05x06 - Wind-Up Panda

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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!

It's 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...

SHE GASPS

..the memories... Yes! Yes!

..and unlock the stories...
HORN BEEPS

..that they hold.

It's touched my heart.

It's amazing!

In The Repair Shop today...

Oh, look at that.

..Amanda and Julie uncover the inner
workings of a 60-year-old panda...

He's going to look really funny
when he's naked, stripped "bear".

THEY LAUGH

..while Dom attempts to get a square
peg fitting a round hole again.

If I go too far now, then I'm back
to square one

and I've got to start again.

Oh, lovely.

Perfect.

But first...

This is the one. This is
what we need you working on next.

..something that has been at the
heart of a family home for 60 years.

Hello, I'm Jay. Hi, Jay.

Graham Gould, accompanied
by his wife Jane,

are hoping antique
wood restorer Will Kirk

can get a modern classic
back to its best.

We'll turn it here.

So tell me about this table.

This table has been part
of my life for a long, long time.

My parents bought the table
from a department store

in Islington called Bones.

And this is, I think, 1959.

I remember distinctly
when the furniture arrived,

that my parents were looking at it

and you could see the look
on their face.

Everybody was quite excited
because it fitted so well

with the orange carpet
in the living room

and the lime green carpet
in the dining room.

That sounds right up your street,
Jay, doesn't it?

Why is it so special?

My parents died in 2001,
my mother, 2003.

The table has been so special to me,

it gives me very warm memories
of them.

If you were there when it was
delivered... Yeah.

..and you saw the look
on their faces.

And, you know, you don't forget
certain things in your life.

And that is important for me.

This is the only piece of furniture
that actually...

They kept. That they kept.

As far as I'm concerned, you know,

the table is a permanent fixture
of the family.

My parents were great entertainers
and they had lots of dinner parties.

I remember, as a child,

there was a lot of drinks
on the table many times.

So it invokes that memory.

And I have carried on
in that tradition, I have to say.

Why not?

Why not?

This is really quite pretty,
isn't it?

What happened to the top?

Ah... OK.

Because this, this...

Well, it's not... This is not good.

My father decided

that he'd put plate glass on it.
To protect the table.

Yes. In theory.

Periodically, things would get
spilt. Right.

And that would leach underneath,
and lift the lacquer.

Yeah. That's exactly what
that looks like.

It's been sort of trapped underneath
there. Yeah.

This looks very of the time
of the 1950s, mid-century modern,

but it's the legs
that are throwing me off.

This is 1980s. It is.

They don't fit this top.

My father decided that it was
old-fashioned by the '80s...

OK. Ooh!

..as one does,

so he commissioned somebody
to do this.

And, sadly,
the legs are no longer with us.

Do you have any idea
what they would have looked like?

I do. They were tapered like this.

So if we're able to restore and
get that lacquer sorted on top...

Yes.

..and you want some legs?
Do you want...?

I'd love...
The original legs, or...?

JANE: Sympathetic.

As close to the original,
obviously, that you could do.

I would love that.

I do like a challenge,
and this is a really nice top.

And I hope we get some really nice
legs for you as well.

It's already brought
a smile to your face

and we haven't even done anything.
Oh, well, thank you so much.

Thank you for bringing it in.

Thanks very much for your time
as well.

Bye. Bye-bye.

Graham's been looking for somebody
to do this for a while.

And I decided to push things forward

because it's his 70th birthday
imminently.

You know, reaching 70.

I recall my parents reaching 70.

I do feel a very strong bond
with them, actually,

and this table will make
that bond even stronger.

Mm, yeah.

Yeah. I'm sorry.

That's it.

They were good parents, yeah.

Lovely parents.

Yeah. Yeah.

So what do you reckon?

Tea or wine?
Probably more likely wine than tea.

Something's really chewed into
the polish on this top,

almost like a chemical reaction.
Reaction, yeah.

It's a bit of a sorry state,
really flaky, really dry.

