The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 16 - Episode #7.16 - 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 is lovely. Isn't it?
That is lovely, isn't it?

Furniture restorer Jade 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...

THEY CHEER

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.

It's made it all worthwhile.

BIRDSONG

In The Repair Shop today...

..Suzie to the rescue,

saving a hero's helmet...

This material that they've used,

which is something that I've never
had to work with before.

Fingers crossed, it goes well.

..while Dom brings out
the big guns...

So this may look slightly
aggressive, but don't worry.

..to work on a little taste
of Italy.

That was it. Ah! There we go.

Brilliant.

But the first job of the day
is for woodwork expert Will Kirk.

Please come in.

James and Catherine Gartwick-Sarl

have brought a very fragile chair

that will also draw on
the upholstery skills

of Sonnaz Nooranvary.

THEY EXCHANGE GREETINGS

Wow.

So tell us a bit about this chair.

Well, the chair has been in my life
as long as I can remember.

My mother was nursed on that chair.
Was she? Amazing.

This was always at Grandma's,

sort of pride of place
in the living room.

I always used to go to Grandma's
for, like, the summer holidays

or school holidays, but she was
fastidious in everything

that she did. All the silver
was polished, all the porcelain

and cleaned. Her place
was like a little palace.

So when I was staying with her,
it was like a special treat for me

just to sit in the nursing chair.

I knew that it had something special
about it

because Grandma would say,

"You can sit on the chair if you're
a good boy", and I'd often

be given one square of chocolate.

And she taught me how to really
appreciate one square of chocolate

because that's all I got.

That sounds sad, but it wasn't.
It was fantastic.

No. I can imagine, as a small boy
at Grandma's. Small boy. Yeah, yeah.

And James still eats chocolate, one
square at a time.

Do you? Yes, yes, he does! But you
don't sit in that chair whilst

you're having your chocolate now,
do you? No, I don't. No.

But wouldn't that be lovely?
Yeah.

So it sounds like you were really
close to your grandmother?

What was your grandma's name?
Ethel.

Ethel. You know, those visits to
Grandma's was quite special for me

because my father passed away when
he was about 45.

So that left Mum by herself
with five children.

Interesting. Grandma was very, you
know, sort of caring and loving

and supportive to us as a family.

There was something so special
about her.

And that's part of, you know, where
I feel quite bad about the state

of the chair because, you know,
Grandma was someone that looked

after everything so beautifully.

How did it get broken?

Well, ever since I have known
the chair, it's always

been very fragile.

We've moved a few times and I think
it's suffered in those moves.

I think the straw that broke
the camel's back was in 2013,

I had a brain haemorrhage
and there were two medics that came

into the bedroom and one
of the medics

was quite a large guy.

And I saw him backing
towards the chair.

But I wasn't in any physical state
to say, "Don't sit in the chair".

The chair made a sickening,
crunching sound

and he quickly stood up.

It looked like it had been hit
by a truck.

Right. But I was in a situation
where I had people trying

to save my life to make me better.

I didn't really feel able to say
to him, you know,

"Oi, you've broken the chair",

because then from that point
onwards,

it really started to fall apart.

Sorry. Sorry.

CATHERINE SOBS

Sorry, it was just a horrible time.
No, of course.

Oh, dear. Yeah, I'm fine.

It's just not nice remembering it.

It sounds like a pretty,
pretty traumatic time.

It was horrible.

But the fact that you're still
thinking about the chair

whilst you were going through that
shows this chair does mean

quite a lot to you. Well, yeah,
because it's so special to me.

Every birthday and every Christmas,

I've asked James what he'd like
as a gift and he says,

"I don't want anything.

"I would just like...it would be
really nice

"if this chair was restored."

OK. I'm just trying to work out
who's got more work here.

So, hit by a truck,
and upholstery-wise, Sonnaz?

So it's looking like we'll have
to go right back to frame

and completely rebuild it.

How you'll do it I do not know.

Magic wands. Magic wands.

