The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 14 - Episode #7.14 - full transcript

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

This is bad!

I don't think I've ever seen a chair
quite so broken as this.

..are restored to their former
glory.

That's lovely. Isn't it?!
That is lovely, isn't it?!

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...

Bringing history back to life
is what makes

the Repair Shop so special.

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

Amazing!

It's a bit like brain surgery.



Go on!

..come together to work their
magic.

Ya-hoo!

When you look at something that
looks so hopeless like this,

it makes me even more determined
to get it back.

That's teamwork!

Employing heritage craft skills
passed down the generations...

It is a privilege to be able to do
something for somebody

that means so much to them.

..preserving irreplaceable
heirlooms...

To bring those pieces back to life
is just the most wonderful thing

and I'd like to do it forever.

..the team will restore the items...

Whoa!



..the memories...

I'm so happy to see it!

..and unlock the stories
that they hold.

That's made it all worthwhile.

In the Repair Shop today, leather
restorer Suzie grapples

with a tough old sporting bag
that's reluctant to play ball...

It always makes me nervous when
I have to bring

Grandad's pliers into play.

I can't afford to bust this stitch.

Ah!

There was a bit of resistance.

..while for Will,
life's a box of delights,

as he restores a battered
Far Eastern heirloom.

I love carving, so any excuse
to get my chisels out

is all fine by me!

But first to arrive at the barn are
Linda Konieczny and her daughter,

Lucy Galloway, with a very
special toy

in dire need of an MOT.

Hello! Morning.
Morning.

Morning. How are you doing?

Mechanical expert Steve Fletcher...

Hello.

..is the perfect man for the job.

This is a car my father made
for me back in the '50s.

And your father's name was?

Venanti. We had a name for him...

Grandpa Fix-it.

He could just fix everything,
and it didn't matter what it was.

A bit like someone I know downwind.
Yeah. Yeah.

Tell us about your father, then.

My father was Polish. Right.

When he was 15 years old,
the war started

and he was taken from his family,

along with a lot of other boys,
to be shot.

Why? What...what happened?

Apparently, a young boy from
the Boys' Brigade

shot a German soldier.

So, as reprisals, they gathered up
all the boys of the town

and massacred them.

He managed to feign, when his line
were being machine gunned down,

and with the help of somebody
in the town,

he made his escape out of the city.

He was recaptured and he was taken
to work for the Germans

in an iron foundry.

So, hence his love of working with
metal. OK, right.

Because that was the only trade
he knew.

The next bit of the story is,
unbeknown to him,

the French Resistance were working
in this same place.

In the same factory? OK.

And one day, said,
"Do you want to escape?"

And he said, "Why not?!"

Why not? OK.

And he walked from Hamburg
through Germany,

Holland, Belgium, all the way
through France.

Right. To Perpignan.

There, he got on a boat that took
him to Britain

and there he joined the
Polish Free Army.

Wow. And he fought in France at
D-Day.

This needs to be a movie,
doesn't it?!

THEY LAUGH

So, where does the car come in,
then? When did he make this for you?

The car...I was about five.

I've got two brothers, and he just
made our childhood magical.

He used to disappear
into his workshop.

It was just full of tools.

He used to make aeroplanes,
long before remote controls.

So we were the dog's bodies.

We used to have to chase after them
and retrieve them all.

Or sometimes we would go over
to the...my infant school.

Yeah. So, that's where we used
to let this go.

So, what would it do, then?
What was it...?

I can't remember whether it
went in a straight line

or round and round in circles. OK.

But it just went like the clappers.
Went like the clappers!

Till it, er, it ran out of fuel,
I guess. Yeah.

It's very, very precious.

I lost my dad November '18
and when my brothers

and I were clearing out his
workshop,

I didn't want any of his tools.

But I said, "What I do want
is the racing car."

So, this car means a lot
to the family, then?

BOTH: Yes. I better have a look
at it now.

JAY CHUCKLES

This is so well-made.

The bodywork has been beautifully
crafted.

What's the significance of the bee
that's on here?

I don't know. But it's something I
would like...

..to...to maintain, if you can.