That's all peeling off.

I think the problem might be,
is the tapered legs.

Tapered legs, I know!

I don't know what the legs
would have looked like

at the beginning, apart from
turned up.

First things first, we need to
get to your bench.

Well, I can't lift it on my own.
So... All right. Come on then.

So what I need to do with this is
clean up the top, re-polish it,

then think about making some
new legs for the base.

First things first,
I need to get these legs off.

Already a massive improvement.

Now the legs have gone,
I'll get started on the top.

Next to test The Repair Shop's
knowledge and expertise,

Jill Harvey and her husband, Clive.

Jill is carrying precious cargo...

Hello. Hello.

..for the attention of clockwork
guru Steve Fletcher.

I'm Jay. All right, Jill?
How are we doing?

What's in the bag, then?

It's a very special small
little panda.

As you can see, he's moulting
a little bit. He's moulting, yeah.

A little bit?! Where did you get
the panda from, anyway?

It was given to me by my parents
when I was about three or four.

My sisters and I all got
to choose a mechanical toy. Right.

And I'm the youngest of the family.

I chose the panda.

So how old is Panda, then?

That's a leading question, Jay!
SHE LAUGHS

That's a leading question, yeah.

Panda must be at least
60 years old.

He's not done too bad, though,
has he?

No, I think he's done OK.

Yeah.

He still works. It winds up here.
Oh, it winds up.

The mechanism sort of works.

He's a little bit slower
than he used to be.

Very stiff, very stiff.

See a little red thread here, Steve?
Yes.

Is it a diabolo,
I think you call it?

Diabolo, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Where it goes up. Yeah, I know,
it's before your time.

Don't worry. Don't worry.
I'll educate you.

I've been told that's what it was.

Used to have one, two sticks
and a bit of string.

Yeah. Yeah. Throw it up.

Don't you remember that?

No.

Yeah, he's very special to me.

My father, unfortunately,
died two weeks,

literally two weeks
before my sixth birthday.

And when Dad was bedridden at home,
if I was feeling not very happy,

he'd say, "Go and get Panda
cos he'll make you smile."

Yeah. So I used to go and get Panda.

Dad would wind him up and we'd sit
and watch

because Dad used to say
it's really important to smile.

Yes. No, it is.

So it reminds me of that.

The last image I really had of Dad
was him standing,

holding on to his bed,

and he took off his oxygen mask
and waved at us

and that night, he died.

And, really, sort of throughout
my life, it's been with me.

And whenever I felt a bit down
or a bit unhappy,

I've gone and got Panda
because he always makes me smile.

Yeah, yeah.
So, consequently, he's a bit worn.

Right. Yeah.

And I think that's years of sitting
on a shelf and collecting dust.

I think it's clearer, dare I say...
THEY LAUGH

It used to be sort of a real black
and white.

Right, yeah.

And he had a little, he used
to have a little black nose

a little rubber black
nose on there.

So that's gone as well.

But I think it's because it's been
a much-loved and used toy. Sure.

Thank you for bringing it in.

You're welcome. OK, All right?
Thank you. Thank you very much.

You guys take care, now. Thanks. OK?

Bye-bye. Bye.

That's nice, innit?

It really is the first time
that I've left Panda behind.

Because even when I left home,
Panda came with me.

And every time I've moved,
he's always been with me.

So it's very strange.

He's helped me a lot over the years

to get through some
very difficult times.

And it would be really nice

to see his smile being nice
and bright again.

Now, that is a powerful story.

I can understand why this means
so much to Jill.

So is this going to be challenging
for you?

I think it is, actually,
because I'm not sure

whether this is a mechanism
that is all riveted up.

And so it's not made to be repaired,

but I won't know that
until I get in there.

I can't do anything until I get
that fur off. Okey-dokey.

The hands are going to be an issue
as well

because they're made of rubber

and the rubber
is just disintegrating.

So I'm not sure how I'm going
to do that at all.

But one good thing is the mechanism
is still working.

