The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 23 - Episode #7.23 - full transcript

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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!

It is, isn't it?
That's 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!

..come together to
work their magic.... Yahoo!



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,
hard labour for Suzie,

as she tackles a midwife's
kit from the Edwardian era...

I'm going to start patching up this
quite big hole in this leather bag.

..and Amanda joins a team effort
to revive a clockwork companion,



who's been broken for 60 years.

It's like I'm fitting
him little clothes,

like a tailor-made little bodysuit.

First, a tale of brotherly love.

John Doughty has travelled
from the Isle of Sheppey in the hope

that wood restoration specialist
Will Kirk can restore

a precious childhood toy.

Hi, there. Hiya. How are we doing?
I'm good, thank you. And yourself?

I'm very good. What have we got?

A boat in a box? A boat in a box.
A boat in a box, look at that!

Oh, it's a yacht. A pond yacht, yes.

In bits. And... Yeah. But it looks
like it's missing a few pieces.

Here's a little bit towards it.
That's a mast.

Which is the original mast,
actually.

But even that, the yacht's
not going anywhere!

It's not going anywhere, no!

You can always put this bit of sail
on, that might help. Ah, lovely.

There you go. Well, there we are,
John. It's fixed. Fantastic!

So easy. Yes. So, John, please,
tell us about this yacht.

I've had it 60 years.

Michael, my brother,
he was seven years younger than me.

It was his birthday.

And I walked into the lounge
and there was my brother... Yeah.

..with a smaller version of this.
Really proud of it. Right.

After a couple of minutes,
my dad just said,

"Have a look in your bedroom."

So I walked into the bedroom and
there was this, laying on the bed.

So we could sail together...
Oh, what? ..it was fantastic.

We used to go to Skegness
for our family holidays... Yeah.

..and we used to walk
down to the boating lake... Yeah.

..we used to have hours round there,
Michael and myself,

running round the pond. Yeah.

We used to have races
and pretend we were pirates

and all sorts of things,
as you do, you know.
Yeah, you do. Yeah, really good.

So, has Michael still
got his boat now?

Er, no, sadly, Michael passed away
when he was 14.

He wasn't very well. Mum and Dad
thought it was a little bit...
Flu or something. Yeah. Um...

But his condition worsened, so
they rushed him into hospital, er...

He arrived there and diagnosed
him with meningitis.

Gosh! So, he was in hospital two
or three days... Yeah.

..and then Christmas Eve, 1970,
age of 14, he passed away.

And I can remember my dad...
The car coming up on the drive...

..and he walked in and he just said,
"He's gone."

It was... And Christmas Eve as well.
Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. So, it was...

So Christmas Eve for my mum was
never any good after that.

Yeah. That must have been really
hard for you at such a... It was...

Yeah, excuse me. No, it's all right.

Um... I don't know what happened
to Michael's boat.

I think because of it being
so raw for my mum and dad... Yeah.

..I think they passed
things on for different people.

Yeah. And this, mine,
ended up in the loft.

And then, nine years ago now, it
would be, clearing out the loft...

Yeah. ..and there it was.

It was just one of those, if you
could say, eureka moments. Yeah.

And it was as though my dad
had given it to me again.

It was just an amazing feeling.
Yeah.

And all the memories of my mum
and dad and Michael... Michael.

..just...
He was there again, he really was.

Wow! And you think,
if it could sail again... Yeah.

..that would be
the icing on the cake.

You see, all the fittings have gone.
That's because of the saltwater.

Saltwater. The lake was in...
It was filled from the sea.

This... My dad replaced this, cos
this split every time it sort of...

Whacked into the side.
Whacked into the side, yeah.

There was just one sail? There
should be two. There should be two?
Yeah.

If that was to go back on the water,
it'd be like flicking a switch...

And it takes you straight back.
Straight back.

Absolutely straight back, yeah.
John, thank you

for sharing that and we're going to
get this done for Michael. Thank
you. See you soon. Bye-bye. Bye.

The thing that it had survived 60
years and to see it back on the

water again and sailing, would just
make me like a little kid again.

I'd be back to 12 years of age,
with my brother, sailing,

and the happy hours together.

Now this is a really
cool pond yacht.

Structurally, it seems pretty sound,
scratched up paint, could be

touched in, and that deck needs
a bit more varnishing,

so it needs a lot of TLC.

This sail here has seen better days,
so that should probably be replaced.

Also, John's dad replaced
this part on the front.