I hope that's the engine because I
found lots of different

bits and bobs... OK.
..in it.

If I can get it working... Mm.

..what would your plan be for it?

Oh, I'd love to show it and share
it with my grandchildren.

Yeah. Um...

Just to reminisce of my childhood.

And tell them
about their great grandfather. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm very proud of my dad
and his achievements.

I think he's a hero. Yeah.
Yeah.

Steve, you got enough to go on?
I've got a lot to go on, actually!

I know! Thank you for bringing
the car in.

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

The car represents everything
my father stood for, really.

He was gifted - he could make
anything, repair anything.

After his passing, that was the one
thing of him that I've held on to.

And so it would be lovely, it would
be wonderful if...

..if Steve could repair it.

I've worked on a few cars like this,
but most of them are manufactured

by companies and I love it when I
get a handmade car like this,

especially when it's been
so well built.

The bodywork has been so
well crafted,

and that's not easy at all, crafting
that and getting that...that shape.

Venanti was an engineer,
and it's quite an honour

to work on something that's been
built by an amazing man.

Linda thinks that this is the motor
that went with the car,

but I'm not so sure because I know
Linda said it did go

like the clappers, but I've got a
feeling it's too fast.

But I think what I'll do is clean up
the motor

and see if I can get it going,
just to check to see

what sort of speed it will run.

Next to arrive at the barn is
Joyce Hutchinson from Wigan,

with a piece of her family's
sporting heritage.

She's hoping leather expert Suzie
Fletcher will be able to bring it

back off the sidelines.

Hello. Hello. Hello.
How are you doing?

I'm good, thank you.

Now, that looks like a beautiful
bag.

It's a crown green bowls bag.

It did belong to my grandfather and
he was a crown green bowler.

What's a crown green bowler, then,
what is it?

Crown green is more...rounded.

So, the bowls go...
Up a little hill?

Yes. And then back down?
And then back down the other side.

Oh, wow. So, there's proper skill
into it, then?

Oh, yes. It's quite skilful.

So, I can't just pick one up and
start bowling, it wouldn't work?

Uh, you could try!

THEY LAUGH

So, your grandfather,
what was his name?

His name was Edward Taylor.

He was born in 1904, in Wigan.

OK. He was a window cleaner.

He was quite a local character.

OK, right.

He rode a bicycle with a
wooden ladder

balanced on his shoulder.

No way! Wow! Yes.

THEY LAUGH

And he was very interested in sport.

Right.

So, he introduced me to
crown green bowling.

He also introduced me to cricket
and hockey,

and his influence,
encouraging me to play sport,

made me become a PE teacher.

Oh, that's incredible.
That is incredible.

And he influenced my father and he
taught him how to bowl

and he actually bowled for
Wigan County Police.

How did your grandfather feel
about your dad

getting better than he was?!

There was a little bit of
competition between them.

And we had family occasions where we
had little interfamily competitions.

Yeah. And I would like my sons
to bowl as well.

Really? So, it's a big family affair
of bowlers? Yes.

My middle son has a set of bowls
which belonged to Edward Taylor,

and we would like to pass those
to my grandson

because he's named Edward,
after my grandfather.

The bag would eventually pass
down to five generations.

Now, that's a legacy. It's over to
Suzie, then, isn't it?

Yeah. No pressure.
It is quite precious.

It's a cracking design, in what
seems like a very simple bag.

What's wrong with it, then?

Well, there's... Stitching has come
undone. Oh. Just a little bit, yes.

And because the bowls are very
heavy... Yeah. Yeah.

..the bowls would fall out.

And it looks like there
was a number two there.

Yeah, yeah.

So whether he was the second person
in the team, I'm not sure.

I mean, it's an absolutely gorgeous
bag and you've got those rivets

on to make it really strong.

I mean, really, the only thing
that's come apart is the seams,

which you would expect after
all these years.

The design is something else.

So, it's well-made, Suzie, yeah?
It is so well-made.

Yeah? It really is.

It's going to go on for years
and years, this.

I love it. I really love it.

You happy, Suzie? I've never seen
Suzie smile so much!