It's a little bit slow.

It's a bit like you sometimes,
innit, eh? Bless you.

Well, it's still working...
Yeah. ..which is good.

All right. Well, Amanda and Julie
are the best people to get that off.

Absolutely. All right.

See you in a bit.

Amanda and Julie are
The Repair Shop's experts

on everything fur and fluff-related.

Hi, Steve.

Hello. Oh, what have we got here?

This is Panda.

He's adorable.

I'm going to repair the mechanism,

but I can't do anything
until you take the fur off.

OK. OK.

And, really, I think it'd be nice
just to completely re-fur him.

Is Jill going to be all right
with that? Yeah, she'll be...

She's happy to have it replaced?
Yeah, absolutely.

She wants it to look and feel
as it was when she...

When she was six. Yeah. Wow.
OK. OK.

Can I leave it with you? Yeah.
OK. Thanks, Steve.

Isn't he sweet?

Oh, look at that! There's an in.
Right, panda.

He's coming out.

Out he comes. Oh, look at that!

Oh, wow.

Look at that. Yeah. So it's just
a kind of papier mache, isn't it?

Yeah.

He's going to look really funny

when he's naked, stripped "bear".

THEY LAUGH

There's more stripping going
on across the workshop.

Will has begun work on

the party-scarred mid-century
table top.

So I'm using a scraper here

to remove the loose varnish
on the surface.

I could sand it all back
with an electric sander.

But the problem with that is,
this is actually veneered plywood.

The veneer is really thin.

And there's a chance that if you go
with an electric sander,

you'd actually go through
that thin layer

revealing the red plywood
underneath.

Once you've done that,
there's no going back.

That's nasty, flaky varnish
just flaking off now.

It's really fine. It actually looks
a bit like brown sugar,

but I'm sure it probably doesn't
taste exactly the same.

I'm so happy that I decided not to
go in with the power tools.

The slow approach has really
worked out.

After hours of painstaking hand
scraping,

the loose varnish is consigned
to the floor of the barn

and Will can now carefully refine
the surface with sandpaper.

I've finished sanding back the top.

I'm really happy
with the surface now.

It's taken it right down
to the sort of dark natural wood

underneath the bleached surface.

You can really see the difference
in the colour of the veneer.

I was thinking about polishing
the table top,

but a lot of mid-century furniture
that I've seen is oiled.

And I think, to give this
the right protection,

I'm going to oil it
with some Danish oil.

Lovely.

Oh-h*-h*, that's beautiful.

So I'm working this in
a circular motion

which is forcing the oil
into the grain of the wood.

You can already see how there's such
a difference

in the colour
from the dry sanded surface

to the oiled surface.

Really brings that natural
colour through.

I'm really excited to see
Graham's reaction

when he sees this dramatic change.

I just need to do as good of a job
on the legs as I've done on the top.

With the table top left to dry,

Will heads out
to the outdoor workshop

to begin work on the legs,

and he's not letting the old 1980s
ones go to waste.

So the current legs aren't
in keeping

with the style of the piece.

They're really chunky.

And I thought it'd be nice
to re-use these legs

and make something
a bit more refined.

I've made a template of
what the legs should look like.

It's wider at the top and it sort
of tapers down to

a bit smaller on the bottom.

So I'm going to put this
on the lathe

and start turning up that shape.

Well, that's finished -
that's the last leg done.

And I must say,
it feels ultra-smooth.

Even though that the shape
is there now,

these legs are still quite light

and the rest of the table
is quite dark.

So what I need to do next
is stain this a tiny bit darker

to match the top.

Once that stain is dry, I can give
that a final oil and seal.

Next, two brothers need help
with an intriguing mechanical gizmo.

Dudley and Fred Dukas are hoping

metal expert Dominic Chinea

can help get a much-cherished family
heirloom up and running again.

Hiya. Hi, I'm Dom.

Nice to meet you. Hello, Dom.

Hey, Dom. I'm Dudley.
Nice to see you.