I'd like to keep that, I think
John would like to keep that too.

But I think we're missing another
piece of wood, maybe on the back.
I'm not too sure.

I might have to do a bit more
research into what is missing there.

I know this means a lot to John
because the link between him

and his brother and to his
childhood and his family.

I think the first thing that I need
to do though is to make a stand.

That will make it a lot easier for
me to work on the rest of the yacht.

That's my design of what the stand's
going to look like.

I'm going to grab some wood from my
wood shelf and I can cut this out on
the bandsaw.

As Will begins to get the little
clipper water worthy again,

outside, another visitor...

Wendy from Buckinghamshire,

has a fascinating piece
of medical history

and needs the help of leather expert
Suzie Fletcher to preserve it.

Hello. How are we doing?

Very well, thank you, Jay.

So, Wendy, what have we got
in the box?

We have in here,

my grandmother's midwifery bag.

She was a midwife
during the First World War.

Inside, there are all sorts
of bits and pieces. No way.

There's spring balances,

which I think must have been used
for... Weighing a baby?

Exactly, yes.

There's a little timer here
which would give you the times

between contractions, I'm assuming.

Oh, my word.
That is very smart.

What's your grandmother's name?

Grandmother's name
was Laura Carpenter.

I was only two years old when
she died, but she was absolutely

adorable with me.

My grandparents got married
in 1915.

My mother was born late 1915

and my grandfather then
had to go off to war.

My grandmother didn't have enough
money to survive,

so she then decided to train
as a midwife. Wow.

The NHS didn't come in till 1948,
so people who could afford it

would have a proper midwife.

What they did was, they would go
and stay with the family,

so she would stay with the family
for about two weeks

before the baby was born.

Stay with them till about four weeks
afterwards and then hand over

the baby to the nanny.

Goodness! Really?

THEY LAUGH

I have an album full of photographs

of her with her different families.

My grandfather didn't return
for a very long time,

so my grandmother had to be a single
parent all that time.

My mother, when she was a little
baby,

had to be with some,
what they called aunties,

who Laura paid to look
after her while she was a midwife.

Like a child minder.
That's right. Exactly. Yeah.

I never even thought about the
midwives and how they originated.

I'm thinking with your
grandfather being gone that long,

I mean, what a resourceful lady...
Exactly. ..she was.

Yeah, it was difficult.
It was hard times.

She's certainly been an inspiration
to me because she was a very

determined character,
a very resourceful character

and a very independent character.

What would you like Suzie
to do to the bag?

Unfortunately,
during the time before I had it,

one of the bottles leaked.
Ahh.

And this has come apart.

I'm kind of hoping that Suzie
will do some magic with it,

so that we can then show it off
to people in the way it should be.

Suzie, I know you've worked on a few
bags, but have you ever done a bag

with a hole like that?
Not a hole like that!

No, this will be a first.

I'm familiar with the type of bag,

but I've never seen one
with all the contents,

and the fact that it carries this
history for your family,

I'm so excited to get going
on it.

Wendy, thank you for bringing it in.
Thank you. You take care now.

Take care. Bye-bye.

Now, I've left it in the care
of the lovely Suzie,

I'm really feeling quite excited.

It's part of social history
and it's part of our family history,

and I want it to be treasured
by the family

for many generations to come.

So, it tells a story, doesn't it?

It does just a wee bit, yeah.

But you've got to repair that bag.

Well, these are challenging
repairs because we try to keep it

as inconspicuous as possible.

Not sure how I'm going to do that.

All the seams have
pretty much rotted.

There's a lot going on here.
There is a lot.

Well, if you concentrate on the bag,
I'm going to see if I can get

someone to work on de-rusting
a lot of this.

Sounds great. Thanks, Jay.
No problem.

It is in a pretty sorry state.

Not only do we have
this enormous hole in it,

over time the leather's been allowed
to just get more and more dry.

When it gets to this state,
it becomes so fragile,

it's literally falling apart
as I'm moving it around.

What I've got to do is try
and consolidate it.

The way I do that is to use

a consolidating gel.

What it does is, as it gets absorbed
into all the fibres,

it helps to compress them
and bind them back together

so that they get more of their
tensile strength back.

This is just that first stage
of trying to preserve

this old damaged leather.

DISTANT HAMMERING

With the 60-year-old yacht safely
docked on its new bespoke stand,

Will can begin getting
it shipshape again.

That's the deck lightly sanded
and prepped,

ready for colour matching
and polishing.

