The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 27 - Episode #7.27 - 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...

Looks like the music box from

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
The Sea.

..Steve gets that sinking feeling

as he and Brenton restore
some musical silverware...

It's a tweak, look, tweak, look.

..while another joint effort
with a romantic gift

takes Dom under the radar.

I'm using Steve's best brass
brush to clean this up.

Look, it's even got his name on it!

CHUCKLES

But first, a memento of a
unique relationship.

Loona Hazarika from London hopes
Steve Fletcher's mechanical skills

and Kirsten Ramsay's
decorative talents can restore

its exceptional charm.

Hello. Hi, there.
Hi, nice to meet you.

What have you got?

Well, I've got a doll
and it's a dancing doll,

but it doesn't dance as well
as it used to.

OK. It's rather fragile.

She comes in four pieces.

The legs, the lower body,

and the parts don't actually connect

to each other unless they're sat
on top of each other,

and that's how it dances.

Here is the upper body, and it sits
on this little love heart-shaped

wire there. Ah!
And the final bit is the head

and that sits right at the
top there,

so you get a sense
of her moving her head.

Yeah. It was one of my earliest
childhood memories, actually,

to see this doll dancing.
So where's she from?

From a place called
Tanjore, South India.

It was given to us in the mid
1970s from somebody

who we called Auntie Florence,
and she got this from a lodger

of hers who was coming from India
as a Commonwealth student.

So what was your relationship
with her?

Well, Auntie Florence
wasn't our real auntie.

She was a very, very close
family friend.

My parents moved into the street
in London from Assam

in the north-east of India in 1966,

and the day after they moved in,
she welcomed them to the street.

Auntie Florence became a motherly
figure to my mum, and when I was

born in the late '60s, and my sister
too, she became like our surrogate

grandmother for us. Right.
We were very close to her.

She used to take us on picnics.

She'd take us on paddle boats
on the River Wandle in South London.

So she was just a fun person to hang
out with, and very, very influential

on us, and made us very aware
of English culture as well.

And I remember as a child
going into her house, thinking,

"Wow, English people's houses
smell of cake!"

And whenever we used to say goodbye
to Auntie Florence, the doll

would be quite high up on a shelf

and we'd ask Auntie Florence to
tap it and it would dance.

And my sister and I would just
look at each other and go,

"Wow, this doll is dancing!"

It was always a joyous end to a trip
to Auntie Florence's house.

I think everyone needs
an Auntie Florence next door

to them, don't they? Absolutely.

Auntie Florence passed away
when I was about 13,

and I'm the custodian of this now.

It sits on my mantelpiece,
and it's a permanent reminder to me

of Auntie Florence.

So the damage that's occurred -
I can see her arm is broken -

is that just through wear and tear?
Um, I have a guilty confession.

I may have dropped
her when I was a child. OK.

When was the last time you saw
it actually working properly?

Probably when I was around
eight years old. Oh, right. Oh, wow!

Yeah, so that's a long time ago.
A long time, OK, right, yeah.

When she was in her heyday,
the movement would be prolonged

and her head would sway.

It's utterly hypnotic to
actually see that,

and that's how I remember her.

Obviously, you would
like her to dance again.

Do you have any thoughts
on the paint?

Maybe where the paint has been lost
quite a bit around the head...

OK, just to sharpen it up.

But not to look brand-new or
anything like that. OK.

Thank you so much
for bringing her in, Loona.

We're looking forward
to getting her dancing again.

Thank you. Bye-bye now.

The dancing doll is really special
to me because it reminds me

of my childhood, but it also reminds
me of Auntie Florence as well.

I'd love to see her dance
in the same way that my earliest

childhood memory was like. I think
that would be absolutely wonderful.

It's very rare that you get a
middle-aged man so excited about a

doll, but that's how I'm feeling
at the moment!

I can see that the wires are missing
in places. I think probably

I might need to put the wires
on first... Mm-hm.

..get it balanced the best I can.
Yeah.

And if you can do all the repairs...
Yep. ..and touch it up,

then we might have to revisit
the balancing, I think. OK.

It's really going to be
a precision job.

I think we've both got our work
cut out here. Absolutely.