What's in the bag?

It is a very old coconut scraper.
A coconut scraper? Yeah.

OK. That is it.

So this is to grate the inside
of a coconut...

You'd split the coconut in half.
Inside of the coconut.

So you'd break it like
a boiled egg?

Yeah, just split it straight in
half. Yeah. Exactly.

And then stick it over there.
Yeah. And it would just churn up...

And then you just turn the handle

and then you just literally
turn the coconut.

Making sure that you take
all the coconut out. Right.

Yeah. Yeah.

This dates back to probably
the mid-'40s, um, back in India.

That's where we were born.

We came over when I was six
and Fred was seven.

Dad had this made.
So it's a complete one-off?

Absolutely. Absolutely.

This is an original.
It's an original.

Yeah. Yeah, it is, it really,
really is.

He was obviously a very smart
man. Oh, he was.

He was a smart man.
He really, really was. Yeah.

Well, this actually made the
kulkuls which my mum used to make.

That's an Indian sweet.
Kulkuls are a little pastry.

OK. I've never heard of this.

I know. My mum was a dab hand
at making sweets and all that. Yeah.

She could have been a pastry chef,
my mum.

She was that good.

We had a small, little kitchen
and we'd all crowd round it.

Dad used to crack the coconut
and then give it to us. Yeah.

And then we used to just basically
take it in turns to use it

to see who could scrape the most
coconut out

and see how quickly
we could actually do it.

A race to do it.

Dad used to get a lot of joy
out of that.

It must have been nice for him
to see his kids

using the tool that he designed
and invented. Exactly.

So from when it was in use...
Yeah.

..what happened for it to fall
into the state it's in?

When Dad died,
it was sort of just put away.

It was put away. It was put away.

And as you can see, the actual...

If you listen to it...

SCRAPER SQUEAKS

Doesn't sound too good, does it?

It's been loved.

If you can repair it, it'll bring
a lot of joy to all the family.

And even the grandchildren,

cos some of the grandchildren
haven't even seen this.

So they don't know,
the smaller ones. Yeah.

And they've never tried the sweets.

Yeah, never tried the sweets.
No, they're missing out.

Do you know the recipe?
Can you still make them?

Oh, yeah, he can make them.
He can, yeah.

I've actually tried making them.

They never turned out as good
as my mum's.

But you know the recipe.
You know how.

I know how. I used to be a chef.
Oh, right. OK.

They didn't turn out bad,
but the texture wasn't...

The texture wasn't right
and the taste was nearly there.

It needs this.

It does. I'm hoping this will do it.

Because fresh coconut is
a lot better. I want to try them.

I'll tell you what - I will do you
what I have made, without this...

OK. ..if you can mend this.
Deal! Deal? Deal.

LAUGHTER

That's good to hear, Dom. Excellent.

Thank you very much
for bringing it in. OK.

Lovely to meet both of you. And you.
And you, Dom. Thank you very much.

See you soon.
All the best. Take care. Bye.

If Dom can fix it,
I'll be over the moon.

We should have looked after it. We
really should have looked after it

because I know how Dad was.

To see the coconut scraper
like it is now,

it's soul-destroying, really.

There's still bits of coconut
in there, look.

This is such a great thing. It's
such a simple but effective design.

It just does its job.

Whilst I'm working on it, my head
is kind of clicking away, thinking,

if I could add a washer there or put
a bearing in there and improve that,

but I really want to keep it true
to Dudley and Fred's father's

original design,
his image that he had in his head

and not mess with that
too much at all.

There's nothing obviously broken.

It's just things like this handle
is quite bad,

it's just very, very worn.

It's obviously been well-used
and well-loved.

All right. So, now,
I've had a good look around,

I've got a good idea of
what materials, what metals,

how it's held together,
how it's made.

Time to start getting into it.

Basically, I need to break it
down into its individual parts.

This handle is going to be
the first thing to come off.

The main part that is affecting
the functionality of this tool

is that little square hole.

