05x10 - Ship's Wheel

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Welcome to The Repair Shop, where
precious but faded treasures...

It's in a bit of a sorry state.

..are restored
to their former glory.

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

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

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

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

Looks absolutely amazing.

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

..come together
to work their magic...

Teamwork. Absolutely. 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.

In The Repair Shop today...

..it's all hands on deck...

Jay? Could I borrow
one of the spokes?

..as the talented crew
restored a ship's wheel.

It's coming up all right,
though, isn't it? Yeah.

And there's more nautical
teamwork, as Kirsten...

Amazing what a lick
of paint can do.

..and Amanda and Julie...

Here we go, then. I won't look.

..attend to a sailor
who's all at sea.

You've taken years off him.

Aw! If only I could
do that for myself.

But first, a tribute
to a sporting hero.

Tina has travelled
from Northampton to see if leather

expert Suzie Fletcher can save
a little piece of family history.

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

Hi, Jay.
Nice to meet you, I'm Suzie.

Hi, Suzie.

So, what have we...?
That's a cricket ball!

It's a cricket ball, yeah.

So, why have you brought us
a cricket ball, then?

It was presented to my dad in 1948.

Wow. There's a lot of
writing on here as well.

Yeah, there is.
It's got my dad's name.

Was that Stanley? Stanley, yes.

Stanley Summerfield.

And "Outstanding performance
at Birmingham Parks."

Right. Was your dad
a sporting man, then?

He was, he was
a really good sportsman.

He's got loads of medals.
Medals for...? Football, cricket.

He's got loads of them.

So, he was a good player, then.
He was a really good player.

He had trials for Walsall.

But I think, at the time, his dad
told him that he needed to join

the Navy because he was called up.

So, he didn't go for the trial.

He didn't do the football trial.
He didn't do the football trial.

He had to go in the Navy.
Because Dad said so. Dad said so.

OK. Yeah.

So, what kind of relationship
did you have with your dad?

Oh, my... My dad was lovely.

He was... He was my hero.

Erm, he was really good at snooker.

Yeah. And I used to go
and watch him play snooker.

He was fantastic,
nobody could beat him.

Yeah, yeah. He used to take me
down the dogs. OK. Yeah.

Down the dogs! A bit of racing!

And it used to sneak me
under the turnstiles,

get in for free, then, so...

Very crafty. Yeah. I know.

Yeah.

He was just lovely.

Yeah. Yeah.

My dad passed away in '97... OK.

..and I've got all of his medals -
football medals, cricket medals.

But I just love the sentimentality
of the cricket ball.

I think, because it's so tactile,

it's a little bit
more special to me.

To think that my dad
held it in his hand,

and now I can hold it in mine,
it's a wonderful memory of him.

So, Tina, what would you like me
to do to the ball?

All the gilding's coming off it.
Mmm. Yeah.

And I'm just frightened
that his name is going to

be wiped off, eventually.

And then it just becomes
an old cricket ball, really.

Yeah. I would just like you
to make it look as good as you can.

So, was it like this
when you got it, then?

Was it, like, faded as well?

Yeah. Yeah, it was. OK.

But now I look at it and I
think it's just such a shame...

Yeah. ..that his name's
coming off it.

You know, he did well, at cricket.

Yeah. And I want to hand it down
to my boys...

Yeah. ..so they can
remember him. OK.

Somebody spent the time
actually putting his name...

Yeah. ..on the cricket ball.
On the cricket ball.

I want to keep his memory alive.

Tina, thank you for bringing
the cricket ball in.

Thank you. Lovely to meet you, Tina.

And you. I'll do my best.
Thank you. OK.

We'll be in touch.
Thank you. Bye. Bye-bye.

If my dad was looking down now,
he'd say, "Why are you going

"to all this effort?
It's just a cricket ball."

But it means a lot to me.

If Suzie can do something
with the cricket ball, it will mean

a lot to my children as well.

My boys will be really happy
that I'm passing it down to them.

It's a wonderful memory.

Have you ever worked
on a cricket ball before? No.

This will be a first.

I mean, you think
how old this ball is,

I suspect it's just the leather
is drying over the years. Yeah.

And if I squeeze it,
I can kind of just get it to...

I see that. You see that join,
it's coming together? Yeah.

Like that?

This lettering actually goes
over where that gap is.

Yeah. And Tina wants
the lettering to be done.

