovely connection to my dad,

sort of through the things that he
taught me, and the sort of craft and

the tools and things that I grew up
using with him.

Right. So that is the beading off
now. Last little tack coming out.

So that should just
peel off, hopefully.

Yeah, there it is.

Now the seat frame
has been stripped down,

Rachel can start to rebuild it,
beginning with a bespoke support

created by Ushma's father.

It's not a technique that I know,
but I want to stick to the original

character that the chair had,

so I'm keeping this just here
so that I can use it as a reference.

It's definitely quite fiddly,
and, as well as doing the wrapping,

I'm really trying to maintain
the tension on that because,

you know, this is to actually
support the seat, so it's got quite

a big job to do.

So, hopefully it's going to last
for, you know, another

generation of use.

When I get round to the back here,

it does feel really nice and tight.

Yeah, I'm pretty pleased
with that. Compared to the original.

Well, and thanks to Ushma's dad
for that new little technique.

With the support in place, the now
pliable cane sheet can be stretched

and secured onto the frame.

I'm going to use the staple g*n to
fix this on, because it's a way of

doing a little bit less damage
but still being able to restore

and make sure that the seat goes on.

Just making sure that everything
is nice and tight around

the edge there.

It's quite satisfying
when you can start

to tidy everything up.

The final job is to
fix on the new beading.

I'm not measuring the distances
between the tacks.

I'm actually just doing it by eye,

because for me that is actually one
of the joys of handmade furniture.

You know, it's really helped me
to actually see

the human hand on it.

So, seat's all finished now,
so quite exciting.

See if it's going to go in.

Yes! Yes!

Yeah. So there it is with its
new little seat in.

Sort of brings the whole
little chair back to life.

Furniture restorer Will is also
nearing the finish line

of his assignment.

I've cleaned it, glued everything,
clamped it all up, stained it a bit

in areas that need patching in, and
I'm oiling it with some Danish oil,

and that should nourish the wood and
to get a bit of extra protection.

Will's work is now done,
but before it can be returned

to its owner, spinning wheel
specialists Joan and Clive

have returned to help
with the final adjustments.

How we doing?

Let me take that. Oh! Gotcha.

You all right? Yeah.
Thank you for coming.

Thank you. In you come.

We've got Joan and Clive again,

to help you fine-tune
your spinning wheel.

Thank you for coming back down.
All right, I'll leave you to it,
then. Thanks, Jay. No problem.

Thank you both for coming down
again. Lovely, lovely to see you.

What do you think? Brilliant.
Yeah? Yeah, yeah. 100%.

100% better than what it was, yeah.

Aw, you guys!

So you've got a peg to go in there.
Right. Now, the only thing I can see

is we're going to have to take a
little bit more just off the edge

there, because if you look,
that's touching. Right? So it's

going to have to have a little bit
off that. OK?

In the outdoor workshop, Joan
and Clive put their decades

of experience to work, perfecting
the flyer, which is then refitted

back in the barn.

Put that up in there.

That goes in there, and then
that goes over there.

It's all ready to go now.

It spins so freely as well. Yeah.

You have done a fantastic job. Well,
you did the fantastic job in the
first place. That's teamwork.

Thank you so much for all your help.
That's all right.

I just need to get this back
to Christine. Yeah.

For Christine Hunter, this spinning
wheel is the link to an innocent

youth she and her sister spent
in the Shetlands, collecting wool

for their great-aunt Annie.

I'd love to see it restored,
to be able to be used again,

for somebody, possibly me, to be
able do some spinning in the future,

be able to carry on the tradition
that my great-aunt used to do.

You never know, we might get a
jumper out of it for on Christmas
or something.

SHE LAUGHS

Hi there. Hi. How we doing? You all
right, Christine? Yeah.

And Derek. Hello. How you doing?
That's a good shake.

I like that. Nice to see you.

So, what are you expecting to see?
Don't know. Very anxious. Very
anxious? Yeah. Are you?

Because obviously I gave
you something, it was very broken,

and I would just say it
would be really brilliant to see

it repaired, but... OK. ..I
appreciate that it was in a very
broken state when I brought it.

It was in a very broken state. Yeah.

