The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 35 - Episode #7.35 - 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 is lovely.
This is lovely, isn't it?

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...

Bringing history back to life

is what makes The Repair Shop
so special.

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

Amazing.
It's a bit like brain surgery.



Go on!

..come together to work their magic.

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.

SHE GIGGLES

That's made it all worthwhile.

In the repair shop today,

it's pitch perfect
for musical maestro David...

So, we just try that.

..as he revamps a pint-sized piano.

That's hitting the right note.

So, I'm just going to work my way
through the rest of the scale now.

And X marks the spot for
Steve Fletcher...

So, I can't see any shrapnel
in there.

..as he tries to get a war-torn
timepiece ticking again.

The bullet going in must have...
it must've exploded around here.

But first, Judith Holliman
and her son, James,

have travelled from Cardiff,

hoping that bear ladies
Amanda and Julie can save

a very special companion.

Hello. Hello. Hi. Welcome.

What have you bought for us today?

I've brought my Wol.

Wol? Yeah.

I'm intrigued to know what Wol is.
THEY CHUCKLE

It's my owl. That's fantastic!

Very damaged and a bit tatty.

It's usually because
they've been loved so much.

Yeah, he has.
You want to tell us about him?

I remember getting Wol for
Christmas when I was just two.

I remember waking up on Christmas
morning at my grandma's house

and looking over,

and Wol was in
the top of the stocking.

And it was just love at first sight.

So, she was a big part
of your life, your grandma?

Yeah, she was.

My grandmother's name was Georgina.

My grandpa called her Ina,
and she was a redoubtable lady.

My mum had breast cancer.

And so, my grandma moved in to
try and help with that situation.

She cooked for me and she
looked after me,

and she made me feel safe.

Wow. So... That is lovely.

Really lovely.

I lost her 19 years ago.

And how old was she?
She was 92. Wow. Yeah.

And Wol is just a bit of
a talisman for me.

I connect him with her
because she fixed him so often.

And so, even though I lost her,
I kind of hold him -

I've still got her.

And, er, yeah, that's special. Yeah.

Did your mother get over
the breast cancer?

My mum did get over
the breast cancer.

She's an absolute trooper.

She's had it twice and recovered.

And James, do you like Wol, as well?

Yeah. Wol's always been there
whilst I was all growing up.

So, you knew how important
he was to Mum? Yes.

Yeah. Yeah.

What would you like us
to do for a Wol?

So, for me, part of his,
kind of, mankiness makes him him

so I don't want him back
in any way perfect.

I'd just like him to be...
Future-proof?

Yeah, a bit future-proof.
That's a good word. I like that.

So, you said he's had some
previous repairs? Yes.

My grandma, she repaired
his beak for me.

She repaired his eyes for me.

She's repaired his feet for me.

I'm not very good at fixing.

So, this is my ham-fistedness,
so I'm less bothered about that.

So, keeping some of your
grandma's repairs, maybe?

Yes, please. If you can.
Yes, please. OK.

Would you like him to have new feet?

Yes, I think maybe...
New feet, OK.

His beak's under there,
but I don't know what's left of it.

But if you could keep
his eyes somehow... Yeah?

..so that they're not perfect.

That would be lovely.

We will look after him for you.

We'll do our absolute best for him.

We'll be in touch with you
as soon as we can.

OK. Thank you very much.
Thank you.

Bye-bye. Bye. Bye.

Wol comes with me wherever we go.

It feels really very bizarre
to leave him.

But I know that if I don't get
Wol fixed, then very soon,

he'll just be a few bits of cloth,

and I want to have him until
I'm not here any more.

And then, James can have him
after me. And that's special.

Oh, Wol, look at you.

He's definitely going
to need lining. Definitely.

I think, to keep that nice,
soft squishiness,

we'll need to use fleece.
Yeah, good idea.

The felt pieces on him
need renewing.

So, beak, feet, and maybe just
tidy up around the eyes.

OK. Yeah, shall I go off and
get some fleece, then?

Yeah. OK, I'm on it.

Dear little Wol, he's so sweet.

I'm looking to see
the best way to open him up

to remove all his old stuffing.

Then we'll be able to line him.

He seems to have a separate panel
on his bottom, to make him stand.

So, I think I'll try
going in at the tail.

Wol appears to be stuffed with
all sorts of oddments.

Bits of scraps of other material,
and...

..a little bit of blue fur.

Wol, what have you been eating?

But we don't need this again,

so I'm going to throw it all away...

..because you'll have some nice,
clean, new stuffing.

