05x04 - Sea Serpent Pen Holder

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Welcome to the Repair Shop where
precious but faded treasures...

It's in a bit of a sorry state.

..are restored to
their former glory.

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

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...
Now the fun begins. I know!

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

..and a dream team of expert
craftspeople...

Looks absolutely amazing.

Wicked! You really start to see the
thought that went into making it.

..come together to work
their magic...

Teamwork? BOTH: Absolutely.

Yes! Beautiful.

..employing heritage craft skills
passed down the generations...

It's my duty to make sure that this
all goes back in working order.

..preserving irreplaceable
heirlooms.

It's absolutely amazing,
it really is.

It's like keeping a bit
of our family history alive.

The team will restore the items...

..the memories...

Yes, yes!

..and unlock the stories
that they hold.

It's touched my heart.

It's amazing.

WILL: Hey, ducks.

Quack, quack, quack. This is kind
of farm therapy, isn't it?

It's lovely. Lovely, so relaxing.

JAY: All right, that's enough
of the ducks, back to work. Oh!

In the Repair Shop today, Steve's
precision workmanship...

Just get it down to the right level.

..brings a clock back
from the brink...

Just take little bits off at a time.

It's all done by eye.

Need the double glasses for this.

..while Brenton gets hot
and bothered...

..trying to resurrect
a mythical creature.

This is a moment of concern for me

because I could melt these two bits
of brass and ruin them.

But first, John Hughes
and his daughter Jessica have come

to the Repair Shop from Maidenhead
in Berkshire with an item steeped

in their South African
family history.

JAY: Hello, how we doing?

All right. Yourself?
I'm very good. I'm Jay.

NARRATOR: They're hoping leather
expert Suzie Fletcher can rescue

their prized possession.

JAY: What have you got in
your hands, then, John?

I've got a satchel that my
grandfather brought back with him

from the Second World w*r.

OK. He brought it back for my
great grandmother.

So, what actually happened is,
my great grandmother sent him

to go buy a loaf of bread.

Instead of going to buy
the loaf of bread,

he jumped on a bus and went
and signed up to go to the w*r.

Hold on!

He got sent out for a loaf
of bread and he went to w*r.

Went to w*r, yeah.

How old was he, then?

He was six months short
of being allowed

to join the military.

SUZIE: She must have been
worried sick.

She was. She didn't know
where he'd got to.

And nobody knew anything?
No-one knew. No-one said anything.

And he just left.

How she found out that
he'd gone off to w*r,

him and a mate of his had
a postcard made and sent it back,

cos they both were from
the same town. Right.

Had a postcard made,
sent the postcard back,

and she saw it and then she realised
that, look, he was going off to w*r.

Yeah, yeah. He wasn't down the
shops - he's gone to w*r. Yeah!

Off he went!

Did you ever ask him why
he was so intent on going to w*r?

He said it was his duty. OK.

He said it was his duty.
A lot of men felt that, yeah.

You know that generation,
they were different.

Yeah, they were built different.
Yeah, they were saving the world.

Yeah. You know...

So, from going out to the shops,

then being in the w*r,

how did he get hold of this, then?

So, what happened with that is,
when he was in the w*r

they were up in North Africa
with the Allied forces,

so they made their way
up to Cairo.

He wanted to buy
his mother something

because of what he had done!

He wanted to make up for it.
He wanted to make up for it, yes.

So what he did was, he went into
one of those markets in Cairo,

got the satchel.

As he walked out of the market

a b*mb went off
and he took shrapnel.

So, if you notice on here,

see that? Yeah. What's that?

That's blood from him...

With the way he was holding it.

So, did he get back home?

Yeah, so what happened was,
when my grandfather walked in,

she just let him have it.

She let him have it!

She told him off? Rightfully so.

I'm sure she chucked
a few things at him!

She was quite feisty.

You can't go out for a loaf of bread
and then go to w*r

and not expect to be told
off by your mum.

Yeah. It's going to happen.

Maybe he thought she was going to
give him cuddles, I don't know!

We could talk all day,

but what would you like Suzie
to do to it?