But hopefully you're happy
with what Will has done.

Yeah, yeah. Hopefully. You ready?
I'm ready. OK. Shall I take it off?

Cos I'm really worried about
anything happening, so...

Oh, what?! Oh, wow!

I never thought I'd be able to see
it be like that again!

That's really amazing!

Thank you so much.

Sorry. Don't worry about it.

Having this repaired has...

..brought back so many of
those memories of our childhood.

It's OK.

It's all right. Because it was such
a carefree childhood, I think, and

it was just such a fun activity
that my sister and I especially
used to do.

So what's your sister going to think
of this now? Are you going to show
her? Yeah.

Well, you're laughing...
She'll be amazed.

She sent me a message last night,
asking me whether she could go

and gather some hentilagets last
night. Brilliant.
THEY LAUGH

So, now that the spinning wheel
has been fully restored,

are you guys inspired
to learn how to spin?

Of course, yeah. You are? Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Are you going to keep
the legacy going?

It would be wonderful to be able to
keep the legacy going, yes, yeah.

I'm really, really, really pleased.
Getting it fixed,

it brings the memories, the memories
of just that childhood, of

the village where we grew
up, and there's just so many things

that are associated with that
village.

And our happy childhood
that we had there.

Will can now relax after
a successful repair,

but over on Brenton's workbench,
he's diligently removing every scrap

of the perished drive belt on
Allan's 60-year-old projector.

This is actually, probably one
of the worst things I've seen.

The belts do deteriorate,

but I've never seen one
as sticky as this before.

They do usually crack up,

but this one's just, like, melted,
so it's clogged up the drive

for, from the motor to the fan and
to all the gearbox, so it's, um...

..it's a mess.

So I've got the rest of the belt,
I just spotted down in here, and

it'd be really nice if I get that
out in one piece rather than...

No, it's broken. Look at that.

It was all going so well.

Oh, look at that. Look at that!

Hmm.

That's got that cleaned up now.
I'm just going to see if it runs.

Hmm.

Non-functioning.

So I'll get my multimeter
out and see why

the motor isn't running
and the fan isn't running.

Using a multimeter, Brenton checks
the electrical circuit to see

where the fault lies.

Yeah, this doesn't work. So this is
quite dangerous as it is at the
moment.

Before I do anything else,
I need to repair that.

So, moment of truth.

MOTOR WHIRS
Brilliant. So that works now.

So, from my stores I've managed
to find a spare belt and I'll now

just put the new bulb in, then
we'll see if that worked.

Put the new one in. OK.

I'll just see if that lights up.
Plug it back in.

That's good. Excellent.
So that all worked.

So that's now ready for me
to try a film in it.

Stick that on there.

And that should be ready to go now.

With a thorough clean, a new drive
belt and the electrics fixed,

it's the moment of truth
as Brenton tests the projector

for the first time. Right, so...

Oh! It's worked without film in it.
It's worked without film in it,

but now you've put the film in...
Put the film in and I'm just going

to switch it on see if it works,
then. Hold on, do I need popcorn?

Yeah, popcorn, but you mustn't
rustle too much. Oh, I don't rustle.
And there isn't an interval.

It's only five minutes.
Where'd you get this film from?

This is Allan's film. So, moment of
truth time, isn't it? Let's have a
look at this film. Let's go for it.

I might have to focus it as well.

OK, so that's working, but not...

..working properly.

OK, we're going to stop this now,
because that's too loose up there.
All right. OK.

So I think we might have to do a bit
of adjustment to the gate there.

So, put the popcorn away for
a second.

I've got a little bit of fiddling to
do, and then... So you got me all
excited and there's no film to

watch? Yeah, but it is the first go.
I'm not happy. It is the first go.
Not happy.

All right, then.

So it works in reverse.

I think we're going to have a little
look in there, clean that up and see

if we get it functioning properly,
because Allan's not going

to want to watch all his films
in reverse, is he?

Rachel is having rather more success
with the little cane chair.

With the structural work complete,
she can turn her attention

to the aesthetics
of the miniature rocker.

I just need to dye the new cane
down to match the back there.

I'm just doing a little check
with that colour, and I think

that the tone is quite good
for the back,

so I'm going to carry on, and it
should also add in a little bit

of protection as well.

