13x03 - Gold-plated 007 car, locket & bagpipes

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Today's first visitor is Tony
Kimberley from Norwich,

with a very special mission for metal
expert Brenton West.

- Hi.
- Hiya.
- Hi.

- Welcome to the barn.
- Thank you very much.

- Can we see what you brought in?
- You certainly can.

So this is a limited edition - one of
ten -

James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me,
Lotus Esprit.

- That is awesome.

- One of ten?
- One of ten.

All the other kids had a little white
one in a box...
- Right.

- ..you know. I had a gold Spy Who
Loved Me vehicle.

- Where did you get something so rare?

- It was given to my father at the
royal premiere.

So Princess Anne got one,

Roger Moore would have got one.

- A select few, a very select few.
- Yes, a very select few.

My father, Mike Kimberley, was
managing director of Lotus

and he facilitated the cars for this
movie -

For Your Eyes Only, the next one -
with the skis on the top.

- Yeah.
- Oh, yes.

- He started off as just an apprentice
at Jaguar and worked his way up,

went to the Far East where he was Vice
President

of General Motors Overseas
Corporation, and then he became

president of Lamborghini.

- Your father's had such an amazing
career.

- Inspirational character.
- He is.

It's not just about what he did, it's
how he did it...
- Yeah.

- ..you know, he did it himself.

He worked hard to get there.

He lived in Coventry.

His dad worked in a tractor factory,
and, uh, he hated school.

And so he left school very early, um,
wanting to work.

And he got a job at Jaguar.

He started off, I believe he said it
was a pound a week

plus a few shillings...
- A pound a week?

- ..and built his way up from there,
really.

And he'd done some of the most iconic
cars

that you've ever heard of.

But he's never, ever courted any fame
whatsoever. Never.

Whenever he could be on telly, he got
one of his guys to do it.

I used to go in with him on a Saturday
morning

and he would walk through the factory

and there were a thousand people
working there,

and he would stop and talk to every
single one

and he would say, "How's the wife? How
are the kids?

"How's Joan? How's Mary?"

- Know everyone by name and know
everyone's family.
- Mm.
- Yeah.

- My father's always been a family
man. Always.

- You're obviously proud of your dad.
- Oh, yeah, totally.

It's really difficult to articulate...

..how proud I am of him.

I'm the only one who followed him into
the motor industry.

So he is, in a way, my mentor as well
as the person I look up to.

And if I could do one little thing for
him...
- This is it.

You said you remember this as a kid...
- Yeah.
- ..as being gold.

It's quite...
- It is. It was, really.
- ..brown now.

- I got hold of it and I played with
it to death.

- Did it go in the bath?

- Oh, yeah. Went everywhere.

- As any kid would, I guess. You
can't...

You don't really appreciate how
precious it is at the time.

- No, you don't.
- Yeah.

- This needs to look nice and shiny,
though, surely.

- It does need to look nice and shiny,
yeah.

I mean, you can just see bits of the
gold plating.

- Quite hard to believe that was ever
shiny.
- Yes.

And believe it or not, the fins and
the back used to go in.

It doesn't any more.

That button fires the rockets out.

- What happened to the rockets?

- Oh, there's a secret door.
- It's still got them.

- Look at that.
- Wow.

- Obviously, the plinth itself is
broken.

- OK. So it used to have a plaque on
the front?

- Yes. Yeah. Limited edition.

I can't remember what it says, either.

- OK, but the main goal really is to
get this car

looking bright, shiny gold.
- Yeah.

The thing is, I'd forgotten about this
until about a year ago.

And my father was ill and we were
looking after him.

And I went round and it was on his
shelf.

So he'd kept it all those years, even
though I'd broken a bit off.

- It's held together with tape
and...yeah.

- But he'd still kept it.

So obviously it means something, a
lot, to him.

And for me, it's more a symbol of me

giving something back to him,

and saying, "Look, you looked after me
all those years.

"Now I can give you a little something
that means something.

- Yeah. It's been an absolute pleasure
meeting you.

Thank you so much for leaving the toy
with us.

- Thank you.
- Thank you. And I hope I can do it
justice.

- I think you've got your work cut
out.

- I think I have.
- So do I. Thank you.

See you later.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
- Bye.
- Bye-bye.

- Wow.
- Amazing thing.

An amazing man, though.
- Yeah.

What a story.
- Can't wait to see it all nice and
shiny.

- Yeah. Better get on, hadn't I?
- Good luck, yeah!

- Wow.

I love James Bond and I love this
little car.

I dragged my poor mother to see this
film when it came out, and now

to actually see a model of the car,
it's just fantastic.

Tony said that the stand was cracked,
and I guess that's

what this tape is all about.

Oh, hang on...

Well, that's one bit solved.

The plaque is under the tape, so
someone has cleverly put

that plaque there to stop it getting
lost.

That is fantastic.

Hopefully I can clean this up and we
can use this again.