Now it's time to tackle
these scratches on the hull.

I'm going to use some
acrylic paints.

This lovely, vibrant red is a bit
too bright for what I need,

so we'll use a tiny bit
of Windsor blue

and a slight bit of brown.

That should slightly darken it.

Lovely, that sits -
exactly the colour I like.

WHIR OF MACHINERY

I've finished all the paintwork
now - that's completely dry.

I've got some yacht varnish here,
which is used on larger yachts.

I'm going to use that to seal
in the paintwork

and make this waterproof.

Not only do I want this
to be functional

so John can take this back out

on to the pond and use it,

but also, when he's not using it,
it can sit on his mantelpiece

and it can remind him of his youth

and his times with Michael.

All the varnish is on there now,

I need to leave that to dry.

It takes quite a long time to dry
cos it's an oil based varnish,

but when it has,
it's going to be super tough.

When it's done its job,
I can then start tackling the sails.

While the varnish dries, Will needs
to press gang a merry crew

of shipmates to help out
with the repair,

starting with upholsterer Sonnaz.

I think this needs two sails.
Right.

I made a template of the sail
that I need replacing completely,

and that could be used as a template
for the first sail. Fab.

OK. And just from a calico, maybe?

Yeah.
Sounds good. Thanks very much.

My pleasure. No worries.
Cheers.

Hey, Steve.
Hello.

I need to make a sort of figure
of eight bit of metal

that holds the rigging.

That's a brass eyelet there.

I was wondering if you
could use it as a reference. OK.

I get what you mean, yeah.
Five of those.

OK.
I'll leave that with you.

OK. Cheers.

Making sails for yachts
is a real art form.

And if one ever gets the chance
to actually visit

a sail making workshop,

you'll see that the sewing
machines are sunk into the floor

and they have these vast
surfaces that these huge sails

actually sit on -
it's really impressive.

Ironing the hem like this,
before I sew it,

means that it's going to give
me this super super crisp edge

and it will look absolutely perfect.

MACHINE SPUTTERS

Will has asked me to make
some figure of eights,

so I'm just going to use this piece
of brass wire here.

So I'll just pop the brass there

on to that part

and just start turning it around.

Squeeze that in just slightly.

LOUD SNIP

There. That's worked out
really well.

That's one done.

I just need to get another
four done.

These sails are attached to the mast

and also a boom on the back.

Now, having done my research,
I know that the boom is roughly...

..just under half the length
of the mast.

So, I'm going to estimate it's going
to be about that long there.

As Will continues to toil
over the toy boat,

the next arrival has also
brought a childhood favourite

in need of repair.

Jenny from the East Midlands
is hoping soft toy specialists

Julie Tatchell
and Amanda Middleditch

can breathe new life into a cuddly
companion that's seen better days.

Hello.
Welcome.

Nice to meet you.
You, too.

Who have you got for us?

I have got my little bear.

He's adorable.

He's just very loved.

When did you get little bear?

He was given to me
by my mum and dad

for Christmas 1959.

Oh, OK.

And I loved him because he moved.

Each night when we went to bed,

my mum used to wind him up with me.

Aw. We just used to watch him
drinking his milk, really.

And it was fun.

Very sadly...

..a few months after Christmas,
she had a brain haemorrhage...

Gosh.
..and she died.

The reason he's so important
was that after she died,

he was my comforter,

because I could just disappear
to my room and wind him up.

And it was really,
really comforting.

But, sadly, there came a day
when I tried to wind him up...

..and he wouldn't.

He wouldn't wind up.

I kept him, and every time I needed
just a little bit of comforting,

he was there.

How long is it since he's actually

tipped his little glass of milk out?
60 years.

Really?
Yeah. Gosh.

But I never gave up on him.

He became just this symbol
of strength and resilience.

Can I come and have a look at him?
Yes.

Hello, little fella.

He's absolutely adorable.

He has the sweetest of faces.

Can you tell me a little bit
about how he moved,

what he actually did?

Well, he used to pour the milk out

and sort of lift the cup up.
I see.

So it was that sort of movement.

It was because he was animated
that he was of so much comfort.

We might need the help
of a certain somebody.

Certain somebody, yes,
might have to help with this one.

To get him drinking his milk again.

Oh, I mean, that would be the icing
on the cake.

It would mean so much in the sense

that I know his future was secure.

Got grandchildren now.

One of my granddaughters
is about the same age

as I was when I lost my mum,

and I want them to be able
to enjoy him.