Thank you.
Thank you very much indeed.

Bye-bye. Bye. Bye.

Being custodian of the chair,

I felt really ashamed that the chair
had got into such poor condition.

And if Grandma's up there looking
down, I'd like her to see how much

I care about the chair.

To expose the wooden frame for Will
to work on, Sonnaz first needs

to strip it of its old upholstery.

Oh, God.

Oh.

I can really start to see
the extent of the damage,

and it's huge. Erm, there's a
broken joint here,

that whole frame is wobbling there,

and often, it is the actual
fabric that's keeping

the whole frame together.

So what I'm going to do is strip
it right back to frame.

No wonder the back looked
quite lumpy and bumpy,

because it has all completely
disintegrated.

Oh.

I don't think I've ever seen a
chair broken in so many places.

So that's the frame completely
stripped now,

and I'm ready to take it over
to Will.

Hello, Will. Hey, Sonnaz.

I've got a present for you.

This looks a lot scarier than it
did earlier on.

I'm scared for you.
All right? Thanks a lot, Sonnaz.

This nursing chair is in pieces.

The structure is all over the place
and it needs a lot of TLC.

The first thing I need to do
is sort out this broken joint.

RAIN PATTERS

Next, a landmark historical event
and the role one man played in it.

Janet Beavan is hoping
Suzie Fletcher can rescue

a priceless family possession.

How are you doing? Hi. Hi, Jay. You
are? I'm Janet. All right, Janet?

Hi, Suzie. Pleased to meet you.

Now THAT is definitely a
fireman's helmet!

Please tell us about it.

It was my Dad's fireman's helmet.
His name was David Evans.

It was when he served in
the Mid Glamorgan Fire Service.

He had it from the time he started
there, which is probably

50 plus years ago.

It had two purposes, really.

One was ceremonial, but they also
used to use it in the fires as well,

so he actually wore it.
He used to be the driver.

And every time he passed the house,
he'd put the sirens on,

even if it wasn't an emergency.

LAUGHTER

Lovely, lovely father.
Always laughing, always joking,

always full of fun.

Do you think that helped a lot
with the line of work he was in?

I think so, yes.

Because he obviously seen a lot
of deaths,

a lot of distress

for families because he went
to the Aberfan disaster,

where one of the tips in the mines,

all the coal slurry up on top

of the mountain was slid
down the valley and completely

crushed the school.

Yeah. With the children...
With all the children in the school.

So your father was part of the
rescue team? The rescue team.

So he's seen a lot, then.

Yes. Pff! Yeah.

But he never remained unhappy
about this job.

He still loved it. Yeah.

And he was devastated when he became
unwell and had to retire.

He died quite young. He was 52.

He died of cancer. That was young.
Yeah.

Very sad because I had such a close
relationship to my father.

And to lose him was devastating
for me at that time.

Yeah, absolutely devastated.

Special man, yeah? Yeah. Yeah.

Very close relationship.

Very close.

It's a photograph of me
on my wedding day with my dad,

and he was very ill at that time,

and he was determined to walk me
down the aisle.

He was a good man. Bless ya. Oh!

OK? Yeah.

Filling up. Sorry. It's OK.

38 years since he's gone, roughly.

I still miss him every day.

Yeah.

That's why it's so important
to have this. It's...

Monetary worth, it's not worth
anything, but it's priceless to me.

Of course.

What would you like Suzie
to do to the helmet, then?

Just make it look like it used
to look, I suppose!

It's been played with by
the grandchildren and

it's absolutely in bits, really.

And you would like to keep some
resemblance of its age

and character? Yeah, definitely.
Yeah. All of that? Yeah. Yeah.

Helmet inside, it's lost
one of the straps. OK.

I think the most important
part is my dad's sign inside.

Ah! However much it's repaired,
I'd like to keep that. Of course.

So, if Suzie's able to repair it,

what are you going to do
with it then?

My son is named after my father...
Really? ..and my eventually aim is

for him to have this,
and his son after him

to remind him of my father, really.
Yeah.

