05x01 - Ornate Wooden Piano Stool

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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.

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...

Team work? 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.

I'm about there.
Up as much as I can.

It's great.

JAY: Watch out, this is leaking
down the bottom.

I need to to weld that up.

Right, if I start this end...

Yeah. You all right there? Yep.

How's that, Jay, all right?
It's perfect.

Well done. Nice one. Perfect.

Put that on my CV. Yeah!

JAY LAUGHS

In the Repair Shop today...

..life in the fast lane for Steve...

Oh, it's working. Fantastic!

..as opposed to the gentle pace
of the centuries-old heritage craft

of weaving.

It's really hard!

Oh, I'm sweating.

That looks great.

I'm going to have
a little lie down now

because that was really hard work.

But first, from wicker to wood.

Mary Campbell, accompanied
by her daughter Yana,

is hoping antique furniture
expert Will Kirk can restore a piece

that holds the memory
of a very important lady.

Hello. Hello, how're you doing?

I'm fine, thanks, how are you?

I'm very good.

I'm Jay. I'm Will. I'm Mary,
and my daughter Yana.

Nice to meet you.

Jay, nice to meet you.

I know it's broken, we can see
that, but what is it in the box?

Right, it is...

..a Victorian piano stool.

It belonged to a very dear
friend of mine.

I call her my foster mum,
Hannah Kuttner.

This is quite beautiful. It is.

How come she's given you this?

When I was, erm, 14... Yeah.

..my mother had been taken ill -
she was bedridden.

I needed just to earn
a bit of money

cos things were tight in the family.

So, I was walking down the high
street past this gown shop

called Evening Gowns,

and there was a notice in the
window, "Saturday girl required"

So I went in and there was Hannah,

had the interview and they said,
"OK, you've got the job."

At that time, my mother
had had a stroke,

so it was my responsibility to look
after my mother and the house.

So the only time I had release was
school and going to Hannah's house

and working for her,

and gradually we became friends.

Did she have any children
of her own? No.

You kind of became a family member?
Yeah, I did.

You went from friends to family?
Yeah.

And then when my mother
died, I remember going to see her

and she was in her bedroom,
sitting on this stool.

I said, "Yeah, my mum's
passed away now,"

and then she was there for me.
Yeah...

I wish there was more Hannahs
in this world.

She's seen me through school,
through college,

when I started to work, erm...

You know, when I had boyfriends...

I call her my...
I'm her foster daughter.

Whenever I went to her house,

it would just be her sitting
at that stool,

turning around, talking to me,
you know - this is Hannah.

This is Hannah.

But how did you get hold...?

How did this come into
your possession?

One Saturday, I had a phone call

and they said, Hannah's in hospital,

and then, erm,
she never came through...

Erm...

She died in 1995... She died.

So she left this for me.

I got this stool,
so this is my Hannah.

So this stool means a lot to you,
doesn't it?

Yes, it does.

Was it in this condition
when you received it?

No, no.

What happened to it? What happened?

Oh! Oh! Bye!

So, what happened was, this stool
too, was in my bedroom...

Yes. My daughter comes in,

went "Mummy!" and threw
herself across my bed

with her long legs and her long
legs lift up the stool and...

That sounds like an accident to me.

It is an accident.
I didn't mean to do that.

I was being a loving daughter.

I went in like, "Mum!"
and then it was misplaced...

I just picked up the pieces
and put it in the bag.

OK.

Obviously, I didn't realise how
much it meant to her at the time,

but, like, when she told me,
I was like,

"Oh, I really shouldn't
have broken that."

Sorry...

THEY LAUGH

WILL: All right. OK.

Let's have a look at the damage.

Yes, look at the damage.

One broken leg. Yeah.

One broken foot.
The foot goes on that bit.

That goes on there...

Oh, I can see someome's

tried to repair that before.

They usually have on the bottom...

So, when all the legs are...

..back on, there's usually
a sort of plinth

that they sit on

and that kind of helps prevent the
legs from breaking and twisting.

Oh! Can actually see
on the bottom of there,

these lines going across there,

so someone's probably just
hacked it off the bottom.

Well, it's my job to give
this piece of history...