What's really good news is, Tony said
that this plinth was cracked.

I can't see a crack in it.

So another job I haven't got to do.

So this mechanism needs repairing
because it's not folding

up like it's meant to do.

I've got to polish the metal part of
the car up, which is all the bit

that appears sort of black-y brown
colour,

and get this Lotus to be gold again.

Before I unscrew this, I'm just going
to test the missiles

to see if they work or not.

Press this button and they should all
go flying around the room.

OK, so the missiles don't work.

So I need to look at that mechanism as
well.

I like the challenge of not knowing

what's going on inside this car.

It's a bit of a worry, but if
someone's made it,

then I can fix it, I think.

- The next visitor is Rhona Kenneth,
from Paisley in Scotland.

Inside the case - a precious heirloom
and a fresh assignment

for musical instrument expert Pete
Woods.

- Hi.
- Hi, there.
- All right.

- Welcome to the barn.
- Thank you.

I'm Rhona. Nice to meet you.

- Beautiful box to start with.

- Yes, yes, it's got a nice little
treasure inside it.
- Has it?

Do you mind if we have a look?
- Yeah.

These were my dad's...

..pipes.

When my dad joined the Greenock Boys'
Brigade Pipe Band,

he needed a set of pipes,

so his Uncle Jimmy gave them to my
dad.
- OK.

- And my dad learned to play the
pipes.

And then further on from that, my dad
then joined another pipe band,

Greenock Police Pipe Band.

- Was he a policeman then?
- No, no.

His cousin was a police officer at the
time and was in the band,

and because they were short on pipe
players, asked my dad

if he would come along,

but he would need to become a special
constable.

So he became a special constable...

- To be allowed in?
- ..to join in. Yes.

- To join the band?
- Yes.

And all the shenanigans that went
along with it.

There's loads of stories I could tell
you.

- Please do, tell!

- The time they were playing over in
Rothesay and they missed

the ferry back.

And it just so happened one of the
pipe members knew the police

officer, so they all spent the night
in the local prison and then got

bed and breakfast in the morning
because...

..as you do.
- As you do!
- As you do.

The time that they went to Norway as a
band,

and played for the King of Norway.

- Really?
- Yes, played for the King.

- Goodness me. Really impressive.

- And they came back to Glasgow and
they've got all their drums

and their pipes and things out.

People couldn't understand why stuff's
not in their boxes

or whatever, but it was full of
contraband, all their cigarettes

and their whisky and all that was
inside.

- In the cases?
- In the cases, uh-huh.
- Oh, I love it.

- What are we going to find in here?

Is this...?
- I hate to think.

I hate to think!

My dad was in the band for a long,
long time.

And then when I came along, he gave it
up.

So I've never actually heard him play.

- You've never heard them play?
- No.

Never heard them play because they
moved when they got married.

And my dad, at that point, didn't
drive.

So it was travelling back to Greenock
to practise,

it was just too much.
- Yeah.

- It's a shame because I would have
liked to have heard him.

- If they didn't mean anything to him,
he wouldn't have kept them

all that while, would he?
- Exactly.

- I don't think my dad would ever have
parted with them.

They're part of my dad, and they
always will be part of my dad.

Then all of a sudden he's no longer
with us.

So...
- When did you lose him?

- 2019.
- OK.

- He was a lovely man, very loving,
very caring.

I was very close to my dad.

So his loss is a massive, massive
impact on my life.

- Is it?
- Yes.

- I can't believe he never played for
you. He never played...

- I did...I did ask him before I got
married if he would take

it up again.

I think he was just so out of
practice.

I think it would take... And him being
older as well,

the kind of...with your lungs and
things

it's getting that capacity to...
- Yeah.

- ..to give it a...give it a go.

I don't think they've been played
since about 1975, 1976.
- Wow.

It's amazing isn't it?

- If they can be played just even just
once, just to hear

what they would sound like, I'd be
really, really grateful.

But even if they were just to be...to
look a bit better

and they were not to be played, then
I'd be grateful as well.

- What do you think, Pete?

- I think they look quite reasonable.
- Yeah.

- I think we might be able to do a
nice job on them.

- That would be lovely.
- How's that?
- Anything, I'd really appreciate it.

It would be lovely.
- Yeah.

- Well, thank you for trusting us with
a beautiful set of bagpipes.

- No, thank you, I really appreciate
it. Thanks very much.

- We'll see you soon.
- See you soon.
- Cheers.
- Bye-bye.

- I've got Jim's bagpipes here.

They're not in too bad a condition for
their age.

This is the blow pipe.

We blow the air in.

Squeeze the bag.

Air comes out into there

to give the tune.

The tune is played by a chanter.

Almost like a recorder-type thing,

except it's got an oboe-type reed.

Then we've got the drones.

I suppose they're called drones
because they just

drone on and on and on.

They're a constant note.

These need to be airtight.