Keep him alive, I suppose.
Yeah. Definitely.

Janet, thank you for telling us
about your father.

All right. You take care now.
Thank you. Thank you. Bye.

My father was my life,

that's the best way of putting it.

I was a daddy's girl.

He was my role model, probably
formed me and made me

into the person I am today.

He was a wonderful father.

Imagine what this helmet's seen?

Oh, a huge amount.

Wow! It's amazing, isn't it?

But I thought it was leather.

Doesn't look like leather. Erm...

No, it's not, actually.

It is basically a fabric that's
coated with paint,

used a lot in the past to cover
things like cases and gramophones

and things like that. The important
thing is to make sure that

David's name is not dislodged at all
in the cleaning process. Yeah.

Really interested to see
how you're going to repair this one.

So am I!

Actually, I do need to give this
a lot of thought but, erm,

I'm sure I'll come up
with something. All right.

It's really interesting.

This material that they've used

is basically a fabric that has some
sort of polymer finish

to it, and the actual helmet itself
is made up of compressed cork,

which is something that I've never
had to work with before.

Definitely got my work cut out
with learning how to blend

all these different
materials together.

But the first thing I need to do
is to clean the surface.

And to do that, I'm going to use
a very gentle detergent.

There is years of build up of dust
and dirt on this,

so fingers crossed it goes well.

All this nice dirt coming off!

I have a feeling in my heart

that this is going to be quite
a long process.

Also facing a lengthy job, Will,

as he prepares to tackle the most
challenging part of the fix

on the old nursing chair.

The chair is nice and dry,
structurally sound.

The next thing I need to tackle
is this missing arm.

I've got a lovely new piece
of walnut here,

and I'm just going to start
marking out...

..areas that I need to cut away.

This is really tricky because of
the shape of the arm isn't a

straight piece of wood,
it curves around.

So I'm going to have to make
a few markings...

..but then slowly start
to fit the new piece of wood in.

Once I have, I can glue
that into place,

and then, and only then,

will I start carving back in
that lovely shape.

Oh-ho! How we doing, Sonnaz?
Good, thanks.

Now, that is a lovely fabric.

So, are you going to be able
to use this?

Well, I don't think I'm going
to be able to re-use it.

Looking at it, it's cut too short,
I would say. Yeah.

There's not really anything to work
with. Yeah.

Now, it's a case of actually trying
to source

an alternative.

If we do re-cover the whole chair,
it'd be nice to create, like,

a cushion or something out of
this fabric. Yeah. Great idea.

Well, I'll get ordering the samples

and then let you know when they're
in. Perfect. No problem. Thank you.

Well, I've removed a lot of that
waste wood now

with my carving gouges and a file.

I'm just using a pencil to mark
out some of that finer detail.

I'll use my smaller gouges
to start chiselling that away

and refining that shape.

Now, unlike working on a computer,
there's no delete button.

So if you take off too much...

..it's going to be a real pain
to undo it,

so nice and steady, nice and slow.

Well, that has been carved
and sanded. All I need to do now

is colour match that to match
the rest of the chair.

I'm going to mix up some pigments
now with a bit of stain and slowly

start to build up that colour.

Hey, Sonnaz. Hello, Will.

That's for you.

Wow. All done.

Will, it does look amazing, mate.
Thank you.

I actually genuinely can't remember
which side was missing.

I think it's going to look
great with the fabric on.

Thank you so much. All right. Cool.
See you later. Bye.

I can now start upholstering it,

and the first place to start
is the back.

I'm going to secure a layer
of hessian and that basically forms

the foundation of everything
that I'm going to build on top.

I'm at the stage now where I'm able
to stuff the lovely horsehair

into the back.

The rule for stuffing with horsehair
is if you think you've got

enough in, put way more in!

Traditional upholstery
is this process

of layer after layer after layer.

I'm at the point now where I can now
start actually buttoning in,

and I've already made my buttons.

I'm going to start with one
and work my way through.