Yes. ..a future... Yes.

That'd be lovely.

..and to remember Hannah. Yeah.
Exactly.

Thank you. Thanks for coming down.

Thank you, Jay. Thank you.

Thank you. Thanks for coming down.

Tare care. Bye. Bye-bye.

I'm just relieved now
that it's going..

It's going to be repaired.

I can see her sitting on it.

Yeah, I'm going to see it now...

I see her. Aw, that's cute.

I'm just having a better
look at Mary's piano stool.

It seems that someone has performed
some previous surgery by putting

these metal pins in here.

In theory, it would have worked,

but with the amount of glue

and wood to wood surface contact,

that is why it's failed, basically.

I'm going to try to excavate
the pins cos I think

they're going to be more of a
hindrance than a help.

I'm going to add a plinth on the
bottom to ensure that it has

the extra strength.

Finally, this finish
looks really dull.

I'm going to clean it back,
give it a polish, wax and a buff,

because I really want to have this
looking beautiful once again

as a fitting tribute to Mary's
friend Hannah.

The next item to arrive also
represents a special relationship.

Simon Warren Smith is hoping
Steve Fletcher's knowledge of dials,

numbers and needles will be enough
to resurrect a very unusual object

that's been broken
for over 30 years.

Hello. Hello, hi. How you doing?
Very good, thank you.

I'm Jay. Hello, Jay.
And you're...? Simon. Simon.

Hello, Steve. Hi, Simon.
So what have we got in the box?

We've got the speedometer
from my 1927 Lagonda.

What's a Lagonda?

A Lagonda's actually a
really prestigious English make

of motor car.

They were as famous as Bentley,
at one stage.

You haven't brought the car!

I'd like to bring the car.

All right. I'll let you off.

Let's have a look.

Oh, well...

Steve?

So tell us about it.

Well, it's actually
a very unusual speedometer.

It doesn't use electromagnetism.

It's actually more like a clock.

That's why I thought of you, Steve.

OK.

I'm a chartered engineer
and I've sort of... All right, OK.

..worked on all the bits
of the car that... OK.

Since I've owned it. I've owned it
for 43 years

and I've tried
to do everything myself.

But this...
Horology is beyond me.

Have you always been interested
in mechanical things?

As a small child, I loved taking
things apart, working out

how they work and then hopefully
putting them back together again.

That sounds a bit familiar.
Yeah, it does, actually, absolutely.

My father loved the fact that I was
interested in that sort of thing.

And so that led to us buying
the Lagonda in 1976.

It's my first car.
I was 17.

We bought it together and then
unfortunately, my father died...

..early.

And so I own the complete car now.

So it's got a very special
emotional bond for me.

And when you were working
on it with your father,

er, are they fond memories
that you have?

Really fond.

It's more than a car to me.

It's just so special.

I think of my father every
time I get into the car

and when I'm driving it and...

Yeah. And those were really lovely
times, working together on the car.

Yes, sure. I can imagine.

You've had it for 43 years and
you've worked on it yourself.

What have you actually done
to the car?

Well, I've done pretty much
everything.

So I went to night school to learn
some of the skills,

er, to do the things
that I wasn't able to do naturally.

So I went and learned how to use
industrial sewing machines

to make a new hood
and tonneau cover. Oh, right.

And I went to learn how to spray
and weld.

And so, basically, I've sort
of rebuilt the car several

times over, actually,
in the 43 years.

Fantastic. Does it drive then? It
drives. It does drive?

Oh, yes, it drives, yeah. OK.

I'd love to get this working
and I'll do my best.

But I'd like you to bring your car
down so that I could sit in it,

once it's done.

Oh, well, that'll be fantastic.

I'll bring the car down
and we'll go for a ride in it.

Oh, fantastic. Oh, will you?

He's made up, now.

Excellent. Yeah, yeah. Made my
day.

Brilliant, well, thank you.

Well, thank you... Thank you, Jay.
..for bring it in, OK.

Well, it's a great pleasure.
Likewise. Yeah, thank you very much.

It's gonna be a challenge.
I'm sure you're up to it.

Take care, now. Bye-bye.

