The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 26 - Episode #7.26 - 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 returned to their
former glory.

That's 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.

Go on! ..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, Suzie
calls upon her learned lineage...

My Grandad Fletcher said, "Take
everything apart and rebuild it,"

so that's what I'm going to do.

..and animal magic with Will.

Leave it with me, Jay.

A bit of surgery and I'll get him
back on his four legs.

That's what I like to hear.
Doctor Will to the rescue!

But first, a tall order
for Brenton West.

I wonder what the story behind
that is. It looks quite cool,
though, doesn't it?

Mother and son Linda and James
Gibson from Kent

have a once-imposing heirloom that's
looking a little sorry for himself.

Hello. Hello.
How are we doing?

Hello. Good, thank you.

So, this statue?
Tell us about it, please.

Well, isn't he lovely?

Yeah! I like the dog as well.

I know! He's a hound, isn't he?

He's lovely.

He's French, I think. OK.

And I've known him all my life,

and it's always
been in my parents' home.

Where did your parents get
this from?

They bought a house back in about
the '30s that came complete

with all the contents, and this was
one of the items within that. OK.

And then not long after I was born,
they moved house, and that's

where I grew up - with him
being in the courtyard, lit up,

and that's as I always remember
it as a child.

He's never been complete
because he should have a plume

on his head, I think. OK.

And has he always been a lamp?

Well, yes, he's always
been like that with a lamp,

but I believe that originally
he was a gas lamp.

OK. Oh, wow.
It's been adapted from a gas lamp.

So, I mean, he has got a lot
of age to him. Yeah. OK.

How did it get broken?

Well, he was stolen from the rear
of my parent's farm.

Hold on. It's stolen, but it's here
now. How do you work that out?

Well...!

THEY LAUGH

Yeah, he was missing
for almost two years.

Obviously, it was reported to the
police that it had been stolen.

Yeah. And so they then, suddenly,
two years down the line,

get in touch with my parents
and tell them that

it's been discovered in a ditch.

The police, I think, thought that
he'd been pushed from the rear

of a vehicle. Yeah.
And so the impact of that,

I can only imagine, is what
must have done it.

So when it got returned to your dad,
how did he feel?

Oh, he was devastated. Yeah?

He was devastated because they'd
always had it in the previous

home that they'd lived in,
all my childhood.

Other pieces from that house
have sort of disappeared and gone

over the years, but this has
always remained,

so I do think they were especially
fond of it. Yeah.

And that he's much-loved
really, and still is now.

That's how I feel about it.

Whose idea was it to bring it here?
That was my idea. OK.

It's an item that I've grown
up with. He's always been there.

Yeah. I've always known
the backstory to it as well.

It's always just been special
to my mum and to the whole

of the family, really. Right.

And obviously how upsetting
she finds it.

James says you're upset about it.
I am upset. Yeah? I am,

because I want him to go on and on,
you know, and be around forever.

SHE LAUGHS

What do you want it to look like?

Well, it would just be wonderful
to see him back as I remember him

and just looking how he would
have...should look because he is,

to me, he's absolutely stunning,
you know? Yeah.

So I just think to see him as he
would have been would be fantastic,

and to know that he will then go
on for many years to come.

It would be nice to see him
as he should have looked. Yeah.

In all his glory. Yeah.
I've known him all my life.

He's just been part of my childhood,
and he's just always been there,

and I absolutely love him.
Aw, bless!

That's reason enough, innit, eh?

James, thank you for bringing
this in, and hopefully Brenton

is going to be able to do
something for you.

All right? Thank you.
Thanks ever so much.

All right. You take care now.
Bye! Bye. All right, see you soon.

Bye! Bye.

Today feels like a really important
day, because if I can get him

repaired, it would be just amazing
because it means it would be there

for my boys to enjoy and my
grandchildren to enjoy,

and that would just be fantastic.

This is a big job for you, isn't it?

It's not a teapot, is it?
It's not a teapot, no!

This is probably the biggest sort
of metal repair I'll have done.

Normally, the things I can hold
in my hands that I repair.

And this is... What metal is that,
then? It could be lead

or it could be spelter.
It's hard to tell.

OK. I'm going to clean it up first.
OK.

In case it's lead, I'm going
to put a mask on. Right.

Clean it all up, get all this dust
off there in case it's a lead oxide.

That will be the first thing I do.