She's lovely, though.
I love her little earrings. Sweet.

OK, well, I'm going to hand
her over to you, Steve. OK.

I think this is great. This is
almost like a mobile, and I used

to make mobiles, so I know
how critical it is to get

all the balance absolutely right.

Basically, there's
a little heart-shape wire

and then there's a wire
inside that that sits on,

and that has to be absolutely right
as well, in the right position.

I just need to replicate this piece
of wire in the top of the legs

and then the body should sit
on there, and it should move

absolutely perfectly
after I've done that.

It's just going to take a
piece of wire.

This little heart shape sits
on the other part of the body

like that, so that it'll rock this
way and that way, but won't turn

all the way around because of those
two bits of the heart there.

So it's quite critical
that I get that

little radius there
absolutely right.

Pop it into there.

So it won't go too far one way
or the other, which is great.

I think what I'll do now is I'll
glue that little heart-shaped

wire into place and get it
over to Kirsten.

Next to arrive at the barn
is Hilary Stelling from Norfolk.

How are you doing?
Hi! Welcome to the Repair Shop.

Thank you.

She's hoping she can revive some
special childhood memories.

Is it all right to open this?
Yeah, of course.

That is a musical menorah.

Steve? If you don't mind joining us?

Steve Kember has been restoring
music boxes

for more than 30 years.

Hello, Hilary. Hi, Steve.

So what is this used for? It's used
for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

It's the Festival of Lights.

Hence the candles.
Hence the candles.

They're lit over eight days. OK.

The front one is used to light
the other candles.

So on the first night,
you'd light the one in the front

and one on the left.

OK. Then the second night,
you'd light the one on the front

and two on the left. I'm with you.
Those two.

And then you go along each night.
You go all the way along.

Where have you got this from, then?
Is this...

That was a wedding present
to my mum and dad,

Irene and Joe, back in 1950.
Aw, bless.

And we used it every year,

and the song that you sing
when you light the candles

is the tune that this plays.

It's called Ma'oz Tzur.

Right.
It's "Ma'oz tzur, yeshu'ati."

And then my grandmother
taught us the next line,

which was, "The cat's in the
cupboard and he can't catch me."

LAUGHS

That's not the real one!

We used to get told off
for singing that.

So lighting the candles must have
been a special time. Who did that?

Yeah, it was... It was special,
actually, because my dad worked

really hard.
We very rarely saw Dad.

Yeah. He'd get up before we did,

and we'd be in bed
before he came home. Wow.

But for Hanukkah, he'd always
make sure we were all there

to light the candles. So the whole
family would be there.

Yeah. My brother, who is
a little bit younger than me,

each year we took it in turns
to wind it up,

and one year it stopped working.

Did it just stop suddenly,
or did it slow down, or...?

Neither of us can remember.
No. It was working,

and then it wasn't working.

Did it always - and I don't mean
to be rude - but did it always

look this tarnished or was it
quite bright? No. No, um,

I mean, I've had it since my mum
died, 31 years ago.

We've moved quite a few times
in that time, so I think it's got

knocked about a lot more
since I've had it than...

It's acquired some character.

It has, yes, but some character
that really shouldn't be there.

And I know if my mum and dad
saw it in that state,

they'd be quite upset.

I mean, the tops are black, I think,
because a lot of them have got

the candle wax probably
still on there from years ago.

And the star on the top
has got a little bit bent.

Yeah, I can see that.
It's almost coming off.

So the last time it was working,
was Mum and Dad alive? Yeah.

Last time it was working
would have been about 57, 58 years

ago, and it will be a little bit
emotional to see it back

in its original condition. Yeah.

Especially if you can get
it working again.

I'll do my level best.

Oh, I know you'll be fine!

Come on, then. I'll get the door
for you. Thank you.

Bye now. See you soon.

Bye. Look after it.

I will. He will.

The menorah is really important
to me because it belonged

to my mum and dad.

It makes you realise how much
you miss people

when they're not there.

That ain't been working for
58 years.

How are you going to get
that working?

Until I get the base off,

see if something's jammed... OK.
..broken, I don't know.