Next, Kathryn Freeman
from Hertfordshire.

She has a small,
but perfectly-formed heirloom

in need of TLC from musical
instrument wiz David Burville.

Is it a proper piano, then, Dave?

Well, it's got little hammers in it.

Never seen one like that before.

I thought it was a toy. Amazing.

Hello. Hello! How are you doing?

I'm well, thank you. All right.

I was just saying to David,
is this a toy?

Or is it a real piano?

We've always referred to it as
"the miniature piano",

rather than a toy piano. OK.

But, because of its size,
the children in the family

have enjoyed it.

So, tell us the history.

So, it's been in our family for as
long as any of us can remember. OK.

I grew up with five older sisters.

When I was little, I remember
hearing my sisters playing on it,

which is probably in the '70s.

And one of my sisters, Sylvia,
she used to try and play

"Champion, the Wonder Horse".
Could she do it, then?

But that was a good show,
I used to like that!

What song did you play?

Well, I didn't.
I must confess, I'm not musical,

and this is the reason it needs
to move on through the family.

OK. To the grandchildren
and great-grandchildren

who are going to actually be
able to play it. Yeah.

But also, something that connects
the future generations to

our family home when I was young.

Well, it's nice to know
it'll get used, you know? It is.

It's going to be very well-loved.

OK. When's the last time you
heard it play, then?

Well, I think probably the '80s.

Oh, really? Yeah.

From that point on,
it just gradually started

to lose its musical ability. Right.

Obviously, the keys are
very worn now.

So, it was brighter-looking,
and it used to play.

So, does it actually
make any noises now?

Most of the noises are clunks. Yes!

Such as...

FAINT PIANO TONE

Oh! There was one!

KEYS CLUNK

But I'm not musical,
and so, I can't play.

Maybe somebody can play it for me.
It falls to this guy.

We both looked at him
at the same time!

What sort of tunes do you really
remember being played on it?

The only one that is
really strong in my mind is

"Champion, the Wonder Horse".

But I won't make you play that,
if you don't want to. I will.

I will. Don't you remember
"Champion, the Wonder Horse"?

I-I never saw it.

It's a really simple tune.
You can learn it. He'll learn it.

You reckon.
I really look forward to seeing it.

It'll be great. And hearing it.

Kathryn, thank you for
bringing this in. Thank you.

You take care now. All the best.
Thank you. Take care.

You seriously don't know
"Champion, the Wonder Horse"?

HE LAUGHS

I don't know!

It would be amazing to
hear it played.

It's been the constant through all
life's ups and downs in our family,

and it's important because I think
the future generations can enjoy it

and just have that link back to
the family life that we had

when we were all little.

Looking at it, there's quite
a few of the tone bars,

the little rods that actually
make the notes that are broken.

Also, there appears to be a few
of the little hammers that strike

the notes missing.

Although it's not a strung piano
in the normal sense....

..it's actually got a little
piano hammers that are activated

by the keys, so it works
almost the same as a piano.

The keyboard is very, very poorly.

The original key coverings are...
a lot of them are missing.

So, it looks as though I'll have
to make quite a few new tone bars,

make some new hammers,
and re-cover the keys.

First thing I think I'll do is
start to disassemble the case.

That's better.

Ooh.

As David begins dismantling,

soft toy specialist Amanda
has already finished hers.

I've got the felt pieces
of Wol here.

I've got the feet,
the beak, and the eyes.

They're in a pretty bad way.

So, what I'm trying to do
is lay the pieces flat,

unpick the original stitching,
and see if I can make some sense

out of what shape they used to be.

I've got the felt for his
beak and his feet.

That's a little bit here to
make some new discs for

the back of his eyes,
and this is for us to line his body.

Judith has, at some point,
covered Wol's beak.

The original part is actually tucked
inside this little brown case here.

There we go.

Gosh.

I think this beak has had
lots of kisses.

Lots and lots of kisses.

Because, my goodness.

It's certainly worse
than I anticipated.

But I've got a shape there, I think.

We've already decided
he needs lining.

I'm going to go about this
a little bit differently.

It's so important to Judith
that we keep as many of her

grandmother's stitches as possible.

Instead of dismantling him
and lining every single panel,

I'll create an internal Wol.

And then, that will strengthen him

without me having to undo
any more seams than I need to.

He will be stronger.
He'll feel firmer.

He still will need to be treated
with a little bit of respect,

cos he's quite an aged owl.

Now that he's pinned in place.

It's just a simple case of...
flipping around,

and I'm going to allow
a little bit extra...