Therefore, we have what's called
whipping on there,

the yellow thread.

Some of them, it's a bit gone.

We have to do some new whipping

to make sure it's nice and secure.

Because if you get any air leaks,
it'll throw the tuning out.

This tartan has acquired some holes
that shouldn't be in there,

so I think Amanda and Julie are more
adept at this than I am.

The main job now I want to get on with
is cleaning all the bores.

So we just get a brush...

Quite simply, get any dirt that's in
there out, and then we just put

some oil down there.

It protects it.

Then I can start thinking about the
bag.

It's old, but it seems to be quite
flexible,

being that it's sheepskin -

it retains a lot of grease when it's
made.

What it's like inside, I don't know.

- Having dismantled the 007 model car,
Brenton now needs to get

the all-important gadgetry back in
working order.

- So this is working really well.

It's got a lot of dirt off of the
fins.

I think that Tony must have played
with this an awful lot in the bath,

and I don't blame him.

I think I'd have done the same thing
if I had one of these.

I've lost count of the amount of toy
cars that I broke

when I was a child.

And yes, I did take some of them
apart, and no,

I couldn't get them back together
again.

So I'm making reparations for that
myself now, maybe.

I'm going to put a tiny, tiny bit of
silicone onto the areas

where I believe the most friction will
be, and this is one of the best

ways of lubricating plastic.

And I'm going to go into these slots
and I'm going to put a tiny bit

on the ends of these fins

where they turn.

I just need to put these parts in
together, put that on top,

and then see if the fins work.

And yes, that's working really well.

So that's all I can do at the moment
with this.

So I'm going to now move on to
polishing

and re-gold-plating

the body of the car.

I'm using a traditional jewellery-type
mop

on a pendant drill

with a jewellery polish.

Oh, my word. Look at that.

I thought the gold was all worn

away, but the gold is still there.

It's pitted.

If you notice here, there's little
tiny

sort of bubbles in the gold.

Pure gold doesn't tarnish.

And what I think has happened is,

the metal that the car is made of,

which is...I believe is zamak, which
is a zinc and aluminium alloy,

has reacted behind the gold and lifted
the gold slightly.

So I'm going to have to remove all of
this gold

to get the base metal shiny again

so I can re-gold-plate it.

- Brenton isn't the only one with some
hard graft ahead of him.

Ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay is
facing a

challenging restoration of her own...

- This is...quite something, isn't it?

Look at that. It's incredibly thin.

- ..courtesy of Rachael Palmer and her
mum, Beverly.

- Hello.
- Hello.
- Hi.

- Welcome to the barn.
- Hello.

Thank you. Hello.

- So who have you brought in for us?

- Well, we have a pair of jazz
figurines

which were given to me by my
grandparents.

They've sustained a bit of damage over
the years.

- I can see that! Yeah.

- LAUGHTER

- And they were much-loved figures.

- For me, it's Louis Armstrong, Ella
Fitzgerald.

- Oh, yeah.

- But in my house, it's Auntie Rosie
and Uncle Roy.

- OK, they've got names.

Two different names, right?

- The rose came about because of her
red dress, and we wanted them

to have the same initial.

And then we just thought, "Oh, yeah,
Roy, Rosie and Roy.
- Yes.

- These were in your...

- Mum and Dad's.
- ..Mum and Dad's house.
- Right. OK.

- Mum was Claudette and dad was
Joseph.

Unfortunately they've both passed now.

Mum and Dad probably got these

about in the '70s, I should imagine.
- Yeah.

- Growing up as a child, music was
massive in our house.

I mean, everything from James Brown to
James Last,

Kai Warner, Eartha Kitt, you name it,

it was, it was always played in the
house.

So it was a big thing.
- Yeah.

- And my dad, back in Guyana, he was
in a steel band

and he played an instrument as well.

He played the steel pans.

- Mum is a singer, was a singer.

- Oh!
- Has been in several plays, theatre,
TV.
- Really?

- Really?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Absolutely.

- Edinburgh Festival, '79.

We come from a very big family.

My mother had 12 siblings.

My father had six sisters.
- Wow.

- So we could have our own parties,
and...

- Just within the family.
- Just within the family.

And for all of us, you know, my
cousins,

music is definitely a thing.

- Amazing. What a lovely legacy.

And to have this to sort of remind you
of all of that.

- Yeah.
- So how did it get broken?

- So these were gifted to me as a
wedding present

when I got married in 2010.

I was really pleased and excited and
just felt

really heart-warmed that, oh,
actually, something

that I know my grandparents loved is
going to be passed on to myself

and my family.

Unfortunately though, when we were
moving,

that's when Uncle Roy broke his leg.

So they've never actually been
together as a pair

in my front room.
- Oh, no.

So moving them into the new house is
when they got broken.
- Yeah.

- What are you hoping Kirsten is able
to do to them, then?

- Oh, it would be...

- Start the list.
- OK.

Right!
- Go on!