As Sonnaz presses ahead, outside,
another hopeful visitor,

Sergio Martini, from Kent,
has brought an item that evokes

warm childhood memories from
the heart of a family home.

for the attention of Dominic Chinea.

So, what have we got in the box?

Uh, what I have here is my
grandparents' old coffee grinder.

Oh! Ooh!

Well, they were from a small village
in northwest Italy.

I can remember it from when I was
about six-years-old.

We would go there, stay with them
for the whole month. Yeah.

From at least 1960 till about '66.

That's when my grandparents died.

Where was it, what village was this?

It's a small village called Penia,

just on the edge of
the Ligurian Mountains.

When we were there, they would allow
me to actually help make the coffee

but the coffee had to be ground
for about five or ten minutes.

Right. So obviously they liked it
a very fine consistency. Sure.

Yeah.

Then they would boil it
in a saucepan.

I always remember a saucepan of
boiling water. Right.

And then the whole kitchen would
just fill up with the aroma

of this strong coffee.

It was really thick, I remember
that. Never any milk.

Oh! That was a complete no-no...
Wow. Really? ..in our house.

You must get a flashback
when you smell, like,

freshly ground coffee now.

Yes. It's almost as if I'm back
in that kitchen,

grinding this coffee away to
the right consistency.

You can't beat it, can you? Yeah.
That smell of freshly ground coffee.

Oh, yeah. It's the best smell,
isn't it? Cover the place up, yes.

I don't really like coffee myself,
actually. Do you not?

I really, really hope that I can get
this working, to convert you.

To get you start having coffee. OK.

Have you ever tried coffee
from this thing?

Uh, no. No. Really?

In '78, went to the village,
the house was still there.

Right. And when we went inside,
there in the kitchen...was that.

No way! And then, I'm afraid to say,
since then,

it's just been on top of a kitchen
cupboard in our house

for the last 40 odd years...
Right.

..accumulating dust, rust.

So, how old is the grinder?

My father was using it when he was a
boy, would probably be...

Hold on. Your father was using that
as a boy?

So he did what you did? Yes.

Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah.

So we're looking at, what?
90 odd years maybe.

Wow! That's incredible.

This must be more than just a
coffee grinder to you.

Well, it's the only family history
we've got of the, uh...

..of the house itself.

All the other furniture went when
the house was sold.

This... Oh, this is it?
That's the only thing?

That's the only memento that
we have that reminds me

of my grandparents and the house.
Yeah.

The holidays that we had down there.

All of that family heritage,
you've got for generations back...

Yeah. ..in Italy, it's kind of all
wrapped up in there.

In there at the moment, yes.
Yeah. Wow.

That's special, isn't it?
Isn't it?!

So, what would you like Dom to do
to it, then?

I wouldn't be sure if it could grind
coffee again, but, uh...

Oh, do you want to grind coffee
in there again?

If that was achievable. Wow. OK.

I'll do everything I can.

THEY LAUGH

..to try and get that working. We're
going to have to do lots of testing.

I do like a coffee, so...!
I thought you was going to say that!

I knew he was going to say that!

So, do you want to keep the family
tradition going?

Do you want to teach your
grandchildren how to grind coffee?

Yeah, it would be fun if they could
actually make me a cup

of coffee using this. OK.

It's your turn to sit back and
watch. Sit back! Yeah.

THEY LAUGH

Brilliant. Thank you so much for
bringing it in.

It's lovely to meet you.
Thank you. You take care.

Thank you. See you later.
Bye-bye. Bye.

If Dom were able to fix the grinder,
I'd like to use it, hopefully,

so we can actually demonstrate to
the grandchildren how it works.

Try and bring that that aroma back
into our kitchen

and bring back some memories and
have it as a permanent memento

of the times we had in Italy.

Sergio's coffee grinder is a little
bit of a puzzle box for me.

I mean, it's so old and actually
very, very fragile.

It's actually made of very,
very thin sheet steel,

and it seems to be riveted together.