Yeah. "Presented to..." And
all of that along there. Yeah.

I think what I might do
is ask Lucia,

see if she can fix the lettering,
or reinstate it.

That would be great
if Lucia could do that.

OK, I'll go and have
a word with her. All right.

All right. Lovely, thanks.
No problem.

As you can see here, you've got
this seam that's coming apart.

This particular seam
is sewn on the inside.

So, I can't go in there
and re-sew it again.

I'd have to undo the main seam.

So, in this particular instance,
I think the best thing for me to do

is to use a filler

that will sink down
into this gap here.

The filler that I'm using
for this is more like a cream,

and you can use it on leather
or vinyls for filling cracks.

So, I don't want to put
too much on to begin with.

What I'm looking for is
that it's going to, through gravity,

just sink down into that gap.

I really love
anything intricate like this.

Particularly when it goes right -

don't like it
when it doesn't go right.

As Suzie tackles the sticky wicket
of the cricket ball repair...

..outside, a new arrival -
Tony Sayer, from Merseyside.

Hi, there. Hi. I'm Will. I'm Tony.

How do you do? Nice to meet you,
Tony. Pleased to meet you.

Have you got something for me?
Yes, I have. Lovely.

He's hoping wood restoration
expert Will Kirk

can get a treasured relic
into shipshape condition.

Right. OK. What do we have here?

It's a ship's wheel
from an old Scottish fishing boat

that belonged to our family.

That fits into such a small box?

Yeah - it's in bits, I'm afraid.

It's a job for you!

What happened to it?

It's in pieces!

We, er, start off with my mother,
Elizabeth West.

She was born in a little fishing
village in Scotland called Macduff.

She met my father during the w*r,
and they moved down to Merseyside.

My mother's uncle and two brothers
had fishing boats,

and bought the Confide,
which this wheel's from, in 1951.

So, every year since I can remember,
we used to mess about the harbour,

and I always waited for the Confide
to come in with a daily catch.

My uncle let me steer her
sometimes from the fish market

to the inner harbour.

The days when I was a child,

they were magical moments,
they really were.

And the Confide carried on
in the family right until 1976.

It was sold to Northern Ireland,
and then we lost track of it,

and I thought that
was the end of it.

Not only had it left the family,
but then it's untraceable.

That's right, we didn't know...
I didn't know what happened to it.

Was she just lying derelict
somewhere? Right.

And I couldn't find out
where she was.

I looked everywhere, and then I got
a phone call out of the blue saying

somebody had seen her in Newlyn
in Cornwall, as a fishing boat.

First opportunity I had,

packed the family up and went
down on a holiday in Newlyn,

and there she was.

I remember seeing her now,
tears running down me cheeks.

I hadn't seen her for 20 years, and
all the memories started flooding

back to me, and somebody suggested
I should contact the owner

of the Confide.

Eventually, I got a letter
back off Peter Rayment,

his name was,
but unfortunately it was due

to be decommissioned from fishing.

And in the letter, he said,
"I'll save the name board for you."

So, I went down
for the last time to see her.

Very emotional, it was.
I can imagine.

And he gave me the name board,
gave me the wheel as well,

as it is -
I couldn't believe it.

I've actually got the steering wheel
of the Confide.

It doesn't look a lot, but it means
so much to me, it really does.

That's the Confide - really was.

Well, let's have a look
and see what we've got here.

Just lots of bits. Yeah.

Do you know if they're all here?
As far as I know.

So, was this varnished,
was this painted, or...?

It originally was varnished, yeah.

Is that brass?

Yeah. So, that would've been
nice and shiny.

It was, yeah.

Oh, my word, Tony.

I've seen some things come through
the barn doors, but this is...

This really is a box of bits. Yeah.

So, if I'm able to make it look
more like a wheel again... Yeah.

..where is it going to go?

It's going on the wall,
a feature, talking point,

for the rest of my life.

But you're willing to leave it
with me, though.

Yes, I trust you.
You trust me! Yeah.

Tony, thank you for bringing
it down. Thank you. Good luck.

You're going to need it. I know!

Thanks, Tony, bye-bye.

Well, I'm hoping against all
the odds, really, that Will

will be able to do something
with the Confide's wheel.

It means everything to me.

It's like a 70-year love affair,

and it's not finished yet,
I don't think.

The Confide's coming home.