- So...
- I'll just get pen and paper!

- Auntie Rosie, her microphone...

- Yeah.
- ..has been damaged.

Just to really restore that.

Even the beading on her dress, you
know, you can tell

it was really glitzy and glam at one
point.
- Yeah.

- And it would be great for Uncle Roy
to have his leg back,

to be standing, to be able to stand
up.
- Yeah.

- They need to be reunited.

This would be a great way to keep my
grandparents' memory

and legacy alive as well.

- I mean, I'm really excited to do
these.

I mean, I'm slightly concerned about
getting him sort of

up and back on his feet...
- I'm not surprised.

- ..but I'm really looking forward to
starting these.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

Goodbye.
- See you on the other side.

- Yeah! For sure.

What a pair these two are.

I'm not entirely sure what they're
even made of.

I was thinking perhaps they are
plaster.

But now I can get a closer look,

I can see this break edge here...

..and also tap it and feel it.

And I think that this is probably made
of some kind of plastic.

But what is concerning me is that I've
got a very thin point

of contact on this broken leg.

So whatever it's made of, I'm not
going to be able to get a huge

amount of adhesive along this edge to
get a really strong join.

So the plan is to work out some way

of supporting and bonding this leg

back onto the body.

I'm going to have to make up a new
microphone end

and the end of her finger as well.

But to start off with, I'm going to
give them a really good clean.

I'm not sure what the paint is.

I don't know if it's going to come
away.

So I'm going to start off with a
little test area

and see what happens.

Hopefully they'll come up a lot
brighter and cleaner.

- Pete's handed me the cover of
Rhona's bagpipes.

It's very dirty, a little bit on the
musty side.

And so before I can get on and mend
those holes,

I'm going to give it a clean.

Because of the age of this tartan,
I've chosen to use mild, pure liquid

soap flakes in tepid water, so there's
no heat that's

going to potentially shrink the
fibres.

So I'm just going to rinse all these
pieces now and then once

it's dry, I'm going to be able to fix
all those holes.

- We're now going to check the bag.

It's been on there a long time.

We don't know what nasty bugs or
anything have got

into it in that time.

So we've got an endoscope and we're
going to put it down one

of the tubes and just have a little
look inside the bag.

Inside, the leather itself looks in
pretty good condition.

So I think we're going to be able to
save the bag, which is great.

But I can now see there's lots of
white stuff in there.

I haven't got a clue what it is, to be
quite honest,

but all I know is, it shouldn't be in
there.

The thing is, Rhona does want to hear
them.

So I've got to actually treat the
inside to make it safe

for somebody to breathe into.

So I'm just going to block up all the
holes.

Then I can just get some disinfectant
in there and give

it a good swill about.

That'll k*ll off all those nasty
things that are in there.

I've been polishing for ages, and I've
actually polished

through the gold, and I've got back
down to the base metal of the car

in most places, and now it's ready for
gold plating.

But before I do that, I'm going to
start with copper.

And copper is a good base to plate
onto.

So I've got a power supply which is
low voltage DC current

and some chemicals.

The solution is a copper-based salt.

And I'm going to put that

onto this soft cotton pad.

The electricity will come down this
wire into the liquid

and actually make this live.

I'm attaching the negative to the car.

And once the copper salt, which is
positive, is brushed

against this, the copper is attracted
to the negative

and hopefully attaches itself to this
car.

There it goes.

And that's a lovely copper colour.

So I'm putting fractions of a micron
on every time I brush.

So to put a decent coat on

I have to do this for quite a long
time.

I've then got to gold-plate it

and then do the same with the top of
the car.

- After much consideration, Kirsten
has devised a plan

to get Uncle Roy back on his feet.

- I think when it's been broken,

it must have twisted out of shape.

And the problem that I'm having

is that the broken leg

doesn't really align very well.

I think this crack has put

the whole form out of shape.

My plan is to use a glass fibre

repair kit to try and make almost

like a collar just on the inside

that's proud of the leg.

And that's because the joints

are just so thin.

So what I'm hoping is that

it's going to help me align

the pieces and apply the adhesive

so that it has more to connect with.

Would you be able to give me a hand,
please?
- Yeah. What...?

Goodness.
- This is Uncle Roy.

- Hello, Roy.

- If you could help me with Roy.

Deep breath.
- Yep.
- OK.

OK. If you can bring it back my way
now.

Well, he's upright!
- It's...

What are you going to do with the
gaps?

Fill?
- I have to fill them.

I always knew that it wasn't going to
align properly.

- But he feels like he wants to stand.

- He does, doesn't he?

What do you think? If you let go...

- Yeah.

Well done, Kirsten.
- Oh, thank you so much.

- With Pete on the polishing wheel,

aiming to bring a shine back

to the wooden drones of the bagpipes,

Julie is ready to begin repairing

the tartan outer covering.

- I'm ever so pleased

with how this has cleaned up.