So some of those are going to have
to be ground off,

but once I can get inside and see
that grinding mechanism,

that's where the real work starts.

So, this may look slightly
aggressive...

GRINDER WHIRS

..but don't worry, this is going to
be slow and steady with this.

GRINDER WHIRS

Starting to get a little bit
of movement there.

I just want to be careful.

It's starting to wiggle. Oh!

That was it. Ah, there we go.

Brilliant, right.
That's the base off.

So, inside there, you can see
that is the mechanism.

Fingers crossed that that grinding
gear is in good shape.

Now, I need to get that out.

Having got the battered fireman's
helmet gleaming once again,

Suzie is now ready to tackle
its crowning glory.

Looking at the design
of this helmet,

this crest does have a purpose.

Something falls down on it,
whatever hits this

should break in half.

This helmet will have seen an awful
lot of action, I'm sure.

I'm going to recover it with this
cotton fabric

that has a polymer finish.

So, the fabric's actually going to
go underneath the old material.

I'm using a fabric that isn't
very stretchy,

unlike leather.

I don't want to end up with lots of
big bulges and wrinkles.

So, now what I need to do is start
glueing it on

and see if this is going to work.

And all I'm doing is pulling it,
so it creates that arch effect

over the top here.

If everything goes well, the sides
are less likely to have wrinkles in.

Just a little bit of pressure
and pushing.

And now what I need to do is just
to start pressing

all the old covering over the new.

Right, well, I'm really, really
happy with how that's

all gone together.

What I do need to do now is
to start painting over

and see if I can just disguise all
of the lines that we've got here.

So I think that's about as much
paint I want to put on for now,

but I do need to start tackling
the inside of the helmet.

The first thing I'm going to do is
to start making the strap

for the other side.

I have a piece of leather that...

..is similar in the thickness.

I like this leather because I can
stain it,

but it has that already antiquey
look about it.

And I think once I put the fittings
on, it'll work quite nicely.

A small hole there.

A good tap.

And there you have both your
press studs put in place.

I can now start to sew it
onto the skull cap.

OK, so just the final stitch.

Pull this through.

So, that's nice and secure on there.

That's not going to go anywhere.

And the last thing I'll do on
the inside is clean everything up.

Also on the home
straight, Sonnaz,

as she applies the finishing touches
to the nursing chair.

I am so close to finishing
this chair,

I can't tell you how relieved I am.

I'm putting the braid on now,
which is the final, final touch,

and I can't wait for it
to be finished.

A century of use by three
generations of one family

left this chair frayed and fragile.

For James, it serves as a fond
reminder of childhood summers

spent with his doting grandma.

That child sort of sort of
represented, like, security for me.

It was like a special treat for me
to be able to sit in the chair.

And I've always felt quite bad that
the chair

was in the condition it was
when I brought it here.

Oh! Lovely to see both. Hi!

Hi, lovely to see you again too.
You too, yeah.

How are you feeling?
Well... Excited!

Are you? Mm. Yes, apprehensive.

Yeah. Have you been thinking
about it more?

Because, obviously, it represents
an awful lot to me,

I haven't stopped thinking about it.

You know, thinking about your lovely
work that you...

I'm sure you've done!

THEY CHUCKLE

I think the time has come.
Are you ready?

Yes, I think so.

Let's have a look.

My God, that's amazing!

Wow, that's incredible. Oh!

How have you done that? Look!

That really is...

..exactly the same.
That's fantastic.

How have you done this?!
This is amazing.

Well, I found the original piece.

SHE LAUGHS

No, I don't find the original piece
at all! Oh!

I wish I'd found the original piece!

LAUGHTER DROWNS OUT SPEECH

That is better than it was
when I was a kid.

Oh! Fantastic. It's fabulous.

And you've done it the same colour
as well.

We know how attached to
the old fabric you were,

so we made a little scatter cushion.
Oh, wow. Oh! Look!

You didn't!
I was expecting that. Oh, my God!

Oh, that's so clever. Look at that.