That's the most important thing
to me, is that, you know,

somebody takes him on.

Well, thank you for trusting
us with him.

Thank you ever so much. Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.
Bye.

Little Bear's been with me
since I was six,

and all of a sudden

he's not going to be there.

I'm hoping that they'll be able

to make him into a little toy

that will give my grandchildren
an awful lot of pleasure.

Isn't he lovely?
Adorably cute.

Even looking slightly tired
and with only one eye. Yes!

What do you think, then?

I think we're going to have
to obviously get all this fur off

so that Steve can get inside,
for a start,

and have a look at the mechanism.

As I'm undoing the seam that's here,

the black fur is breaking off,

as we've seen so many times
with things this age.

I think this little bear
is going to need new fur

because otherwise he's just going
to moult pieces

and I can see right through this.

While you carry on doing that,

I can maybe start making some
templates for the new pieces.

Let's give him a lovely
new furry body.

Perfect.

As the bear ladies begin surgery
on the threadbare bear,

Suzie is about to start
an operation of her own

on the Edwardian midwifery bag.

So, now the consolidant has all
been absorbed into those fibres,

the leather is so much more supple.

I feel quite confident

that I can start stitching it
back together.

As much as possible,

what I want to do is to use
these original holes,

but they are so close to the edge.

I have a feeling
that they may just break.,

but let's see what I can do here.

When I have a seam like this
that's busted out,

it's a very clear indication
that all of the seams

are about to break open.

In order for me to feel really
confident that Wendy

will have this to preserve
and keep in her family,

I have no choice
but to replace them all,

and then I can confidently
give it back to her.

As Suzie sutures,

silversmith Brenton is assisting
with the century old

medical instruments.

Jay's given me all these implements

and scales and bits of equipment
to clean up.

I'm hoping that these brass scales
will come up lovely and shiny,

so I'm going to give these
a good polish.

I've got some fine wire wool
on here.

That's taking
the green Verdigris off.

Now that I've got those seams
all sewn and nice and secure,

I'm going to start patching
up this quite big hole

in this leather bag, so there's
still a question in my head

as to exactly what happened.

The damage to this is quite unusual
because the lining itself

is quite torn where there was

a spillage of something.

Nevertheless, I have to make
it look attractive

and cover all this damage up.

I felt the best thing to do
was to put a nicely shaped patch

on the exterior cos it does
match pretty good,

and I think it will be
an honest repair.

OK, so now I'm just going to feather
down those edges,

so it would be a really nice tight
bond when I glue it on.

If I was just to put it on
without feathering it,

it would be like a step

and would be ugly and you'd feel it
when you run your hand on.

By feathering the edge,

I'm going to make it blend
into the surface

and hopefully make it look like
it's supposed to be there.

OK, so now I'm going to start
the glueing process.

Even though I'm going to be sewing
it, I want to glue it on.

For two reasons -

it helps put it into the position
that I want to sew it in,

but also just gives it that
extra bit of security.

I'm really quite pleased
with how it's blending in.

These items,

it is satisfying polishing them up

because it brings them back to how
they're meant to be.

And they still work.

You can still weigh a baby
on that if you wanted to.

They're just really nice,
nice items, and they tell a story.

So now that's glued on,
I can start sewing it.

Now that I've got Wendy's bag all
sewed together, patched,

and looking pretty good, I thought
I'd tackle the lining.

It carries all those stains

and all those marks from years
and years of being used.

But also, this main area of damage,

where the bottle leaked,

much like I do with leather, where I
line it to give it the strength,

I'm doing the same here.

I'm lining this original fabric
with a backing fabric.

This will make sure all those
bottles and instruments can go back

into their original holes
without it breaking.

It's been a real team effort
with the restoration

of the little 1960s yacht,

but at least the finishing touches
will be plain sailing.

As you can see, it's really nice
seeing this all slowly

coming together - look at that!

There's so many components

and I need to make sure I get
everything exactly right

because if anything's out of place,
this yacht won't sail.

Now, this part here is a piece
of wood that John's father

had replaced, and I'm hoping
that all the metal work

is going to be able to attach
that properly.

There we are, all rigged
and ready to go.

For John, this boat is a powerful
connection to his younger brother,

who died at the age of 14.

I can't find the words to say how
I'm feeling really.

It's just one of those things that
I dreamt of for years and years

of trying to get it repaired.

And then all of a sudden,
it's happening.