Now, it's going to look a little bit
odd at the moment,

but I'm actually going to stuff it.

But by putting just enough

to make it firm, I can see exactly

where I need to put my darns.

And I will avoid any sort of puckering
or gathers

that I don't want to be there.

The darn that I'm going to do as the
repair,

I'm hoping will recreate

the fabric that is missing

and at the same time strengthen it.

- It's not your normal teddy bear, is
it?
- It is not.

He's quite sweet, though, isn't he?
- He is quite sweet.

- Mind, he bites!

- JAY CHUCKLES

- I'm on the very last bit of whipping
now,

which is putting the thread round,

which is waxed.

This is to make all the different
sections airtight.

But not only have they got to be
airtight,

but they've also got to be able to
slide up and down,

because that is your tuning mechanism.

That's it.

That goes up and down,

holds all the way.

Just want to put my finger over the
end.

Yeah. That's airtight.

So, that one's finished.

Those two are finished.

I just want to have a look at the bag
now.

I want to make sure that it's going to
hold the air.

Well, that's holding a nice bit of
pressure, so it's all right.

So, everything's done now.

All ready to put it together,

and then we'll be away with a working
set of bagpipes.

- Just like any secret agent worth his
salt,

Brenton is keen to leave no trace

of his work on the 007 model car.

- Get my fingerprints off of it.

Lovely. Look at that.

Exactly how it should look.

Now I can put the car on here

and deliver Mr Bond's car

back to its rightful owner.

- This rare piece of movie memorabilia

represents a son's pride in his
father's rise

from humble apprentice to CEO

of one of the most iconic carmakers in
the world.

DOM: Brenton, I can see it shining
from here.

- Good, isn't it?
- Look at that!

- I don't want to give it back.
- No!

NARRATOR: Today, Tony has returned,

along with his dad, Mike.

DOM: Hello.
- Hello.
- Hello.

- Hi, Tony.
- Hiya.

- How's it going? You OK?
- Very good. Thank you very much.

- Mike, it's honestly lovely to meet
you.

Really lovely to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. Brenton.

- What are you hoping Brenton's done
to the toy car?

- I just hope it looks like something

that he can be proud of,

because to be fair, I'm super proud of
him.

But he already knows that.

- It was in such a terrible state that
it was...

I just didn't want to let it go
because it meant so much.

- Do you want to take a look?
- I'd love to.

- Brenton...

- Oh, wow.

Oh, fantastic.

That is beautiful.

- And you fixed the plastic.

- Plastic wasn't broken.

- It wasn't broken?

- Do you know what that tape was?

- No.

- Holding the plaque on.

- You're kidding me!

I can't believe that was there.

- Someone taped it on there thinking,
"I don't want to lose that."

- Is it OK if I push the...?
- Yeah. Give it a go.

- That's it.
- Yay! It works.

- Yeah.

- Is it going to go?

- It goes a long way.

There it goes. It's down there.

- Oh, there. Got it.

That's it.

- It does go a long way, doesn't it?

- It does. That's brilliant.

Mike, does it look a little bit like
how you remember?

- It does, yes.

That brings back so many memories as
well.

The film, it burst upon the world,
actually.

You couldn't put it in any better way

because people were just wowed by it.

You know, there's a car turning into a
submarine.

Everybody wanted one.

So I think, you know, in lots of ways,
this car represents something

that's really very worthwhile, very
special.

Very special times, those were.

It's absolutely wonderful.

Thank you very much indeed.
- You're so welcome.

I can see how much it means to you.

- Oh, it's fantastic. It brings tears
to my eyes, actually.

I apologise.
- No, not at all.
- I'm lost for words.

- Some of that guilt has been lifted
maybe?
- No!

- THEY LAUGH

- I still feel guilty about doing it,

but if you can give it back, then...

- Well, you've made amends, I think.

- I hope so.

- Get it back home on the shelf where
it belongs.

- Give it to him. I don't want to play
with it.

- There you go.
- Super.

- Thank you. Lovely to meet you.
- Bye.

- Bye-bye.

I must admit, I feel absolutely
superb. Just looking at it,

it's just wonderful. It looks
brand-new.

- Seeing the car repaired takes me
back 45 years,

and I have to say, it's back to new.

So, I'm very, very grateful to him.

- Arriving next - Harriet Swinson from
Cheshire.

She's hoping goldsmith Richard Talman
can rescue a precious find

that means the world to her.

- Hi there.
- Hello.

- Welcome to the barn.
- Thank you.

- You must be Harriet.
- Yes.

- What have you brought for us?

- So, this is a locket I found on a
metal detecting weekend

with my then boyfriend.

My now husband.

- Oh, that's very nice.

- So, when I was a child,

I grew up on a little farm

and I spent years with my nan metal
detecting.

So myself, my sisters, my cousins,

we went metal detecting most summer
evenings,

and it was just a lovely memory.