So, there used to be a mirror in
here and that's come out. OK.

And the zippers have gone on it.

And look,

you can see the leather lacing.
Yeah.

It might just need to be refreshed.

Yeah. It is rather beautiful,
isn't it?

I mean, the artwork on it,
if you look at the... Exactly, yeah.

Yes, it really is a beautiful piece.

So, with the case here,

and you're saying
that these are bloodstains.

Do you want me to try
and remove them? No. OK.

Please, don't. OK, OK.

Yeah, cos that's part of it,
you know.

OK. And there also looks to be that

perhaps there was some sort of...

So, there was a strap there.

Like a handle? That's it, yeah.
Like a handbag.

OK, OK, OK.

So, why do you want to get it
repaired now?

So we can have it longer.

It's part of our history

and it's something to remember
my grandfather by,

and what type of man he was,

cos I'd like to give it
to my daughter.

She's the only child I've got,
so it has to go to her!

So, how do you feel
about being custodian of the bag?

Well, it really interests me

to have, physically,
a piece of history.

I'm a big believer in family.

I love being around my family
and knowing, you know, the past,

and I want everybody to know,
it as well.

Thank you for bringing this in
and telling us the stories.

I'm sure Suzie's going to work
her magic on this one. Brilliant.

Thank you very much. Take care now.
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Wow. Wow.

Absolutely brilliant. It is.

To be honest with you, I think my
grandad would be over the moon,

especially knowing that
it's going to get handed down

from generation to generation.

Those stories will stay in the
family and the family members

from the past will be remembered

because I feel that's a big part
of any family,

that you remember
the ones before you.

Now, that was a story. Yeah.

Out for a loaf of bread, gone
off to w*r. And get blown up!

But also, remembering to
buy mum a present!

But I bet she gave him a walloping!

I'm sure in the end she forgave him

because this is a beautiful bag

and I love all of this
embossing that's on it.

Really very pretty.

The leather actually feels
remarkably good.

It feels really nice.

It's so soft.

When you consider what it has been
through, it's like, OK...

The zip needs to be replaced. OK.

And I believe there was a mirror.
A mirror...

All right, let's get it
to your bench.

NARRATOR: Suzie's first job is
removing the old broken zip

and sewing in a new one with
the help of an old friend.

So, this is Pearl.

She's a Singer Boot Patch Machine.

The unique aspect of Pearl

is the foot can turn

360 degrees.

I think it's going to be really
helpful in this particular job.

My concern with Pearl
is that she doesn't

always behave herself.

We have a little bit of a fight
from time to time.

This is going to be
particularly awkward sewing,

cos I haven't got much room
to get the foot in

and I've got the weight of the bag
pulling against everything.

This is where you have to be
a little bit ambidextrous.

Well done, Pearl.

So, let's see if this zip's
going to work.

Yeah. You see, that's why I love
her, she does what she needs to do

when she has to do it.

Suzie and Pearl maybe winning
with a 1940s satchel,

but, outside, two visitors
have arrived

with another wartime story.

Wendy and Michael Ellis are hoping
clockmaker Steve Fletcher can fix

a cherished family heirloom.

Hello. Hello. Hello there.

How are you doing?
I'm Steve. I'm Jay.

Hello, Jay. Mick. All right, Mick?

Hi, how are you? How are you, Wendy?
Nice to meet you.

Likewise. What have you got for us?

One Victorian slate clock.

Looks heavy. It is heavy.

So, tell us about it.

It was in my grandparents' pub.

They used to have a pub in Lydd,

in Romney Marsh in Kent.

Were they the landlord and landlady
of the pub? Yes.

Cliff and Mabel Cole, yes.

The pub, The Rising Sun,
had been in my grandad's family

for a hundred years or so.

All through my childhood,

every summer we used to go
down to stay with the grandparents,

so I can remember the pub
from when I was very small.

In the w*r, erm...

In 1940, it was, September... Yeah.

..my grandma caught one of the first
spies that landed in Kent.

Caught them? She caught a spy?

Yes.

What, red-handed?

Hold on. Grabbed them or, er...?

How did she catch a spy?