What is worrying me is this movement
where this leg isn't attached. OK.

And I've got to make a feather plume
for that, which I'm quite looking

forward to. A bit of creativity.

And it'll look lovely to
finish it off, won't it?

Yeah. Well, finishing it off -

you've got to start it first,
ain't you? I'll leave you to it. OK.

I brought the statue
outside because it's got a sort of

white residue on it, and I believe
that might be lead oxide

and I want to wash that off.
I've got a lead testing kit.

So these are little swabs.

Moisten them in some fresh water.

And then you rub it on your item
that you suspect might be lead,

and it changes colour if it's lead.

And I can see from this the red end
indicates lead and the yellow

indicates no lead, and that's
looking pretty red to me.

So this has got a high lead
content. So lead is poisonous.

It's fine if it's sort of sealed,

but you don't want to be eating it
or breathing it.

So once I've polished it all,

it should be sealed and sort of
fairly safe to handle.

The next hopeful visitor is
Dawn Curley from the West Midlands.

She's brought a well-travelled
keepsake that played its part

in the story of post-war Britain,
for the attention of Suzie Fletcher.

Hello. Hello!
How are you doing?

Fine, thank you. You?
Yeah. I'm very good.

Now, that looks like a very
well-used, well-loved suitcase.

This case belonged to my
late father. Right.

He brought it over with his
clothes in from Jamaica.

No way! He came over from Jamaica
with this?

That's it. That was his belongings.

Wow!

So what year was this
when he came over? 1948.

He wasn't on the Windrush?
Windrush, yes.

He was on the Windrush?
He was, yeah.

This was on the Empire Windrush
when a number of Jamaicans

came over to find work. Yes.
Wow! Cor blimey!

Did he come with the rest
of his family?

No. He came by himself. And the age
he was when he came over?

23, 25 would have been the time
he came over, so very young.

That was very brave of him
to come over by himself. Oh yeah.

And just try to find work.
Oh, absolutely.

What did he do? Um, first of all
he worked for British Rail.

OK. Then he ended up being a
bus conductor for 14 years,

West Midlands Bus Services. OK.

He met my mum. Right.

Cos she also worked for the
bus service, so they met. OK, yeah.

My mum had previously been married
and she'd got two girls. OK, right.

And met my dad, took on the girls,
then had ten of us.

Hold on, your mum and dad
had ten of you? Yes.

So there's ten brothers
and sisters, plus the other two

from the previous marriage? Yes.

12 in total. 12.

Wow!

How did your dad find it
in the UK living here?

I think he found it tough
to begin with.

There was a lot, obviously
a lot of prejudice,

and my mum had a best friend
where she worked and then she came

into work one day and said, "I'm not
allowed to be your friend any more

"because you're with this man."

Wow! My dad, I think he just took
it in his stride and just said,

you know, "We have to accept
what people throw at us,"

because I think in those days you
accepted prejudice, back in the day.

Yeah, in the '50s. Yeah, yeah.

What was Dad like, then?
What kind of man was he?

Really, really lovely.
Humble, private.

Never really told us much
about the West Indies

and his journey here.
For many years,

he kept this in the top
of the wardrobe, so it's not

until he sort of passed away
that we were able to get

the suitcase, delve into it, see
what was inside

and put the story together
between all of us.

And what was in the suitcase, then?

Christmas cards, birthday cards,
anniversary cards

that were sent from my mum
to my dad, Dad to Mum,

and little bits of memorabilia.
Photographs in there.

And I think, over time,
it's given up.

It's been through the wars,
hasn't it?

It has, yes!

THEY LAUGH

So it's, um, cardboard?

Yes. Wow.

Isn't that amazing?

How would you like to see it when
I've finished working with it?

You know, a bit stronger. Yep.

So I can put his belongings
back into the case

and then that will be used
for all the family

to tell next generations.

This is my dad's and it
will always be my dad's.

Yeah. Precious.
Did Dad ever get back to Jamaica?

He didn't, no.

So I want to make another
journey with the suitcase.

Really? Is that what you want to do?
Yeah, yeah.

Back to the homeland... Yes.
..and then come back to England?

Yes. I think he deserves it.

Dawn, I can't thank you enough
for bringing this in.

It's a bit of history that I am
part of and a result of,

and I can't wait to see
what Suzie does with this.

Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you.

Take care now. Bye.