THEY LAUGH

I can't wait to get started.
Oh, that's lovely. Yeah, yeah.

Thank you for bringing it in.
You take care now.

Bye-bye. OK. Bye-bye.

I'm feeling excited now that I've
left the bowls bag behind.

I think my grandad would be
immensely proud

that it's going to be like a family
heirloom that passes down

through the generations.

It's amazing how one person
could just influence

so many generations in sport.

I know. It's really interesting,
isn't it? It is.

So, what are you going to do, then?

You've go to obviously fix
the side of that,

because that's just coming off.

I'm going to re-sew all the seams,
all the stitching around the front

here, just to make sure everything
is back into tiptop condition.

Yeah. It has a little bit of
surface dirt on it.

The other thing that's missing is
this...this number two. Number two.

It'd be nice if you could maybe get
hold of a number two

that I could mount on that.
Well, that isn't a problem.

I can get Brenton on that,
but I can't stand here admiring it
all day.

OK. Work's got to be done, hasn't
it? All right, sounds good.

No problem.

Even though this case was very
well made, initially,

it has started to fall apart.

So, I expect this side will come
apart quite easily as well.

Recently, working on cases
has just become my latest

obsession within leather-work.

So, a case like this, I can
definitely admire the workmanship

and the thought that went into this.

Now I've got those sides out,
I can go around,

remove all the old threads and then
I can start the cleaning process.

In the outdoor workshop, Steve's
about to test the engine

that came with the home-made
toy car,

which used to race around at
breakneck speed in the 1950s.

Just going to pop some fuel
into the tank.

His main concern was whether or not
this diesel-powered part

will be safe enough for
present-day use.

I've no idea whether it's going
to work.

I haven't played with one of these
motors since I was...

..I don't know, 14, 15.

I guess the best thing is just
to have a go and see

whether I can get it started.

There's nothing that ignites
the fuel,

so I'm just trying to start it
by spinning it,

which is what you have to do.

ENGINE SPUTTERS

I've got some memories coming back
of...of...

..the difficulty of trying to
start these engines!

ENGINE SPUTTERS, RATTLES

Oh!

HE SIGHS

It's spinning just too fast.

If I were to put that in the car,
the car would just take off

like a rocket and it's not very
user-friendly either.

So, I'm going to have to have
a rethink.

While Steve scratches his head,
Jay has recruited Dom

to look at the car's tired
bodywork.

The first thing I'm going to do is
to just clean off all the dirt

and then take off that ever so
slight... The top layer of paint.

I'll then touch in some of the
worst of the damage,

but I want to be very careful
because I don't want

this to look brand-new.

It's got a lot of history
wrapped up inside of it,

so I want to leave some
of that character.

But I think we could get it looking
a little bit smarter.

Now I've got the body of the race
car all lovely and clean and shiny,

I'm going to focus on the red
first of all.

Once I've got that looking good and
happy with where it is,

then I'll tackle this bumblebee.

Back at his bench, Steve's gone up
a gear and worked out

how he might be able to
power the car.

What I have been able to find is
an electric motor

and, hopefully, it will do the
job really nicely.

It'll be clean, it'll be safe.

I do need to now start getting some
of the wheelwork,

the axles back in here,
so I can fit the electric motor.

It's quite good fun, actually,
when you're doing

something like this.

It's like doing a puzzle when...

..when you can't look at the top
of the box.

Steve, you OK?

Here's the car.

That looks absolutely great!

You know, you've done that just
right. Absolutely just right.

Carefully, so it doesn't look
too different. Yeah, yeah.

But just a bit tidier, hopefully.

Which is the bee that you've done?

Yeah, that's the right answer!

Serious! This one. Is it?
Yeah, yeah.

Very...again, very subtly, just
sort lifted it a little bit.

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

Hey, no problem at all.
The rest of it's coming on OK?

Yep. Hopefully, I'll have the
motor in soon.

Awesome. Good luck.
Thank you so much.

Right, once I've bolted this
engine in place,

I'll need a coupling that goes
from the shaft of the engine

through to the running gear
of the car.

So I'm just going to turn one up.

Great! That coupling actually...