..because we do need
a seam allowance inside.

A bit to trim off here.

And that's the front of
his internal body.

Now, I have two more panels to do,

and I'll be able
to put it all together.

So, even though what was left
of Wol's feet was minimal,

there was enough there
that I could work out what

they would've looked like.

They are this lovely shape.

They've actually got three
little claws, which is quite nice.

So, I'm transferring this now
onto the felt.

This would've been
the original colour that

Wol's feet and beak were.

It's this attention to detail
that we need to give

Wol his character back.

And I think it would be so lovely
for Judith to see him again, erm,

and remind her of that little owl
that she fell in love with

when she was a child.

Everything's cut out now.

I can get on and start sewing them.

I think, let's start with his feet.

They're going to be
the fiddliest to do.

We need to use tiny little stitches
to make sure that we get

a nice shape around those toes.

I just need to carry on stitching
all the way round all of these

pieces now, and then, I'll be able
to turn them in the right way,

and we'll be able to see
what Wol's new feet look like.

So, there's...
Wol's little inner body.

It's like his twin brother.

So, the seam of his original body

needs to be pinned to the seam

of his new lining body.

Once the stuffing is in,
it will hold its position,

and I can remove the pins.

More stuffing in.

I'm smiling to myself
because I think...

SHE CHUCKLES

..he's going to look quite a bit
bigger than when he arrived.

I'm going to carry on now
adding this stuffing and making sure

I get it to the right,
sort of, squishiness.

I'm really pleased with how
Wol's turning out.

He actually stands,
and that's without his feet.

So, I'm very excited.

I can't wait to see him
with his wings on.

Outside, a new arrival.

Londoner Munis Allam has
a battle-scarred heirloom

for the attention of horologist
Steve Fletcher.

Hello. Hello.
How are you doing? Hello.

I'm Jay, and you are? Munis.

Munis. Yeah. And I'm Steve.
Hiya, Steve, nice to meet you.

Now that looks like a damaged clock.
It is.

Can you tell us about it, please?

Dad bought it in 1960s.
60 years now. Yeah.

And it was in our house
in Khulna... Khulna.

..which is southwest of Bangladesh.

It got damaged in 1971 during
the liberation of Bangladesh.

The Pakistan Army surrounded
our house. Yeah.

And they started shooting bullets.

And, probably the first bullet
ricocheted on one of the walls,

and damaged the clock.

HE EXHALES

Why were people shooting
at your house?

It was a mistaken identity.

You know, the Pakistanis were
looking for a freedom fighter,

the same surname as my father.

How old were you when this happened?

I think I was around
five years old when it happened.

It was really frightening,
and they took my dad and

five other elders outside,

and they were about to shoot him,
shoot all of them.

Whoa. And, nick of time, the major
got a walkie talkie call for

a reinforcement in another place.

OK. So, they left us...
and we all survived.

Was anybody hurt? No.
None of us got hurt. That's good.

And the only thing that got damaged,
really, real damage...

Yeah, really was the clock itself.

And this is the bullet hole...
damaged the side of the clock.

Wow. That's incredible.

So, the bullet went through there.
Yeah.

Did it work after being
struck by the bullet,

or did it then have to go in
for repairs?

As far as I remember, it did work
after the liberation war.

I don't know when it
stopped working,

probably late '70s, early '80s.

What memories do you have
of this clock?

A bit of happy and sad memories.

Obviously, when my father bought
the clock, I was very young,

and then, growing up, I used to
listen to the chimes and everything.

And I have some something of
my dad's possession with me.

He passed away in 1998,
and I think this is the only thing

which survived with us,

and we didn't have anything
else from that time.

I can see this is important to you.
Yes, it is. It is.

What would you like Steve
to do to this?

Do you want the hole gone?
Cos that's... No, not at all.

Not at all. You know,
I spoke to my siblings.

Nobody wants to hole to be repaired.

The hole has to be there.
That's the memory we've got.

So, if I can get it working, will
that take you back to those times?

Yes, it will.

It will take him back to the
early '70s when we had the clock

in our house. Yeah.
Definitely. Yeah.

Thank you for bringing this in.
Thank you very much.

It's a real pleasure. Thank you.
Bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye now.

Getting the chime back will mean
a lot to me, the world to me.

And obviously, listening to
the chime will take me back

to good memories.

It will have a big effect on me.

So, I can't see any shrapnel
in there.

No splinters of wood from where
the bullet going in must've -

it must've exploded round here.

So, there's no damage I can see,

which is good news.

Just need to give the movement
a jolly good overhaul, clean it,

put it all back together again.