So, to get it back again,

it'll be as though I've got
my family back round me.

Here he is.
Hi, Will.

Hello there. Nice to see you.
You as well. Hi, Steve.

Hello, John.

Really nice to see you again.
I'm really excited.

Are you?
Yeah!

I'm just... My tummy has sort of
like butterflies in there, you know,

cos I've been trying to imagine

what it would be like
and what you've been able to do.

Yes, it's a special moment, Will.

Really is.
Shall we have a look?

Oh yes, please. Yes, please.

Oh, my goodness.

That's like seeing it for the first
time once again.

And you've kept that...

That's my dad, there.

It's part of my dad.

JOHN CLEARS HIS THROAT

Excuse me.

Thank you.

Absolute pleasure.

Even though that your parents
and your brother...

Thank you...

..for bringing it back
to life again...

..and giving me back those
precious memories.

Thank you.

Absolute pleasure.

That's my mum and dad
and Michael, there,

and that's priceless.

It really is.

Thank you so much for bringing
this wonderful yacht down.

Been a pleasure to work on.
Thank you so much.

I'm going to take this home
and treasure it.

Thank you so much.
Thanks, John. Bye-bye.

I'm just overwhelmed, I think.

To see it like it is,

it's like the first day
I ever saw it.

It's not just a boat.

It's part of me that has been
brought back to life again.

I look at the yacht
and it brings back

all the many, many happy
memories of Michael, my brother,

and my mum and dad - just brings
everybody back together again.

It really does.

Inside the barn, things are looking
rather bleak for the well-worn bear.

Stripped of its furry coat,

Steve can now turn his attention
to the milk pouring mechanism.

This is really fascinating
because this little bear

has been made up of recycled
bits and pieces.

The front here has been made
up out of washing up liquid,

I would think - something like that.

I think what I'll do is, I'm just
going to start taking it apart

because all the mechanism
is inside there.

There's bits of mainspring
falling out, all over the place.

There we go.

It's very safe to say that this
mainspring is broken big time.

By the looks of the mechanism,

I think it's had a lot of use.

And I think that's probably why
the mainspring's broken -

it's just been used and used
and used, over and over again.

I'll see if I can find
a replacement.

I am making new fabric pieces
for Teddy's body.

I'm using the old ones
to make myself a template.

So, I've got this pinned
in place now.

The only thing that I have to be
careful of is that when I'm cutting

the fabric, I don't cut the pile.

I need to cut just the backing
fabric with the points

of my scissors, otherwise we chop
off that nice sort of furry edge

that we're going to need
to give us a nice finish.

So, that's the first one cut out.

I'll get on and do the rest of them
now and then it'll be time to start

putting him back together.

I've got the new mainspring
for Little Bear,

and I just need to alter it slightly
because this main spring

would be normally put into a clock

and the ends of it aren't quite the
same as that go into this mechanism.

Let's see if that fits in.

That fits really nicely.

I just need to now feed this in.

Right..

Fantastic. That's actually worked.

So, I've got the end
in to this slot now

and it's holding on all right.

I just need to wind it up

and see whether there's any life
in the movement.

MECHANICAL WHIRRING

That's fantastic.

And the thought that this little
bear hasn't worked like this

for 60 odd years is just incredible.

Just need to get it well oiled

and I can then give it back
to Amanda and Julie.

Fantastic.

Got it all done for you.

Oh, fabulous.
There we go. Thank you.

Oh, look at him, I forgot how funny
he looked without his fur.

I'll leave it with you.
Thanks, Steve.

With this little bear's
fur coat off,

it gives me a good opportunity

to try and tidy him up a little bit.

I'm just using a little bit
of tepid water

with a very, very little bit
of mild detergent in it.

I'm just going to see if I can lift
off some of the dirt.

There is definitely evidence
that that's coming off.

Amanda.
Yes.

How are you doing with the fur?
Yeah, I'm just about there.

You can have him back.
Can I? Fantastic. Yes, absolutely.

Thank you.

All right, mate,
it's time to get you dressed.

The first thing I'm adding
is his little furry legs.

They're like putting on just a
little pair of stockings, really.

So that's easy. We can get those on.

Slide those on like that.

It's like I'm fitting him
little clothes,

like a tailor-made
little body suit.

I'm going to continue now
working my way around very slowly,

getting it all exactly in the right
place and then I can get on

and do his arms and his head.

Suzie is in the closing
stages of her assignment.

The leather bag that tells the story
of Britain's first midwives

before the birth of the NHS.