Well, once you've got the base
off and all that mechanism

out of there, if you can, hand
that body over to Brenton so he

can have a look at it, yeah? We can.
Nice one, Steve.

So...

Well, access is easy,

so that's one good thing.

And here we are.

Looks like the music box from Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.

It's very corroded.

There's rust in between the gaps
in the teeth of the comb,

so it's going to be a little bit
of a job to actually get

this comb to ring.

And there's nothing quite
so useless as a music box

that doesn't play any music.

Hilary didn't say there was any
specific event that caused

the problem or stopped the
thing working,

so there's no obvious fault
at this stage. So I need to take

this apart, give it a very
good clean,

but I suspect that corrosion is
going to be the biggest enemy here.

The delicate job of repairing
the gravely injured Indian doll

is now in Kirsten's hands.
Thanks to Steve,

she's regained some balance,

but now it's her broken arms
that need attention.

I've got a two-part filler
here that I'm just going to fill

this area of loss with.

I'm trying not to affect the balance
mechanism by using something that's

going to be too heavy, but I also
don't want something

that is going to be hard
to cut back or sand back

because this is a very
fragile surface.

It's not been fired,
it's just painted on,

and I don't want that to be affected
when I come to shape the filling.

I'm going to use a different filler
for this very fine crack

on the other arm.

That's because I haven't got such
a large area to build up.

I'm just going to use this acrylic
filler here, and this is quite nice

and easy to remove from the painted
surface, where it overlaps slightly.

It won't damage the paint.

I'm looking for an ochre here.
There it is.

I'm going to make a start
on the retouching, and I'm going

to go straight in for this
flesh colour on her legs

because this is going to be covered
by the skirt, so it's quite

a good place to start.

So that's not bad.

It's covering really nicely.

But I think, just to blend it into
the original,

I will probably need another coat.

I'm now going to move on to the arm,
which is really badly damaged,

and all the other bits that are
going to be on display.

I've worked my way round most
of her, and the next stage

really is her hair,
and it looks really quite sad

so I'm looking forward to putting
the black back on and bringing

her face - essentially, her head -
back to life.

I know there's an awful lot of paint
missing, but I think if you paint

over all the detail,
make it all one colour,

you actually lose that texture
that she's got

going through her hair.

So it's quite nice to leave some of
the areas where the paint has worn

away because you get to see
that lovely pattern on the top

of her head and in her hairstyle.

So I think I'm going to leave
that now.

I'll leave her to dry.

While the revitalised doll awaits
her final adjustments, another

item is just arriving, belonging
to Sue Tetlow from Hampshire.

A one-of-a-kind romantic gift
now in desperate need of love

from furniture restorer Will Kirk
and metal expert Dominic Chinea.

Hiya! Hi there.
Hello! Hi.

You OK? I'm Dom.

Hello, Dom, I'm Sue.

Sue, nice to meet you.

Sue, hi, I'm Will. Hi, Will.

What's this?

Well, it used to be a
lovely sewing box.

A little bit worse for wear!

It looks beautiful, though
so nicely made.

Lovely. My father made it,
so I'm quite proud of it.

No! Really? Yes, he gave it to Mum
as a wedding present in 1956.

What were your parents' names?
Rosemary and Mike.

Was he a craftsman? A cabinet maker
or something like that?

Yeah, he was a woodwork and
metalwork teacher.

So where did he teach?

Basically, schools for
forces children.

Oh, OK. So he was the
woodwork teacher

and Mum was the needlework teacher.

So I guess they moved
around for the job?

Yeah, they did.
Because of the forces.

Yeah, we lived in Cyprus
for about eight years,

and then we had another
tour in Africa.

That must have been good fun
for you as a kid?

It was, yes, we had all the fun
of the sea in Cyprus

and all the safaris in Africa,
but unfortunately it was short-lived

because my dad died when we were out
there, so we had to come home.

I'm sorry. What happened?

He just had a heart attack.
Just out of the blue?

Yeah, just out of the blue.
Oh, my goodness.

So we just packed up and came back
with minimal possessions,

and this was one of the items

that Mum made sure
she came home with.

How old were you, then?
I was just ten.

Oh! Yeah. It must have meant
a lot to her.

It did, and being a wedding present,
and Dad made it...