It's coming home.

So, this is almost like a puzzle.

But instead of having, like,
the box, with a picture,

I've got no picture.

I mean, I know that it's a ship's
wheel, so that gives me an idea,

you know, it's going to be, like,
a round shape, but I don't know

how it goes together,
so these bits...

Put those there.

How's it going, mate?

This looks interesting?

I don't know what to do.

I know that they all
kind of come together

into this central hub.

That metal hub is broken.
And half missing.

And half missing.
Such a shame he hadn't got the rest.

It is a shame.
That's going to be difficult.

I've looked in the box about 50
times. It didn't fall out. No.

Dom, can you do me a favour, please?

Would you take a look at this metal?
Because I don't know what I'm doing.

Yeah. And that needs to be...

..round again. I'll tell you what.

I'll take these bits away
and clean them up, so at least

you can get the spokes in there.
Yeah.

See what we're really missing
and what we're working with.

Exactly. Yeah? Top man.
I'll be back soon. Lovely.

Leather expert Suzie
has changed tack

from her more usual
equestrian-based craft

to that other quintessential
English sport, cricket.

She's filled the gaping crack
in the 1940s trophy ball

where the seam has drifted apart,
rendering the surface sound again.

So, while I'm waiting
for the filler to cure,

I'm going to go ahead
and start cleaning this ball.

Don't want to overclean it, because
it's got lots of years of use on it

and I don't want to change
its appearance too much.

But I do have bits of paint on it.

It looks like a bit of
emulsion or something.

I'm going to use a very mild leather
detergent and see how it behaves.

Can often do successful
cleaning jobs

if you just go at it
just one little section at a time

and don't be in too much of a hurry,

and you certainly don't want
to be scrubbing at it.

But this is actually
coming off a lot quicker

than I was expecting...

..which is very encouraging.

This has come up really nicely.

This is looking much better.

With the surface now clean,

it's time for fine art conservator
Lucia Scalisi to take a spin

at the commemorative gold lettering.

Hey, Lucia. Hi, Suzie.

Here's the beauty here.

Wow, it's lovely.

So, what have you done to it?

Basically, I've cleaned it
and I've filled in...

It had a gaping gap here
for you to paint over.

OK, great. Good.

I can certainly retouch
some of the white fill... Yes.

..so it'll be very delicate and
this is not going to look brand-new,

but I'll certainly be able
to pick it out,

so it's more readable.
Fantastic. Fantastic.

OK. Well, I'll leave that with you.
All right. OK, cheers. Thanks.

I'm going to start retouching
this area of filling

and I'm going to aim just to retouch
the white of the fill.

So, I've squeezed out

three shades of red here.

And I'm going for this...

..this is a cadmium red
vermilion hue.

I think it's the best.

And I'm just actually adding
a little bit of raw sienna to that,

just to take it down a dot.

I'm not going to go to the dark area
either side of the fill

because I want to not create
a solid line

and if I really start just filling
all the black in as well,

it will make it too solid
and it will draw your eye to that.

There's no point in making it
look brand-new.

You'd ruin it.

So, I'm using a very fine
zero-sized sable hair brush.

These are my favourite brushes.

Load them up with quite
a bit of paint, and it flows

very beautifully on the tip.

So far, so good.

That sort of knocked out
the bulk of the white fill,

so that's quite good.

I'm just going to finish
this little bit off.

I'm going to leave it to dry
and leave it there, safe and sound.

Outside, another visitor.
John Gibbons from Cambridgeshire

is hoping ceramics expert
Kirsten Ramsay can repair

a fragile keepsake
with a celebrated family history.

Hello. Hello. Hi.
How you doing? I'm Jay.

Nice to meet you. I'm John.
I'm Kirsten.

So, what have we got in the box?
Oh, well, it's not my lunch!

It's this, a little sailor doll.

But he's a little worse for wear.

So, tell us about the sailor.

He's about 100 years old, I think.

He belonged to my grandfather...
Right. ..who was in the Navy.

Yeah. His name was
Lewis Victor Tyler.

When he was an ordinary rating,

he had a uniform
almost identical to that.

He was a lovely man. He would
take me on walks around Portsmouth

and people were always coming up
to him saying, "Hello, Lew!"

So, he would do anything
for anyone. Ah. He was a lovely man.

So, when did your grandfather
first get this doll, then?