This very tall chap comes
along all dressed in black

and spoke with an American accent.

He certainly wasn't a local. OK.

He started asking questions
about troop movements

and things like this,

and she was a bit suspicious.

My grandad spoke to a couple
of RAF men in a part of the bar,

and he just sort of said,
"We think this chap's a bit dodgy."

He got taken away and interrogated.
Was he arrested?

Yes, he went to Pentonville.

So, he was a spy? He was a spy.

So there you are, it ticked
while they spied.

It ticked while they spied!

So basically what you're saying
is this clock has seen a lot!

I wonder what else it's seen.

I'd like it to see some more!

If you get it to work, ask it,
it might tell you.

It might tell us a tale or two!

So, what's actually wrong with it?

It's never really worked properly.

It will go for an hour or two.

It just won't go for
any length of time.

It's got a lovely chime to it.

Sometimes the sound of a clock

is almost as important
as the time keeping.

A lot of people say,
"That just takes me back," you know,

when they hear that sound again.
The chime of it.

I'd really like to hear it
chiming again.

What do you reckon,
have you see one of these before?

Yes. You have? Yeah.

Is there not a clock
you haven't seen?

Not many. All right.

These are really good quality
French clocks.

Very underrated. French?

It's French? Oh, yes.

It's late Victorian.

It should... When it's working,

it will work fantastically.

Look forward to it.
Thank you for bringing this in.

Thank you.

Story of the spy is just brilliant.

When it's done, we'll get back
in contact. Look forward to it.

Thank you. Take care now.

Thank you. Bye-bye.

It's quality, isn't it?
The things that's seen, eh?

My grandma and grandad
would be astonished if they knew

I'd still got that old clock.

It's going to make me feel
very nostalgic if I hear it chime.

I'm going to be back in the pub
again, I think,

back in my childhood,

and I'm quite hopeful that we will.

So, I'm just going to pop
the mechanism out now

and have a look at that.

It's almost like a detective story

when you take a clock apart
like this.

There's actually all the
fingerprints from a previous person

that's taken this clock apart.

I would suggest not a clockmaker,

because we try not to get
fingerprints on any clocks.

Also, this hammer is missing
its leather pad as well,

so when it hits the gong,
it would be metal to metal

and really sound very tinny.

So, I'll put leather in there

and that'll make the strike
nice and mellow.

There's one particularly bad pivot
here which is very, very black

and dirty. That will almost
certainly be worn.

Right. So, I'm just going to
take the mechanism apart.

This is the point where I actually
look at every single tooth

in the clock just to make sure

it's not bent or worn.

The slightest bend...

..on any of the teeth
will stop a clock.

NARRATOR: As Steve busies himself

checking hundreds of tiny
clock components,

his sister Suzie is working
on a new handle

for the w*r weathered satchel.

The handle is an interesting
little design, very simple.

It's a flat handle
that has an arrowhead

so that when it passes through
the loop of the leather,

the arrowhead opens up

and that stops it from pulling out.

We've got some leather here that is

a really close match to this colour.

It's always nice when I find
that I've got some leather

in my store that is going
to complement an item

that I'm working on, cos sometimes
it can look a little bit too new

and doesn't necessarily
blend in nicely.

That's good.

The next thing that the satchel's
needing is the lacing replaced,

a lot of it is missing.

It's got very fragile and snapped.

The interesting thing about using

leather to lace, leather together,

is that it was probably one
of the earliest forms of attaching

leather to leather.

When you think about leather
being used as clothing,

you would have had little strands
left over that...

It would make sense
because there wasn't cotton.

So, I've got this lovely,

thin leather.

Having cut the new leather to the
right width, Suzie dyes it to match

the remaining lacing,

meaning her repairs will seamlessly
blend in with the original.

I'm just finishing up putting

the new lacing in on one side,

but before I go any further,

I've got a new piece of mirror.

This acrylic mirror should be able
to take lots of knocks

and bangs without smashing.

The first thing I need to do

is to go ahead
and glue this in place.

I'm just putting a piece of leather
in here because I don't want

the contact cement
glueing it all together.