This car is much more
than a car to me,

it's really an emotional
sort of a link with my father.

I've owned it for 43 years,
so it's been a big chunk of my life.

So having the speedo working
will just complete that whole thing

for me, it would be fantastic.

Done one of these before, ain't you?

You've done everything before!

I've done speedos before,

but I'm sort of a bit nervous,
although excited.

Why nervous?

Because I don't know whether I've
seen this sort of mechanism before.

And until I open it up,
I don't know what's inside.

And I know why you're excited
because you're going to be

driving this, as well, eh?
Absolutely.

I'm chuffed to bits.

I've got to get it working.
I know you do.

Steve, it's all you, mate.

Thank you very much. OK?
All right. Enjoy.

All right. I'm just going to put a
piece of paper on the dial

to protect it
while I take the hands off.

Good, that came off a lot easier
than I thought.

I've worked on literally thousands
and thousands of clocks

and it's second nature
to me - repairing them.

So when I take something
like this apart

that I'm quite unfamiliar with,

er, it's far more of a challenge.

OK.

So that was a bit of a mistake,

because all the ba*ls are falling
out and there's...

..20 or 30 small ball bearings...

that actually make it all work
nice and smoothly.

So I'm just going to...

..pop the ba*ls out of that so that
so I don't lose any of them.

Right. Now I need to suss out
this device.

I can see there's lots and lots of
brass swarf down here,

which means that something has
been wearing really, really badly.

Looking at this, I think
this is absolutely fine, this part.

I can't see anything
that is out of place

or not working.

So I'm sure it's to do with this.

And if I can work out what I've got
to do to repair it...

Once I've done that,
I'm sure I can put it back together

and get it working.

Fingers crossed.

On the other side of the barn,
having removed the debris

from a previous restoration...

Oh!

There we are.

..Will we can now focus on
repairing the broken legs

on the ornate carved stool.

So even though I've managed to get
the nail out, you can see how much

glue and filler is on the inside.

This is all flaking and...

..actually quite loose.

So me putting new glue in there
and clamping it up,

it's just going to break again.

What I'm going to do is...

..almost sandwich
new pieces of wood.

Then I can then carve back
in its shape, carve it back

in the detail. And that'll give it
the strength that it needs.

The new wood against the old wood,

a really nice, clean bond and we'll
have it back on its three legs.

But, first, he must remove
the jagged material

from the broken edges in order to
achieve a tight glueing surface.

Well, that was really tricky.

They now match up smooth enough that
I can actually...

..put that new piece
of wood on there

and they line up.

Join that one up, get some glue
on the inside of there,

clamp it up.

As soon as that's dried, I can then
take off the excess wood

and start carving back in
that detail.

The leg is straight,
which is what I need.

The new piece of walnut
has made contact

with the whole of that leg surface.

So once that dries, it should ensure
a really nice, strong hold.

I'm going to leave that to dry now.

SHEEP BLEAT

Well, these legs now feel
nice and steady.

And I really don't want
this to break again.

It needs to stand the test of time.

It needs to stand, that's for sure.

And in order to do that,
it would have originally had some

kind of plinth,
braced connecting the three legs

to give it extra stability.

And I think I might put that on
now, before I start carving

into this chunky new walnut
that I put on the sides.

Because it will help absorb some
of the impact from the chiselling

and give me a bit of extra support.

Lovely.

Now that the stool
has dried to the plinth,

it feels strong enough for me to
start carving back in that detail.

I'm just using a pencil, now,
to mark out all the recesses.

Just so when I start taking off
a lot of that excess wood,

I don't take off too much.

I think I need to stop there.

I love carving so much.

It's really easy to...

..over-carve

and then end up with
less of a leg, more of a toothpick.

So that is perfect.

Outside the barn,
Dom and willow weaver Sarah Hatton

are awaiting the next arrival.

Hiya. Good morning. Hi, I'm Dom.
Hello. Hey, Adam.

Nice to see you. Nice to meet you,
I'm Sarah. Hello, Sarah,

lovely to meet you. My wife,
Silvia. I'm Silvia. Hello.