Makes it even more special,
receiving something

that's been handmade. Yeah.
Do you remember it as a child?

I do, because Mum... It was always
open. Mum was always in it.

Because whatever craft she did,
there were embroidery

threads, you know, pins, needles.

There was all sorts in there,

and it was always right
by the side of her. OK. Yeah.

Her last project was, um, she made
a Christmas wreath.

Amazing! And that was about six
months before she died.

Oh, bless her, so she was still
crafting... She was still doing it.

When did she pass? She passed away
two years ago.

Two years ago. Yeah.
I'm sorry.

But it's just nice to have something
so precious, I think, knowing

how much it meant to her. Yes.
And now you've still got it.

Exactly. And it's mum and dad
together. It's his handiwork...

Yeah. ..and Mum's prized possession.
Yeah. Yeah. That's really nice.

Does it actually still open up?

Well, sort of.

It really doesn't sort of hold...

Whoops! Doesn't hold together.

OK, OK!

The last two years, maybe three,

it started to get to a stage
where we daren't touch it. Right.

So just sort of left
for our memories, really.

So what's the plan, then,
if we can get it back working again?

I think I'd just like to see how it
possibly could have been when Dad

presented it to Mum
on their wedding day.

And I do actually want to use it.

Yeah. This is very precious to me.
Very precious.

We'll do your dad proud.
We'll do our best. Definitely.

Thank you. Thank you.
We'll see you soon.

Thanks a lot, Sue. Bye. Bye.

When I think of the box, I think
of Mum sewing, I think of Dad -

he built it - and it just brings
the two together,

and I've lost both of them now.

So it's a lovely piece to hold on
to, and to be able to use it

and to do what Mum did with it,

it would be lovely memories to have.

Mike was clearly a very talented
man. I wish he was my DT teacher!

This poor box, it's quite sad
having to handle it so carefully,

and I can understand why Sue
has not been able to use it.

Structurally, it's actually OK.

The problem is all of the nuts
and bolts from all of these brass

hinges and all these brackets
have just over time worn

and come loose.
This one's fallen off.

But that is all fixable,
which I'm really glad to say.

And to be honest, it's almost
falling apart as I'm handling it,

so I'm not going to need
any spanners for this one!

I think I've just hit the jackpot
in this drawer.

All these brass nuts in here.
Washers...

This is all the stuff I need.
Perfect. Well done, Sue,

for keeping hold
of all these little bits

because they're going to come
in so handy now.

Well, there we go.

Now I've got everything separated,
my pile of metalwork

and then the all-important woodwork
that I'm going to gather up now

and run over to Will so he can
work his magic on that.

And then I'll put it all
back together.

Having taken apart the music box
of the menorah, Steve is ready

to tackle its corroded elements.

The comb has been in the rust
removal solution.

This is the important part,

and I've got to remove the debris
from between the teeth.

Cos if the teeth touch
each other with anything,

if there's a bit of sort of
something or other in between them,

the teeth won't ring.

Really, I can't predict the
result of this job

because this is the worst
sort of case of water damage

I've ever seen, or corrosion.

I can clean it, but we've got
to trust to luck a bit

as to how badly damaged
the components are.

We've just got to wait and see.

While Steve battles with the rust,
Brenton's task is to ensure

the silverware is fit to mark
future Hanukkah celebrations.

The first thing I'm going to do
is to clean up the wax that's

on here, so these little candle
holders unscrew,

so I'm going to put those in
boiling water to get the wax out

so that someone can get
a candle in them again.

I've got to straighten
this menorah now.

A few of these arms
are a little bit twisted.

That one there I notice is bent
in a little bit, the outside arm.

So I'm just going to,
with my fingers,

try and bend that out a bit.

It's just fractions of a millimetre.

It's a tweak, look, tweak, look,

and that's looking
so much better now.

So I've got to straighten that
Star of David.

So I'm just going to get my
parallel pliers out now

and try not to snap
this star off.

Because these are smooth
inside and the parallel action,

they've got a good surface area
to grip the metal

and won't put a big
scratch or mark in it.

Spot on.

Now I've got to do some polishing.