Absolutely spot on.

So, I'm just going to pop
the motor in now.

So, all I need to do is get all the
electrics done

and then we can get it whizzing
along the ground.

This is my grandfather's
old soldering iron.

I don't know how many years old
it is but it works so well.

I love it to bits!

Just arriving at the barn is an
item that's crossed

not just yards but continents.

Belonging to David Sawyer
from Macclesfield,

it's in desperate need of the
expert craftsmanship

of furniture restorer Will Kirk.

Hi, there.
Hello.

Look at this! What is it?

It's something that my mother
brought over from Malaysia

when she married my father,
over 60 years ago.

What were your parents names?
Wilfred and Mary.

So, how and where did you meet,
then?

So my dad joined the army
very young,

and he was posted out to Singapore.

I think my mum was 16 when
she first met my dad.

And then a few years courting,
they got married

and the box came over to the UK,
around about 1958.

OK. And, consequently, as they've
moved with the army,

my dad was in the army,
they moved quite a lot.

My dad was posted to Paris and then
back to Singapore

and then we went to Malta, Germany,
and the box just travelled...

Just travelled with them? Yeah.

That must've been really interesting
as a child,

to be going to so many different
countries.

Yeah, I think it was...

You know, we were always somewhere
different,

and every time we moved, packed the
bags, packed the trunk again,

packed this little box with all the
mementos,

and then off we'd go to the next
place we were going to live.

So tell me a bit more about
your mum.

She was a larger-than-life
character,

but I think she had to be.

I think Mum was 19, 20 years old
in the '50s and the '60s.

It was a very different climate to
what it is, you know,

in today's day and age. Definitely.

I miss her. I miss my dad as well,
so. Yeah.

So, how come you have the box now?

My mother died 25 years ago and
my dad died 17 years ago

and I became the curator, and at the
time it kept photographs in.

It there anything in the box now?
Any photos or is it empty?

No, I've got a few in there that
just, uh...

Yes. So is your father in that
picture?

Yeah, so my father's here,
he's at the end.

That's amazing.

And this is...? Is my mum, yeah.

That was my mum taken... Um...

You actually look a lot
like your mum.

A lot like your mum!
We have very similar features.

THEY LAUGH

So, what has spurred you on to get
this restored now, then?

I retired last year and started to
sort out through all the sort

of family heirlooms and the box was
there,

and for us this is the beginning,
really.

When my mum first came over,
this was the start of her journey

into the UK, and I guess it's the
journey of our family,

that's almost like an embryonic
piece. It's the start of something.

When did most of this damage occur?

It was never seen as anything more
than a functional box. Box.

So people would put coffees on there
and, you know, as you can see,

it's got lots of things there that
you think, "What happened here?"

It needs a lot of TLC,
I can tell you that!

I see that we're missing pieces.

I can see this means a lot
to your family,

and it'd be really nice to have it
looking as it did,

and I can't wait to get stuck
in. Thank you.

Leave it with me.
Will, thank you very much.

Cheers. Speak to you soon.
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

The box has been there longer
than I've been around.

It came over with my mum
over 60 years ago.

I always think if pieces could
tell a story, you know,

it's seen every move, and every
different house we've been in

and every different country
that we've been to

over the last 60 years.

I'd love to see it back...looking
in pristine condition.

I'm excited. I'm excited to see
what he can do with it.

What a story. This box has been
travelling around

with David's family for
so many years.

It has seen better days.

Aesthetically, it could look
a lot better.

I mean, it looks quite tired
and faded.

So, it'd be nice to give it a good
old clean and a nice polish and wax.

That'll bring the nice, true grain
of that teak back through again.

Get this back up to scratch,
looking lovely again,

so David can have all those family
memories back inside.

At the front here, we're missing
quite a large piece of wood

that would have been carved,

much like this one on the
right-hand side.

Before I can tackle any
of that woodwork,

I need to give this a
really good clean.

Leather expert Suzie has removed
all the old stitching

from the bowls bag that belonged
to a sportsman

who inspired his family.

She can now set about making
it robust enough

for the next generation to use out
on the greens.

