Find It Fix It Flog It (2016-2022): Season 2, Episode 13 - Episode #2.13 - full transcript
Hey!
The homes of Britain are
stacked with old possessions.
You know I've got my first item.
What looks like junk can actually
be worth a pretty penny.
I've just got a little bit excited.
Cor, I haven't seen one that big,
darling, for a while.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are here to help turn that
clutter into hard cash.
We're going to get great money
for them.
For Henry and his mechanic...
I don't think you should be looking
at that, mate.
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
Oh, yes!
...whilst upcycling genius Simon and
his restorer
love turning everyday objects into
fantastic furniture.
Well, that's perfect.
Oh, look, feast your eyes.
I reckon you've done great things.
Can I go on the fire engine?
Yes, you can, Simon.
Despite their different approaches,
they make the old turn into gold.
Going back with you, Alan, is
£6,380.
Wow, what am I going to do with all
that?
On today's show, Henry's gone
BAA-rking mad.
Meh, meh, meh.
Simon is at a loss as to what
to do.
Well, let's just leave it hanging
round for a bit
and decide what we're going to do.
And at the valuation...
Scream if you want to get off.
I want to go faster.
Oh, yeah.
Today, Henry and Simon are in the
Thames Valley.
This part of the world, along the
Thames, lovely, isn't it?
And despite coming from nearly 200
miles away,
Simon seems to be a mine of useful information.
Do you know Maidenhead? Do you know
where it got its name from?
In the 13th century, they built a
new quay where ships could get to.
It's halfway in the middle of the
land, isn't it?
Yeah, but you could get right up the
Thames to Maidenhead, the hive,
the Maiden hive, the new wharf, so
that's why it's called Maidenhead.
Do you know what? Sometimes you
amaze me.
There you go. Other times, less so.
I know that.
But it isn't old boats
that has brought Henry here today.
Joby Carter has been working for
the family funfair
that's been in operation
for over 40 years.
Having vintage equipment means you
need spares
so you just end up with too much
stuff, basically.
If I lived to be 2,000,
I'm never going to restore all the
stuff in this yard.
You have never ever been to a shed
like this before.
Cos Joby runs Carter's Funfair.
Honestly? Yeah.
Are there Waltzers?
There must be waltzers? Are there
dodgems?
Come on, let's go, I'm looking
forward to this.
Aw, so Simon is as happy as a kid at Christmas,
even though this is Henry's choice
of location.
What are you doing now?
I'm just hoping I'm tall
enough to go on all the rides!
HE LAUGHS
Joby, how are you?
How are you doing? Henry, how are
you, mate?
Go on, tell us about the fun of the
fair, then, mate.
My parents started it back in the
'70s.
It started with one ride, and quite
by accident,
we've ended up the largest
travelling vintage funfair
anywhere in the world.
This is all traditional stuff, then, mate?
You've got a steam engine, haven't
you, and all that kind of thing?
Yeah, no, we've got two steam
engines in the centre of the rides.
Oh, yes. Over that way.
You're excited aren't you? I'm
seriously excited.
Now, look, if we actually do make
you some money,
what would you spend it on?
I think we're going to give it to a
good cause.
Excellent. So, the money is going to
charity?
Yeah, all the money to charity.
I know he is a very excited boy.
Come on, the rides are this way.
Let's go. Joby, we'll see you later.
Have fun. By the way, mate, I love
your hat!
The boys, as usual,
have to find two items each they
think have profit potential.
I suppose the thing about letting
kids loose at a fairground...
Hey!
...is that they can't stay off the rides.
It's a waltzer. This is the one you
got in
and you thought it was all right.
You thought, this will be
nice, and because it's off-centre...
These are the ones that spin around
like that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. How cool is that?
I've never been on one.
Here's a trick.
You see, the waltzer was where you
take your new girlfriend
because as it goes round and round
and round, she gets scared...
Yeah! I'm scared!
...it throws you together.
Oh, does it? You get your protective
arm around.
So it's much better than going, "Oh,
what time is it?"
Yeah, exactly, the waltzer does it
for you.
OK, Simon, less of the lessons in love.
We have junk to learn about.
THEY LAUGH
That's brilliant. That's cool.
Isn't that the coolest thing out?
That's immense, isn't it?
Oh, you don't steer with that, do
you, obviously?
No. Do you know that tandems are
incredibly fast?
Are they? Oh, seriously.
Because you've got double the power.
Double horsepower. If you got a good
tailwind on a tandem,
you won't be far off 40mph.
No? Yeah.
It's thought that the first tandems
date back to the late 1890s.
This one is made by Hercules, a
Birmingham company founded in 1910.
This is obviously for the clowns in
the fair, isn't it?
I want it. If you want to take this.
Can I? This is my kind of stuff.
No, I want to do it. I'm the bicycle man.
Please let me do it. You know how
Guy loves a bicycle?
Only if you promise me.
What? That Guy wears the clown outfit.
Deal, mate. It's all done.
It's yours, just take it.
Guy had better pedal pretty hard.
So, Chuckles has got his first item,
but Simon's not clowning around, as
he's spotted something.
Come here, come here, come here,
come here.
Are those for the traffic,
road, and that,
stopping the punters coming in?
No. Come here.
Learn about funfairs.
Right.
If you put these all together, you
make yourself a circle, don't you?
In the middle of that circle would
be something like the Hoopla
or the Hook-a-duck. Sorry, can you
translate for me?
The Hoopla? Yeah.
You've got your sticks in the middle.
All right, you've got to hoop and
you get a goldfish. You win a prize.
I get it, I get it, I get it.
This could be a winner. If you get
about five sections of that,
and then you kind of cut it up, then
you could kind of make,
you've already got the curves for an
armchair and the back.
Yeah, OK. And the base and the legs.
I can see it. Hey, mate, I can feel
it, I can see it, I love it.
I stuck my neck out with these, but
they're going to be brilliant,
I know they are. I think, I hope.
So Simon can build a Hook-a-duck
or repurpose it into something
completely different.
Here we are, look.
Let's go up here, it's dark, like
the Ghost Train.
But for the moment, he's just trying
to hook his second item.
Oh, my God, what is that?
That is crazy.
What is that? It's an old tannoy
system, isn't it?
Mate, it's cool.
IMITATES TANNOY: Roll up, roll up,
come and see the posh, bearded idiot
with the silly hat.
Over here, folks, come and see him!
IMITATES TANNOY: Would Coco and
Crusty the clowns
move onto the next item, please,
if they're not going to take it?
Look at this. though, a full-size
carousel horse.
Beautiful, man. Am I going to take
it?
Neigh!
Come on.
This is amazing, though.
Look at all this, all the old signs.
A certain style you only get at funfairs.
God, the craftsmanship in those, man.
Beautiful.
What's that, a speaker or something?
Yeah, have a look. Is it?
I love the corners, here.
Look at this. Oh, man, check that out.
Simon has chanced upon some classic
fairground speakers,
and if in good working order,
could easily fetch several hundred
pounds to vintage sound enthusiasts
or if not working, maybe just pennies.
There's two, it's a pair, look.
Now, the difference between this and
the tannoy system upstairs.
Yeah? I think this has got a market.
Get the bulbs back in, get it working,
I think that would be fantastic.
So Henry has to find one more item,
and where better to look than the
storerooms?
Oh, mate, straightaway,
bingo, look at that.
Look at that!
Henry has found a marine searchlight
which dates from the 1950s.
You like that, don't you? It's well
heavy, as well.
That's quality gear.
It might need rewiring.
And he's quick to spot the perfect
companion for it.
Hey, what do you reckon?
That is cool. Hold that.
You know, put a base on it.
What do you reckon? That's scarier
than a ghost train, that.
What's wrong with that?
You've just had a really nice idea.
Oh, you've got your two items, have
you? Yeah, yeah.
Good.
Anything Henry can do, Simon can do better...
Oh, hello.
...as he's found something to go with
the speakers.
Oh, man, what is that?
It's a mike. It's a tannoy.
I used to be in a rock band called
Tannoy Seven.
There were only three of us.
Isn't that a third item?
No, it's not, because intrinsically,
if that is plugged into the speakers,
then just by the very fact they're
connected, makes them one item.
All right, I'll let you have it.
Got to take it.
Yeah, you have to take that,
mate. Are we done?
Let's go and find Joby.
Yeah, yeah, let's do it.
So, armed with their two items,
it's time to find out what Joby
will make of the lads' choices.
Joby, we can't thank you enough.
What an amazing place you've got here.
Thank you. Hopefully you'll love
what we've picked out.
Now, tell me, is there any history
to that tandem bicycle over there?
It was bought by Steve, the yard manager.
We thought it was going to make a
great publicity thing
and it seems like it's destined for
your direction.
Well, I hope so, mate.
Tell me about that, that's a boat
lamp, right?
Yes, traditionally, with some rides,
they had big searchlights on them.
Sometimes much larger
Second World War ones.
But I've never used it because it's
not really big enough.
I found myself a post
to stick it on.
I'm interested to see what you're
going to do with them.
Yeah, well, so am I, mate!
I'm right in thinking, aren't I,
that that should be as part of a barrier
that went round something like the
Hook-the-duck or the Ping-pong
or the Hoopla or something like
that?
Those you've got there are actually
the trellises
which would have been
the bit above your head
on the inside under the canvas.
Is it OK if I take them?
No, I think that's lovely.
Far more simple, I believe.
I love these speakers.
I'd love to take these away and get
this system working again.
They've played some rock and roll
through them, and loud.
And they will do again.
Listen, mate, it's been an absolute
pleasure. Cheers, Joby.
No problem.
Well, Black Lace, probably!
Coming up, Guy lays down the law.
Can I stop you there? It's in more
than disrepair for one reason.
Size really does matter for Gemma...
Are these speakers?
Yeah. Wow, they're massive!