Right, so we've done all
the cleaning, and now the assembly

is going to take place,
and this is the sort of moment

of truth to see whether all
the cleaning has been worthwhile,

and hopefully
it's going to be successful.

Here's the cylinder, and what we've
got here is the code for the music.

This is what dictates what
the machine's going to play when...

Well, what we hope it's going
to play when it's all back

and up and running.

You see all the little pools
of rust largely gone,

but we've got the extra complication
of the sort of corroded comb,

so I'm not entirely sure how well
the comb is actually going to ring.

We'll have to see.

And this is going to be the first
time that this little mechanism

has produced any music in the last
50-something years.

This is sort of a bit of a tense
moment, really.

Let's have a listen.

Well, not bad for a first pass,
but the comb is...is too far

to the right, so I've got to
move it slightly

to the left to optimise the sound.

But I can hear actually the tuning
is not degraded by the trauma

that this comb has gone through,
so I'm quite pleased really!

That's, uh, that's a bit of a
relief, I have to say.

So I've attached the mechanism
to the base that's going to fit

into the menorah, and now I'm going
to make a little on-off switch

out of a piece of brass here.
Although it originally

didn't have one, it's just going
to make life easier

for everyone that uses it.

So that's come out really nicely,
and if you compare that to one

that hasn't been polished,
that is an improvement.

I like going the extra mile, really,
because it's sort of, um, it's just

a bit of bent brass, but it will
make the machine, well, just easier

to use, really. So...

There we are. Look at that.

There.

On Steve's bench, the Indian doll's
ability to perform that hypnotic

dance still hangs in the balance.

I've just got this back
from Kirsten.

She's done an amazing job.
I can't even see the repairs.

But it has thrown the weight out
slightly, so the whole

top of the body is out of kilter.

I'm going to try just adding some
weight at the front here, just to

see if that will make any
difference.

I'm just using this putty.

It's a watch-cleaning putty
for just getting little marks

off of watches. It's quite useful
for doing little jobs like this.

I think that might be it.

Now I know how much weight
and where the weight's got to be,

I'll get some two-part putty -
just cut it up until I've got

the right weight - and then I'll
mix it together.

Then I can glue it to the inside
of the body.

Right, that'll do.

I'm just going to pop it inside now
and then it's all ready.

Having charmed a little boy with her
unique moves, an unfortunate

fall left this beautiful doll
battered and badly off balance.

For Loona, she's a much-loved
reminder of visits to his surrogate

grandmother, and he's back
to collect her.

Right now, I'm feeling
really excited.

I think the ultimate thing is to
see the doll dance once again.

It is a dancing doll, and she hasn't
danced for nearly half a century,

so that's what I'm looking
forward to.

Hi, Kirsten. Hi, Steve.

Lovely to see you, Loona. Welcome.
Lovely to see you both.

I thought you might come dancing
through the door, actually!

So has the dancing doll
being here brought up any memories?

It has, actually. I think that's
what the doll means to us

every time we look at her.
We think of Auntie Florence.

It's very special for that reason.

Well, I hope seeing her again
will conjure that up for you.

I hope so. I'm so excited!

THEY CHUCKLE

Oh, my gosh!

Wow, just look at her dance!

Enigmatic and mesmerising.

Wow!

Awesome.
This is really, really special.

That's exactly how I remember her
when I was about three years old.

Wow. She would have been on a
high-up shelf, and Auntie Florence

would just tap it.

I remember us clapping
and emulating her head moves. Mm-hm.

And here she is, dancing
again after all these years.

Incredible.

I can't even see the joins! The arm
that had a crack on the side.

You've kept that character,
the personality,

and the dance is amazing.
Incredible.

Thank you very much.
You're very welcome.

It's been a pleasure
and good fun as well.

What is the future now for her?

Plans are to put her back
on the mantelpiece

where she's always been, pride of
place in the house, and be a daily

reminder of somebody very special,
who was Auntie Florence.

I think that's lovely.
Right, she's all yours, Loona.

Thanks, Kirsten.

Bye-bye now. Goodbye.

Bye-bye.

This doll was definitely part
of our childhood growing up.

Came to us from a very special
person, from a very special place

in her heart as well, and to have
that doll restored so beautifully,

it's really special.