I think he might have bought it
for my mother as a little gift

when she was little. Right.

I think, perhaps, he borrowed it
back again, so he could wear it

as a mascot when he went to see
Portsmouth Football Club.

Right. He was a... Pompey!
Yeah, Pompey.

He lived just around the corner
from the ground.

In 1939, they got into
the final unexpectedly.

They were playing Wolves.
Oh! Wolverhampton? Yes. OK.

That's where I'm from.
Oh, really? Yeah.

They beat them.

Don't rub it in! 4-1. OK!

He wore it to the Cup final,
pinned to his chest.

I always said, "One day, whenever
Portsmouth get to the final,

"I will wear the doll
and recreate that moment,"

and they did, in 2008.

I had a little badge next to him
saying, "I was here in 1939."

Amazing! Yes. The Pompey fans
came up and touched him for luck.

And did he bring luck, then, yes?
Yeah, they won. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Amazing. But he's a little worse
for wear after all this excitement.

Yeah! So, how did he get damaged,
then?

When my sister was three,

my mother gave him to her
to sort of calm her down

and she just promptly threw him
out of the pram

and his head was smashed. Oh, no!

It's probably going to be
a difficult job.

I wouldn't be worried
about having him...

..you know, the colour
of him restored. No.

He is old. Yes.
He deserves to show his age.

And is he likely to be worn
again any time soon?

Me, not knowing anything...
Let's hope so.

When Portsmouth win
the Premiership.

OK. Well, thank you
for bringing him in... Thank you.

..and we'll let you know
when Kirsten's worked her magic.

Thank you. It's a lovely story.
Good. Thank you.

Take care now. Yeah.
Thank you. Bye. Bye-bye.

Got all the bits there,
haven't you?!

What spurred me on to get him
restored was to preserve

all these little memories
of my grandfather.

I'm hoping they can restore
the head of the doll,

make him look a little bit
less d*sfigured.

I look forward to getting him
back again.

He's cute, isn't he? Hey?
It's a lovely story, isn't it?

But it's good that he's kept
all the pieces. Amazing.

Yeah, I think I'm probably going
to see what the bear ladies have

to say about getting the hat off.

Well, you know the drill.

I'm not going to help you get it
over to your bench. No.

I'm not allowed to touch your
things, so... I think I'll manage.

You'll manage this one! OK.
All right. All right.

Hello, ladies. Oh, hello!

I've got a little sailor doll.
He is adorable.

He's lovely, isn't he? Look at him.

He's unusual.

These dolls were made -

a lot of them, very popular -

made in the sort of late '20s
and '30s.

It's quite unusual to find
one of these little ones

with the composite head. Is it?
Yes. OK. Yeah. I'm wondering,

obviously, I'm going to have
to tackle the head... Mm-hm.

..is there any way you can actually
take the head off from the body

and, also, the little sailor cap?

Yes. We can do that for you.
All right.

Thank you so much. You're welcome.
Bye. See you later.

Aww.

I'm having to do this really
carefully and really gently

because the old adhesive
could damage the fabric

as we take it away.

And also, his head is very frail.

It's a bit like an eggshell,
and I really don't want to be

breaking that any more
than it already is.

Here we go.

I'm sure Kirsten will be thrilled
when I do hand this back to her

cos this is what she likes.

Lots of bits she can put together.

Is it all right
if I use this sander?

Of course you can.
Help yourself. Cool.

Also struggling with a multitude
of components, Will has enlisted Jay

to help sand the wooden elements
of the ship's wheel.

It is nice sanding back wood,
you know.

It is just, like, gorgeous.

I think it's made of teak.

Teak has a very... Oh, yeah.
..distinctive smell,

and it usually gives me
a bit of a tickly throat.

This is coming up all right,
though, innit? Yeah.

Working alongside the wood duo,
metalworker Dom is trying

to figure out how to put
together the wheels.

Jay, could I borrow
one of the spokes?

That's it. Perfect.

That's perfect. Thank you.

Just need to measure it.

40 by 35.

Where does that sit, then?
That...should fit in there. Ah.

So that... Once that's there
and that's there...

..this metal sort of dictates
where that sits. OK.

It's quite complicated.

Now, I just need to work out
the missing piece, basically.

I can lay the original pieces
that I've got onto this drawing.

So these are the two bits
that I'm going to need to remake

and be left, hopefully,
with a complete circle again.