Yeah, they are. ..and there's a
heavyweight item for Henry.
Hey, you're pumping iron. I am,
mate, literally.
I literally am.
Expert restorers Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien are turning the old...
LAUGHTER
...into gold.
That's brilliant! Cool!
They've picked up two items each
from funfair owner Joby Carter's
barns in Berkshire.
Bingo. Look at that.
And now they're back at their workshops.
Henry's in Oxfordshire, showing off
his haul to his expert restorer,
Guy Willison.
Now, mate, every so often,
I bring you something that I think,
potentially, could be an absolute belter.
This Hercules tandem from the '30s
was once the height of modern design.
That was before the psychedelic
paint job.
So, look, it's in slight
disrepair, but I...
Can I stop you there? It's in more
than disrepair, for one reason,
which is a big shame.
What? There's a massive dent, here,
which completely devalues the frame.
It's not a collectable item now
because of the dent,
but we can make that into quite a
cool vehicle.
But you can't spend a lot of money
on it,
because it's never going to be worth
a grand done, because of the dent.
Yeah, well, bingo, there goes my
lavish full restoration,
because of a small dent I didn't
notice.
So Henry's dreams of a big profit
for the tandem may be punctured,
but hopefully he'll have more luck
with the second item,
the 1950s marine lamp.
Now then, I'm really chuffed with
this, right?
But I can imagine you'll go, "Nice
lamp, shame about the post."
No. Really? No. I like all this
fairground paintwork.
I find it quite attractive.
So, old boat lamp.
Yes. Polish it up, 240 it, get it
all lit up...
Yep. And sort this out.
We're going to have to put a base on
it, though,
because obviously that's going to
tip over. Yeah.
So, mate, are you happy? Yeah. I
mean, I think they're two funky items.
Don't you? Yeah, definitely.
The first thing Guy has to do is
strip the bike back completely to
leave just the frame.
Just made Guy some tea.
That's a first! Oh, you're getting
on all right, mate?
Yes. Look, we're getting there
now, aren't we?
Yep. Brakes are off.
Nice. Gear change is off.
So now what? I'll put... Wheels off.
The frame will then have the paint
removed to bare metal before having
the dent filled, and then given a
new coat of paint.
Lovely, all right. Nearly a frame, a
bare frame.
Nearly, nearly!
Over in Liverpool, Simon's unveiling
his finds to his upcycling expert, Gemma.
Roll up, roll up.
Roll up, Gemma! Roll up to the main attraction.
What have we got here? Ha, ha, ha!
Are these speakers?
Yeah. Wow. They're massive. They
are. Does this still work?
No idea, and you know what?
It's not going to be our concern.
I've got a very old mate, and he's
going to check all the electrics out.
All we've got to do is we've got a
bit of repair work to do.
Yeah. But not much. We can put bulbs
back in there.
Oh, fab. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. So that's item one.
So, come along with me now.
You know all the stalls, all the
hoopla stalls?
Yeah! Like hook the duck?
Exactly. But this is actually the
canopy, and I just liked the form.
OK. I was going to make a chair. Yeah.
How about we put another one on the
top and make, like, a book shelf?
They would look cool, actually.
Do you know what I mean? Yeah.
A kind of hall of mirrors book shelf.
And one of them, at the back there...
Yeah. ..has, like the speakers,
the attachments for bulbs for the
top shelf.
There you go. I love these.
This is brilliant, isn't it?
Definitely. Good.
So a thumbs up for
both items from Gemma,
who seems more than happy to be
upcycling all the fun of the fair.
First up, the speakers have been
sent to a really sound guy.
Right, Dave, here's what you're
looking at, right? Yep.
They're from an old vintage
fairground, as you can see,
so you should have the full string
of bulbs round there.
And as soon as I saw them, I
thought, I know just the guys to fix this.
But also, it comes with this special
bonus as well.
Oh, lovely. Tannoy? Yeah.
Tannoy was formed in 1926,
and become a household name for loud
speakers and microphones,
after being used by the Armed Forces
in World War II,
and then holiday camps.
Hi-di-hi, Simon! There we go.
Oh, there's a label on the side.
Celestion. OK, Dave. I wouldn't know
where to start with either
the speakers or the lights. Right.
Is it OK if I leave them with you as
a little project,
a little hobby to get on with? Yeah.
Brilliant. We'll make them work.
We'll bring them back to life. Come
on! Yes!
Back at the workshop, and Simon has
joined handyman Phil
to work on the
wacky bookcases.
Well, they were.
Well, like any of these things,
because we didn't build it,
you don't know what's in it. And
what was in it, halfway through our
cut, is a massive, big bolt.
And what Phil does, instead of going
to the gym,
is he keeps hacksaw blades for ten
years, and it keeps you really fit
trying to saw through something
that's about
as sharp as a butter knife.
Once everything is screwed together...
Yeah. When you step back and look at
that, does that look square?
...Gemma will be able to get to work
on the paint job.
In Oxfordshire, and Guy can crack on
with the post that will hold the lamp.
Perfect! Check that out!
Inside, he just refits the
electrical connectors to the lamp.
I've got one of Henry's beautiful
sort of filament bulbs,
so what I'm going to do is fit that
in there.
I think it'd look beautiful.
When restoring any item that is
connected to the mains,
it's essential to get it
electrically tested by a qualified electrician.
A quick touch-up for the handle, and
once dry,
it will be ready to assemble for Henry.
And outside, an old friend is back
to a former glory.
Come on, very old person, reveal
yourself!
Your chariot awaits.
Freshly painted black and with
brand-new white tyres on
for a stunning effect.
What do you reckon, mate?
Oh, my God, that's beautiful.
That is fantastic, man.
It's lovely, yeah. Shall I tell you
what's great? Mmm.
The black works with the cream tyres.
It always works, that does.
So, look, we've got a lot to do.
Yes. The front one first, with your
stoker stem.
That has to be tight.
So that's work well underway on the
first set of items.
Now for Simon's choice of rummage location,
and he's chosen a return visit to
Henry's old mate, Alan Graves,
and his collection of barns.
Yeah, I've had Henry and Simon down
here before,
but I've got a few sheds that I've
kept back, and I'm sure they'll
absolutely be delighted when they
walk through the door.
Alan? Henry.
Great to see you again. How are you?
As always, if it's OK, any stables
that haven't got any horses in,
we imagine that there's stuff in
there for us.
Am I right? Absolutely.
Good stuff. So, Alan, if we do make
you any money,
what will it go towards?
More horses, I expect.
We'll empty a stable for you so you
can put a horse in it.
How's that? Hey! Alan, thanks so
much, mate.
Cheers. We'll see you in a bit.
Lovely, cheers. Come on, Henry. Horseplay.
As ever, Henry and Simon must find
two items each that they can fix
and flog for a profit.
Do we open doors, or do we go
straight in what we can see?
Oh, you decide. I'm a bit fusty this morning.
OK. We're going in.
Come on, let's go in! Over here, mate.
Fire! Fire!
No, this. Look. This, on the other
hand, could be quite heavy.
Henry's straight in. What does he
do?
Finds the first metal thing with a
moving part.
Hey, you're pumping iron. I am,
mate! Literally.
This water pump may be an original
working pump,
or it may just be a very,
very heavy garden ornament.
Now, look, I'll tell you what.
We see these all the time, don't we?
So a little sort of fire hydrant
kind of sort of water pump
for the garden kind of village pump.
There you go, look, that's it!
Village pump. Huh? Ah! Beautiful.
Turn it into a water feature.
A little trough underneath it?
Why don't I make it into a water
feature? Are you mad?
Do you want to devalue something?
Trust me, right?
I know you don't often.
No. But I think that will look
lovely just painted up.
OK. OK. Yeah? All right. Have faith.
I'd still turn it into a water feature.
Yeah, I know you would, mate, but
water features and me don't go together.
So Henry has his first item.
Simon, over to you.
Oh! Do you want a hand?
If you can move that, I can move this.
OK. How dare you demean me?
There we go, I've moved it.
Simon has stumbled across an old
railway porter's trolley.
For me, right, I look at those
things all the time, and I think,
aren't they lovely?
They're a bit of old, industrial history.
What could you do with it?
Big glass surface,
cool coffee table.
You're right, he's got loads of
stupid ideas,
and this is just another one of them.
And, that's a double hit, because it
means I've got my first item
and we can move your first item.
Come on, then, let's keep going.
Next shed. Or stable, should we say.
And with one item each, it's on with
the search.
Hello. I love peacocks. Do you know,
peacocks remind me of you?
Why? Well, they're show-offs, aren't
they? Oh, yes.
Do you want to see my mating
display? No, thank you!
Oh, Henry, I don't think any of us
want to see that.
Quickly, Simon, just open the door.
Oh, now, that's not bad.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, man, check that out!
Is that a pew? Quite a nice one.
Whatever it is. There's certainly
more clutter,
and it looks like Henry may have
found a second item.
Oh, yeah, it is. Lovely, man.
Look at that!
Come on.
Is it a pew?
It's just a chair, isn't it?
It is.
It is. Can I have a sit?
Yeah, go on.
I feel quite regal on this, mate.
I've forgotten what these are called now.
You know what these are for?
Thrones?
No, this. These bits, here?
They're for leaning against, aren't
they? No.
Like that? They're for keeping the
draft off your ears.
Wings. Are they? Mmm.
You have to lower a bit for that.
Just like that.
I love this. Wing back chair.
A wing back chair.
Is that what it is? I think so.
Yeah. I don't know.
It's actually a lambing chair used
by farmers when nurturing baby lambs.
They originated in the Lancashire
and Yorkshire agricultural areas in
the mid-18th century onwards.
I like that, mate. That's gorgeous.
Can I have it? Go on, then. That
easy? Take a pew.
Really? Thanks.