The suitcase needs to be
repaired because I think

it's something...it's history.

Prejudice in '48, '58, '68
was difficult.

It's getting easier. It hasn't
gone away, and I just think

I need to preserve that suitcase.
And we've got many nieces, nephews,

they all need to know the story,

and I think they need to be as proud
as I am.

This is entirely made of cardboard,
and card sort of absorbs moisture

over the years, and it starts
to fall apart.

And in England, we have a lot of
humidity, so it has absorbed a lot

of moisture and weakened it.

So, in a nutshell, what I need to do
is strengthen the entire case.

And the first thing I need to do
is actually remove this lid.

My Grandad Fletcher said,

"Take everything apart
and rebuild it,"

so that's what I'm going to do.

We can't let this go too far,

otherwise it will cut the cardboard.

After much careful deliberation,
Brenton's got a plan to get

the dashing statue back
on his feet again.

I'm going to drill a hole
in this chap's bottom...

I'm going to funnel and I'm going to
pour three quarters of a litre

of epoxy resin in that.
That will fill the leg up

and make it absolutely secure
for the rest of its days.

I've made a splint from a piece
of quite hefty steel tube.

I'm going to put that up there,
which will bridge the joint,

and tape it into place,

put the leg in place,

and take the tape out.

And that will drop down.

I've now got to try and get
this piece of tape out.

Right, there we go.

I heard it drop down,
so that is now between the leg

and the thigh. I've got to seal
this joint, so I'm going to use

some epoxy glue to do that.

That will hold it in place,
and that will stop

the epoxy resin leaking out.
Best to be safe than sorry.

I just need to now let that set.

I've decided to drill a hole
in the thigh because that's

the easiest part for me to repair
afterwards, and it's got to be quite

a big hole because the liquid
is quite thick and it has to go

through quite a large tube
to be able to run.

Hopefully, my little funnel device
will fit in there.

Right. It's the moment of truth.

When I looked inside the leg,
it has some plaster and lead

in its foot, and I'm hoping that
it's sealed and this won't come

straight out of the bottom
of the foot.

But we'll see in a minute.

If my desk gets resin on it,
we know this leaks.

So that's looking good. I haven't
got a big puddle of resin

on the desk.
I'm guessing this isn't leaking.

That's the last little bit in.

So I've just got to let that set
now. Then I can take the funnel out

and repair the hole I've made
in his leg.

I'm making a feather or a plume
for the top of the statue's hat,

and I'm using some brass bar
as the quill, and I'm going

to engrave some lead once
I've soldered it on

so it looks like little parts
of a feather.

I've never done this before,
so I don't know if it'll work.

So I'm just putting some flux
on to help the solder flow.

As Brenton continues to
delicately craft

the sculpture's crowning glory,

another statuesque item
has arrived for treatment.

Illona Roberts has travelled
from Wigan in the hope

that woodwork guru Will Kirk
can fix her four-legged friend.

Hello. Hello!

How are you doing?
Very well. Are you?

I'm very good.

I'm Jay, and you are?
Illona. Illona.

Hi, Illona. I'm Will. Hello.

Who's this? This is Steve.

Steve? Steve, the giraffe.
Who's split right down the middle.

Yeah! Wow.

I feel like someone's taken
an axe to Steve! I know!

That just happened one day.

It were just all of a sudden.
Very strange, but...

Has Steve been near a radiator
or near a window or anything?

He could have been. He could have
been in the past, yeah.

OK! He's been all round the
front room, so...! OK.

And what made you warm
to this giraffe?

I bought him because my late
husband had a thing for giraffes.

He liked giraffes, so when I saw
this, I thought, "He'd love that."

Perfect. So I bought that for him.

And that's why it's called Steve,

cos when he passed, we named
the giraffe after him.

And when did he pass?

2009, of skin cancer.

So how long was you guys
together, then?

About eight years before he died.

Got married in 2007 and then
unfortunately he got diagnosed

with skin cancer in 2008.

That's quickly after you got
married, then, isn't it?
Yeah, yeah, it was.

And he said, you know, "I can get
through this. If one person can beat
it, why can't it be me?"

That's how he was. He was strong.

I think he made the rest
of us strong as well

because of how he was. Um, but then
unfortunately it'd gone too far

and then he died on the 14th of May
in 2009.

Gosh. Very quick, yeah.

It was very quick.