Now, I can slide the piece
of acrylic mirror

along this piece of leather

whilst I get this in position.

Pretty much got one shot
at getting this right,

to get it nice and equal
all the way around.

I'm happy with that position and now

I can pull this leather out.

There we go.

So that's nicely in place.

Next, a mythical beast
in need of some TLC.

Alan Brooke and husband Rene
from Plymouth are hoping silversmith

Brenton West can restore
the family treasure.

JAY: Hello. Hello.
How are you doing? I'm Jay.

I'm Alan. I'm Rene.

All right. Hi.

So, do you have something for us?
Yes. What's in the box?

My sea serpent. A sea serpent?

Well, that's what I call it, anyway.

It's a cross between a turtle
and a dragon or something like that.

It belonged to my great grandfather,

whose name was Walter Wardell,

a mechanical engineer,

and he made it. He made this?

Yes. Wow.

Was that his hobby or his job?

I think it was more his hobby
rather than his job,

and that was one of the few things
that survived the bombing

in the w*r. So this has seen a lot
of history, then.

My father, I believe, knew it as
the pen stand that it was,

because he tried to repair it.

He put the pins in. OK.

How was it as a pen stand?

I have no idea.

I wouldn't know it was a pen holder
unless you told me!

What do you know about your
great grandfather Walter?

Erm, I know that he died in 1911.

He died of blood poisoning
when a filing got into his eye

from something he was making. Oh!

And, really, that's why
this is so special,

because it's the only thing I've got
from my great grandfather

and for them to have held on to it,
it must have meant something.

Yeah, definitely.
And where does it sit in the house?

Currently on a shelf at the back.

It looked a bit sorry for itself!

And, so, it's never
really been on display.

It would be nice
to have it functional

and four legged again, wouldn't it?

Functional, four legged,
standing up.

Yeah!

So, what would you like us
to do to it?

So, a new leg put onto it.
This leg is missing.

Yeah, the leg is missing.

The legs are bent.

Also, if you were able to come up
with an idea of how it would look

as a pen stand for one or two
pens to lay on.

Thank you for bringing it in.
Thanks very much.

Once it's finished and Brenton's
worked his magic,

we'll get back to you.
Thanks very much indeed.

All right, take care now. Bye-bye.

I think the sea serpent
has been grumbling away in the back

of the cupboard for long enough,
really,

and it's about time it came out.

I'm feeling a little bit nervous

leaving the sea serpent behind,

but hopefully it's going to look
really good when it's finished.

It never ceases to amaze me,

the things we get through
this door, it's just unreal.

I know. Alan's great grandfather
Walter must have had a hell

of an imagination to be able to come
up with something like that.

Well, you have a little play.

If there's anything I can do to
help... I will need some brass,

some brass sheets, but I'll let you
know the size and everything

when I know. No problem. Need to get
it over to your bench now. OK.

So, I've been looking
at Alan's sea serpent

and what I was thinking of was,
to make it a bit fancy,

rather just soldering
a bit of tube on there,

I'm going to design something
to match the fancy work

that Alan's great grandfather
had done on this.

There isn't actually
that much foot missing,

so I'm going to get
a small piece of brass

and carve another foot for it

and solder that onto the leg there.

The bent front legs -

this metal will be brittle,

and I'm concerned that if I try
and bend these down,

they'll just snap off.

I've now got to get
the threaded parts out

that Alan's father put into
the sea serpent.

I'm hoping these aren't
going to break off.

Just going to give them,
with my parallel pliers,

a bit of a turn,

that one's coming out
so I'm really pleased.

Both of these are playing the game,

so I'm pleased about that.

While Brenton battles the sea
serpent, Steve's reached the next

stage of his restoration
of the spy catcher's clock.

Just putting the clock bits
in the cleaning fluid.

This is the first step in lifting
decades of dirt and grime

from the clock's mechanics...

..leaving Steve free to address
its lacklustre exterior.

Cos it's made of slate

it can go very, very dull.

What I do is I put a wax polish on

and build up more and more layers
of polish,

and eventually you build
up a super, super polish.

Right, this is one of the best bits.