I have noticed that the handle
is showing signs of wear.

Joyce's grandfather held
this handle for so many years,

and I think there's sort
of like a tangible connection

when you hold the same handle
as those that went before you.

I can take these rivets
off to remove the handle

and then line it.

The trouble with that is
you're going to see

that there's new rivets put on,

and I'm trying to keep this as
original as possible.

I'm going to try and line it
in situ,

which is going to be
far more fiddly,

but I think the end result is going
to look quite invisible.

I've got my piece of lining pigskin,
and I just need to feed it

underneath the holding chape here.

It's quite a tight fit,

but I think if I just pull
and push at the same time...

There you go. I love it when a plan
comes together.

Now to the tricky part.

Just make sure that there's no
dust around

because I want to make sure that
bond is really good.

Awkward working conditions.

Now I've got that glue curing,

I can now start the fun part of
stitching the case back together.

I want to use exactly the
same holes.

I'm just going to put some tacking
stitches in,

using some white threads, so it's
clear to see,

and then it'll be ready for me to
start stitching back together.

So now I've got those tacking
stitches in place

that's going to hold this end on,
I can go ahead with the stitching.

I never get tired of sewing.

I could sew till the cows come home.

It's... I find it so
incredibly therapeutic.

The stitch holes are still in good
enough condition for me to re-use,

but I still have to treat
it with a little bit respect.

You've only got, you know,
a minute amount of movement

in there before you'll bust
that hole out.

So, gently does it.

OK, I am struggling a little bit
with getting going here,

and I've got double amount of thread
going through that hole, as well.

So this is... This is a critical
couple of holes

that have to anchor this together.

And I can't afford to bust
this stitch.

Always makes me nervous when I have
to bring the old

grandad's pliers into play...

..because I'm having to put a little
bit of extra push behind it.

So this is putting a huge amount
of stress on this hole.

So we'll see how we go.

Ah. There was a bit
of resistance,

but sometimes you just have to
keep pulling.

Now I can just pull that thread up.

Right, first stitch done.

SHE EXHALES

Now the rest should be a breeze.

As Suzie battles on, her equally
dedicated sibling, Steve,

has almost reached the finish line
with the toy racing car.

There you go. That'll do.

Right, let's just...

..flick the switch.

MOTOR WHIRS

Marvellous.

That's going to work really well.

Good.

This car hasn't whizzed along the
ground for so many years.

Linda is going to be so chuffed
with this.

And I'm sure Venanti would be very
proud of what I've done, as well,

so I'm very, very happy.

Just need to get the bonnet on
and then it's done.

For Linda, the resourcefulness
of her Polish dad,

who made two daring escapes from the
Nazis in the Second World War,

is encapsulated in the
engine-powered toy he crafted

for her from scratch.

She's returned with her daughter
Lucy, hoping to see it restored

and back in action.

I haven't seen the car going
since the 1950s,

and as a very little girl,

I remember chasing after this red
thing that went like the clappers,

me and my brothers just giggling
with glee.

It's going to be quite emotional
seeing it.

Hello. How are you doing?

Hello. Hello. Hi.

How are you feeling?
Really excited.

Are you ex...? You're almost
as excited as me!

THEY LAUGH

I'm excited as well.

What are you hoping for?

Oh, just to see my father's
car again.

Grandpa Fix-it.

He repaired all your toys,
so... Yeah.

..now you'll see a bit of
my childhood.

Yeah. That's good.

OK, let's have a look.

Wow!

Oh, my gosh, that is...

It looks just perfect.

I'm so pleased to see the bee was
still there.

I daren't pick it up, Mum,
you'd better pick it up.

LAUGHING

Wow.

Oh.

Wow.

I just...

You've surpassed yourself, Steve.

Yeah. Thank you very much.

Yeah. It's perfect. It is perfect.

It's still got all of the memories,
but just looks... Yeah.

..ready to go.

And does it go like the clappers?

We did get the motor going.

I don't think it was the right
motor for it. Right.

Because it went too fast.

So what I have done is put
an electric motor in. Right.

So, it's clean, safe... It's an
environmentally friendly car

now, isn't it? Would you like to see
it going?