Oh, that's just so sweet. So clever.

Oh, that's just wonderful!

Do you want to sit in your chair?

Yes, why not?! Yeah? Yeah?
Yeah, why not!

Looks so little now, doesn't it?

Or I've just got fatter!

That's amazing. In the spirit of
your grandmother... Yeah.

..how good have you been?

THEY LAUGH

As regards the chair, not as good
as I should have been.

Oh, so you haven't been very good?!

Oh, wow! No? I see. OK.

Only one square, though.

You've got to make it last.
Here's to Grandma. Aw!

And here's to our lovely new chair.

To Grandma. To Grandma!

How does it feel? Lovely.

Lovely. Thank you.

Oh, she'd be so pleased, wouldn't
she? She would be pleased.

So delighted.

Are you a little boy again?
I'm eating it too quickly.

She wouldn't...she wouldn't approve!
THEY LAUGH

Aw!

The chair is yours to take
and enjoy for evermore.

We will. Thank you very much indeed.
Thank you. For both of you.

Just make sure it gets back
in one piece. Thank you.

It will be cherished.
Aw, that's good. It will be.

Thank you so much. Lovely.
Thanks so much. Bye-bye! Bye!

Take care, won't you? Bye-bye,
thank you. See you.

When I first saw the chair,
I just... I was just gobsmacked.

It took me back to when I was
obviously a little boy,

staying at Grandma's.

Grandma was such a special lady.

She was a master at teaching me
how to appreciate things.

I'm really pleased that James
is so happy with it.

I am happy. It's absolutely
fantastic.

Also attempting to recapture boyhood
memories with his repair is Dom...

Oh, look at that.

..who has been carefully dismantling
the ancient Italian coffee grinder.

That's the last piece of the puzzle.

Now I've got everything taken apart,
I can really see what

I'm working with, and it's all
starting to make sense.

You can see these finer teeth
mesh with the finer teeth

around the bottom of this ring here,

and they spin around like that when
you crank the handle,

grind the coffee beans, and it will
all fall out into the tray.

I'm not surprised that it
didn't work.

Look at the amount of
gunk and gunge.

It's actually, like, rock hard.

But, good news is the gear appears
to be really good condition,

so everything now just needs
a super, really,

really good, thorough, clean.

Whenever I'm cleaning something
absolutely spotlessly,

I would always prefer to sandblast
it, but the metal body

of this coffee grinder is so thin,

there's no way I can
use sandblasting.

This is where my little home-made
electrolysis tank comes into play.

This is just full of warm water.

And then I've sprinkled in some
sodium carbonate,

it's actually - its main
purpose, really,

is to increase the conductivity
of the water.

What I'm hoping will happen here is
connecting the negative terminal

to the actual metal part,
submerging it in the water,

the electrical current will pass
through the water,

dislodging all of the rusty parts.

Already, I can see big chunks
and flakes of rust

coming up to the surface.

I'm going to let that
simmer away there.

You know what?
I might go make a coffee!

DUCKS QUACK

Every time, I'm blown away by what
comes out of this thing.

It is so clever!

All right, what's the next bit?
Ooh, OK.

This is the main grinding gear,
and look at that!

I'm really surprised about that.

You couldn't see any of
that detail before.

I was really, really worried about
this gear because that's

the vital part that will grind
the coffee beans.

I'm amazed how well that's come up.

I'm just going to sit here and give
these all a little bit of a scrub,

just to remove any of
the stubborn bits, but,

on the whole, really,
really pleased.

Now I've got everything nice
and clean,

unfortunately, it's not
all great news.

This is the actual main grinding
gear at the bottom.

Basically, everything screws
to this.

It's very worn and all the threads
are damaged.

There is nothing I can do
to save this, unfortunately.

Making a new central shaft is not
quite as easy as you'd first expect.

There's three different things that
screw on here,

and every single one of them
has got a different thread.

Now I just have the job of working
out what thread they used.

Luckily, there is a tool for that.