And I know that you say that Steve
was very strong for you, but I mean,

it must have been really hard.
It was hard.

I was only young at the time.
I was 25... Gosh. ..and he was 27.

27? Yeah.

So the giraffe is basically
to remember your late husband?

Yeah, it's still that connection
with Steve. Yeah. Yeah.

So it's a bit sad, really,
that he is hidden in a corner now

because of the crack. Yeah.

And you can just see his head
or just see his feet!

So it'd be nice to be able to put
him and have him in full view

so everyone can see him. Yeah. Um...

Broken giraffe - we can handle that,
can't we?

We'll get him stitched up! Good.

That's great. Thank you very much.

Thank you. See you soon.

See you soon.
You take care now. Bye. Bye.

It was a hard experience
when I lost...when I lost Steve

because we were soulmates,
so having something physical

like Steve the Giraffe,
it just brings it back.

So every time you walk in the room
and see him, you know

that that was bought with Ste.

And then, yeah, you just remember
all the good times.

It's good to have that, I think.

Cor blimey, this is heavy, this is.

That is impressive, though,
isn't it? Look at that.

I really like him.
I really like him.

I don't know how you're going
to fix that.

What would have caused
that to just open up like that?

Just all of a sudden? The actual
fibres, I think, have shrunk.

So that's sort of been near,
like, some intense heat,

near a radiator or something,

and all the moisture has
dried out of that.

And then suddenly it's got too much,
then just split open.

Just opened up. Yeah.
So how are you going to repair that?

Because most people would just glue
it, clamp it together. Yeah.

And that's it. But it's not as
simple as that, is it?

I don't think it is, no.

So my plan is to put a new
sliver of wood in there,

and then paint it to match.
All right.

Anyway, leave it with me, Jay. A bit
of surgery, and I'll get him back

on his four legs. That's what I like
to hear. Doctor Will to the rescue.

Poor Steve is in a bit of a state.

This is a really nasty split,
and I've got a feeling

I'm going to have to carve out a lot
of the good wood in order

to straighten that up, which will
mean that the sliver of wood I put

in there is going to fit
nice and snugly.

So I have this really
lovely sharp saw here!

It looks quite scary, but it's the
right saw for the right job.

One of the things with sawing wood

is that it's so easy to take
off too much,

and, you know, it's not like
working on a computer

where you can do "undo".

Once you've taken it off,
you've taken it off.

So I am really nervous with this.

I've made Steve as comfortable
as possible.

I'm going to make this very
painless,

and I think I'm just going
to go for it.

That was really tough to saw.
That is some solid wood there.

I'm out of breath!

Right, well, that's one
side down now.

I'm now going to cut the other side,

and then I should have two
fresh surfaces

that I can glue
a new piece of wood into.

Suzie has been entrusted
with a cardboard suitcase

that accompanied a passenger
on the Empire Windrush.

The lid has this very,
very bad tear in it,

and it's obviously
a very weakened area

and I'm going to insert

this piece of fibreboard,

which you use in case making,

to strengthen the whole
of the front.

What I want to do is just cover
it with this very fine leather

so that when it's put in place,
it's going to be not so obvious

that there's been a repair.

This is this going to add a lot
of strength to this front lip.

I'm going to do exactly
the same to the back area here,

and this is actually where
the lid hinges, so it needs

to be super strong.

Now that card has glued
on to the front here,

already,
that feels so much stronger.

The next stage is to replace
all the stitching, and that's

going to really secure
the card in place.

Pulling up these stitches,
I can't be aggressive

in that and pull it too hard

because the threat itself could act

like a guillotine and actually
slice through the card.

So it's a case of gently does it.

This case won't hold its precious
cargo without working locks.

But Suzie could call
upon her brother, Steve, for help

in that department.

These locks are slightly
rusty and I don't think

they've been lubricated
since they were produced

back in the '40s.

They're slightly twisted, so I need
to straighten out a few bits,

oil it
and give them a bit of a polish.

Now I've got the case really strong
and structurally sound,

I've got to tackle the cosmetic look
here. Where the card has bent,

not only has it lost its colour,

but there are layers that are
coming away.

I'm going in here with
some PVA that will just consolidate

all of those layers of the card.

And once that's all glued into
place, I'm going to cover it

with a piece of leather that's
again going to give it that added

strength that is much needed.

There you go. Here's the locks.