As one item shimmies home,
Will's limbering up for his part

in the restoration of the
wooden sewing box.

There are areas around the top
and the sides where water damage

has occurred. I need to take off
that surface dirt and remove some

of that water damage. Then I can
finish this with some lovely oil.

I've got a really nice furniture
reviver, and it's made up of turps,

methylated spirits and boiled
linseed oil.

Now, I'm just going with
the direction of the grain here.

Look how dirty that rag is. Now,
that's a grey colour, and that means

that it's removing the dirt and not
any of the stain or the natural

colourant out of the wood.

That looks lovely. Look at that!

Now, already, you can see
there's a massive difference

in the colour there. But I'm going
to keep on doing this now

with the entire sewing box,

and as I work it, it will actually
remove a lot of that water damage

in the process.

Meanwhile, Dom's got plenty to do
on the box's home-made brass work.

I'm missing two nuts on
Sue's sewing box.

I've got one here as a reference.

I just need to make two more.

I've got hold of a hexagonal
bar of brass,

exactly the same size
as the original nut.

So really, all I'm going to have
to do here is drill a hole

in the end, cut the new threads in
it, and then chop it up

like a Swiss roll!

This is the joy of using the lathe
because I know that without touching

anything, it's just going to drill
a hole straight down the middle.

It's just what I need.

Now I've got my little indent
started,

I can go in with the
right size drill bit.

Now I use this tool, which is a tap,

and that will actually cut
the thread

and into the inside of the brass.

There we go.
Carefully pull it out.

So, now, all that I need to do
is cut the first slice off

the same width as that.

All right. Here goes nothing.

OK, there we go. First one down.

Exact replica of Mike's original
nuts. Once that's mixed in

with all the others, you're never
going to be able to tell.

Just got to repeat
that process and make one more.

Brilliant. I've got all
the metal work.

I'm going to gather them
all up and they just need

a good clean now.

I'm going to take this all in the
barn and while Steve's not looking,

I'm going to use his
clock-cleaning solution.

I think it'll be perfect for this.

WHISPERS: OK. I'm using Steve's best
brass brush to clean these up.

Look, it's even got his name on it.
HE GIGGLES

It's important to use a brass wire
brush on brass,

so I'm not going to scratch it.

It's just going to take off any last
stubborn bits of dirt

and anything that's tarnished.

And look at that,
it's coming up so nice.

Mike had done such a great job
with making this sewing box.

The joints are absolutely sublime.

I was thinking about using a sort
of shiny shellac polish,

but I don't think that's going to be
right for this type of sewing box.

Instead, I'm going to wax it
and then, buff it up.

Hey, Dom.
Hey, Will! You OK?

All finished. Look at that. Perfect.

Oh, that is just right.
I love it.

I've taken out all the water damage,
I've given it a wax and a buff.

Brilliant! Once the brass is back
in place,

that is going to look so good.
Beautiful.

Well, I'll leave it to you.
Yeah, I'll get on it now.

These pivot arms actually have come
out really nicely. Just giving them

a quick, buff and a little lacquer,

so they're shiny now.

Oh, that first one has gone
on really well.

That feels really sturdy already.

So I'll just sit here, work my way
through all of these

until that tray is empty.

On Steve's workbench,
the restoration of the musical

menorah is almost complete.

So that's the final adjustment
done on the, on the lever

that I've added, and I've got
this sort of splendid work

back from Brenton.

So this is great and I'm going
to pop the mechanism

back into the menorah.

It's secured with some little screws
in the base...just here.

So, there we are.

It's done. I'm pleased with that
and we're all ready for Hanukkah.

Each year, Hilary Stelling's family
would gather around this menorah

to light the candles and hear
the music box's special tune.

Hoping to see it standing proud
again and hear its melody

after 35 years, Hilary's returned.

Really excited and quite emotional,
actually.

It's going to make me feel closer
to my parents and it will be lovely

to see it as it should be.

Hiya. Hello. Hello. How you
doing? Yeah, fine, thanks.

Hi, Steve. Hello. So, how you been?

Have you missed the menorah?

Yes. There's been a...

A space on the shelf
where it should be.