It should work perfectly well.

The case, I'll take over to Will,
and he can work his magic on that.

And I'll see if Kirsten could
revive the dial.

While Steve rallies the troops
to help him with the clock,

it's a solo gig for David
on the miniature piano.

To whiten the worn-out keys,
he's cutting celluloid -

an early form of plastic
used on 1920s pianos.

So, that's all the new
key coverings made.

And the next thing is
to glue them on.

So, I've just lined that up.

I'm just going to use a
wooden block now,

and I'll clamp there into position.

And then, that's ready
to be left to dry,

and hopefully, when I come back
to that, I'll be able to clean up

the edges, cut the excess off,

and then, that's ready
to go back in.

So, I'm going to carry on with
the rest of them now.

I've now got the hammer action
out of the mini piano.

At least 4-5 of the hammers
have actually gone,

two have gone completely,

and the rest are missing rods
and various parts.

So, I'm going to cut all of
the missing parts that I need,

starting off with the hammers -
so I need about five of those -

then I need a similar number
of the actual pivot blocks,

and then, the little action
block at the back.

So, the first step is I'll just
measure the length of the hammers,

and then, I'm going to mark
that out on the timber,

and I'm just going to cut
those off in segments.

This is one of my favourite tools.

It's a Japanese-type saw,
but they're a pull saw -

so they cut on the backstroke,
rather than pushing

like an English saw.

So, I'm working my way through
the tone bars on the mini piano,

and basically, what I've done
is I've cut the new rods

to just a little bit over
the correct length

to produce the note.

The tone bars in the mini piano
are almost the same principle

as a tuning fork.

When you strike them,
it's the length of the bar

which actually determines
the correct note.

So, the next stage is to actually
go through and fine-tune them,

and I do this using my electronic
metre, using a little needle dial,

it actually shows you how
far away from the note it is.

And the metre is showing that
it just needs to go

a little bit higher in pitch.

So, I have to tune by taking
a little bit of the metal just off

of the end of the tone bar.

Just going to take a tiny,
tiny amount off.

So, we'll just try that.

That's hitting the right note.

So, I'm just going to work my way
through the rest of the scale now,

and hopefully that's ready
to go back in the piano.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

After hours of stitching and
stuffing, Wol, the wool owl,

is almost fit to take flight.

Amanda? Yeah?

Are you ready for Wol?

Perfect.

I just finished his little
feet and everything.

He's all ready, he's all...
reinforced and mended.

He is now all lined.

I've left you a little opening
for his feet. Perfect.

Come, Wol. Over to you.
Thank you.

Here you go.

Hello, buddy.

Now I've got Wol back, I'm pinning
all of his features into place

just to make sure I've got
everything right before I actually

start to sew them.

Really pleased with his little feet,
they are absolutely adorable -

even I say so myself.

Really pleased with how he's looking
now, it's just a case of stitching

all those bits into place, and then,
he'll be ready to go home.

I'm sure Judith's going
to love him when she sees him.

For Judith, Wol is a precious
reminder of her grandmother, Inna,

who cared for her
when she was young.

Accompanied by son, James,

Judith's returned to collect
her treasured owl.

When I think of Wol,
I think Grandma.

The two are absolutely intertwined.

I can't take one away.

The dream for today is that Wol -

he'll just be in a state
where I can have him again,

whole and well, and with us,
really. Yeah.

Hiya. Hello. Hello.
Welcome back.

Has it felt like a very long time?

Yes. Yes, it has. Yes.

How have you been?
Yeah, OK. Missed him.

I don't think we should keep you
waiting any longer, should we?

No, please don't.

Oh, my goodness, look at him.

Wow.

Can I touch him? Of course!
Yes, of course you can.

THEY CHUCKLE

Hello, my friend.

Gosh, I've missed you.

That's just amazing.

You take something that's
so precious from my past,

and you enable me to
take that into my future.

And it's such a gift,
and I'm so grateful. Thank you.

It was quite a big thing
to leave him,

and it's such a joy
to have him back.

It's ridiculous,
how attached I am to him.

You got a lot of strength from Wol,
but also from your grandmother?

Yeah. She would be thrilled that
he's meant so much for so long,

and, erm...

..and the specialness that
she had doesn't go, actually.

You don't lose them.

You can still feel them and
sense them in many ways.

And he just is a part of that,
really.

Yeah, you'll still see your
grandmother stitches in places.

I can feel them. Yeah. Thank you.

Yeah.

Thank you so much
for trusting him to us.

Thank you so much.
We have enjoyed working on him.