It's when you take the stuff out of
the cleaning tank and you start

cleaning it up.

This is the bit that takes time.

That's come out really, really well.

It's beautiful.

That's the way it would have been

when it was new.

Back in the day
when these were made,

they were just made by hand,

and the clockmaker,

100 years ago, 120 years ago,

will have spent hours just making

a small component like this.

I have so much respect
for the people of old

that used to do this sort of work.

With the clock parts now gleaming,

Steve's focus shifts to getting
it ticking again.

The pivot of this clock is very,
very worn and it's probably one

of the main reasons why this clock
is not working correctly.

The problem with a worn pivot
like that

is that the teeth of the wheels
actually roll round each other.

They don't rub on each other.

But if the distance is incorrect,

the teeth will rub on each other.

It will cause wear and it
will be inefficient

and can stop the clock.

I need to put it in the lathe,

turn it up and polish
the pivot itself.

Just get down to the right level...

..and just take little bits
off at a time.

It's all done by eye.

There, that's done.

That gives quite a nice finish
on the pivot,

but it's reduced it in size.

The problem is, if I put
this into the clock as it is,

the pivot's going to be very baggy

and it won't work
efficiently at all

so I need to put a plug of brass

into that hole with a hole in it

so that it's nice and tight.

I'm almost there now.

You can feel as you're
cutting it, actually,

Yeah, that's good.

Right, that's all ready now,

and I'll pop it into the plates.

Just check and see whether the pivot

goes in there nicely, which it does,

and the teeth should work
really efficiently now.

Steve must now rebuild the clock,

fitting the hundreds of tiny
components back together.

Only once it's whole again

will he find out if his repair
has truly worked.

That's great.

Whenever you get a mechanism
together and it's got a nice,

lively tick like this,

it's always a good feeling.

You think, yep,
that's going to go well.

Over the other side of the workshop,

Suzie's work on the wartime leather
satchel is almost complete.

There's just one job remaining -

a very careful clean of the leather.

With this particular leather,

it's probably sheep
or goat in origin,

I'm not sure how it's going
to behave as I go into cleaning it.

What can happen with a leather

like this that has been embossed...

..if I get it too wet, the embossing
could actually start

to flatten out because that's done
through moisture and heat,

so I have to be aware
of that point first.

My main concern with the whole
cleaning process over anything else

is not to affect
the bloodstains at all.

So, I think the first thing
I should do is start

with just plain water.

The area where
the bloodstains are,

I want to go around that area
with a great deal of caution.

I feel once I've finished doing
this last stage and I'm able to hand

it back to John and Jessica,

they're going to be so proud

to be able to pass this on
to future generations,

keeping that story alive

of all that danger
that John's grandfather faced

through joining up
and fighting for his country.

John and his daughter Jessica
have returned to be reunited

with the bag that is
a tangible reminder

of their South African
family history.

The satchel's important to us
because it's something

to remember my grandfather by

and the story that's behind it and
what he did in the Second World w*r.

We're hoping it's all OK.

We can't wait to see it.

Hello. JAY: How are we doing,
Jessica? Good, thanks.

John, all right? I'm very good.

You look happy.

Yeah.

THEY LAUGH

I'm actually anxious.
I want to see what it looks like.

You want to see what it looks
like? Yeah. OK.

Shall we just let him see it?

Yeah, let's just let them see it.
OK.

Ready? Yeah.

Holy Moley!

That is... Wow! Look at that.
That is excellent!

Oh, my goodness. Oh!

JAY LAUGHS

EMOTIONALLY: I...

I... I don't know how to explain.

This is...

You don't know what this means
to us, honestly.

We've been looking for someone
for a long time to do this...

Yeah.

..and, after my grandfather passed
away and my father passed away...

..I was too scared to give
it to anybody,

honestly I was.

Suzie, I don't know how
to thank you.

You did a magnificent,

a magnificent job, honestly.

Thank you.

That's how I remember it
when I was a kid. Yeah.

You know...
It's had the Suzie treatment.

This is incredible.

I mean, that was falling apart,
and now it's yours. I know.