Is it really that easy? No, take a
pew!
Oh! You mean I can take it take it?
Don't sit down.
Thanks, mate. I appreciate that hugely.
So it's catch-up time for Simon, as
he has one more item to find.
Come on! I need one more.
Oh, less order.
Oh, yeah, we like that. Good.
Those are nice, look? A very
small pump.
Oh, but hang on. Look.
A ladder for a swimming pool.
Never mind ladder for a swimming
pool. Look here.
Finally, Simon has had his second item.
He's spotted a 1970s Formica cabinet.
Not that Henry's impressed.
For me, I'd take that shelving unit down
and if I was short of firewood,
I'd smash it up.
Do you know, it's been there
unnoticed and unloved,
waiting for Simon O'Brien to come
and find it.
And I think we've got two items each.
Come on, then. Let's go.
Happy days!
I told you it'd be good.
Search done, it's back to find Alan
to see if he's happy to let the
lads loose on his items.
Alan, I think we can safely say that
we've had a lovely rummage.
A really, really good look around.
And I shall start... Yeah, go for it.
...with my favourite thing of all.
Yep. That little glass cabinet.
Absolutely delighted you chose that.
Next up, the old porter's trolley there.
Yeah? Yeah. I can only see that
being used to wheel Frankenstein about.
Well, get on it, mate!
Now, that pew.
Is it a pew? It's a lovely chair.
What is it? It's a lambing chair.
That, I think, is beautiful.
Now, look, right... Water pump.
So, if it's all right with you,
mate, we'll take those four items.
Take them away, yeah. Brilliant.
Brilliant. Thank you so much.
Absolutely lovely.
Cheers, Alan. Thank you very much, Simon.
What a great day.
Coming up, it's pedal to the metal
for Henry and Guy...
Third! Go for third! There we go.
Mate, now we're cruising. Oh!
...Gemma needs some convincing.
I'm not sure. I'm not sure.
And, at the valuation...
You appear to just put bulbs in the speakers.
What do you mean, have I just fixed
the bulbs?
Do we open doors, or do we go
straight in at what we can see?
Reclaimers and restorers Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien...
Hey, you're pumping iron! I am,
mate!
...are on a mission to find clutter...
Do you want a hand? If you can move
that, I can move this.
Fix it and flog it for cash.
After picking up today's second set
of items,
Simon is back in Liverpool with Gemma,
trying to work out exactly what to do.
Is there supposed to be something on
this? It was on it.
That is the item. This is the item.
OK. It's an old porter's trolley,
but you know what it is in my mind?
Go on. It's a table. Do you think?
Gemma may be good, but
she's no miracle worker.
I'm not sure, I'm not sure.
I mean, is Simon even looking
any more?
He's just bringing anything back to
me now.
Simon, listen to Gemma.
I think I see it more as...
Like, shelves.
If we put it there... Yeah. ..and
then had maybe glass here.
OK. Cos, like, you're going to see
more of the item, aren't you?
We might lose what it is, as a table.
It could work. Do you know what?
We'll literally just leave it
hanging round for a bit and decide
what we're going to do. OK.
In the meantime, here's one we won't
hang around with.
I do love this. It's cool, isn't it?
It is really good!
It's '70s chic, man.
Very vintage, very on trend, I think
add some bold colour to this.
And in the meantime, I'll just go
and sit in a darkened room again and
think about this, shall I?
With Simon, er, thinking,
Gemma starts bringing the wall unit
back to life by giving it a good
wash down with hot soapy water.
The unit has been sanded to provide
a good key for the paint to bond.
Right, well, that's the primer done.
I'll leave that for a few hours to
dry, do another coat.
With the undercoat drying,
Gemma gives the railway porter's
trolley a bit of tender loving care.
OK, that's had a light sand.
I'll give it a dust down and then
put a wax on to finish it.
Meanwhile, 200 miles south in Oxfordshire
and something's put Guy in a good mood.
What do you reckon?
At last, you've brought me something
metal to deal with.
It may be metal...
Yes. But how old?
I think that, potentially, what
worries me is this little sign, here.
"Village pump," mmm.
Yes. Any sign that says what it is
ain't old.
Back in the day, it may not have
been a village pump, eh?
It could've been a town pump, it
could've been a stable pump,
farmyard pump.
I reckon, mate, a nice British
racing green.
Yes. Polish that up. Yep.
It may be a modern replica, but it
has potential.
Now, on to the mysterious chair.
This may be wood.
Yes. But I love it. Do you know what
it's called?
A chair. Yeah, well, that's part of it.
It's called a lambing chair.
Oh, OK. Guy doesn't know what a
lambing chair is.
Neither do I!
But I'll give it rock all.
OK. And I think it was called a
lambing chair cos you sit here,
if you imagine in your cottage back
in the day, yeah?
Yeah. And you got your lamb here
like that, it's going,
"Meh, meh, meh."
That was a lamb, right?
And then you get a little suckling
thing like that.
Henry's wittering on about it being
a lambing chair.
I don't care. I'll take your word
for it.
I like eating lamb.
Feeding it in that chair?
I'm too busy for that.
Maybe you should, Guy.
Original lambing chairs from the
18th century are highly collectable
and can often reach four-figure
prices.
But I tell you, that is beautiful,
I can't believe that Alan's just
lobbed that in a shed.
But quicker than two shakes of a
lamb's tail,
and the guys get to work on the pump.
Just get it a bit shiny, we'll mask
it off,
then when we paint the rest, it'll
stand out, then.
Do you know what? It's coming up
nice already, look at that.
Yeah. Get in the nooks and crannies.
I don't know why you're just looking
at me, why don't you get on that
end?
I thought I was holding it for you.
No, you're all right.
And it's hard, elbow grease mixed
with a little metal polish.
This has come up from remarkably well.
Wow. That's good enough.
Outside, and Henry is thinking of a
career change.
I think fencing, I could do that for
the Olympics.
I want to be an Olympian.
Better stick to the cleaning, H, and
the lambing chair needs a good one.
I don't know why we're doing this,
I think we should just hit it with
the orbital.
Touche! I've got a green one now.
But you haven't cleaned out here, mate.
Do you know what? I'll tell you
what, this is a lovely thing.
Now it's going to be even more
beautiful when we're done.
In Liverpool, and for Gemma,
orange and black really is the new
orange and, er, black.
This isn't the colour scheme I'd
usually go for,
it's much more masculine, but when I
was looking at the unit,
I just thought it was crying out for
this sort of makeover.
The colour scheme is certainly not
in keeping with the period,
but that is the joy of upcycling.
Across the workshop, and Simon is
steaming ahead with the
railway porter's trolley.
Right, so these are our rails for
the glass.
Stand that up, and the idea is,
once that's against the wall,
glass sits in here, great.
Meanwhile, Henry and Guy are busy
deciding what shade of stain to use
for the lambing chair.
Well, once you've put one bit on,
you're committed.
Do you think that could be a bit too
dark?
No, I don't. It's going to look
really good, actually.
This, mate, is a seriously desirable item.
Cor blimey, what's going on?!
Steady, Henry!
Why is that doing that?
I think you're over the fulcrum.
Look at that balance, Guy!
Yes. Here we go.
Let's ground you. Are you paying
attention to detail?
I think you're distracted.
All that's left to do is one more
tricky job on the water pump.
I think we should leave it like this.
No. Absolutely not.
Come on, Henry, make the effort.
Your painting's getting better.
Don't be like that.
I used to panic when you were going
to paint something!
It's really tempting to paint your
face. I can imagine.
Man, that looks fantastic, doesn't
it? Yeah.
In Liverpool, one of the items from
Simon's first search, the speakers,
have come back after a PAT testing
to ensure the wiring is totally safe.
They've put some bulbs in for me,
but they're just bog-standard bulbs.
So I've ordered some nice coloured
ones to go in one of them.
Come and have a look at these!
They're brilliant!
Yeah, they look good.
Do they work? Are you ready?
That is so cool! Aren't they great?!
Ha-ha-ha!
Oh, wow!
Many a misspent evening at the fair.
And the other of Simon's first
items, the wacky bookcase,
is getting a coat of paint from Gemma.
Right, that's all the colours on,
all the paint's done, I'm pleased.
I think it looks really good.
Outside, and the electrical cabling
for the bulbs is given an
all-important once over before Simon
nips in and takes the glory
by fitting the bulbs.
Gemma!
Wow, look at this. Are you ready?
Go on. Lights!
Oh, my word! That's brilliant!
I'm made up with that.
Good job, us. In fact, Gemma has
done such a good job,
she has a buyer lined up already at
a local kids' play centre.
Hi, Connor. Hi, nice to see you.
Now, I immediately thought of you guys,
and I thought maybe you might have a
use for it.
We run an imagination centre for
children who love stories and get
kids into reading, so yeah, I can
definitely see it fitting in pretty well.
Brilliant, OK, so the only thing we
need to discuss, then,
is price for this.
OK. I was thinking, say, 250.
I don't think we could go to 250.
I would love it. OK, well, it's for
a charity, Simon's going to kill me,
but how about go one better, 150?
Yeah, brilliant. Deal? Yeah, great. OK.
At Henry's workshop in Oxfordshire,
it's time for the boys to get back
to work, finishing their first items,
starting with the vintage marine lamp.
Check that out! Shall I spark it up?
Deep breath, everyone.
That's lovely. Is it?
Yeah, in a dimly lit room, that'll
be lovely.
Wow! It's crazy but nice.
Yeah, man! Yeah. Hey, rather like
you, Skid, eh?
Yeah, well done, mate.
Nice one, mate.
All that's left is to carry on with
the Herculean task on
the Hercules tandem.
These are tricky. I know, but it's
going to look good, mate.
Just starting the S, you're nearly there.
Keep going, a little tiny tail on
the S, you're done.
What's that like? Lovely!