You could think of this tool
like a ruler.

Each one on here measures
the different threads.

So I can use this to work out
what all three threads are.

So, I've got it written down.

Right, I think I've got everything
I need here.

Done. Let's go make a new one.

LATHE WHIRS

Now I've got the steel bar turned
down to the right diameter

in the three different places,
I'm going to use this die,

which has got the correct pitch
thread that I need,

to cut the thread onto
the steel bar.

OK, so that's the first thread cut
into the bar.

Now I need to do the same
thing two more times

on the other end with the two
different threads,

and that should be
the new bar finished.

It's taken hours of careful
restoration,

but Suzie's managed to save
the vintage fireman's helmet.

I'm really happy with the strap.

All I need to do is to give it a
gentle clean,

and most important of all,
not to disturb David's signature.

And it be in a very good condition
to give back to Janet,

and it'll make sure that the leather
lasts for many years to come.

The 1950s helmet had
protected its owner

during dedicated service
as a fireman.

Now his daughter, Janet, is keen
to be reunited with the item

that represents her father
and his valiant career.

I feel really nervous, but excited
at the same time.

I can't wait to see
the fireman's helmet,

to see it back as I remember
as a child.

As a family, to us it
means everything.

Hello, Janet, how are you?
Hi, Suzie, I'm well, thank you.

Very excited. You're not nervous?
And nervous!

How important is this day for you
and your family? Very.

Yeah? It's all we've talked about.
That's what I like to hear.

That's what's lovely. I'm filling up
already. Oh, bless you!

Yeah. OK...

We need to let her see it.
Yeah.

Ready? Yeah, yes.

JAY SIGHS

Ooh...

Oh, wow.

Oh, it's fantastic.

Can I pick it up, is that OK?
Please, yes!

Oh, wow.

It looks like when he used to
wear it. Really?

I remember it as a child. Yeah.

And his name's still there -
fantastic!

Oh, it's amazing, Suzie, thank you!

I'm going to cry. Sorry!
That's all right. It's OK.

Yeah.

Thank you.

SHE SNIFFLES

Since I came last time,
the conversations I've had

with my brothers, all we've done is
constantly talk about Dad,

which is lovely.

Any conversation, just all those
memories come flooding back.

Yeah. Things you forget. Yeah.

I don't think I appreciated,
until I'm older now,

what he did go through in his job.
Yeah.

And his risked his life,
quite regularly. Mm. Yeah.

But you still have some beautiful
memories of him.

Yeah, wonderful memories.

He was a really good father -
couldn't ask for better.

Yeah.

I can't stop touching it, sorry!
No, no.

It's so tactile! It is, isn't it?
It just draws you to it. Yeah.

I brings the warmth of him, I think.

Yes, yes.

Janet, thank you for bringing it.
Thank you.

You've done a wonderful job.
Thank you.

OK. You take care. See you.
Bye. Bye! Bye-bye.

First time I seen the fireman's
helmet, I just wanted to cry.

It just took me back to my father,
when I remember seeing him

wearing it - it just brought him
back to life for me.

I just felt all the emotions
flooding back

and all my memories coming back
of Dad and it was overwhelming.

Absolutely fantastic,
but overwhelming.

It's been a challenging repair
for Dom,

striving to get an antique appliance
up and grinding again.

OK, this is quite an anxious
time for me now.

I've got everything here laid out,
prepped, cleaned

de-greased, repaired,
my main new shaft is done.

It's time to try and reassemble
the coffee grinder machine.

OK, so far, so good.

This is really starting
to take shape now.

It's looking good.

The all-important handle...

..which is screwing onto that new
shaft really nicely, actually.

The final bit.

Right? That is all sounding
very promising.

It's looking good, but I guess the
real judge is going to be Sergio.

Eager to conjure up the romance of
old Italy,

Sergio is back with his
granddaughter Riley

to collect the little kitchen
accessory

that evokes big childhood memories.

So, it's not been working
for 50 years plus.