That's the problem. That's what's
caused so much, so much movement

on the main spindle,
this handle wobbling around.

So, I think I'm going to
have to weld that back up

and recut that square shape
back in because,

where the metal's worn,
it's gone away.

So, I need to re-add that metal.

So, once I've welded that up
and reshaped that square,

it will fit, it should fit nice
and tightly on to the main shaft

and there'll be no play in there.

Back inside the barn,

clockwork expert Steve has got the
newly-bared panda back on his bench.

Amanda and Julie have managed
to take off all the fur nicely

but this hasn't seen
the light of day for decades.

I want to work out
why it's seized up.

I can see that the mechanism
is absolutely chock-a-block

with the fur from the panda

and I need to clean out the fur

and lubricate it through.

It hasn't been oiled properly
for 50-odd years.

It's no wonder
things are seizing up.

It's absolutely chock-a-block.

I'm really hoping this is actually
going to make it go faster.

Good. That's all oiled through.

Now, the moment of truth.

WHIRRING

There you go.

The oil's got into it now
and it's really going.

Amazing what a bit of oil does!

Across the workshop, Julia
and Amanda are beginning work

on a replacement suit
for the naked panda.

Before I lay any of
the pattern pieces on,

I check the pile direction,

making sure that I lay the pieces
on in the correct way

so his fur's not sticking up
like he's had a bad hair day

or something.

He will actually look like
a little cub, won't he,

with this lovely, fluffy, new fur
and his clean, bright face.

As Amanda and Julie cut out
panda's new clothes...

Fiddly fiddly!

..Steve's working on
some replacement paws.

This is actually
a fantastic match colour-wise.

I just hope that
it'll carve up all right.

I've never carved a panda hand
out of rubber.

Tough old material.

I hope I don't mess up because
I haven't got a spare cork.

While Steve's getting handy
with the rubber,

Julia's eyeing up
a replacement nose.

So, this is our lovely eye box

and we've got all sorts
of different colours,

they're all handmade glass.

Some of them are vintage
and some of them are new

and it just crossed my mind perhaps
Panda could have a little eye

but I've got to find a small enough
one, and that's the problem.

I know there'll be one in here.

Aha!

Oh, yeah.

Good.

He's back. Ah! Oh, wow.
Along with a pair of hands.

Oh, aren't you clever!

So, there is a left and right hand.
OK.

OK, so, um, get him
the right way round. OK.

And you're going to refur him.
Oh. Great.

OK. We'll let you know when
he's done. I look forward to it.

With a full complement of hands,
face and fur,

Operation Rebuild Panda
can commence.

So, I think we'll start
with a little blob.

The first one is going to be
about here, just under the key.

So, for us, glueing is
a little bit sort of alien.

We tend to stitch
nearly everything that we do,

but this is how he was made, so,
we're using the same sort of method.

He looks like an alien
in a furry onesie now!

Sort of a costumey thing, doesn't
he? Like a caveman or something!

As the bear ladies work together
to refur the little panda,

on the neighbouring workbench,
Will has been working hard

to restore a modern classic
back to perfect form.

Well, that table is nearly ready
to go back to Graham.

I've cleaned back the top,
oiled it.

It needs one more coat but
I'll put that on just at the end.

Before I do that, I need to
get some legs on the bottom.

I've finished turning
these lovely legs,

which is what they should have
looked like in the beginning.

And I've got these handy brackets
that will go underneath.

It looks like they used to have
brackets very similar to this.

A milestone birthday
was the impetus needed

to bring this table
to The Repair Shop,

sporting some very mismatched legs

and the veneer top bearing the scars
of decades of family parties.

Owner Graham, accompanied
by his wife Jane,

has returned to collect the table

chosen by his parents back in 1959.

Since the table's been gone,

I've been thinking of my parents
quite a lot, actually.

It has reminded me
of my mother a lot

and my father, obviously.

We're quite excited.

We'll see.

Hello. Hello, Jay. Hello.