JAY AND SUZIE: Aww!

It's amazing. It's amazing.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

That is incredible. Thanks a lot.

John, it's been a pleasure.

Enjoy it. Thank you, guys.

Cheers, bye. Bye-bye.

Well done you.
Yeah, that's what we want!

I'm just so happy that it's fixed.

It's very dear to us.

We might be long forgotten, but the
satchel will carry on our legacy,

which I'm very happy about.

I'm over the moon.

NARRATOR: Over at his workbench,

Brenton is reimagining how
the sea serpent

made of metal was once a pen holder.

My idea was, I've made some attempts

of pen holders that are going
to go in the sea serpent.

I'll put those in there.

These are just going
to be balanced there

and then we're going to
see if a pen sits in it,

and that was the sort of the idea
that I had.

Going to cut down this tube to make

some semi circles, to hold the pens.

This is where they line up.

OK - need the double glasses
for this.

Got to be a little bit careful
with brass

because its melting temperature is
well within the heat of this torch.

I could melt these two bits
of brass and ruin them.

See if I've done a good job or not,

I'll just turn that over.

Happy with that.

That's nicely soldered now.

Now I've got to solder
the bar onto it,

that's then going to be bent over

to go into the back of the tortoise.

So that's soldered up now.

I just have to let
that cool down,

then I can clean that up

and get it ready to fit into
the sea serpent.

I can feel it bending,

so this is not going to be
a huge drama.

So, that's one done.

It looks brilliant.

I'm really, really, really
chuffed with that.

I hope Alan likes it, too.

The next stage is for Brenton

to recreate the unsteady
beast's missing foot.

I've got a piece of brass.

I'm going to put the existing foot
on there and draw round it

with a scriber.

To make the sea serpent whole again,

it needs this foot -
it looks silly without it.

I think this has nearly had
enough taken off it

so I can start to fit it up

to the stump of the leg,

so it's ready to be soldered now.

But before I do that, I'm going to
straighten the bent other legs.

Now, the problem I've got with those
is, because this is old brass,

it will be very brittle,

I need to anneal them,
which means heating them up.

What that does is it relaxes the
molecules in the metal and makes

it soft, and then see if I can
bend them straight.

This is a moment of concern for me.

I just don't want this leg
to snap off.

Fingers crossed.

Something's happening.

That leg is actually quite good now.

He's up in the air,
so, if I do that to that one...

I am actually having to bend quite
hard on that.

Now I've just got to get
that one up.

This is the one that worries me
because it's so much thinner

than all the rest.
I'm gaining confidence now.

This is where I snap the foot off,
I suppose!

I'm incredibly relieved.
That was something

that was sort of preying on me, that
I was going to snap another leg off

and it didn't, so I'm pleased.

Brenton has conquered
the sea serpent

and Steve is also on the
home straight with his assignment,

the spy catcher's clock.

That's great. As soon as you hang
a pendulum on a clock and it

goes off with a lively tick
straight away,

you know it's going
to be absolutely fine.

I just need to pop a small piece
of leather into the end

of this hammer now so we get
a nice, mellow sound of the gong.

I'm sure my sister would tell me

that that's the wrong way
to cut leather

but that's the way I've
always done it!

So I just screw that in.

I just snip it off now, and then
it'll be the right length.

If it didn't have the leather on,
it would be metal to metal

and really sound very tinny.

This will make it sound
beautifully mellow.

Just see
if the gong sounds sweet or not.

CHIMING

Lovely. Nice, mellow sound.

I'm sure Wendy is going
to be really happy with that.

Hopefully that's the sound
she remembers

from when she was a child.

Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Eager to see if Steve has managed
to get the precious clock

up and ticking are owners
Wendy and Michael.

The clock is a link with my
grandparents and it's a link

to family history as well,

so I'm looking forward to hearing
it again and seeing it work.

Hello. Hello.

How are you doing?
Nice to see you again.

Yeah, likewise. Hi, Jay.

How are you doing? You all right?
Not too bad.

Hi. Cool.

So... The grand reveal!

Is that what you're hoping for?

Pristine, shining,
ticking, chiming.