I'm just going to put a very light
coat on the rest of the chair,

just to brighten everything
up a little bit.

But once this is dried, it's just
going to enrich the whole look

of the chair.

With the project complete, owner
Ushma has returned to collect

her childhood treasure. The chair
was made for me by my dad who passed

away when I was 16, so it holds
great sentimental value and I'm

looking forward
to having it back and fixed.

Hi, Ushma. Hi, Rachel.
Nice to see you.

Nice to see you again, too.
Nice to see you.

Do you remember
what it was like before? I do,

and I'm very excited to see it.

So, are you all ready, then? I am.
Shall I show you the finished
article? Yes, please.

Yeah. Yes, please.

USHMA GASPS

Wow!
RACHEL LAUGHS

That is amazing!

Oh, that's incredible!

It looks awesome! Thank you!

I tried to follow your dad's mark,
really, so I sort of let him take

the lead and I tried to just copy
everything that he'd done. OK.

I really wanted you to know the
chair once I'd done my part on it.

Yeah, definitely.
It just, this looks incredible.

It looks very similar
to what was there before.

It is amazing. All the time
I was thinking about your dad,

cos he was in his recovery,
and it's quite slow work. Yeah.

So he would have had to really focus
his mind on it. Yeah.

And I was thinking about that a lot.
Wow! Yeah. I think he would be

extremely pleased with your work.

It does look amazing.

It's just incredible.

Just so nice to not see it with that
hole in the seat, and sit

on it again!
Do you want to give it a go?

Why not? Put my work to the test?
Why not? OK.

Don't doze off.
No, I'll try not to, try not to.

Excellent! It fits!

I haven't grown much since when he
gave it to me,

so, um, yes. Is it comfortable?
It is comfortable.

I find it difficult to find chairs
where I can put my feet flat

on the floor because of my height,
so actually this is really nice.
That's right. It's lovely.

Yeah, it's lovely.
It's really lovely.

Excellent.

Definitely taking pride of place.

Well, if you're happy... I am very
happy. Thank you, Rachel.

Thank you very much indeed.
Thanks. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

So nice to see it not damaged
any more, and I can use it again.

It is an old chair, and I hope
it will go on for another

30, 40 years, hopefully. I can still
sit in it when I'm very old.

And, yes, it does have a certain
connection to my dad, so hopefully

he's looking down, seeing me using
it again and is very

happy about that, yeah.

Brenton has been struggling
to repair a 60-year-old

cine projector.

The film plays perfectly in reverse
but refuses to line up properly

when played forwards, but Brenton
thinks he's found the problem.

Sometimes it gets a little bit
of fluff in it.

A little bit of fluff, and
that might just...

There's some fluff in there,
look at that.

So, um,
I think that could be the problem.

I think that's worth giving that
another go now.

Otherwise I don't know what I'm
going to do.

Brilliant. Allan's going to be
really chuffed with this, I think.

When Allan brought his cine
projector to The Repair Shop,

it was a silent relic.

Now repaired and safely
back in his hands,

he's dug out the old reels
and is eager to discover

what memories are on them.

We had been married for 58 years
when my wife died,

and it would be rather nice
to go back 58 years

and try and remember
what we were doing then.

So it's going to be a voyage
of discovery.

Allan's gathered his family together
to take the trip down memory lane

with him - daughter Judy, his son
Paul and grandson Connor.

LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHAT

I wouldn't have recognised Mum
from that at all. I would.

That's lovely. That's a lovely
picture of Mum.

Very fetching... Yes. Really nice.

Oh, and look at the hat!

Well, it's wonderful to see it
working again after all these years,

and the first thoughts when you see
those old films it's just how young

we were, really.

We were only in our early 20s
in those days.

It's one thing to look at
photographs that are 60 years

old, but it's quite a different
experience seeing moving pictures.

Seeing those films brought back
lots and lots of memories

of my wife Frances and how she was
when I first married her,

and how we really
enjoyed life together.

Join us next time as more items
receive expert treatment...

That really does look the part,
though, it really does.

..and a new lease of life...

Oh! Oh!

..in The Repair Shop.