Does that look good? Yeah! Let's
have a look at it.
Yeah, that, mate, is stunning.
Finally restored to her former
glory, and how's this for pedal
power?
The Hercules tandem.
Are you stoking? Cos I seem to be
getting quite out of breath.
I am pedalling. That's good.
Don't get too carried away, this
could go wrong at any minute!
Do you think it would be better if
we went a bit faster?
No, I think we could be sampling
hospital food if we go any quicker.
Shall I try and change gear?
No! Yeah. Go on, then.
Here we go. Third, go for third.
There we go. Mate, now we're
cruising!
That's a... Oh!
But has all their hard work
increased the item's value?
It's time to find out at the first valuation.
Henry chose to help funfair owner
Joby Carter,
who hopes to make a fair old profit
for charity.
Come on in, Joby, how are you?
How are you doing? Good to see you.
Good to see you, mate.
Lovely to see you, man.
Hey, look, take a look, have a
wander!
Look at this! That is Simon's
personal disco situation, I think.
I like the bike. Do you?
I like the bike very much.
That's good. Appears to just put
bulbs in the speakers.
What do you mean, have I just fixed
the bulbs?!
Yes, I did, and they did need some
fixing, I'll have you know.
But also... Is this going to be
loud?
Yes, are you ready?
Oh, listen to that. There you go.
I recognise this. Anyway, there you
go, see?
Fully working, how about that?
Now, look, hopefully we've done a
good job on all those items,
but have we made you any money?
Independent valuer, Alicia Moore,
runs a successful
upcycled furniture shop.
And, hopefully, she's going to give
us all some good news.
Let's start with our big, old
speakers there, come on,
scream if you want to get off!
Right! "You want to go faster!"
Oh, yeah.
£30 went on light bulbs and ensuring
the electrics were up to scratch.
It's eye-catching, isn't
it?!
I love it, it's great.
I just think that this is going to
be a product that is for trade
customers, not residential.
The redeeming feature is the Tannoy microphone,
so with all of those items together,
I think a fair estimate would be
£400.
So a tidy profit of £370 for the
speakers and the microphone.
OK, moving on, what about my kind of
crazy, messed about kind of...
Yeah, you know, it's fun, I was thinking,
this is what restoration purists
call upcycling.
It might not be everybody's cup of tea.
The unwanted red panels from the
hoopla had £30 spent on them
to make the shelves.
I think a fair
estimate is £120-130.
I did spend 30 on it, so that would
be profit to you of 100 quid, mate.
However...
I've sold them, and they've gone for
£150, mate.
With the bookcase sold for £150,
£20 more than the estimate,
that's another £120 profit.
Another hundred quid for you for
some bits of old hoopla lying
around, how is that? That is
brilliant, what is that expression?
You can't polish a... Stop it! But
you can cover it in glitter, son.
Absolutely!
Happy days, mate. Hey now, look, I'm
a bit nervous now.
It's beautiful, you don't have to
say that, and it's worth a fortune.
You've done a great job of restoring it.
The seats are gorgeous, I mean,
it really does look like it's back
from the 1950s.
Some £280 went on the new saddles,
handlebars and those snazzy white
tyres to bring the neglected tandem
back to its former glory.
Because it's been restored so beautifully,
I think a fair estimate is £350.
OK. I do...
...have an offer for it at 400, Joby.
So the tandem has turned in a tour
de force of profit of £120.
Lamp. Looks lovely, you found quite
a quirky fence post.
These are bang on trend.
Henry's final item, the marine lamp,
mounted on a post,
needed £80 spent on it to once
again let it shine.
As it is, I think a fair estimate is
£250.
So a decent profit of £170 for the lamp.
So that means, in total, after all
our costs, £780 to you.
So Henry's choice of location,
Joby's Yard,
has delivered a tidy profit of £780
for a local hospice charity.
But can Simon's location do better?
I'm really happy with the results.
I think what they've done is very
much funfair themed, very jolly,
and they've made some money for a
good cause, so that's fantastic.
Coming up, all is revealed.
Oh, that's going to look great.
And at the valuation...
I think Room 101 has got room for
that!
Alan! Sorry.
What are you like?!
The Kings of clutter, Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien,
are on a mission to turn junk into
pots of cash.
I like the bike, I like the bike
very much.
Today, Henry's location has made
funfair owner Joby Carter £780.
How does that sound, mate? Yeah, it
was good.
So can Simon's choice of rummage spot...
It's a lambing chair.
That, I think is beautiful.
...the barns belonging to
Alan Graves, do any better?
In Oxfordshire machine-mad Henry and
sidekick Guy
are using a car polisher to buff up
the wax on the lambing chair.
My favourite item.
It is, isn't it?
It's giving it a bit of redness.
Yeah. And that's all there is to it.
Right, stop. Stop.
Done. Yeah, I think we are.
That is lovely.
Walk away, son, take your little
Marigolds off, that is job done.
And all that's left is to rebuild
the badge
on the newly painted water pump.
That is going to look great,
I can feel it.
Oh, God, good job done, man.
Happy days.
Meanwhile in Liverpool, and to
finish the 1970s Formica cabinet,
Gemma simply replaces the glass front
with a safer plastic sliding panel.
Well, that looks so much better than
that old glass.
I think that's great.
Not my usual style, but I'm pleased
with it.
But it's Gemma who has got the
glory of the finishing touches
for the railway porter's trolley,
with a little help from Phil.
How is that?
Look at that? It's nice, isn't it?
Yeah. Simple but very effective, Phil.
So with all the hard work done, it's
time for the final valuation.
Alan Graves is back to check out
Henry and Simon's handiwork.
But will their hard work make Alan a
profit?
Hi, mate, nice to see you.
All right. Great to see you again.
Go and have a look. Oh, dear.
Can I sit here? Take a seat, mate.
HE SNORES
I think it's dry, mate.
Where's me lamb?
THEY LAUGH
Over here, mate. Come and join us, mate.
So there you go, what do you think?
Well, I tell you what, I love that cupboard.
Do you? I think that's funky.
I really do, don't you?
Um... No.
I think Room 101 has got room for that.
Alan! Alan, what are you like?
If they've got a kitchen in that
room, there it goes.
I can't believe it, Alan!
You've done a fantastic job, it's
absolutely...
different.
I have to say, I didn't do much with
that, that was Gemma.
Now, you have given us a mixed reaction,
but have we made you any money?
That will send you home happy,
won't it?
Let's find out, shall we,
because our independent valuer is
joining us. Alicia.
Alicia Moore is back to put
a price
on the latest collection of restorations.
Shall we start with yours,
Henry? Yeah, why not?
Alicia, so... Water pump.
It was always ornamental,
doesn't have any working or
functioning pieces.
It is purely decorative.
For hard-core collectors,
they would be disappointed by the
sign on the front,
but for anybody who is just looking
for a bit of extra decoration
in their garden,
that adds... It looks nice.
It cost just £10 to return the rusty pump
into a pristine garden ornament.
Come on then. £125.
The pump may not work but it has
filled the coffers
with a profit of £115.
That's good. I don't think that's
bad, actually.
Good start to proceedings, as they say.
Chair.
Right, when I heard lambing chair I
was like, "Whoa, whoa."
Because they can go for thousands.
Unfortunately, it is not an original.
The pine lambing chair cost nothing
more than elbow grease to restore
so it should be profit, profit, profit.
It's not all bad news.
It does have some value.
OK. For that we are going to
evaluate it at £100.
So a profit of £100 for the lambing chair.
That is money in the BAA-ank.
Gets better and better. That's good.
Languishing in the back of a shed
that was, wasn't it?
I think upside down, actually, in
the back of the shed.
Whereas the railway porter's trolley
was languishing in a yard.
What do you think of that? It's
quirky, it's cool,
people love this upcycled vibe.
And so you sell it on the
residential market,
and you are going to find someone
who loves it.
£30 on glass and attachments plus a
bit of cleaning
turned the unwanted
trolley into a set of shelves.
I think a fair estimate would be
£120.
So a profit of £90 for the trolley,
something for Simon to get carried
away with.
How is that? That's all right.
No complaints at the moment.
ALICIA: It is cute, isn't it? It is cute.
ALAN: Yeah. And finally, what shall
we call it?
We'll call it a Marmite moment.
I love it. It is a bit Marmite,
isn't it?
You either love it or hate it.
What do you think? For people who
collect mid-century modern,
and this has got
that atomic vibe to it,
they would say you have devalued it.
However, I think she has actually
added value by painting it.
The unwanted cabinet was brought
back to life
at a cost of £30 for a funky, if
not authentic, colour scheme.
Definitely added value. You saw it,
you were actually keeping your rat
poison in it, weren't you, mate?
Yeah, I was. To you, what is it
worth?
ALICIA: £125.
ALAN: Just something that I was
going to be rugby converting.
Exactly. So that would make you a
profit of £95.
However, it is slightly less because
I have sold it.
I have sold it slightly under the
evaluation for 110 quid.
Despite selling the cabinet for less
than the valuation,
there is still a profit of £80.
So, Alan, you are going home with
385 quid.
We hope we have done you proud.
You have, and I mean that.
Cheers, mate. Relieved me of a load
of old rubbish.
So the collection of items from
Alan's barn,
Simon's choice of location,
has netted him £385.
Yeah, once again Henry and Simon
have done a fabulous job.
They have transformed rubbish into
items that you would want to keep.
Absolutely fantastic.
The four items for Henry's choice of
barn pulled in £780,
which means Henry wins, despite the
jury being out on the cabinet.
I don't care what anyone says, that
cabinet was cool.
Mate, I'm with you. I love a bit of
orange and black. Eh?
There you go. I also love the sweet
smell of victory.
Oh, you won, I can't believe it.
I did win, you are right. Mm.