Hi. How are we doing?
Doing very well.

Nice to see you as well.
Nice to see you, yes.

And you, very nice to see you both.

So, what are you looking forward
to see?

I'm hoping to see the table

in as close as
the condition it was

when my mother got the table.

I think I'm more nervous
than you are, to be honest!

I don't know why... It was
a challenge. It was a challenge.

We'll have to see. Yes. Yes, I'm...

Ooh. Oh! Ah... My goodness.

Better than I thought, actually,
much, much, much.

You did a brilliant, brilliant job.
I'm absolutely astounded.

And the legs look so good.

The legs are exactly how
they looked. You're a genius.

And the colour is so rich.

Doesn't it look fabulous?

Oh, yes.

I've actually used the 1980s legs.

I put them on the lathe

and I turned them into
what they should look like. Oh!

Are you serious?
So, we've kept those legs.

Like a bit of provenance
in a sense. Exactly. Yeah.

That's phenomenal. I'm really
pleased that you did that.

Yeah, that's actually wonderful. Ah.

It just looks elegant.
I have to say, it's...

Absolutely. ..it's touched my heart.

Oh. Oh, wow.

Oh, my mum and dad
would be so pleased with that.

I just can't think of words
to describe how I feel.

I feel so happy. Yeah? Yeah.
Brilliant birthday present.

Yeah, it's a great birthday present
as well. Definitely.

Ready for some entertaining?

You can bet on it!

LAUGHTER

That's what I like to hear.
Absolutely. Brilliant.

Well, on that note... Yeah, lovely.
..I can't thank you enough,

Thank you. I can't thank you both
enough. I'm so pleased.

It's been a pleasure.
Thanks, Jay. Thank you.

Brilliant, thank you very much. Oh.

Stunning.

It's stunning, absolutely stunning.

You know, I couldn't put
it into words, really.

It's still difficult.

I'm actually so pleased, it's...

You have no idea.

Well, I think we will carry
on the tradition

of my mother and father.

And there will be a celebration
with our friends, with the table,

without any doubt whatsoever.
But we'll put things on it first

to make sure that it's well looked
after. Yes. Definitely.

Absolutely, yes.

As Will sees the beautifully
restored table safely

on its way home,

Dom has only just begun his work
on the antique coconut scraper.

It's time now to tackle this

rounded-off square on the...

Causing all of the play in the
handle of the coconut scraper.

It should just be a case of welding
up the hole

so it's all completely filled
in, and then I'll drill a hole

straight through the middle
of it and then file it square.

So I've just started by welding
the corners and I'll now gradually

work my way round, just filling
in the gaps, basically.

Then I'll turn
it over and fill it up.

Now you can see the weld
is slightly proud. That's fine.

I'll now grind that back to a nice
flat surface,

mark the centre hole, then drill
my new hole.

We've got a seven mil hole now, bang
in the middle of the handle,

which is perfect. I just need to
make that round hole square now.

Got the smaller tools out now.

Now I just need to just use this
square file, which fits in the
round

hole, and then just work my way
into the corners.

If I go too far now with the file
and make the square too large,

then I'm back to square one
and I've got to weld it back

up and start again.
So it's really important

that I keep checking
this and offering it up.

OK, that's very close now.

That's it. That's...

Oh, lovely. Perfect.

I couldn't have asked for more than
that. That's really, really nice.

Once that washer and the nut's back
on there, that's clamped in place,

that's going to be perfect.

Dom's managed to get the gadget to
turn smoothly, but the 70-year-old

blades that shred the coconut

have seen better days.

Oh, Jay? Do you have a second? Yes.

How we doing? Yeah, good. Look.

So this is the blades of the coconut
scraper. Blimey, you've done a lot
there, ain't you?

Yeah. careful, it's getting...
Yeah, sharp, innit?! Yeah!
THEY LAUGH

It's getting there.

So, obviously, Dudley and Fred
want to be able to use
the scraper again.