Yes, please. OK. Right.

Jay, would you like to give me
a hand with the table?

All right, no problem.

LAUGHING

Oh.

You've got to be quick.

My dad was a really, really special
man. Really special.

And you've brought a bit of him
back to me today, so thank you.

Aww, bless you.

Didn't want to do that.

Set me off.

He was very special to me.

Yeah, he's a very special man. Yeah.

I've enjoyed this so, so much.

I had great fun with it,
so thank you very much.

No, thank you. Thank you, Steve.

You're more than welcome.

Take care now. And you.
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

When I flicked the switch and set
the car going,

it took me right back.

Could almost hear myself
giggling and chasing after it.

Happy memories.

Brought my dad back,

so, yeah, it's beautiful.

Looking considerably more beautiful,
thanks to Will,

is a Malaysian carved wooden box

that travelled the world
with its owner.

Now I'm about to replace
that missing piece of carving

on the left-hand side.

On the right-hand side,
you can just about make out

a sort of image of a carved dragon.

So I'm going to try to replicate
that onto this piece of teak here.

Well, that's all the drawing done.

I got the little dragon in there,
and I can't wait to start carving.

I love carving, so any excuse to get
my chisels out

is all fine by me.

Faithfully replicating the intricate
carved design

requires deep concentration and a
careful choice of tools.

Quite a lot of newly made furniture,
it starts off as a uniform colour,

and as time goes by, and the more
that it's handled,

parts of it start to wear through.

The lovely thing is it sort of ends
up giving the piece character.

The challenging thing is, when
you're replacing a panel

like this in the front, it can look
like a uniform brown colour.

So what I need to do here is work
with the pigments that I have...

..and try to recreate that sort
of worn look,

so it matches in with the rest of
the box.

There's always a temptation to sort
of slap on loads

all at the same time, but it can
come across looking too artificial.

So it's really good to sort
of slowly build up the colour

through lots of really thin layers
and thin coats.

That way you get to see the lovely
grain in the wood,

and you can get that nice, rich
depth of colour.

I know that this means so much
to David,

and it's a real link to his
Asian heritage.

This box is a time capsule
for his family's memories.

Suzie has now successfully sewn
every last stitch

into the leather bowls bag, and it's
almost ready to return to its owner.

We have one more thing to add
at the bottom corner here.

Brenton very kindly has made
the number two

that matches the mark
that was left behind.

What I need to do now is mount
it onto the leather.

Pop it on, like so.

I just need to bend the pins back
so it's securely fixed.

And I just need to finish off using
a coloured reconditioning cream,

and that's going to tone down some
of these lighter areas

where the bag has been scuffed.

It seems to be taking on a
fresher appearance,

whilst maintaining all of the
history of the life that it's led.

It has been a real joy to work on.

I'm really looking forward to giving
it back to Joyce

so that she can use it for
many years to come.

The once-sturdy bowling bag
was so well used

by its keen sportsman owner,
it could no longer carry

its set of three weighty bowls.

Joyce has returned, hoping
to be able to use it herself

to inspire younger members
of her family,

like her grandad inspired her.

Hello.

Hello. Hello.

I'm a bit confused, Joyce.
How come you've got a box?

We're supposed to be giving you
something. Yes.

What have you got in there?

I brought the bowls with me.

Oh, you're going to test the bag
out. Oh.

Yes, yes, I'd like to test the bag.

OK. Bowls are heavy, as well.

They're very heavy, yes.

That's going to test the stitches,
isn't it?

Yeah.

Great.

I really want you to see this bag.

Are you ready?

I'm ready.

JOYCE GASPS

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, that's fabulous.

Oh, I can't believe that.

Oh, Suzie, that is
absolutely wonderful.

Oh, thank you so much.

Can I touch it?

Of course.

Oh.

Oh, that's amazing.

You've been able to put
the number two on, as well.

Even the feel of it is so nice
and all the stitching's complete.

Oh, that is absolutely amazing.

I can't believe it.

So, the big test now is to see if
the bowls can get in there or not.

Don't worry. She's worried.

I'm sure it's going to be fine,
isn't it?