Subtitles by Ericsson
The homes of Britain are
stacked with old possessions.
You know I've got my first item.
What looks like junk can actually
be worth a pretty penny.
I've just got a little bit excited.
Cor, I haven't seen one that big,
darling, for a while.
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien
are here to help turn that
clutter into hard cash.
We're going to get great money
for them.
For Henry and his mechanic...
I don't think you should be looking
at that, mate.
...it's all about restoring retro
relics and vintage classics.
Oh, yes!
...whilst upcycling genius Simon and
his restorer
love turning everyday objects into
fantastic furniture.
Well, that's perfect.
Oh, look, feast your eyes.
I reckon you've done great things.
Can I go on the fire engine?
Yes, you can, Simon.
Despite their different approaches,
they make the old turn into gold.
Going back with you, Alan, is
£6,380.
Wow, what am I going to do with all
that?
On today's show, Henry's gone
BAA-rking mad.
Meh, meh, meh.
Simon is at a loss as to what
to do.
Well, let's just leave it hanging
round for a bit
and decide what we're going to do.
And at the valuation...
Scream if you want to get off.
I want to go faster.
Oh, yeah.
Today, Henry and Simon are in the
Thames Valley.
This part of the world, along the
Thames, lovely, isn't it?
And despite coming from nearly 200
miles away,
Simon seems to be a mine of useful information.
Do you know Maidenhead? Do you know
where it got its name from?
In the 13th century, they built a
new quay where ships could get to.
It's halfway in the middle of the
land, isn't it?
Yeah, but you could get right up the
Thames to Maidenhead, the hive,
the Maiden hive, the new wharf, so
that's why it's called Maidenhead.
Do you know what? Sometimes you
amaze me.
There you go. Other times, less so.
I know that.
But it isn't old boats
that has brought Henry here today.
Joby Carter has been working for
the family funfair
that's been in operation
for over 40 years.
Having vintage equipment means you
need spares
so you just end up with too much
stuff, basically.
If I lived to be 2,000,
I'm never going to restore all the
stuff in this yard.
You have never ever been to a shed
like this before.
Cos Joby runs Carter's Funfair.
Honestly? Yeah.
Are there Waltzers?
There must be waltzers? Are there
dodgems?
Come on, let's go, I'm looking
forward to this.
Aw, so Simon is as happy as a kid at Christmas,
even though this is Henry's choice
of location.
What are you doing now?
I'm just hoping I'm tall
enough to go on all the rides!
HE LAUGHS
Joby, how are you?
How are you doing? Henry, how are
you, mate?
Go on, tell us about the fun of the
fair, then, mate.
My parents started it back in the
'70s.
It started with one ride, and quite
by accident,
we've ended up the largest
travelling vintage funfair
anywhere in the world.
This is all traditional stuff, then, mate?
You've got a steam engine, haven't
you, and all that kind of thing?
Yeah, no, we've got two steam
engines in the centre of the rides.
Oh, yes. Over that way.
You're excited aren't you? I'm
seriously excited.
Now, look, if we actually do make
you some money,
what would you spend it on?
I think we're going to give it to a
good cause.
Excellent. So, the money is going to
charity?
Yeah, all the money to charity.
I know he is a very excited boy.
Come on, the rides are this way.
Let's go. Joby, we'll see you later.
Have fun. By the way, mate, I love
your hat!
The boys, as usual,
have to find two items each they
think have profit potential.
I suppose the thing about letting
kids loose at a fairground...
Hey!
...is that they can't stay off the rides.
It's a waltzer. This is the one you
got in
and you thought it was all right.
You thought, this will be
nice, and because it's off-centre...
These are the ones that spin around
like that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. How cool is that?
I've never been on one.
Here's a trick.
You see, the waltzer was where you
take your new girlfriend
because as it goes round and round
and round, she gets scared...
Yeah! I'm scared!
...it throws you together.
Oh, does it? You get your protective
arm around.
So it's much better than going, "Oh,
what time is it?"
Yeah, exactly, the waltzer does it
for you.
OK, Simon, less of the lessons in love.
We have junk to learn about.
THEY LAUGH
That's brilliant. That's cool.
Isn't that the coolest thing out?
That's immense, isn't it?
Oh, you don't steer with that, do
you, obviously?
No. Do you know that tandems are
incredibly fast?
Are they? Oh, seriously.
Because you've got double the power.
Double horsepower. If you got a good
tailwind on a tandem,
you won't be far off 40mph.
No? Yeah.
It's thought that the first tandems
date back to the late 1890s.
This one is made by Hercules, a
Birmingham company founded in 1910.
This is obviously for the clowns in
the fair, isn't it?
I want it. If you want to take this.
Can I? This is my kind of stuff.
No, I want to do it. I'm the bicycle man.
Please let me do it. You know how
Guy loves a bicycle?
Only if you promise me.
What? That Guy wears the clown outfit.
Deal, mate. It's all done.
It's yours, just take it.
Guy had better pedal pretty hard.
So, Chuckles has got his first item,
but Simon's not clowning around, as
he's spotted something.
Come here, come here, come here,
come here.
Are those for the traffic,
road, and that,
stopping the punters coming in?
No. Come here.
Learn about funfairs.
Right.
If you put these all together, you
make yourself a circle, don't you?
In the middle of that circle would
be something like the Hoopla
or the Hook-a-duck. Sorry, can you
translate for me?
The Hoopla? Yeah.
You've got your sticks in the middle.
All right, you've got to hoop and
you get a goldfish. You win a prize.
I get it, I get it, I get it.
This could be a winner. If you get
about five sections of that,
and then you kind of cut it up, then
you could kind of make,
you've already got the curves for an
armchair and the back.
Yeah, OK. And the base and the legs.
I can see it. Hey, mate, I can feel
it, I can see it, I love it.
I stuck my neck out with these, but
they're going to be brilliant,
I know they are. I think, I hope.
So Simon can build a Hook-a-duck
or repurpose it into something
completely different.
Here we are, look.
Let's go up here, it's dark, like
the Ghost Train.
But for the moment, he's just trying
to hook his second item.
Oh, my God, what is that?
That is crazy.
What is that? It's an old tannoy
system, isn't it?
Mate, it's cool.
IMITATES TANNOY: Roll up, roll up,
come and see the posh, bearded idiot
with the silly hat.
Over here, folks, come and see him!
IMITATES TANNOY: Would Coco and
Crusty the clowns
move onto the next item, please,
if they're not going to take it?
Look at this. though, a full-size
carousel horse.
Beautiful, man. Am I going to take
it?
Neigh!
Come on.
This is amazing, though.
Look at all this, all the old signs.
A certain style you only get at funfairs.
God, the craftsmanship in those, man.
Beautiful.
What's that, a speaker or something?
Yeah, have a look. Is it?
I love the corners, here.
Look at this. Oh, man, check that out.
Simon has chanced upon some classic
fairground speakers,
and if in good working order,
could easily fetch several hundred
pounds to vintage sound enthusiasts
or if not working, maybe just pennies.
There's two, it's a pair, look.
Now, the difference between this and
the tannoy system upstairs.
Yeah? I think this has got a market.
Get the bulbs back in, get it working,
I think that would be fantastic.
So Henry has to find one more item,
and where better to look than the
storerooms?
Oh, mate, straightaway,
bingo, look at that.
Look at that!
Henry has found a marine searchlight
which dates from the 1950s.
You like that, don't you? It's well
heavy, as well.
That's quality gear.
It might need rewiring.
And he's quick to spot the perfect
companion for it.
Hey, what do you reckon?
That is cool. Hold that.
You know, put a base on it.
What do you reckon? That's scarier
than a ghost train, that.
What's wrong with that?
You've just had a really nice idea.
Oh, you've got your two items, have
you? Yeah, yeah.
Good.
Anything Henry can do, Simon can do better...
Oh, hello.
...as he's found something to go with
the speakers.
Oh, man, what is that?
It's a mike. It's a tannoy.
I used to be in a rock band called
Tannoy Seven.
There were only three of us.
Isn't that a third item?
No, it's not, because intrinsically,
if that is plugged into the speakers,
then just by the very fact they're
connected, makes them one item.
All right, I'll let you have it.
Got to take it.
Yeah, you have to take that,
mate. Are we done?
Let's go and find Joby.
Yeah, yeah, let's do it.
So, armed with their two items,
it's time to find out what Joby
will make of the lads' choices.
Joby, we can't thank you enough.
What an amazing place you've got here.
Thank you. Hopefully you'll love
what we've picked out.
Now, tell me, is there any history
to that tandem bicycle over there?
It was bought by Steve, the yard manager.
We thought it was going to make a
great publicity thing
and it seems like it's destined for
your direction.
Well, I hope so, mate.
Tell me about that, that's a boat
lamp, right?
Yes, traditionally, with some rides,
they had big searchlights on them.
Sometimes much larger
Second World War ones.
But I've never used it because it's
not really big enough.
I found myself a post
to stick it on.
I'm interested to see what you're
going to do with them.
Yeah, well, so am I, mate!
I'm right in thinking, aren't I,
that that should be as part of a barrier
that went round something like the
Hook-the-duck or the Ping-pong
or the Hoopla or something like
that?
Those you've got there are actually
the trellises
which would have been
the bit above your head
on the inside under the canvas.
Is it OK if I take them?
No, I think that's lovely.
Far more simple, I believe.
I love these speakers.
I'd love to take these away and get
this system working again.
They've played some rock and roll
through them, and loud.
And they will do again.
Listen, mate, it's been an absolute
pleasure. Cheers, Joby.
No problem.
Well, Black Lace, probably!
Coming up, Guy lays down the law.
Can I stop you there? It's in more
than disrepair for one reason.
Size really does matter for Gemma...
Are these speakers?
Yeah. Wow, they're massive!
Yeah, they are. ..and there's a
heavyweight item for Henry.