Adam Gallucci and his wife, Silvia,
are calling upon Sarah's skills

to repair an heirloom
that has been at the heart

of the Gallucci family
for generations.

I've got to start with, what is it?

Well, er, it's a... Wicker.
..baby's crib.

This dates from mid-1930s

and was actually purchased
by my grandparents

when my grandmother fell pregnant
with her first child. How nice. Aw.

So, it's been in the family
ever since.

It starts with my eldest
aunt in 1938.

So it's had 11 family members in,

including my mother, including me.

Yeah. Really? You've been in it?

I've been in here. Really?
My brother, my sister.

Wow. That's impressive.
That's most of the family, then.

Most of the family have actually
been in here.

Yeah. Brilliant. But then it's been
in storage for 30 odd-years or so.

Just because it sort of fell
into disrepair.

There's pieces that have snapped,
there's pieces that are a bit sharp.

And I think it was decided by the
family just to kind of

lock it away.

So, the red ribbon,
is this decorative?

When we actually got it out,
we were trying to work out

how badly damaged it actually is.

And we're not experts ourselves.

Yeah. We just took
a big length of red wool

and just tied round some parts
that we thought

were quite obviously broken.
Oh, I see.

So to sort of to highlight
some of the damage. I see.

That's a lot of wool!

Yeah. There's a lot of wool, there's
quite a lot of damage, I'm afraid.

But, yeah...

We've been on quite a journey
ourselves.

So Silvia and I've been trying
for a baby for five years or so.

Over five years, yes.

It was a very long,
very long and tortuous journey.

And it took us years
to get where we are.

So... And where are you?

We are six months pregnant. Wow.
Lovely. Yeah.

We've actually been through
quite a lot with the IVF procedures

and we've had seven rounds
in five years.

A long journey. So lots of ups and
downs, but lots of family support

has really helped us
get through it.

And when we got the news,
it was the first thing

that the family did - was say
got to get the crib out. Really?

Yeah. Got to get the crib out.
What a wonderful thing,

get that dusted off. You all went
back and sorted that straight away.

Absolutely. It's such an important
part of the family history.

It's not just a crib...
It's the perfect time.

It's much more.

It's got such a symbolic meaning,

knowing that 11 members
of our family slept...

Well, babies, but members of our
family, slept in that cot.

To think that your precious bundle
is going to be in there

is making me quite nervous.

THEY LAUGH

All these little holes, is this
woodworm? It is woodworm, yes.

It is? Oh, blimey.

Yeah, and for a basket maker,
that's a little bit scary.

Yeah. I bet.

I can see why you'd be worried about
putting your new baby in there

if it's got all these holes in it.

I think all I can say is leave it
with us. We'll do the best we can

and we'll be in touch soon.

So nice to meet you both. Thank you.
Thank you. Good luck.

Yeah, thank you!
Bye. See you. See you.

Oh, Sarah. Yes. Yeah?

Stop touching it! Yeah?

When we found out our amazing news,
and decided to get the crib out

again, everyone was
so super excited,

it brought back a massive
flood of memories.

This crib brings a very special
meaning, it brings the history,

brings the past, brings
all of the traditions

that are super important
to our family.

This, to me, not knowing
what really what I'm looking at,

this looks terrifying. Absolutely.

There's quite a few broken bits

and also huge parts
that are missing. Yeah.

Some of these struts,
they're broken.

Some of the border's broken as well.

Right, what's the first job? We have
got a little bit of woodworm.

It's been in an attic for 30 years.

So it does need a good clean,
first of all. Really good scrub.

Then I'm going to start with the
base... That makes sense.

..and then pick out each bit and
then work my way up the sides.

I'll have to cut quite a few bits
out of the... To replace them?

Out of the basket to replace them.

So, it's going to be a bit scary?

Absolutely.

In order for Sarah
to weave her magic,

the crib has to be sent
off and treated for woodworm.

Now, she can prepare her materials.

This is the buff willow that I'm
going to be using.

And I'm going to soak in water to
make the willow more pliable.

I'm hoping it's going to fit.

So I'll come back in about an hour

and see that that's soaked.

Oh! I thought I had it!

Get in there, you big... Oh.