I told this story to my husband

and for my 30th birthday he took me
for a romantic weekend away.

He had arranged metal detecting

and this was one of the items

we came across.

- Really?

- Yes, which was very exciting.

But then we carried on

and he sort of veered me down one part
of the field.

When you hear the beeping noise, you
get the buzz

and you start digging.

In the soil there's a little tin box

and in there was my engagement ring.

He had actually arranged for the ring
to be buried

in the ground.

- Oh!

- I found it and, um...

..yeah, he got down on one knee.

- How romantic.

- To come across something like this
on such a memorable day,

it's just amazing.

- Well, it's really pretty.
- Thank you.

The markings on it are absolutely
beautiful.

When we first found it, it was still
intact,

so I wore it for ages. I wore it on
the wedding day.

I wore it religiously

and then it broke about a year ago.

I was upset when it was finally
snapped in half.

- Yeah.
- It means a lot to me.

- Richard's itching to get his hands
on it.

- I'm itching to have a look at this.

- Oh, please, Rich.

- That's lovely, isn't it?

It's really delicate.
- Amazing detail.

- It would mean so much, just to wear
it again all the time,

and to get photos in there as well.

So, one of my husband, one of my
daughter.
- Yep.

- And then be able to hand that down
to my daughter would be amazing.

- Yes.

- Do you think it's possible?

- Let me try.

- Amazing.

Thank you so much.
- It'll be a pleasure.

- Lovely to meet you and we'll see you
soon.
- Take care.

- Bye-bye.
- See you soon.

This is such a delicate piece.

It has suffered quite a lot of
corrosion,

which is indicative of the copper
content, which makes me believe

that it's nine-carat gold.

The top part here, this is so thin,

you can actually put your...

..thumb into it,

and then it can just click back.

So I'm going to have to tread so
carefully around that.

It's got a hole just at the top of the
engraved pattern.

That's going to require quite a lot of
thought.

But the part that's concerning me is
the hinge.

My worst nightmare is going to be

that if the original pin that would
have slid through

all three sections of the hinge has
broken off in there and corroded,

my chances of being able to drill it
out is going to be next to none.

Meaning that I'm going to have to
rebuild the whole hinge.

First thing I need to do is place this
into some solvent,

because there's quite a lot of
adhesive, and it could be hiding

lots of things that I don't want to be
there.

So, going to leave it for about 10-15
minutes,

then see how it comes out.

- With Uncle Roy standing tall once
more,

Kirsten is ready to tackle Auntie
Rosie's missing digit.

- I'm going to use a two-part epoxy
putty

for the end of the microphone,

and then I'm going to curve that
finger around it.

I'm finding that I'm working on more
and more plastics these days.

I quite like the challenge

and I like the variety as well.

For me, it's what makes the work that
I do interesting -

a variety of materials and problem
solving.

That's the end of the finger

that's now gone back on,

so it's now just to let that harden
off

and then it's retouching.

- WHIRRING

- Uncle Roy is coming on really well.

I've filled all of those areas

that were misaligned,

and I'm now starting to lose

all of those white fills

by retouching with some acrylics.

I hope Roy isn't ticklish!

I want these to go back looking really
smart.

I know that Rachael's going to have
these in her living room,

so I want them to look as good as
possible.

- I've taken the locket out of the
solvent, and it's really loosened up

that excess adhesive there.

I think I now need to go for what,

for me, is probably the most

important part right now,

and that is this hinge.

I really, really hope I'm able to
drill through this hinge

cos I really want to avoid having to
remake one.

I'm going to use

a high-speed steel drill.

This particular one is 0.6mm wide.

We've got quite a lot of

reddy brown matter coming out now,

which makes me worry that it's rust.

Try again.

Hey!

I'm a third of the way there.

There you go.

OK, I'm going to come in from the
other side

and see about that one.

This one is putting up a little bit
more of a fight.

I'm now applying far more pressure

onto this drill than I would usually
do.

I'm going to give the drill a sharpen.

Does the job.

And it's through.

I am immensely relieved that I've

managed to drill out that hinge,

because now it can be a locket again,

which is exactly what Harriet's asked
for.

So now I am going

to turn my attention

to the rim of the locket

to start to sandpaper away

where it's all corroded.

- We've got the bag cover back from
Julie.

She's done a lovely job.

That's a nice fit in there now.

All in the right place,

so now we've just got to get on, put
the rest of it together.

Once I've got these assembled,

I've got a little treat for Rhona,

which should be rather nice and finish
off the job properly.

- Rhona's dad, Jim, was once a proud
piper,

but sadly Rhona never had an
opportunity to hear him play.

Rhona, hi.
- Hi, how are you?
- Come on in.
- Hi.

- Look at that smile.

Are you excited?
- Very excited, very excited.

- Where do you think that excitement
comes from?

- I think because obviously this is
part of my dad...
- Yeah.

- ..and always will be a part of my
dad.
- Yeah.