So, no problem. All right. Well,
if there's anything else you need,

just let me know. I think that'll be

it for a while, so thank you.
No problem.

It's that piece and this piece.

Now, I can just use an angle grinder
to cut those out, so they fit

together against the whole pieces
really nice and neatly,

so I can get a nice even weld.

So, that is the new pieces of steel
now cut and trimmed

and, hopefully,
it'll all fit together.

The next step is to start working
on these triangle pieces

which space out the wooden spokes.

Perfect.

Inside the bar, fine-art conservator
Lucia Scalisi is preparing

to use her steady hand and finest
brush to restore the gold lettering

on the 1940s commemorative
cricket ball.

When you're looking at it as closely
as this, you can really see

the labour that's gone into
writing these words,

and each one is an individual piece
on its own right,

and it's not a stencil.

Someone has just written it, really.

It's really neat.

It's a gold-coloured paint.

It's not actually gold.

So, what I'm doing is using
one of my favourite pigments,

yellow ochre,

just to pick out some
of the broken sections.

And it very gently brings everything
together, so you can actually read

things without it being too obvious
that some work has been done.

This is conservation. This is really
trying to do the minimum

just to make certain little things
more readable.

How's it going? Oh, hi, Suzie.
I'm glad you've come over.

OK, so, I've actually done
quite a bit of retouching. Yeah.

But hopefully,
it doesn't look as if I have.

This is the seam, top front. Mmm.

And also, you can read Stanley's
first name now. Oh, look at that!

Yes! But it doesn't look
as if it's brand-new. No.

No, no, no, no. I think Tina
is going to be really pleased.

Ready to be knocked for six
by the restoration,

owner Tina is back to collect
the ball - a testament

to her beloved father's
sporting prowess.

I'm feeling pretty excited
about seeing my cricket ball again.

I'm hoping that you can read
my dad's name properly again.

That's what I'm hoping.

I'm not expecting miracles
because I know it's a very old ball.

Hello. Hello. Nice to see you again.

Hello, Tina. I'm Lucia.
Hi, Lucia. Hi.

My God. Yeah, how are you feeling?

I'm feeling really apprehensive
about it.

Really? Yeah. Don't be!

I've only seen it in the state
that it was in.

And every time I looked at it,
I knew there was a bit more gilding

coming off the ball.

Shall we? Yeah, let's go for it,
Suze.

Are you ready? Yes.

SHE GASPS

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, that is wonderful.

That is lovely.

Lovely to see his name back on it.

That...

..that is very special.

Well, it's clearly so special
to you... Yeah. ..so that makes it

special to us. Oh, that's very nice.

It's a lovely thing to have,
isn't it? It is.

Something from the past.
That somebody spent time

putting his name on it
in the first place.

Yeah, I think to have your father's
name on something like that

is an honour, isn't it?
It is an honour. Yeah.

We'll treasure it.
For generations to come, actually.

Absolutely. Really great.
Yeah. Thank you.

Thank you so much. All right.
Take care.

Bye. Bye-bye. Bye. See you.

When I held the cricket ball,

it just brought back
so many memories of my dad

and to think that I can now
hand it down to my children

with his name written on it,
it's a wonderful feeling.

It's like having him back again.

More sporting history is being made
over on Kirsten's workbench,

as she faces the intricate task
of piecing the Portsmouth mascot's

head back together.

So, I gave John's mascot doll
to the teddy bear ladies,

and this is what I got back
from them.

So, my problems here are numerous.

There's an awful lot of old adhesive
that's kind of

smeared along the break edges.

Ideally, I'd like to use my steam
cleaner, but I'm really worried

that actually that's going to just
disintegrate the break edges here.

So, I'm thinking if I use the heated
spatula, that might actually

just soften the adhesive
and I can pick it off.

It's just slowly softening it.

Having said that, it's quite slow
work and I've got quite a lot to do.

I think it's going to take quite
a long...quite a long time.

While Kirsten carefully
removes the old adhesive,

Julie sets about making the sailor
doll robust enough to withstand

any future Cup final fixtures.

There's an area just around his neck
here where he's just come adrift,

and I'd like to secure all that

before we get his head
back in place.

I'm playing one very small part

in such a long life
of this little guy.

It'll help keep him sailing
for just that little bit longer.

I've managed to get
all the break edges clean.