Dom! Can you come and help me
with this lid, please?

Yeah, no problem at all.

So if you want to get the...

The fastener for the lid.

Right, what shall I do?
If I hold it down? Yeah.

Oh! All right, mind your fingers.

That's it. Yeah. Sure? Fingers are
out the way. You sure? Yeah.

Lovely. Brilliant. Trapped it.

Back inside the barn,
Steve's off the starting grid

with his repair
of the Lagonda speedometer.

Managed to work out
exactly how this works.

This rotor, or governor, is
connected to the wheels of the car.

So the faster the car goes,
the faster this spins.

The faster it spins,
the more this goes that way,

like that through centrifugal force.

And that will actually turn
the hand on the speedometer.

I've identified what the problem is.

There should be a brass flange
around this little piece here

that holds this unit in place.

And that's completely worn off.

So this obviously couldn't work.

So I need to get this unit out

and then I can then weld another

flange to it.

So, I've found a brass washer the
right thickness.

It's a very, very tight fit
to this unit.

So I need to press it on.

I'm actually going to to press it on

with one of my clock bushing tools.

This will actually
press it on nice and true.

As simple as that.

That's brilliant.

I just need to hard solder
it on now,

and once I've done that,
it should be good to go.

That's fantastic.

That's run through the joint
beautifully.

That's great. So, the hard solder
has run right down into the joint

and once that's cooled down,

I'll just clean it up,

and then I'm going to put it all
back together again,

and fingers crossed
it's all going to work.

Before Steve can put the
speedometer back together,

he must meticulously fit each
individual ball bearing

back into the rotor.

These ball bearings give
it a really smooth action...

..and without them it would be quite
rough and there'd be a lot

of friction, as well,

so, hopefully,
if it all works right,

the needle will go up nice
and smooth, as well.

I'm terrified that one of them is
going to ping out of the tweezers.

Right, all the ball bearings
are nicely in place.

Just need to screw
the movement together.

Good. That's a real relief

that I've got that done.

I'll just pop the hand on lightly,

and just test it.

I've got a drill
that I'm going to use

and see if the hand actually turns.

Fantastic.

That's working an absolute treat.

The faster I turn the drill, the
more the hand actually goes round.

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

I am so, so happy.

Wood restoration expert Will

is also nearing the finish line
on his repair -

the ornate carved wooden stool.

I really want my new pieces of wood

and the join to be seamless,

so when Mary sees this again

the colour looks uniform
along with the top,

and she's really surprised

that it looks like the chair
was never broken in the beginning.

Once his new carved sections

are precisely colour matched to
blend in with the original walnut,

he adds a protective wax and polish

and reintroduces the seat
back to the base.

Amazing.

It's a far cry from how the stool
arrived at the Repair Shop

with one broken leg, a broken foot,

a missing plinth
and its surface dulled.

Owner Mary is back to collect
the cherished item -

the only memento she has
of her friend and mentor Hannah.

I've come to collect
my beautiful shell stool

and I'm quite anxious.

It reminds me of Hannah Kuttner
who I call my foster mother.

JAY: Hello. Hello!

THEY LAUGH

How you doing? I'm fine, Jay.

Hi, Will.

You can see I'm on my own today.

Nice to have you back. Thank you.

You look almost as nervous
as Will does.

Are you ready to see this?

You ready? Be careful, Jay.

OK, I'll be careful.

Oh, my God!

Oh... Well...

Oh, my God!

You OK?

I'm sorry... That's all right.

Oh, it's so... Oh, God, it's...

Oh, my God.

Oh...

Oh, it's... You've put it back to
what it originally was...

Oh, my God...

It's beautiful. You OK?

Let me give you a hug, girl.

Oh... He's done good, hasn't he?

Eh?

You've gone beyond!

I would give you...

So, Hannah, what would she
think of this?

She'd say, "Mary,
you've done me proud."

So, I've lost half my nerves,

but I think the other half,

I would actually like you
to sit on this.

JAY LAUGHS

I've got it, I've got it. OK.

To sit on it... Oh, right.

Oh, God.

Good.

Oh, my goodness. How does that feel?

My backside goes into it!