To be able to use it and then pass
it on to my grandchildren,

so they could use it later,
would be brilliant.

Hello. How we doing, Sergio?

Fine, thank you.
This is my granddaughter, Riley.

Hello, Riley. Hi. You all right?
Yeah.

So!

What do you think?

Apprehensive, nervous. Are you?!
But... Yeah.

I just want to see what
Doms' actually managed to do

to the coffee grinder.

So, Riley, did your grandad ever
tell you what he had to do to it?

That he had to open the thing,
put the coffee beans in...

That's right. ..close it up,
turn the handle around

and then open it and it...

..and the coffee bean should be
grounded.

Just to get a cup of coffee! Mm.
It's a bit of work, isn't it?

Eh? We're hoping that Dom's been
able to recreate that magic.

Are you ready? I'm ready, yes.
Yeah? Yeah.

Yeah, let's go ahead.

Oh, wow!

That...

HE CHUCKLES

I didn't expect that.
That is brilliant!

Can I pick it up?
Yeah, of course!

Oh, the lid is sturdy now. Yes!
It's not going to come away.

Shall we see what's inside?
Mm-hm.

There you are, full of coffee beans.

So those are not just any
coffee beans,

those coffee beans have been sourced
from the region of Italy

that your family's from.
Seriously?!

Seriously. Oh!

Oh, thanks so much.

HE SNIFFLES

Try and keep it accurate.

Yeah. That...yeah, that I am
impressed with.

That's special, isn't it?
Yes. Yeah. Really appreciate that.

Thank you very much.
No problem.

So, Sergio, it's been 50 years
since you've had a go

on the coffee machine.
I think I can remember how to do it.

Let's see. Give it a go!

Put on there... Right.
..so it stays solid.

And then...

COFFEE GROUNDER WHIRS

It's the noise!
It's a very smooth action,

but it's just this,
the noise of the beans.

Do you want to have a go? Mm.
Go on.

Hold that. Then you just turn it.

JAY CHUCKLES

But the proof is in the pudding,
isn't it?

Got to have a little taste of this,
haven't we?

If we can do that, that'd be
brilliant. Do you fancy making some?

Dom, do you mind doing the honours?
Let's do it. Yeah.

I've been looking forward to this
bit. You ready? Yep.

All right, pour that in...
And that's what you do, Sergio?

You just put the powder in there?

You just put the powder in.
That's it? That's it. OK.

Let it boil for a couple
of minutes. OK.

And then pour it into a cup.
I'm so intrigued.

I've never make coffee like this.
It's...different, yeah.

We need to get that nice thick,
tarry consistency. Yeah, yeah.

DOM CHUCKLES

No, maybe we just...we just...
We'll go easy.

We'll just get you a normal black
coffee. Please, please.

Yeah. There we are. So, Dom, would
you... Oh! That's it.

Have I got the honours?
Of course you have.

Yeah? I'm going to...
Look at that!

That's a...that's a dark coffee.
That's a strong coffee. Yeah! Yeah.

THEY LAUGH

Salute! Salute!

Oh, yeah, it is nice.
Yeah, that's it, yeah.

CLEARS THROAT

THEY LAUGH

Wow!

You know what?
That don't taste too bad.

Brilliant. I'm going to miss that
machine.

I'm going to miss it as well, yeah!

Thanks very much, guys.
That's brilliant. You're so welcome.

I really appreciate it.
Thank you for bringing it in.

Bye-bye. Thank you. Bye.
See you both later.

So I suppose I'll have to get
a coffee machine, don't I?

Well, this is it now, see. Yeah.
Yeah.

I mean, cleaning it
would've been great.

To get it working, brilliant.

And then to actually get, to source
the coffee beans as well

and to be able to taste it -
that's beyond my expectations.

So, it's been great to actually
see it working,

as he did all those years ago.

Join us next time,
to see more childhood memories...

Bunnies, look away!
This is so fiddly.

..given a new lease of life...

Whoa! You guys are wizards.

..in the Repair Shop.