- So to have them back in a better
condition would be fantastic.

It's a big thing.
- It's a big deal, yeah.

- I am quite excited.

- Well, do you want to see them?
- Yes, please.

- Yeah?
- Uh-huh.

- OK, you ready, Pete?

- Let's go.
- Let's do it.

RHONA GASPS

- Oh, my word.

- SHE SNIFFLES

- It's amazing.

And they don't look new -

they just look...the way they should.

- They're still Dad's.
- Uh-huh.

- SHE SIGHS

- That's wonderful.

Thank you so much.

I can't...
- It's our pleasure.

- I can't thank you enough, but I can
guarantee you now,

my dad's chin would be quivering right
now

and a wee tear would be coming down.

I know that for a fact.

They just look absolutely stunning.

- I hope we've done him proud.
- Oh, just lovely.

Thank you.
- You're so welcome.

That's the original tartan, as well...
- Uh-huh.

- ..Julie's worked her magic on.

- Oh, thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

- Well...we've got one more little
surprise for you.
- Uh-huh?

- We've got Pipe Major Roger Huth.

If you'd like to come over.

He's going to play us a little tune.

You had a tune in mind?

- One of my dad's favourites,

and one that he asked to be played at
his funeral

was Flowers Of The Forest.

- Would you like to hear it?

- VOICE CRACKS:
- Oh, I'd love to.

- HE PLAYS FLOWERS OF THE FOREST

MUSIC STOPS

- Thank you so, so much.

- My pleasure.

- I've got no words.

I actually can't... Honestly, I can't
believe it, it's...

You've done my dad proud. Thank you so
much.

- Well, we'll get them all packaged up
and get them back

in their little box, and we'll get
them ready for you.

- That's lovely. Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.

- Lovely to meet you.
- Thank you, you too. Take care.

Bye-bye, bye-bye.

The pipes are absolutely outstanding.

I just can't believe how lovely they
look.

My dad was loved by everybody and he's
always around me,

but he'll be even more so now,

because that was a big part of his
life

and he was a big part of my life.

It's just wonderful, absolutely
wonderful.

- Exquisite craftsmanship is also
evident on Richard's bench.

- Now I've got to address this little
hole at the top

by getting a slightly thicker piece of
metal and making a perfect oval

that will slot up behind, where I can
address the hole.

To get that exact size, place the
paper on the top,

rub my fingers over it,

and then that there leaves an
impression of the oval.

That should be a perfect template.

And just place that over the top.

So, this piece of metal is the same as
the locket,

which is nine-carat gold.

That means it's got quite a heavy
copper content.

It does actually require just a little
bit more guts on the file

to get it to shift.

So, that plate is now fitting quite
beautifully in the back there.

Now, if I just turn that over, just
take this hole,

and I just put a very, very fine
permanent marker.

I'm just going in and filling all of
that...

..gap. This little area here is the
same dimensions

as the hole we've got.

Now, it's my hope, I'm going to be
able to build a little ridge

on here that's going to poke up

and will hopefully fill that void nice
and flush.

And that'll be the repair to the
decorative part of the front done.

So this machine I'm using is a laser
welder.

And we're just gradually feeding gold
wire into the focal point

of the laser beam on this plate.

And that is going to melt and very,
very slowly - but surely -

building up a little hill of gold.

And it's that hill that is going to be
plugging the gap

that's in the front of the locket.

Looks like it's going to fill it quite
nicely.

I'm just going to have to do a little
bit of

very fine engraving work to sort of
mimic the pattern.

And my hope is, once that's done,

it will look like there was never a
piece missing.

- Before Auntie Rosie is ready to take
centre stage

with Uncle Roy, Kirsten is adding a
final touch of glamour.

- When Bev and Rachael brought these
figures in,

it was clear that...

..they enjoyed the sparkle,

and really wanted me to try and get
that pizzazz

back into these objects.

I'm not going to cover the entire bow.

I'm just going to highlight areas so
that it catches the light,

and you'll just see the glitter.

I have to say, I quite enjoy doing
this as well.

I'm in my element just sitting doing
slow, methodical things like this.

It makes a lovely change for me to be
working with something sparkly.

- The jazz duo were cherished
reminders of beloved parents and
grandparents,

but some nasty breaks meant they were
no longer top of the bill.

- Here we are.

So, where do you want Roy?

- Obviously next to Aunt Rosie.
- Of course.

- KIRSTEN LAUGHS

- Reunited.

- Today, Beverly and daughter Rachael
have returned,

hopeful that Rosie and Roy - or Ella
and Louis - are back on song.

- Here we are. Hello.
- Hello.

- How are we doing?
- Very well, thank you.

- Hello.
- Hey.
- Hi.

- Good to see you.

- You too, you too.

So, what are you hoping Kirsten's
done?

- Put Louis's leg back on.
- OK.

- And made Ella even more glamorous
than she already is.