Oh, that is beaut...

Oh, my goodn... Oh.

You're happy?

I'm happy. Then I'm happy.

I'm happy.

Oh, this is absolutely beautiful.

Wow.

You know what, darling?

You're a bright blooming star.

Aw. Thank you.

Thanks.

Jay, you should get that
on a T-shirt for me.

Yeah!

Just one last time. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.
Come on, then.

Come on, let's get you out of there.

I got heart palpitations.

I know if Hannah was alive today,

she'll be so pleased.

I've got Hannah back.

Thank you.

The stool may be returned
to its owner, but work on

the wicker crib is
just getting started.

It's been treated and free
from woodworm

so Sarah can start removing the
decades of dirt from the canes.

Because you have to clean
every single nook and cranny.

So you start getting a feel
for the pattern

the basket maker had used.

Ugh, the water's looking
pretty horrible,

but then it has been in
an attic for 30 years,

so that's to be expected.

Baskets are woven to be used.

So I think that's enough.

And you can see by the colour
of the water that there was quite

a lot of dirt that came out of it.

I'm going to take this back
to the bench now.

With the crib now free of grime,

Sarah can begin re-weaving,

first, strengthening the canes
on the crib base

that were weakened by woodworm.

I think it starts over here.

Better already.

No, it's not.

It's cleaner.

Oh, it's definitely cleaner.

Yes, it's definitely cleaner.

There's a long way to go yet.

I want to start patching
from the inside to the outside

so I can see that this is the first
one that I'm going to replace.

I am going to cut
the pieces out now.

This is always a bit of
a nerve-racking moment.

There we are.

After removing
the old broken canes...

..Sarah carefully weaves
in the new supple willow,

working her way around the base.

Oof!

I want to make this base
as strong as I possibly can.

So I'm just going to strengthen it
up now with some willow skeins

and tie these bottom pieces together
so it makes this basket lovely

and sturdy for the next 100 years.

To make the skeins, which are
wafer-thin strips of willow,

Sarah has an arsenal of specialised
weaving tools at her disposal.

So I'm going to make
a horizontal cut,

and then take a willow cleave.

Used for centuries in basket making,

a willow cleave has a three-pronged
metal tip.

And you can see that it's splitting
into three along the cleave.

This makes the willow thinner.

That also means it's going to
dry out quickly.

I'm going to cut that off there.

So now I'm going to take
the skeining tool

which is just a blade.

And I'm going to thread this willow
through the skeining tool.

You keep continually doing that

until the willow is paper thin.

And that's what we call a skein.

These skeins will be reinforcing

the three base stakes
just to make sure

that they're nice and strong
for when Adam and Silvia

place their new bundle
of joy into their basket.

With the skeins in place
and the base secure,

Sarah starts to weave in the
areas missing from the crib side.

So I'm going to start here
where there's a long gap

of no weaving.

And then I'll patch into
the existing weaving at the end.

It feels like I'm getting
somewhere, which is really nice.

It matches the end
in the original piece as well

so I'm very happy with that.

It's been a new experience
for Steve -

repairing a 1927 Lagonda
speedometer.

So I'm just going to
pop the dial on.

Put the hand on again at zero.

Fantastic.

That's all ready now to put
into Simon's Lagonda.

I can't wait.

Cos I can't wait
to have a go in his Lagonda.

The broken speedometer is the final
part of a lifelong passion project

for engineer Simon that he started
with his father over 43 years ago.

Now Simon has returned to the
Repair Shop to find out if Steve's

restoration has been a success.

The speedometer hasn't actually
been working for 30 years.

It would be brilliant if Steve's
managed to make it work.

It would just be great to be able to
know exactly what speed I am doing.

Oh, what?!

Fantastic.

Right, let's get, uh... Right.
Let's get it in and see if it works.

It's easiest to get in this side.
Yes. Yeah, absolutely.

So, shall I hold it up?
Are you off for the drive?

Yeah, that's fine. Yep, yep.

It looks great.

It's just a bit cleaner.

But still in keeping with all the
rest of the scruffiness of the car.

LAUGHING: Yeah.
It looks great though.