I now have the really quite
difficult task of trying to piece

all these bits together.

Working with this piece,
it's so fragile.

The fact that John wore this pinned
on his lapel to a football match,

I'm just... I can't believe it,
actually.

I can't believe it's still here.

Kirsten's rebuilt all she can,

but the missing crown of his head
will require a dental wax former

and some delicate plaster work.

So, getting the plaster actually
onto this little chap's head,

it's amazing, it's like...it's
quite a transformation.

The plaster needs to set.

The next stage is going to be
retouching and hopefully getting

mascot doll match-ready for John.

So, I'm just using
some acrylic colours to actually

put the pigment back on.

This is the part that I love.

There's quite a lot of painting
to be done. Because the joins

actually didn't fit together
very, very well,

I've had to actually do
quite a lot of filling.

So, I think that's pretty
much done, actually.

It's amazing what a lick
of paint can do.

And I've just got a couple
of little touches round here,

and then I think he's good
to be reunited with his body.

Hello! Hello!
I've just come to bear bench.

BOTH: Aww!

You've taken years off him!

Oh! If only I could do that
for myself.

He's going to be thrilled.
It's a great job.

Thank you. No, thank you.

Offer the head up.
We'll just see if I can fit it.

Hang on, is it going to fit it in?

Have we boo-booed? Oh!

I think you've tightened his neck
up a little bit too much.

I didn't tighten it up.

This should be on his neck first.

Yeah. Head goes on,

and then that should've been
stitched on after.

We're going to have to undo this
before we can do anything. OK.

There you go, then.
I won't look! Thank you.

Snippety, snippety, snip, snip.

That is annoying, isn't it? Yeah.

Metal expert Dom has finished
the final weld on the hub

of the ship's wheel.

Hello, mate. Hi, Dom.

There's the hub -
completely finished, done.

Nice bit of weight to that. Yeah.
I'm really keen to see if it fits.

Yeah, so am I.

Slightly snug.

Yeah, tight, but that's good.

You've done a great job...

But? But... Yeah, OK.

It's kind of ugly. OK.

It'd be nice to have something
on the top. Yeah.

Shiny but of brass... It needs
a brass dome or dish or something

on the front, doesn't it?
Just to finish it.

A nice shiny bit of brass

to match that
when that's shiny. Perfect.

Brenton? Sorry to interrupt.

That's OK.

Do you think you could make us
something to cover that?

OK. So, like, a bowl?
Basically, yeah.

OK. Yeah, I can do that. And also...

I'm thinking about putting
a nice bit of brass trim

going around the top here.

So if I make the sections
the same size as that, then.

We'll shift them round a bit.

I'll get some brass
and get on with that, then.

Thanks, Brenton. Good luck. OK.

Cheers. I'm going to go as well.
Thanks, Dom. OK.

Hey, Brenton. You OK?

Yeah, I'm going to be making
some more noise, I'm afraid.

Oh, brilliant! Sorry. It's OK.

Using a band saw,

Brendan starts by cutting out
the brass trim,

then turns his attention
to the decorative piece

that will crown the wheel's hub.

I'm now going to start forming
a bowl on this leather sandbag.

This might look a bit violent,
smashing this up, but I need to get

this into a curved shape
before I start planishing it smooth.

To make the brass more malleable,
Brenton heats the metal

before quenching in water.

Once the shape is formed,

Brenton can begin to smooth away
his hammer marks.

I'm going to polish this,

which is going to make it
really nice and shiny.

Then I can give it back to Will.

While Brenton buffs his newly-forged
brass bowl, outside Will

is rebuilding the wooden wheel.

It's really fiddly work.

It was really important for me
to dry assemble this first

because, if I didn't properly make
sure that everything was perfect

and I started to glue a nail, I
could have a bit of a bad situation

on my hands. Now I need
to glue it back together.

For a second, I thought I'd

finished completely, but no.
This has two sides.

I'm going to flip it over,
and nail and glue the other side.

As Will navigates
the long rebuild outside,

inside work on the Portsmouth mascot
is complete.

Hi! Hello.
We've got someone for you.

He looks really cute.
He's come up really well.

It's what John wanted, isn't it?
Yeah, absolutely.

Oh! Teamwork!

Absolutely.

Ladies! Woo!

SHE LAUGHS
Thank you!