- She looked a bit tired, didn't she?

- Yeah, yeah.
- She'd been singing a long time.

LAUGHTER

- I just want to show you it, really.
- Yeah, me too.
- Should we?

Do you want to see her?
- BOTH: Yes, please!

- Come on.
- OK.

- Ooh!

He's got a leg.
- He's got a leg!

- He's standing on both.

Oh, he looks lovely.

And we do like a little bit of
sparkle.

and I just think, yeah, she looks
great.

- I was going to say, did you colour
her dress as well?

- No, not at all. Just gave it a
little bit of a clean, so, yeah...

- That's what you got to do, Rachael.
- Well...
- Clean, OK?

- KIRSTEN CHUCKLES
- Mum's told you.
- Fair enough.
- Yeah?

- They look beautiful.
- Yeah.

So, when you're looking at them now, I
can just see...

What are you thinking of? Are you
going somewhere?

- Yeah, I'm thinking of, you know, Mum
and Dad and parties and people.

It's... Yeah.

- Good, happy times, yeah?
- Oh, absolutely.

Absolutely.

Louis and Ella...
- Yeah.
- ..back together again.

- Oh, bless.

- Or...Rosie and Roy.

- Rosie and Roy.
- Rosie and Roy.

But you know them as Louis and Ella.

- I wouldn't get involved if I were
you, Jay.

- No, I'm not going to get... No, it's
a sibling rivalry going on.

It's a mum and daughter.

I'm not troubling it.

- LAUGHTER

- So, you know that you can never move
house ever again.

- Wow.
- You know that, don't you?

- LAUGHTER

- You're laying down a few rules,
aren't you?
- Yes!

- You've got to keep them clean,
you've got to rename them

and then you can't move house.

- LAUGHTER

I'm not allowed to move.
- That's just Mum.

- Yeah, I suppose so.

- Thank you again.

You know, if Mum and Dad were here,

they would really, really appreciate
it.
- Yeah.

- Absolutely.
- For definite.

- Thank you both for bringing them in.

- Thank you.
- You take care now.

- Bye.
- OK, bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye.

- Glitz and glamour is definitely back
in Auntie Rosie and Roy,

and will be back in my front room.

They instantly make everybody smile.

- It does make you feel good

that we're bringing back a little bit
of my mum and dad -

Rachael's grandparents - into our
lives, into our homes.

- As Rosie and Roy prepare to take up
permanent residency

in Rachael's living room,

on Richard's bench, another
restoration is almost complete.

- Harriet requested that she's going
to be able to have a photo

of both her husband and her daughter
inside the locket,

but there's no way at the moment of
securing those pictures in there.

So I've got to make a little oval wire
frame,

which will push in on top of the
photos

and sort of secure them in there.

So you make a circle and then squash
it flat a little,

and it forms an oval.

I've got my wire, which is nine-carat
yellow gold,

and I'm using this as a mandrel.

So I'm wrapping this metal round twice

because then it creates two frames.

So I need one for each side.

Because now, pops in...

..and that's going to hold the photo
in properly.

So all I've got to do is put a new pin
in,

and that will affix the two sides of
the locket together

and make the hinge work perfectly.

- For Harriet, the locket is a
treasured reminder

of the day her partner proposed.

- There she is.
- Hello.

- How you doing, Harriet? You all
right?

- Yeah, I'm just so excited.

- Why are you excited?

- I just can't wait to see...

..see what's changed with it, see if
it's been repaired...

- Yeah.
- ..so I could wear it, have nice
pictures in it of my family.

- OK.
- OK.

- Rich, you ready?
- Are YOU ready?

- I'm ready.

- RICHARD CHUCKLES

HARRIET GASPS

- Oh, wow!

Oh, gosh, that's amazing, isn't it?

Oh, that's beautiful!

Oh, my gosh!

That is so good.

- Thank you.

- There you are.

- HARRIET GASPS

- Look at it - it's absolutely
stunning.

- It's a bit of a change, innit?
- That is...

I can't believe you've managed to do
it.

- GASPING:
- That is...

Honestly, thank you so much.

It means so much to me.

I can't even see where the original
dent was or anything.

- I'll take that one. Thank you.
- LAUGHING:
- Yeah!

- So, when you see it, like, fully
restored like that now,

what's the memories that you've got?

- Of that day with my husband.
- Mm-hm, yeah.

- And also, just to be able to open it
and show people my family,

to have that close to me all the time,

it just means the world to me.

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.

- You take care now.
- It was lovely to meet both of you.
- Likewise.

Pleasure.
- All right?
- Thank you.
- Bye-bye.

- WHISPERS:
- Well done.
- Oh, cheers.

- RICHARD CHUCKLES

- Oh, I just can't explain how I'm
feeling.

It's absolutely amazing.

It's just beautiful.

One day it will hand down to my
daughter,

and then she'll hand it down to her
children

and it'll just stay in the family.

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