Oh, lovely. Thank you so much.

They're all working.
They're all polished slightly.

That's perfect. Perfect.

Thanks so much.
All right.

I'm just going to go
in and gently tap-tap-tap.

With the statue back on its feet,

Brenton has just got
to get him glowing again.

I'm taking out the old wiring
because it's two-core wiring

and a metal object like this,
a lamp, it needs to have an earth,

so it needs a three-core
cable in it.

So a new one just makes
it safe and I know it's OK.

I'm going to use the old cable
from the other end

to pull this through.

So I'm just going to feed
that in as much as I can.

Get that started, and I go
down the other end and pull.

That's great. The difficult
bit's done.

I've just got to put a plug
on this,

wire that into the socket
and see if it works.

This rather dandy chap and his
faithful hound

had been a fixture of Linda's family
life for over 70 years

until a robbery left him battered
and broken.

Along with son James, Linda's back
to see if Brenton's managed

to secure his future.

I'm incredibly excited
because he's just so special to me

and I just can't wait to see
how he's going to be.

Looking good. Getting there.

I'm just super excited to see him,
hopefully in full glory.

I've never seen him in full glory.

Very nervous. Don't be.

Hello. Hello.

Hello, there. Hello, James.

Wow.

You ready for this?

Absolutely. Yeah.

What's the dream for today?

The number one thing was to put him
into a state where I know

he's going to go on and be able

to be in my family for years
to come.

So it's got good memories.

Absolutely, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. You're all there?
I'm all right.

You just want to see him.

I do. I do.

Go on.

Wow, he's grand, isn't he?

Cor!

Woe. Wow.

Oh, look at him!

Oh, Brenton, thank you so much.

Superstar.

Wow, what skill! The plume
just really gives him a snazzy...

..I think, is the word.

He looks super smart now.
He really does.

He always did look good.

A bit sorry for himself.

Yeah. Not any more.
Job well done,

I think my dad would say.

Thank you both and thank you,
especially

Brenton, you've done an
absolutely fantastic job.

I loved doing it, so thanks
for bringing it in.

He's a bit special, isn't he?
Yeah.

Thank you so much.
OK. Thank you. Take care.

Bye. Bye. Take care.
Bye.

I'm made up with what they've
done.

It's all just amazing.

It's just a wonderful outcome. It
evokes all kinds of happy memories.

As the statue returns to take
his rightful place in Linda's home,

Will is ready to begin
stage two

of Steve the Giraffe's
reconstructive surgery.

I found a pretty good match
for Steve's new section of wood.

It's been quite tricky to find
the right wood with the right grain

and the colour,

but I found something
and this is movingui,

and it's also
known as Nigerian satinwood.

Now that almost fits perfectly,
but it needs a slight tweak.

Now, this is a trick that
I learned back in university.

Now I could use sandpaper
just in my hands to flatten

that down, but there's a tendency
for your hand not to be so flat

and the sandpaper to curve around
the edges and you end up

with loads of undulations
in the wood, whereas gluing some

sandpaper on to a flat surface
means that it's going

to be completely flat...

and end up fitting
pretty snug,

Right.
That's a really nice fit.

I'm now going to just draw
round the outside.

Then I can cut all of that waste
wood out with the bandsaw.

Well, that fits really well.

I'm going to add some glue to that.

Pop it back in, and once it's dried,
then I can shape it up.

Well, as they say, slow
and steady wins the race.

I don't want to get too
carried away with this

because it's easy to sort
of get really lost in the carving

and take away too much word.

I'm almost there with the shape,
but once I'm done,

I can finish it off with
some light sandpaper

in preparation for Steve's
new spots.

On the final stages
of her assignment, Suzie.

Restoring the suitcase
which accompanied its brave owner

to begin a new life
in Britain over 70 years ago.

Now is the final stage of the case,
and I get to put the lid on.

This is a very exciting
part of the job.

I feel if I get these
ends in first...

..I should be able to win this one.

This is the moment of truth.

Is it going to line up?

Yes

Chuffed to pieces.

Absolutely chuffed to pieces.

And the case is all back together,

ready for Dawn to come and collect.

I can't wait to see her face.

Dawn's father sailed to Britain
in 1948 aboard the Windrush,

carrying
only this case.

Since the suitcase,

we haven't ha it with us,

I think we've had more conversations
with the family

and I just the suitcase...