But it's rusty old steel,
which is obviously not that
hygienic. You can't do that.

You don't want to eat off of that,
do you? No, no. No way.

Ideally, I need to tin plate it.
Like, galvanised, then?

Similar process. Right.
But it's tin. OK.

So, tin plated all over? Yeah.
All right. I'll tell you what,

leave it with me. I'll get it
sorted, and I'm even going to bring
you back some coconuts. Yeah!

Good, look forward to it. I'll give
it a go. All right?

Toy restoration duo Amanda and
Julie are on the home straight

with their tiny assignment...

That's gone really well, actually.
I'm very pleased.

..the 60-year-old clockwork panda.

Are you ready?

With the body re-furred,

they can now spray paint
on the all-essential panda mask...

Ready? Here we go.

THEY LAUGH

Good job.

..and affix his little tin face.

There you go. Thank you.

Good job.

Let's take it to Steve. Let's go.

Hi, Steve. Oh, I've been waiting for
you. Good. Oh, good.

Oh, wow! There you go.

It looks absolutely amazing.

Fantastic. You happy?
Yeah, really happy. Good. Good.

See you later. Cheers.

All that's left is for Steve to fix
the tiny diabolo into Panda's

newly crafted paws

and he's ready to return home.

Owner Jill was a young child
when her father gave her Panda

shortly before he died.

Now, with husband Clive by her side,

she's hoping his restoration
will preserve those memories

for years to come.

I'm a bit apprehensive and full
of trepidation as to what's

going to have been done
to my little Panda.

But, yeah, really excited.

It links back to, really, memories
of my dad.

Hello, Jill. Hello, Steve.

Right.
LAUGHTER

Very tense, are you?

Yeah, a little bit tense about it.

You remember when you brought Panda
in... Yes.

..he was looking very tired.

Yes, that's putting it mildly.

Well, we won't keep you in suspense
any longer.

Let's have a look.

Oh, wow!

Oh, my God! Look at that.

It's like new.

That... I don't know what to say!

That takes me back to when
I was about four or five.

Oh! So...

Yeah. That's exactly
what it was like.

It even makes me well up.
Oh, bless, yeah.

Oh! Oh, look at that! Fantastic.

Oh, gosh!

Oh, dear. We think he's adorable.

So do we. He's so sweet.

You've done a fantastic job.
Thank you.

So he's... You're absolutely
welcome.

He's got his smile back.
He certainly has!

I can't tell you what this means.
Thank you so much.

You're welcome. You've done a
fantastic job. Yeah, fantastic.

Thank you very much for bringing it
in. Thank you. Thank you.

It's been an absolute privilege
to do that for you.

Thank you very much. Thanks, bye.
Bye-bye now.

Oh, it's amazing!
Fantastic, isn't it?

Yeah.

I'm feeling ecstatic.
I think that's the word.

Absolutely ecstatic to see my
little Panda back as he was.

And... Oh, he's...
PANDA BUZZES

He's going!

Yes, he works again now.
This brings back lots

and lots of memories.

I mean, going back to when
I was, sort of, three or four,

and actually my dad. That was
the first thing that came to mind

was actually being with my
dad again.

Sorry.

So, yeah, it's amazing.

Absolutely amazing.

In his bid to restore the 1940s
family coconut scraper,

Dom has been awaiting
the final element -

the blades - which had been sent
away to be tin plated.

Got a little present for you.
Oh, is this what I hope it is?

Yeah. Just in time.

All tinned up. Ah, nice.

Look at that. God, that looks
better, doesn't it? Is that all
right? I can't wait to see this

working, you know. So are you almost
there, then? Literally two screws

and a couple of bolts and we're off.
Cor blimey. Yeah. OK. Thanks, Jay.

No problem.

It's... I managed to keep all
of the original screws, original

hardware, even the little washers,
keeping the originality.

Still makes that really good sound.

Just...

..looking forward to getting
a lesson on how to use it.