Before he came to The Repair Shop,
this jaunty fellow

had weathered rough seas

and brought luck to generations
of football fans.

Now owner John is back to see
if the little sailor doll

is now match-fit.

The mascot is very special to me.

I'm very fond
of my late grandfather,

who died over 40 years ago,

but I still treasure his memory

and anything that belonged
to him, really.

Hello. How are you doing, John?

Good to see you. Likewise.

Nice to see you. Nice to see you.

So, what are you hoping to see?

Well, something
that's a little improved

on what he was like before!

Shall we let him out of his misery?
Absolutely.

Let's have a look. Ready?

Oh, my God! He does look better,
doesn't he?

LAUGHING

Oh, hello, sailor!

THEY LAUGH

Oh! Well, he... Can I hold him?
Of course you can.

Gosh, that's amazing!

It must have taken ages
to get him looking like that.

We've got a brilliant team here.
Yeah.

And Amanda and Julie
helped out as well.

Thank you very much.

We couldn't have done it
without them, actually,

because they removed his clothing,

which I wouldn't have been able
to do, really.

No! Really? So that actually
I was able to work on just the head.

Yeah. And they've given him
a little bit of a spruce-up.

And had he got top...

He's got a top of a head! He has.

Yeah! Well, thank you so much.

I mean, it's amazing.

Well, he'll bring my football team
a bit of luck, I think...

Yeah? ..now he's mended.

OK! I don't know how to thank you.

I'm so grateful. It's these ladies
you've got to thank.

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

It was a team effort.
Well, I'll take him home! All right.

Front seat in the car.

You take care now.
Thank you. Bye-bye.

Well done. Well done, ladies.

When I first saw him,
I just thought,

"That's how my grandfather
must've seen him,

"looking like
a healthy little sailor."

My grandfather was a great one
for mending things

so I think he would be so delighted
that I'd taken the trouble

to get him fixed.

Not that I can take any credit
for it, of course.

As the doll sails safely home,

outside, the ship's wheel
is once more whole again.

What I need to do now is get
some polish onto the surface.

It's going to really bring out
the grain in the wood, and it's

quick-drying so I can actually get
quite a few coats on here now.

All that's left for Will to do
is secure Brenton's brasswork.

Now, I'm just fitting on that
final piece, that final cap.

All of that teamwork
and all that work that has gone

into this has been worthwhile.

Well, that's the last screw there.

Let's get it back into the barn.

When this relic first arrived
at The Repair Shop, it was nothing

more than a box of bits,

the many parts inside
unrecognisable as the ship's wheel

that owner Tony remembered
so fondly.

And now he's back to be reunited
with the memento

of his old beloved
family fishing boat -

the Confide.

How are you doing, Tony?
You all right? Hi.

Nice to see you.
Nice to see you again.

How are you feeling?

Nervous. Yeah?

Yeah. So, when was the last time
you saw the wheel in one piece?

Gee whiz. Er...

Must be 40 year ago.

So would you like to see it? Please.

I've been waiting a long time
for this.

It's unbelievable.

Thank you.

Thanks.

I'm overcome, to be honest. It's OK.
I really don't know what to say.

Just take it all in, Tone.

It's magical. I can't believe it,
I really can't. Magical.

So, what are you going to do
with the wheel now, then?

It's going on my wall.

Yeah, as a permanent reminder

of all those memories of
my mother's, the West family.

All the times I've had. Yeah.

You haven't touched it, though.
You can touch it. It's yours!

Do you know
what I really want to do? Go on!

That's the one.

That's the one. Yeah.

Thank you, sir, for bringing it in.

Thank you. A pleasure.

Thank you.
Will, I can't thank you enough.

It was a team effort.

Please pass my thanks
to all the team.

Certainly. We will do.

Well, she's yours to take home.

Let me walk you out. You've got
your hands full. Thank you.

When I first saw the ship's wheel,
all the memories came flooding

back. I couldn't cope with it.
It meant so much to me.

It's just a new era.

Not only will I see it there,

I'll be talking about it to
everybody who comes into the house.

Confide lives.

It's going to live
for a long time now.

I'm feeling absolutely tremendous.

It's just fantastic.

Join us again... Perfect.

..as our talented craftspeople...

It's all about measuring twice
and cutting once.

..restore the nation's
treasured possessions...

You're a bright blooming star! Aw!

..in The Repair Shop.