I love it when it's all like this.
Well, I like it, I must admit.

Well, that was simple.

Can we go for a ride?
Let's do it. Fantastic.

Ooh, where's the seat belt?

Ah, well, Steve, in 1927,
when this car was built,

they didn't fit seat belts.

And it's still not a legal
requirement to have them.

Ready?

STARTS ENGINE
Whoa.

TOOTS HORN

How exciting.

TOOTS HORN

Oh, it's working. Fantastic.

It's brilliant. I'm so pleased.

Bet not as pleased as I am.

What would your dad think
about it working?

My dad was a happy,
optimistic sort of person.

He'd be just grinning from ear
to ear...

Oh, fantastic. ..much like we are.

THEY LAUGH

Amazing.

It's fantastic.

Here he comes. Mr Toad again.

Right. There we go, then.

Thank you, Steve.
You're very, very welcome.

Thank you very much.
That was such good fun. Good.

Bye. Thanks again.

TOOTS HORN

Did it work? Yeah.
Oh, well done.

I'm very happy. I bet you are.
Relieved as well. Relieved!

THEY LAUGH

Well, the speedo hasn't worked
for at least 30 years.

So to see it moving
and telling the...

telling the truth, officer,
is fantastic.

Particularly because it was
so important to my father as well.

He was always full of encouragement

and really enjoyed me
working on the car.

So I know he'd be over the
moon to see the final piece

of the jigsaw puzzle, really,
the speedometer finally working.

Things are running at a rather
more sedate pace

in the outdoor workshop.

Willow expert Sarah is on the
final stages of her repair

of the 80-year-old baby's crib.

Her last job is replacing
the thick wicker rods that form

the distinctive
diamond-patterned sides.

It's very tight, but that's
actually...

Though it's difficult for me,

it's actually really good
for the basket.

Because I know that this
piece is never, ever

going to come out again.

There we are. Lovely.

Oof! I don't think
that's going anywhere.

That was really hard.

Oh, I'm sweating.

Wicked. So...

Aw, that looks great. Good job.

That was hard, that was. Well done.

And it's back to how it would have
looked in 1937.

Ready to give back to
Adam and Silvia.

And I'm going to have
a little lie-down now

because that was really
hard work.

With the birth of their child only
three months away, Adam and Silvia

have returned to see
if their newborn will be the 12th

family baby to sleep in the crib.

We hope the Sarah's managed to get
the crib back up to a good state

that we can actually use
it for our child.

Um... It's already 80 years
old, a very important part

of our family history.

I'm absolutely excited
and I'm so looking forward

to seeing the crib. Yep.

Hello. Hey. Hiya. Nice to see you
again. Nice to see you again.

You OK? Yes, very good, thanks.
Very good. Good to be here.

Good. Are you excited?

Really excited. Really excited.

Are you excited? Oh, I'm excited,
yeah, to see what you think.

What do you remember the basket
looked like when you dropped it off?

Oh, it was broken and brittle
and very wonky.

It wasn't in a safe state
to put the baby in.

So, yeah, very much looking forward
to seeing what you've done.

Shall we show them?
Oh, go on, then.

Go on. You can do the honours.

What have we got? Ready?

THEY GASP

Wow, look at that.

Ah!

That's unrecognisable.

Look down here at the bottom piece,
that's all been fixed.

Oh, you've done such a brilliant
job. Thank you. Thank you so much.

And it looks exactly
how I'd hoped.

So, do you think it's ready
for a new baby?

Absolutely. Yes, definitely.
Absolutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So when Bump is here
in three months' time,

this will be where it's sleeping.

So, thank you so much.

We are so grateful. You are amazing.
Ah, bless you.

Good. Lovely to meet you.

The crib looks absolutely amazing.
It's unbelievable.

It's ready for our baby and
hopefully for the next generation.

Absolutely, yeah. Our
daughter's children and the
next generation, hopefully.

The crib has got
such a symbolic meaning,

which is so important to us.

Yeah. We couldn't have wished
for a better result.

I think, yeah.
She's absolutely worked wonders.

Yeah.

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more epic restorations...

SHE GASPS

It's amazing.

..in the Repair Shop.