..really just in one piece,
if nothing else.

I think it needs
to come home.

Hello. Hello.
How are you doing?

Fine, thank you. Good.
How are you feeling?

Nervous.

Apprehensive.

I think someone else...
You're feeling a bit nervous.

You can breathe now! Bless you.

Well, I'm the only one who ain't
feeling nervous.

I can't wait for you to see this.

I can't wait to pack it.
Off to Jamaica. Absolutely.

Are you ready?

Yes.

Oh!

JAY CHUCKLES

It's absolutely fantastic.

I love it.

I really, really do love it.

Thank you.
You're really very welcome.

Oh, it's the first time I've used
those clips ever in my life.

Still, my dad's.

That's beautiful, thank you.

I love it.
Excellent.

I think he would love it too.

Steve, my brother, was able
to actually work on these and make

them so that they move more freely.

And he did a great job.

Thank you.
You're very welcome.

It's so beautiful, so strong.

So what are you going to take
to Jamaica?

What's going to be inside?

I'm going to put my dad's
birth certificate in there.

OK. I'm going to put his passport
in his wallet, and it's going...

Then it will come back with some
sand, a few bits of memorabilia,

and then I will then put the rest
of his things in there.

Wonderful. So thank you
for bringing it in.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

You're very welcome. So pleased.

This is how we would have
carried it.

So now it's my turn.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Take care.
Bye-bye.

This case probably means
more to me than anything I own.

It really, really does.

It's so special.

This suitcase, one way or another,
will make its way to Jamaica.

It will go back to the soil
where it came from, anywhere

that I think my dad has walked
and breathed that air.

It just feels so lovely to hold it,
and it sort of makes you feel

like he's actually with me now.

This is his and it's special.

His journey.

My journey.

And it just can't end yet.

Steve the Giraffe's final
round of surgery is purely cosmetic.

Well, all the woodwork
has finally finished.

I'm getting on to patching in
Steve spots now I'm going to use

a mixture
of some dark red dye,

some brown
umber pigment and a bit of polish.

Well, that looks pretty close to me.

Let's have a look.

I'm really pleased with that red.

I think it's time to start
painting in those spots.

Steve the Giraffe serves
as a connection

to Illona's late husband,
who died at the age of 27.

Steve the Giraffe is important
to me

because it reminds me of the
time me and Ste had together.

So all I'm hoping for today
is that Steve the Giraffe

looks the same way as when we
originally bought him

all those years ago
when Ste was with me.

Hello. Hi, there.
How are you doing?

Very good. Nice to see you.
Yeah, I'm excited.

How has it been
not having Steve around the house?

It's been... well, it's been a bit
strange, cos he's not been
peering over the couch.

So yeah, it'd be nice to get
him back.

Yeah, he's been missed.

So what are you hoping to see?

I'm hoping to see him back
to where he was when me and Steve

first bought him.

That'd be nice. Right?

Yeah, with no crack. All fixed,
hopefully.

You see that? All fixed up.
All foxed up.

You ready to see?
Yes, I am.

Oh!

That's amazing.

That looks just like it did
when I first bought him.

It's amazing. You can't even...
He's fixed now.

I know, you can't even... I'm trying
to look for... You won't find it.

That's awesome.

I don't know you've done that.

That's really good. Under
inspection.

Awesome.
I like the sound of that.

I love it.

Wow.

I'm glad that he's like that.

We can get him back out and have
him at the front rather than behind.

Yeah. Don't need to hide him
anymore. No, no.

Especially at this time,

because Steve would have been 40
on June 18th.

So it's a good time to yeah,
to get him back. Get him back.

Yeah, I just can't wait to get
him home and show everyone.

Yeah. They won't believe it.

Thank you very much.
That's all right.

See you later. You take care now.
Thank you. Bye. Bye.

I feel great now that he's fixed.

Yeah, when I actually saw him
in one piece, it did...

It did get me.
It was, it looks...

It's amazing.
Done such an amazing job.

We all miss Steve - the whole
family.

I mean, he was a big part
of all of our lives

and he is missed by everybody.

So we just remember all the good
times and the good memories,

and that's what Steve the
giraffe brings back.

Join us next time as meticulous
craftsmanship...

I have to move these pieces
between heartbeats.

..brings memories back to life...

Oh! Oh.

..in The Repair Shop.