Hey, you're pumping iron. I am,
mate, literally.
I literally am.
Expert restorers Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien are turning the old...
LAUGHTER
...into gold.
That's brilliant! Cool!
They've picked up two items each
from funfair owner Joby Carter's
barns in Berkshire.
Bingo. Look at that.
And now they're back at their workshops.
Henry's in Oxfordshire, showing off
his haul to his expert restorer,
Guy Willison.
Now, mate, every so often,
I bring you something that I think,
potentially, could be an absolute belter.
This Hercules tandem from the '30s
was once the height of modern design.
That was before the psychedelic
paint job.
So, look, it's in slight
disrepair, but I...
Can I stop you there? It's in more
than disrepair, for one reason,
which is a big shame.
What? There's a massive dent, here,
which completely devalues the frame.
It's not a collectable item now
because of the dent,
but we can make that into quite a
cool vehicle.
But you can't spend a lot of money
on it,
because it's never going to be worth
a grand done, because of the dent.
Yeah, well, bingo, there goes my
lavish full restoration,
because of a small dent I didn't
notice.
So Henry's dreams of a big profit
for the tandem may be punctured,
but hopefully he'll have more luck
with the second item,
the 1950s marine lamp.
Now then, I'm really chuffed with
this, right?
But I can imagine you'll go, "Nice
lamp, shame about the post."
No. Really? No. I like all this
fairground paintwork.
I find it quite attractive.
So, old boat lamp.
Yes. Polish it up, 240 it, get it
all lit up...
Yep. And sort this out.
We're going to have to put a base on
it, though,
because obviously that's going to
tip over. Yeah.
So, mate, are you happy? Yeah. I
mean, I think they're two funky items.
Don't you? Yeah, definitely.
The first thing Guy has to do is
strip the bike back completely to
leave just the frame.
Just made Guy some tea.
That's a first! Oh, you're getting
on all right, mate?
Yes. Look, we're getting there
now, aren't we?
Yep. Brakes are off.
Nice. Gear change is off.
So now what? I'll put... Wheels off.
The frame will then have the paint
removed to bare metal before having
the dent filled, and then given a
new coat of paint.
Lovely, all right. Nearly a frame, a
bare frame.
Nearly, nearly!
Over in Liverpool, Simon's unveiling
his finds to his upcycling expert, Gemma.
Roll up, roll up.
Roll up, Gemma! Roll up to the main attraction.
What have we got here? Ha, ha, ha!
Are these speakers?
Yeah. Wow. They're massive. They
are. Does this still work?
No idea, and you know what?
It's not going to be our concern.
I've got a very old mate, and he's
going to check all the electrics out.
All we've got to do is we've got a
bit of repair work to do.
Yeah. But not much. We can put bulbs
back in there.
Oh, fab. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. So that's item one.
So, come along with me now.
You know all the stalls, all the
hoopla stalls?
Yeah! Like hook the duck?
Exactly. But this is actually the
canopy, and I just liked the form.
OK. I was going to make a chair. Yeah.
How about we put another one on the
top and make, like, a book shelf?
They would look cool, actually.
Do you know what I mean? Yeah.
A kind of hall of mirrors book shelf.
And one of them, at the back there...
Yeah. ..has, like the speakers,
the attachments for bulbs for the
top shelf.
There you go. I love these.
This is brilliant, isn't it?
Definitely. Good.
So a thumbs up for
both items from Gemma,
who seems more than happy to be
upcycling all the fun of the fair.
First up, the speakers have been
sent to a really sound guy.
Right, Dave, here's what you're
looking at, right? Yep.
They're from an old vintage
fairground, as you can see,
so you should have the full string
of bulbs round there.
And as soon as I saw them, I
thought, I know just the guys to fix this.
But also, it comes with this special
bonus as well.
Oh, lovely. Tannoy? Yeah.
Tannoy was formed in 1926,
and become a household name for loud
speakers and microphones,
after being used by the Armed Forces
in World War II,
and then holiday camps.
Hi-di-hi, Simon! There we go.
Oh, there's a label on the side.
Celestion. OK, Dave. I wouldn't know
where to start with either
the speakers or the lights. Right.
Is it OK if I leave them with you as
a little project,
a little hobby to get on with? Yeah.
Brilliant. We'll make them work.
We'll bring them back to life. Come
on! Yes!
Back at the workshop, and Simon has
joined handyman Phil
to work on the
wacky bookcases.
Well, they were.
Well, like any of these things,
because we didn't build it,
you don't know what's in it. And
what was in it, halfway through our
cut, is a massive, big bolt.
And what Phil does, instead of going
to the gym,
is he keeps hacksaw blades for ten
years, and it keeps you really fit
trying to saw through something
that's about
as sharp as a butter knife.
Once everything is screwed together...
Yeah. When you step back and look at
that, does that look square?
...Gemma will be able to get to work
on the paint job.
In Oxfordshire, and Guy can crack on
with the post that will hold the lamp.
Perfect! Check that out!
Inside, he just refits the
electrical connectors to the lamp.
I've got one of Henry's beautiful
sort of filament bulbs,
so what I'm going to do is fit that
in there.
I think it'd look beautiful.
When restoring any item that is
connected to the mains,
it's essential to get it
electrically tested by a qualified electrician.
A quick touch-up for the handle, and
once dry,
it will be ready to assemble for Henry.
And outside, an old friend is back
to a former glory.
Come on, very old person, reveal
yourself!
Your chariot awaits.
Freshly painted black and with
brand-new white tyres on
for a stunning effect.
What do you reckon, mate?
Oh, my God, that's beautiful.
That is fantastic, man.
It's lovely, yeah. Shall I tell you
what's great? Mmm.
The black works with the cream tyres.
It always works, that does.
So, look, we've got a lot to do.
Yes. The front one first, with your
stoker stem.
That has to be tight.
So that's work well underway on the
first set of items.
Now for Simon's choice of rummage location,
and he's chosen a return visit to
Henry's old mate, Alan Graves,
and his collection of barns.
Yeah, I've had Henry and Simon down
here before,
but I've got a few sheds that I've
kept back, and I'm sure they'll
absolutely be delighted when they
walk through the door.
Alan? Henry.
Great to see you again. How are you?
As always, if it's OK, any stables
that haven't got any horses in,
we imagine that there's stuff in
there for us.
Am I right? Absolutely.
Good stuff. So, Alan, if we do make
you any money,
what will it go towards?
More horses, I expect.
We'll empty a stable for you so you
can put a horse in it.
How's that? Hey! Alan, thanks so
much, mate.
Cheers. We'll see you in a bit.
Lovely, cheers. Come on, Henry. Horseplay.
As ever, Henry and Simon must find
two items each that they can fix
and flog for a profit.
Do we open doors, or do we go
straight in what we can see?
Oh, you decide. I'm a bit fusty this morning.
OK. We're going in.
Come on, let's go in! Over here, mate.
Fire! Fire!
No, this. Look. This, on the other
hand, could be quite heavy.
Henry's straight in. What does he
do?
Finds the first metal thing with a
moving part.
Hey, you're pumping iron. I am,
mate! Literally.
This water pump may be an original
working pump,
or it may just be a very,
very heavy garden ornament.
Now, look, I'll tell you what.
We see these all the time, don't we?
So a little sort of fire hydrant
kind of sort of water pump
for the garden kind of village pump.
There you go, look, that's it!
Village pump. Huh? Ah! Beautiful.
Turn it into a water feature.
A little trough underneath it?
Why don't I make it into a water
feature? Are you mad?
Do you want to devalue something?
Trust me, right?
I know you don't often.
No. But I think that will look
lovely just painted up.
OK. OK. Yeah? All right. Have faith.
I'd still turn it into a water feature.
Yeah, I know you would, mate, but
water features and me don't go together.
So Henry has his first item.
Simon, over to you.
Oh! Do you want a hand?
If you can move that, I can move this.
OK. How dare you demean me?
There we go, I've moved it.
Simon has stumbled across an old
railway porter's trolley.
For me, right, I look at those
things all the time, and I think,
aren't they lovely?
They're a bit of old, industrial history.
What could you do with it?
Big glass surface,
cool coffee table.
You're right, he's got loads of
stupid ideas,
and this is just another one of them.
And, that's a double hit, because it
means I've got my first item
and we can move your first item.
Come on, then, let's keep going.
Next shed. Or stable, should we say.
And with one item each, it's on with
the search.
Hello. I love peacocks. Do you know,
peacocks remind me of you?
Why? Well, they're show-offs, aren't
they? Oh, yes.
Do you want to see my mating
display? No, thank you!
Oh, Henry, I don't think any of us
want to see that.
Quickly, Simon, just open the door.
Oh, now, that's not bad.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, man, check that out!
Is that a pew? Quite a nice one.
Whatever it is. There's certainly
more clutter,
and it looks like Henry may have
found a second item.
Oh, yeah, it is. Lovely, man.
Look at that!
Come on.
Is it a pew?
It's just a chair, isn't it?
It is.
It is. Can I have a sit?
Yeah, go on.
I feel quite regal on this, mate.
I've forgotten what these are called now.
You know what these are for?
Thrones?
No, this. These bits, here?
They're for leaning against, aren't
they? No.
Like that? They're for keeping the
draft off your ears.
Wings. Are they? Mmm.
You have to lower a bit for that.
Just like that.
I love this. Wing back chair.
A wing back chair.
Is that what it is? I think so.
Yeah. I don't know.
It's actually a lambing chair used
by farmers when nurturing baby lambs.
They originated in the Lancashire
and Yorkshire agricultural areas in
the mid-18th century onwards.
I like that, mate. That's gorgeous.
Can I have it? Go on, then. That
easy? Take a pew.
Really? Thanks.
Is it really that easy? No, take a
pew!
Oh! You mean I can take it take it?