Brothers Dudley and Fred
wanted the scraper restored

so that they could faithfully
recreate the beloved sweets

of their childhood, that their late
mother used to make for them.

Brought my younger brother Chris,
who actually owns the coconut
scraper.

I didn't look after it as well
as I could have done.

It's the memories of Mum and Dad,
basically. Being around the table,

watching it being used.

I made a deal with Dom
that if he can restore it back

to its original form,
where it can be used,

I'll make him the kulkuls.

It's going to work, innit?
I don't know. I hope so.

Hello. How we doing? Hiya.
Very well. I'm Jay. Hello, Jay.

Hey, good to see you again.
Good to see you again. You OK?

Am I right in thinking
that this is yours?

I claimed it, yeah.

I was the one who... I've been
looking after it for the last ten,

12 years or so.
That's why it's in the condition...

Oh! It was your fault! Hold on,
what have we opened up there?

It was in that condition when I
took it. And hopefully, hopefully,

we're going to be over the moon. OK.

And you promised us, Dom. Yeah.
You promised?! Don't! No...
THEY LAUGH

But I'll tell you what, I believe
anything he says he's promised he's

going to do, he will do it.
All right? Made me nervous now.

No way! What shall we do? Let's do
it. Shall we let them see?

Yeah, go on. See what you've done
with your... Go on.

There we go.

Oh, my... Oh, my word!

Wow!

There's no...

Now I can... It can be used. Yeah.

Did you put a new one on? Did you
have to put a new one on? No.

No. That's the original?!
That's... Really?! Yeah, yeah.

Just cleaned it up and...

Yeah, it's been tin plated.

So it's clean and hygienic to be
able to use, yeah. Oh, wow!

That is excellent.

I'll tell you what,

this has just taken me straight
back into the kitchen.

You know, you've got memories,

and sometimes those memories
just fade.

You've just literally brought
back those memories.

That's absolutely amazing.
I am so... Thanks for that.

Well done. It's been brilliant.
Thank you. Thank you.

So, do you guys want to give it
a go, then?

You got a coconut? Yeah, we've got
a coconut. Have you really?!

You need to show us how... Yeah.
Brilliant! You ready?

My goodness. There you go, look.

No, we have! Yeah.
We don't muck about.

I tell you what, I'll, hold it,
you can turn it.

And you can hold that. There you go.

All right. And all it was is
basically you push it firmly against

the scraper and you turn
the coconut.

You can see it there. You see it?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

There you go.

And there you go. Nice.

Is this how you remember
the...?

It's like... It's right?

Oh, I'm so glad. That's so nice
to see it working. It is, it is.

We had a deal, didn't we?
We did. Yes.

I said, if you can get it
back to working properly...

..I'll do you some kulkuls.
Have I passed?

I think you've passed. Yeah? And...

..that is the kulkul.
Have you made these?

I've made these. Oh, thank you
very much. It's a pleasure.

Have a taste.

That's sweet. Isn't it? It is.
That's real good.

Jay, shall we share them?!

Do we have to?! I don't know.

All right. Guys, ladies,
come and have a taste of this.

They're really good.
Do you like them? Yeah.

Treats! What's this? Wow!

THEY ALL LAUGH

They're lovely. Really nice.

Do you like that? Yeah.
Really good. Thank you very much.

Thank you. That was lovely. Thanks.

It's really nice to taste
the fruits of your labour!

I love it.

Guys, can't thank you enough
for bringing it in. Thank you, Jay.
Good luck to your family. Yeah.

Thank you very much. Yeah? And send
some more of these! Enjoy! Yeah.
Take care now. Thank you.

Thank you very much.
I appreciate that. Bye-bye.

We're just elated, because memories
you want to hold on to,

and this is a big memory.

And there's a lot of pressure on me
now to make it stay like that.
Keep it clean, keep it fresh.

Indeed. Yeah.

He's the custodian
of the kulkul scraper.

For when I lend it out
every now then. Yeah.
Which won't happen often.

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