He don't want much, does he?!
Ooh, dear!

Are you sure?

THEY LAUGH

What do you reckon? Shall we let him
see it? OK, yep. Right. You ready?

There we go. Oh! It's cracking,
isn't it?

Look at the sheen on that!

Oh, yes, it's really shiny.
It is, isn't it?

You've got a shine.

Chuffed to bits with that.
That's really good.

That's really good.
You like that, Wendy, yes?

Yes. Let's have the chime. Come on.
Please, the chime.

OK, do you want to move the hand
round to... Can we?

Just move it... Gently.
That's it.

CHIMING

That's really good. That's lovely.

That's all history chiming,
isn't it?

That's really, really good.

Takes me back to when I was
little, in the pub.

Yeah. And, yeah, kind of got
that nice echoey sound to it.

Love it. It's great.

Thank you so much.

I'm just so pleased that it's so
shining and so...

..so good!

And working!

And working! Yes. Yes,
it's family history, that.

Yes.

It's been a real pleasure to work
on. Has he done a good job?

Gorgeous. I think he has.

Gorgeous.

That clock has been through
the First World w*r,

it's been through the Depression.

It saw the spy during the
Battle of Britain.

It's been banged in a box
and falling to bits,

and now Steve's put it back
to how it should be.

It's a new lease of life. Yeah.

The chime was really the thing that
I wanted to hear again.

CHIMING

And it really brings back
childhood memories now.

It's got a lovely sound to it and
it's so nice to hear it again.

In the depths of the workshop,

the sea serpent pen holder
is almost finished.

So, finally, I get to solder
the foot on.

Let's put some flux on the foot.

OK, I think that's flowed through
now. It's gone together well.

Great! So that's nicely polished up.

The foot is attached. The other feet
have been straightened up.

I've now got to have the final
fitting of the two pen holders.

There we go. Just see if these
two pencils fit in.

Here we go.

Now, Alan can put that on his desk
and hopefully enjoy it

for years to come.

The restoration of Alan's
treasured item is complete,

and it's time for him to be
reunited with the curio,

handcrafted by his great
grandfather.

The sea serpent is very important
to me because it reminds me

of my childhood. I have no idea
what it's going to look like.

I gave Brendan carte blanche.

Bit excited, really, to find out
what he's done.

Hello. Hello. How are you doing?

Fine, thank you.
Nice to see you again.

Hello, Alan, you all right? Fine.

Got a smile on? Yes.

What are you expecting to see?
At least if he's managed to get

some of his roar back,
then I'll be very happy. Mm.

And take me back to my childhood,
hopefully.

All right. Shall we do this, then?

Yes. Let him see!

Oh, wow!

Oh, that's amazing.

That doesn't look like anything
I imagined it'd look like.

Hopefully in a good way. Oh, yeah!

I am so pleased. Thank you so much.

That really is special. Thank you.

And the leg -

I would never know
it was broken now.

And he's actually standing
straight.

Amazing. Thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

It's a pleasure. Well done, mate.

He looks like he's got wings now

so he can take off and fly as well
as swim in the sea.

Yeah, great.

Well, it's a mythical creature so
we're keeping it a bit...

Yes. ..a bit mythical.

What are you going to do
with it now?

He's going to sit on my desk
at home, with my pens in it,

and then we can all remember
my great grandad Wardell

with that as well. Yeah.

So it's all yours now,
you can take him home.

You sure I can take him away?

Yeah. Go on!

Alan, thank you for bringing
it in.

Thank you, Brenton.
It's been a pleasure.

Cheerio. Cheerio. Bye-bye.

I think he liked that.

He loved it. He was holding it
like a little baby.

Precious. Yeah.

Well done you. Thank you.
Good one.

I'm really happy.

It's so good!

Other people might just regard
it as a piece of metal

that sits on the table,

but I see it as really
quite special.

It's definitely got its roar back
and it can carry on roaring

into the next generation
of our family.

Join us again as the nation's
neglected objects...

Oh, my word, this is really
well broken.

..are transformed into gleaming
treasures... Oh, my word!

..in The Repair Shop.