So, what are you hoping to see
underneath there?

A working musical box.

OK.

She looked straight at you this
morning, Steve. I know!

It's nothing to do with me.
I felt this wave of...

STEVE BLOWS

..coming towards me.

Yeah.

You ready? Yes.

Oh, wow!

Gosh! I've never seen those candle
holders so, so bright

and clean.

Dare I?

Well, we had a little addition.

So, the first, sort of, modern day
convenience.

So if you turn it round to face you,
move that lever.

MUSIC PLAYS

I said I wasn't going to cry.

Oh, it's brilliant.

That is absolutely fantastic.

Thank you.

So if you move the lever to where it
was before, towards me...

MUSIC STOPS

..it will stop.

That's absolutely fantastic.

And the star's not bent either now.

No. Brenton's straightened
it all up,

polished it, the whole shabam.

Oh, wow.

It's just like holding
my mum and dad.

Oh, bless you! That's gorgeous.

Hear that music box again.

MUSIC PLAYS

Oh, that's brilliant.

It's brilliant, thank you.

It will go pride of place
on the, on the shelf

and then it will come down to use
for Hanukkah.

Excellent. And we'll think of you.
There you go.

Thank you very much.

So, we're going to get this packed
up so you can take it home now.

Yep, that'll be lovely.
Thank you.

I'll get the door for you. Lovely.
Thank you.

Thanks, Steve.

Pleasure.

When I heard the menorah play
in there, I was just a kid again,

really excited, really happy.

I just felt Mum and Dad
were with me.

It was absolutely lovely.

I just can't wait to show it
to the rest of the family.

The sewing box may be buffed
and gleaming, but for Dom,

reassembling it is becoming
more puzzling by the minute.

This is what I've just noticed.

This is where Mike's trying
to trip me up here.

The triple bars that are longer,
are slightly thicker and some

of these bolts are
a little bit longer,

and I just had the wrong one.

So it's tiny little things
like that,

they're the kind of quirks
you get with home-made things

like this. So I need to make
sure everything goes back

in the right spot.

All right. That's the last nut
tightened up.

Now, I know that Sue has got so many
memories of her parents

wrapped up in this box.

I just really hope that we've done
them justice.

I think it looks beautiful.

This exquisite wedding gift
was handmade by Sue's dad

for her mum,

but time saw it fall apart
at the seams.

Now Sue's back to see if the token
of her parents' love

has regained its original beauty.

I'm really excited about collecting
Mum's sewing box.

It brings my mum and dad's
history together.

It is just a sewing box,
but it means so much more to me.

Hi. Sue, hi. Hi. How are you?

Oh, very, very excited.

I can't wait to see it.

I can't wait to show you.

Come on. Shall we have a look?
Show Sue, yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, it's beautiful!

Just think, my mum would
have been presented

that in that state. Yeah.
It would have looked like that.

It would have looked like that.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, look at that.

Haven't you done well?

Oh, look, how sturdy it is.

Oh, beautiful.

Oh, it's lovely.

Oh, crikey!

No wonder Mum loved it so much.

She would be so ecstatic.

Oh, I've got to do them both.
SHE GASPS, SIGHS

Oh, it really is...

stunning. It's a bit of
a work of art.

Well, so many things that come
into the barn for myself and Dom

are usually in pieces.

Yeah. But we haven't had to do
a great deal

to this, because the craftsmanship
is already kind of there. Yeah.

I mean, we just kind
of gave it a bit of TLC.

Oh, did you hear that, Dad?

Oh, bless you. Oh, that's so lovely.

Thank you so much.

Oh, my dad would be so proud
of both of you.

He really would have.

That means a lot actually. That
means a lot. You've done him proud.

I'm glad you can enjoy it now.
Thank you very much.

You've both done a beautiful job.

It's been a pleasure.

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

Now the box has been restored,

it just makes me think about how
much time and effort my father put

into that box.

How much love he had for mum.

This sewing box is just the epitome
of my mum and dad together.

It's beautiful. It's far more lovely
than I expected.

Join us next time as the barn's
dedicated craftspeople...

None of this is proving
to be very easy.

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back to life...

That's amazing!
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