Don't sit down.
Thanks, mate. I appreciate that hugely.
So it's catch-up time for Simon, as
he has one more item to find.
Come on! I need one more.
Oh, less order.
Oh, yeah, we like that. Good.
Those are nice, look? A very
small pump.
Oh, but hang on. Look.
A ladder for a swimming pool.
Never mind ladder for a swimming
pool. Look here.
Finally, Simon has had his second item.
He's spotted a 1970s Formica cabinet.
Not that Henry's impressed.
For me, I'd take that shelving unit down
and if I was short of firewood,
I'd smash it up.
Do you know, it's been there
unnoticed and unloved,
waiting for Simon O'Brien to come
and find it.
And I think we've got two items each.
Come on, then. Let's go.
Happy days!
I told you it'd be good.
Search done, it's back to find Alan
to see if he's happy to let the
lads loose on his items.
Alan, I think we can safely say that
we've had a lovely rummage.
A really, really good look around.
And I shall start... Yeah, go for it.
...with my favourite thing of all.
Yep. That little glass cabinet.
Absolutely delighted you chose that.
Next up, the old porter's trolley there.
Yeah? Yeah. I can only see that
being used to wheel Frankenstein about.
Well, get on it, mate!
Now, that pew.
Is it a pew? It's a lovely chair.
What is it? It's a lambing chair.
That, I think, is beautiful.
Now, look, right... Water pump.
So, if it's all right with you,
mate, we'll take those four items.
Take them away, yeah. Brilliant.
Brilliant. Thank you so much.
Absolutely lovely.
Cheers, Alan. Thank you very much, Simon.
What a great day.
Coming up, it's pedal to the metal
for Henry and Guy...
Third! Go for third! There we go.
Mate, now we're cruising. Oh!
...Gemma needs some convincing.
I'm not sure. I'm not sure.
And, at the valuation...
You appear to just put bulbs in the speakers.
What do you mean, have I just fixed
the bulbs?
Do we open doors, or do we go
straight in at what we can see?
Reclaimers and restorers Henry Cole
and Simon O'Brien...
Hey, you're pumping iron! I am,
mate!
...are on a mission to find clutter...
Do you want a hand? If you can move
that, I can move this.
Fix it and flog it for cash.
After picking up today's second set
of items,
Simon is back in Liverpool with Gemma,
trying to work out exactly what to do.
Is there supposed to be something on
this? It was on it.
That is the item. This is the item.
OK. It's an old porter's trolley,
but you know what it is in my mind?
Go on. It's a table. Do you think?
Gemma may be good, but
she's no miracle worker.
I'm not sure, I'm not sure.
I mean, is Simon even looking
any more?
He's just bringing anything back to
me now.
Simon, listen to Gemma.
I think I see it more as...
Like, shelves.
If we put it there... Yeah. ..and
then had maybe glass here.
OK. Cos, like, you're going to see
more of the item, aren't you?
We might lose what it is, as a table.
It could work. Do you know what?
We'll literally just leave it
hanging round for a bit and decide
what we're going to do. OK.
In the meantime, here's one we won't
hang around with.
I do love this. It's cool, isn't it?
It is really good!
It's '70s chic, man.
Very vintage, very on trend, I think
add some bold colour to this.
And in the meantime, I'll just go
and sit in a darkened room again and
think about this, shall I?
With Simon, er, thinking,
Gemma starts bringing the wall unit
back to life by giving it a good
wash down with hot soapy water.
The unit has been sanded to provide
a good key for the paint to bond.
Right, well, that's the primer done.
I'll leave that for a few hours to
dry, do another coat.
With the undercoat drying,
Gemma gives the railway porter's
trolley a bit of tender loving care.
OK, that's had a light sand.
I'll give it a dust down and then
put a wax on to finish it.
Meanwhile, 200 miles south in Oxfordshire
and something's put Guy in a good mood.
What do you reckon?
At last, you've brought me something
metal to deal with.
It may be metal...
Yes. But how old?
I think that, potentially, what
worries me is this little sign, here.
"Village pump," mmm.
Yes. Any sign that says what it is
ain't old.
Back in the day, it may not have
been a village pump, eh?
It could've been a town pump, it
could've been a stable pump,
farmyard pump.
I reckon, mate, a nice British
racing green.
Yes. Polish that up. Yep.
It may be a modern replica, but it
has potential.
Now, on to the mysterious chair.
This may be wood.
Yes. But I love it. Do you know what
it's called?
A chair. Yeah, well, that's part of it.
It's called a lambing chair.
Oh, OK. Guy doesn't know what a
lambing chair is.
Neither do I!
But I'll give it rock all.
OK. And I think it was called a
lambing chair cos you sit here,
if you imagine in your cottage back
in the day, yeah?
Yeah. And you got your lamb here
like that, it's going,
"Meh, meh, meh."
That was a lamb, right?
And then you get a little suckling
thing like that.
Henry's wittering on about it being
a lambing chair.
I don't care. I'll take your word
for it.
I like eating lamb.
Feeding it in that chair?
I'm too busy for that.
Maybe you should, Guy.
Original lambing chairs from the
18th century are highly collectable
and can often reach four-figure
prices.
But I tell you, that is beautiful,
I can't believe that Alan's just
lobbed that in a shed.
But quicker than two shakes of a
lamb's tail,
and the guys get to work on the pump.
Just get it a bit shiny, we'll mask
it off,
then when we paint the rest, it'll
stand out, then.
Do you know what? It's coming up
nice already, look at that.
Yeah. Get in the nooks and crannies.
I don't know why you're just looking
at me, why don't you get on that
end?
I thought I was holding it for you.
No, you're all right.
And it's hard, elbow grease mixed
with a little metal polish.
This has come up from remarkably well.
Wow. That's good enough.
Outside, and Henry is thinking of a
career change.
I think fencing, I could do that for
the Olympics.
I want to be an Olympian.
Better stick to the cleaning, H, and
the lambing chair needs a good one.
I don't know why we're doing this,
I think we should just hit it with
the orbital.
Touche! I've got a green one now.
But you haven't cleaned out here, mate.
Do you know what? I'll tell you
what, this is a lovely thing.
Now it's going to be even more
beautiful when we're done.
In Liverpool, and for Gemma,
orange and black really is the new
orange and, er, black.
This isn't the colour scheme I'd
usually go for,
it's much more masculine, but when I
was looking at the unit,
I just thought it was crying out for
this sort of makeover.
The colour scheme is certainly not
in keeping with the period,
but that is the joy of upcycling.
Across the workshop, and Simon is
steaming ahead with the
railway porter's trolley.
Right, so these are our rails for
the glass.
Stand that up, and the idea is,
once that's against the wall,
glass sits in here, great.
Meanwhile, Henry and Guy are busy
deciding what shade of stain to use
for the lambing chair.
Well, once you've put one bit on,
you're committed.
Do you think that could be a bit too
dark?
No, I don't. It's going to look
really good, actually.
This, mate, is a seriously desirable item.
Cor blimey, what's going on?!
Steady, Henry!
Why is that doing that?
I think you're over the fulcrum.
Look at that balance, Guy!
Yes. Here we go.
Let's ground you. Are you paying
attention to detail?
I think you're distracted.
All that's left to do is one more
tricky job on the water pump.
I think we should leave it like this.
No. Absolutely not.
Come on, Henry, make the effort.
Your painting's getting better.
Don't be like that.
I used to panic when you were going
to paint something!
It's really tempting to paint your
face. I can imagine.
Man, that looks fantastic, doesn't
it? Yeah.
In Liverpool, one of the items from
Simon's first search, the speakers,
have come back after a PAT testing
to ensure the wiring is totally safe.
They've put some bulbs in for me,
but they're just bog-standard bulbs.
So I've ordered some nice coloured
ones to go in one of them.
Come and have a look at these!
They're brilliant!
Yeah, they look good.
Do they work? Are you ready?
That is so cool! Aren't they great?!
Ha-ha-ha!
Oh, wow!
Many a misspent evening at the fair.
And the other of Simon's first
items, the wacky bookcase,
is getting a coat of paint from Gemma.
Right, that's all the colours on,
all the paint's done, I'm pleased.
I think it looks really good.
Outside, and the electrical cabling
for the bulbs is given an
all-important once over before Simon
nips in and takes the glory
by fitting the bulbs.
Gemma!
Wow, look at this. Are you ready?
Go on. Lights!
Oh, my word! That's brilliant!
I'm made up with that.
Good job, us. In fact, Gemma has
done such a good job,
she has a buyer lined up already at
a local kids' play centre.
Hi, Connor. Hi, nice to see you.
Now, I immediately thought of you guys,
and I thought maybe you might have a
use for it.
We run an imagination centre for
children who love stories and get
kids into reading, so yeah, I can
definitely see it fitting in pretty well.
Brilliant, OK, so the only thing we
need to discuss, then,
is price for this.
OK. I was thinking, say, 250.
I don't think we could go to 250.
I would love it. OK, well, it's for
a charity, Simon's going to kill me,
but how about go one better, 150?
Yeah, brilliant. Deal? Yeah, great. OK.
At Henry's workshop in Oxfordshire,
it's time for the boys to get back
to work, finishing their first items,
starting with the vintage marine lamp.
Check that out! Shall I spark it up?
Deep breath, everyone.
That's lovely. Is it?
Yeah, in a dimly lit room, that'll
be lovely.
Wow! It's crazy but nice.
Yeah, man! Yeah. Hey, rather like
you, Skid, eh?
Yeah, well done, mate.
Nice one, mate.
All that's left is to carry on with
the Herculean task on
the Hercules tandem.
These are tricky. I know, but it's
going to look good, mate.
Just starting the S, you're nearly there.
Keep going, a little tiny tail on
the S, you're done.
What's that like? Lovely!