Cos that's what it's done for years.
Edward would put his bowls in there

and carry it around, put it
in the boot.

That's a set of bowls that my
father used,

who my grandfather taught to bowl.

Yeah.

And these are the bowls that belong
in this bag.

Oh, really? Oh, lovely.

So they're reunited with the bag
that they belong to.

Yes.

Back at home in the bag.

Ready, Suze? No.

Close your eyes.

THEY LAUGH

The big test.

Oh, perfect.

Look, Suzie. Absolutely perfect.
It's working.

Yes. Yeah. That's wonderful.

I would like to challenge
you to a game of bowls.

You can use my father's bowls.

Really? And I'll use
my grandfather's bowls.

OK. There's the challenge.
That's the challenge.

I'm ready. Good. Let's get going.

So, here's our bowling green.
Will that do?

Oh, well, it's not quite
championship standard. OK.

I was absolutely amazed
and thrilled.

It was fabulous.

So, what's the jack do, then?

You just got to throw the jack,
that'll go, and we're aiming...

We don't throw it, we bowl it.
We bowl it. All right.

LAUGHING

And then it's who gets the nearest
bowl to the jack.

Well, that's me, obviously.

I'll be able to walk with the bowls
in the bag securely,

and I'll be able to go and play
crown green bowls

in the village where I learned.

Ooh. Ooh.

So I'm winning at the moment.

Here we go, Jay.

So this might be the winning shot.

It could well be. Come on.

I need a winning one.

Go on!

Ooh!

I've won!

Yes. Yes, you've won.

Well done, Jay.

So, I'm a natural!

Yes, absolutely.

I'm buying a set. Absolutely.

I can't wait to get back
to the family

and reintroduce them to
family competition again.

On Will's workbench, the carved
wooden box

is almost ready to go home.

The last thing I need to do is take
out these fine scratches

on the top surface and give it a
once-over polish.

Then I can get it back to David.

The once-smart box that accompanied
David's late mother from Malaysia

to her new life in the UK
had badly deteriorated over time.

David has returned with his daughter
Francesca, who will inherit

this cherished family keepsake
as a link to her heritage.

The box represents a great deal
not only to me but to my family,

because I think it's brought
the family a lot closer together.

Me and my brother both didn't meet
my grandma,

so it makes me quite happy because I
feel like

I'll be a little bit closer to her.

Who's this? Yes, I've brought my
daughter, Francesca.

Hiya. Hello. You all right?

Francesca, you know, will be the
custodian of the, sort of, the box

and the family history that goes
with it, so it will stay

within our family.

David, what would it mean to you
and your family

to have this looking back the way
that you remember it?

So much. And I haven't seen it

in its glory for probably
over 30 years.

I want him to see it.
Shall we have a look?

I'd love to have a look. OK.

Wow.

Wow. It's amazing.

I never thought... I never thought
it'd ever look the same again

as it did.

Brilliant.

Just remember it for what it is.

I'm going to... Thank you.

It's a pleasure.

It looks... It looks really good,
it looks amazing.

It does, doesn't it?
It means a lot to my dad.

I can see that. Obviously.
Yeah, I can see it.

I didn't think, you know, you'd be
able to...

..to do that. It's amazing.

It's the smell, as well. When I
opened the box,

it's something that just reminded me
of when I was younger.

I can't... I can't even begin
to thank you enough.

It's... It's amazing.

More than welcome. Thank you.
Absolute pleasure. Thank you, both.

Thanks, see you later. Thank you.
Bye-bye. Take care.

Bye-bye now.

The box is steeped with memories.

When it was broken, something
was definitely missing,

and as ridiculous as it might sound,
getting the box repaired

has just sort of filled that gap.

I knew he'd be really happy,

and I knew it'd bring back a lot of
memories for my dad.

So it was really nice to see him
just, like, touch it and see it.

It's been a long time since
I've seen the box in its glory.

So, yeah, it was good.

Join us next time,

as more rigorous workmanship...

I've got to get this right
on the first go.

..breathes new life into
old friends...

Oh, he's just lovely.

..in The Repair Shop.