I'm just giving the leather
its final buff up.

It's been cleaned, conditioned,

and the patch is blended
in to the original leather there.

So, now I can put
the lining back in it

that's been patched up
and strengthened.

It's a lot cleaner than it was,
but it still retains a lot

of the history of those years
that it was used.

Hey, Jay, how are we getting
on with the tools?

They have had the Brenton treatment.

Look, he's cleaned all the rust off.

He never fails to deliver, does he?

That is amazing.

Look at the bag!
Came up really nicely, didn't it?

Hoping that Wendy really likes
what I've been able to do.

You've done a brilliant job.
There you go.

Great.

This bag accompanied its owner
as she delivered babies

during the First World War
and beyond.

She was an inspiration
to her granddaughter, Wendy,

who has returned to collect it.

Since I brought the bag here,

I have actually been thinking
a great deal more about the past

because, really, it's one
of the only things I have

that links me right back to my
grandmother and to my mother.

I'm just hoping that it will look
something like it did

when my grandmother had it.

Hello, Wendy.
Hi, Suzie. How you doing, Wendy?

Fine, thank you.
Nice to see you again. Likewise.

Very excited to have a look
underneath that blanket.

Are you?
Yes!

Are you ready? Yep. I'm just
looking forward to seeing it. OK.

Oh, gosh, that's just amazing.

I mean, I wouldn't have known
it was leather before,

and now it's beautiful leather.

And, oh, the repair
is just fantastic.

You've matched the grain
and everything.

I can't believe it.

Oh, that is just absolutely amazing.

Oh, Suzie, I can't thank you enough.

It's just fantastic.

Absolutely amazing.

My department was the leather.

Brenton was able to do
all the metal work

and work his special magic.

Oh, and it's all beautifully
cleaned up inside.

That is just amazing.

You can just imagine her in her cape
and her veil,

walking into a house holding that.

So thrilled with that.
You're welcome. Yeah.

Thank you again, Suzie.
Oh, my pleasure, Wendy

Thank you very much indeed.
Thank you.

Suzie has done such
an amazing job on it.

It's completely transformed it
to something which is a part

of social history and a part
of my family history.

I just couldn't be more delighted.

The clockwork milk drinking Beer
has been successfully re-furred,

and Amanda's final task is
to reinstate his little face.

This is my favourite part of any
job,

putting the features back on.

I've got to do it very carefully.

I don't want the glue to go
inside at this point

because we could end up with
the mechanism getting stuck.

Just sort of feeling my way round

and getting them in
the right position.

I'm going to pop this in.

Everyone, hold your breath.

Yes!

SHE LAUGHS

I'm hoping now that we can just
create that little face that Gerry

will remember so that Little Bear
will look like he did

when she was a child and bring back
all those lovely memories for her.

For Gerry, this bear is
a reminder of special times

spent with her mother before she
died and was a source of comfort

in the years that followed.

Each evening I look at a picture
of my mum and I actually talk to her

about where Little Bear is.

I think both my mum and my dad

would be absolutely thrilled
and delighted

that he was still in existence.

So, if he can actually work today,

it'll be absolutely amazing.

Hi.

Hello.

Welcome back.
Lovely to see you again. You, too.

How are you feeling?

I've been very excited about
the prospect of getting him back.

Slightly scared.

Hm...

I don't know what memories it'll
bring back, to be quite honest.

Are you ready?
Yeah, ready? Yeah.

I think it's time you were reunited.

GASPS

I'm a bit overwhelmed.
It's OK, it's OK. Take your time.

Look at you, you've got...

Point him up,
because that's the final thing.

Oh, look!

GENTLE WHIRRING

I've just gone back,
I've just gone back,

and I'm seeing him drinking it
and everything,

but I'm also thinking about all the
happy times I had with my mum

and not about the loss.

But what I actually gained

from knowing her and having her.

It might have just been a short
period of time that we had,

but, actually, it was so special.

It really was.

So, are you ready to take him home?

Yes, please.
Thank you ever so much.

You're welcome.

Come on, you. You're coming home.

Bye-bye.
Bye, Little Bear.

I want my grandchildren
to make their own memories with him,

and I'll be able to have
a conversation with them

about all the happy times
I had with him and with my mum

and with my dad and with my brother.

Join us next time,
as shrapnel and shards...

I've got 45 broken sections.

..are transformed
into dazzling heirlooms...

Oh, my God!

..in the Repair Shop.