Does that look good? Yeah! Let's
have a look at it.
Yeah, that, mate, is stunning.
Finally restored to her former
glory, and how's this for pedal
power?
The Hercules tandem.
Are you stoking? Cos I seem to be
getting quite out of breath.
I am pedalling. That's good.
Don't get too carried away, this
could go wrong at any minute!
Do you think it would be better if
we went a bit faster?
No, I think we could be sampling
hospital food if we go any quicker.
Shall I try and change gear?
No! Yeah. Go on, then.
Here we go. Third, go for third.
There we go. Mate, now we're
cruising!
That's a... Oh!
But has all their hard work
increased the item's value?
It's time to find out at the first valuation.
Henry chose to help funfair owner
Joby Carter,
who hopes to make a fair old profit
for charity.
Come on in, Joby, how are you?
How are you doing? Good to see you.
Good to see you, mate.
Lovely to see you, man.
Hey, look, take a look, have a
wander!
Look at this! That is Simon's
personal disco situation, I think.
I like the bike. Do you?
I like the bike very much.
That's good. Appears to just put
bulbs in the speakers.
What do you mean, have I just fixed
the bulbs?!
Yes, I did, and they did need some
fixing, I'll have you know.
But also... Is this going to be
loud?
Yes, are you ready?
Oh, listen to that. There you go.
I recognise this. Anyway, there you
go, see?
Fully working, how about that?
Now, look, hopefully we've done a
good job on all those items,
but have we made you any money?
Independent valuer, Alicia Moore,
runs a successful
upcycled furniture shop.
And, hopefully, she's going to give
us all some good news.
Let's start with our big, old
speakers there, come on,
scream if you want to get off!
Right! "You want to go faster!"
Oh, yeah.
£30 went on light bulbs and ensuring
the electrics were up to scratch.
It's eye-catching, isn't
it?!
I love it, it's great.
I just think that this is going to
be a product that is for trade
customers, not residential.
The redeeming feature is the Tannoy microphone,
so with all of those items together,
I think a fair estimate would be
£400.
So a tidy profit of £370 for the
speakers and the microphone.
OK, moving on, what about my kind of
crazy, messed about kind of...
Yeah, you know, it's fun, I was thinking,
this is what restoration purists
call upcycling.
It might not be everybody's cup of tea.
The unwanted red panels from the
hoopla had £30 spent on them
to make the shelves.
I think a fair
estimate is £120-130.
I did spend 30 on it, so that would
be profit to you of 100 quid, mate.
However...
I've sold them, and they've gone for
£150, mate.
With the bookcase sold for £150,
£20 more than the estimate,
that's another £120 profit.
Another hundred quid for you for
some bits of old hoopla lying
around, how is that? That is
brilliant, what is that expression?
You can't polish a... Stop it! But
you can cover it in glitter, son.
Absolutely!
Happy days, mate. Hey now, look, I'm
a bit nervous now.
It's beautiful, you don't have to
say that, and it's worth a fortune.
You've done a great job of restoring it.
The seats are gorgeous, I mean,
it really does look like it's back
from the 1950s.
Some £280 went on the new saddles,
handlebars and those snazzy white
tyres to bring the neglected tandem
back to its former glory.
Because it's been restored so beautifully,
I think a fair estimate is £350.
OK. I do...
...have an offer for it at 400, Joby.
So the tandem has turned in a tour
de force of profit of £120.
Lamp. Looks lovely, you found quite
a quirky fence post.
These are bang on trend.
Henry's final item, the marine lamp,
mounted on a post,
needed £80 spent on it to once
again let it shine.
As it is, I think a fair estimate is
£250.
So a decent profit of £170 for the lamp.
So that means, in total, after all
our costs, £780 to you.
So Henry's choice of location,
Joby's Yard,
has delivered a tidy profit of £780
for a local hospice charity.
But can Simon's location do better?
I'm really happy with the results.
I think what they've done is very
much funfair themed, very jolly,
and they've made some money for a
good cause, so that's fantastic.
Coming up, all is revealed.
Oh, that's going to look great.
And at the valuation...
I think Room 101 has got room for
that!
Alan! Sorry.
What are you like?!
The Kings of clutter, Henry Cole and
Simon O'Brien,
are on a mission to turn junk into
pots of cash.
I like the bike, I like the bike
very much.
Today, Henry's location has made
funfair owner Joby Carter £780.
How does that sound, mate? Yeah, it
was good.
So can Simon's choice of rummage spot...
It's a lambing chair.
That, I think is beautiful.
...the barns belonging to
Alan Graves, do any better?
In Oxfordshire machine-mad Henry and
sidekick Guy
are using a car polisher to buff up
the wax on the lambing chair.
My favourite item.
It is, isn't it?
It's giving it a bit of redness.
Yeah. And that's all there is to it.
Right, stop. Stop.
Done. Yeah, I think we are.
That is lovely.
Walk away, son, take your little
Marigolds off, that is job done.
And all that's left is to rebuild
the badge
on the newly painted water pump.
That is going to look great,
I can feel it.
Oh, God, good job done, man.
Happy days.
Meanwhile in Liverpool, and to
finish the 1970s Formica cabinet,
Gemma simply replaces the glass front
with a safer plastic sliding panel.
Well, that looks so much better than
that old glass.
I think that's great.
Not my usual style, but I'm pleased
with it.
But it's Gemma who has got the
glory of the finishing touches
for the railway porter's trolley,
with a little help from Phil.
How is that?
Look at that? It's nice, isn't it?
Yeah. Simple but very effective, Phil.
So with all the hard work done, it's
time for the final valuation.
Alan Graves is back to check out
Henry and Simon's handiwork.
But will their hard work make Alan a
profit?
Hi, mate, nice to see you.
All right. Great to see you again.
Go and have a look. Oh, dear.
Can I sit here? Take a seat, mate.
HE SNORES
I think it's dry, mate.
Where's me lamb?
THEY LAUGH
Over here, mate. Come and join us, mate.
So there you go, what do you think?
Well, I tell you what, I love that cupboard.
Do you? I think that's funky.
I really do, don't you?
Um... No.
I think Room 101 has got room for that.
Alan! Alan, what are you like?
If they've got a kitchen in that
room, there it goes.
I can't believe it, Alan!
You've done a fantastic job, it's
absolutely...
different.
I have to say, I didn't do much with
that, that was Gemma.
Now, you have given us a mixed reaction,
but have we made you any money?
That will send you home happy,
won't it?
Let's find out, shall we,
because our independent valuer is
joining us. Alicia.
Alicia Moore is back to put
a price
on the latest collection of restorations.
Shall we start with yours,
Henry? Yeah, why not?
Alicia, so... Water pump.
It was always ornamental,
doesn't have any working or
functioning pieces.
It is purely decorative.
For hard-core collectors,
they would be disappointed by the
sign on the front,
but for anybody who is just looking
for a bit of extra decoration
in their garden,
that adds... It looks nice.
It cost just £10 to return the rusty pump
into a pristine garden ornament.
Come on then. £125.
The pump may not work but it has
filled the coffers
with a profit of £115.
That's good. I don't think that's
bad, actually.
Good start to proceedings, as they say.
Chair.
Right, when I heard lambing chair I
was like, "Whoa, whoa."
Because they can go for thousands.
Unfortunately, it is not an original.
The pine lambing chair cost nothing
more than elbow grease to restore
so it should be profit, profit, profit.
It's not all bad news.
It does have some value.
OK. For that we are going to
evaluate it at £100.
So a profit of £100 for the lambing chair.
That is money in the BAA-ank.
Gets better and better. That's good.
Languishing in the back of a shed
that was, wasn't it?
I think upside down, actually, in
the back of the shed.
Whereas the railway porter's trolley
was languishing in a yard.
What do you think of that? It's
quirky, it's cool,
people love this upcycled vibe.
And so you sell it on the
residential market,
and you are going to find someone
who loves it.
£30 on glass and attachments plus a
bit of cleaning
turned the unwanted
trolley into a set of shelves.
I think a fair estimate would be
£120.
So a profit of £90 for the trolley,
something for Simon to get carried
away with.
How is that? That's all right.
No complaints at the moment.
ALICIA: It is cute, isn't it? It is cute.
ALAN: Yeah. And finally, what shall
we call it?
We'll call it a Marmite moment.
I love it. It is a bit Marmite,
isn't it?
You either love it or hate it.
What do you think? For people who
collect mid-century modern,
and this has got
that atomic vibe to it,
they would say you have devalued it.
However, I think she has actually
added value by painting it.
The unwanted cabinet was brought
back to life
at a cost of £30 for a funky, if
not authentic, colour scheme.
Definitely added value. You saw it,
you were actually keeping your rat
poison in it, weren't you, mate?
Yeah, I was. To you, what is it
worth?
ALICIA: £125.
ALAN: Just something that I was
going to be rugby converting.
Exactly. So that would make you a
profit of £95.
However, it is slightly less because
I have sold it.
I have sold it slightly under the
evaluation for 110 quid.
Despite selling the cabinet for less
than the valuation,
there is still a profit of £80.
So, Alan, you are going home with
385 quid.
We hope we have done you proud.
You have, and I mean that.
Cheers, mate. Relieved me of a load
of old rubbish.
So the collection of items from
Alan's barn,
Simon's choice of location,
has netted him £385.
Yeah, once again Henry and Simon
have done a fabulous job.
They have transformed rubbish into
items that you would want to keep.
Absolutely fantastic.
The four items for Henry's choice of
barn pulled in £780,
which means Henry wins, despite the
jury being out on the cabinet.
I don't care what anyone says, that
cabinet was cool.
Mate, I'm with you. I love a bit of
orange and black. Eh?
There you go. I also love the sweet
smell of victory.
Oh, you won, I can't believe it.
I did win, you are right. Mm.
Subtitles by Ericsson