We really have. At this time,
really knowing how much love

had already gone into him.

So, you can take him home
and enjoy him now.

Well, I will thank you.

Take care. Safe journey.
Thank you. Bye. Bye. Bye.

Oh, I just wish my grandmother
was here to see the workmanship

that's been done.

She would look at it,
and she'd give them 11 out of 10,

she would be absolutely
thrilled to bits.

On closer inspection of
the clock struck by a bullet,

Steve's beginning to suspect
he may not be the first person

to try and fix it.

It has had quite a lot of work
around these pivot holes.

The pivots have worn the holes away.

The pivots are actually the main
part of the bearing of the wheels.

And, if they are worn,
then the wheels don't mesh properly,

and it'll stop the clock.

They've hammered up the holes
where the pivots come through.

So, what I need to do is put
some bushes in place.

While Steve tackles the
clock's mechanism,

Will is assessing
the battered wooden casing.

I really like this clock case.

It's got a lot of character -

especially with the bullet hole
in the side.

And I think, once that's been
cleaned up, waxed and buffed,

it's going to look really beautiful.

Thankfully, most of it
is still here.

There's a tiny bit of beading
there that's missing.

It's a case of glueing back
what is here and replacing

a few of those tiny pieces.

I'm quite nervous about this
door on the front.

It's really wobbly, as you can...

HE CHUCKLES

The glue has failed.

It's really dried out.

This really needs a lot of TLC.

Sand out that loose glue,
get some fresh glue in there,

and clamp it back up.

So, what I'll do now is I'll
just take each wheel out in turn

and check all the teeth -
and if there's a bent tooth,

it can cause all sorts of issues.

Good, that's great.

All the teeth seem really straight.

One down, I'll just go round and
just check all the other teeth.

There must be a good thousand
teeth to check here.

With Steve and Will busy working
on the mechanism and case,

it falls to Kirsten Ramsay's steady
hand to restore the clock's face.

Steve's asked if I can just
highlight these numbers,

just to bring them out a little bit.

Some of them have got quite worn...

..and I'll just touch them in
so that they're more easy to read.

So, I'd normally start where
there isn't too much missing,

just to get my iron and just to
get the feel of the numbers.

I quite a fine brush.

I've got some ink here.

Well, now that the casing is glued,

I'm now looking at replacing
any bits of missing moulding.

So, it'd be really nice to carve it
into some wood and replicate it.

This mallet is specifically
used for carving.

The top of the mallet
is made from olive wood.

And the nice thing about this is,
whilst you're carving,

the end of the chisel hits
the mallet, and it, sort of,

releases this lovely smell.

So, when I'm carving, I tend to get
quite hungry cos I start thinking

about olive oil, and then, cooking.
HE CHUCKLES

But it's such a dense, hard wood
that it's perfect for the job.

What I'm doing now is
I'm going round all the pivots.

And basically, the pivots get worn,

and you get ridges along them all.

And so, I need to spin them up
in the lathe with a pivot file,

and then, I polish them up
afterwards.

If you don't do that,
the clock struggles to work.

I've polished all the pivots up now,

and I need to redo the hole
that this sits in.

Cos it's been hammered up,
it's just not smooth,

it's in the wrong position -
everything's wrong about it,

so I'm going to rebush the hole now.

There we are. That's done.

Now I can just pop the bush in...

..and the pivot should turn
beautifully in it.

This is a much neater job...

..than the hammered-up
finish of before.

That fits in there really snugly.

Good. I'm pleased with that.

I just need to do all
the others now.

Well, I've glued in the
newly-carved pieces of wood,

and it's starting to take shape,
I'm nearly there.

I've given the rest of the casework
a good clean, which means that I can

now see the true colour of the wood.

I'll start colour-matching this now,

and I'll match the new piece
with the old piece.

I'm using an ebony pigment here,

mixing with some shellac polish.

It's blending in really nicely.

But once this is dry, I'll give
the whole case a wax over,

a quick buff, then back.

Also on the home straight is David.

He's replaced all the
miniature piano's missing parts

and is fine-tuning its appearance.

I'm really pleased with
the way the case is coming up.

So, put it back together,
and it's ready.

When this petite piano
arrived at the barn,

it could barely make a sound.

All the same, it was a powerful
reminder of childhood and family.

Now Kathryn is back to collect it.

I haven't heard it play
for so many years.

Everybody's really thrilled
that there is that possibility that

we might actually be able
to play it again.

Hello, Kathryn. Hello.

How're you doing? Yes, excited.

Good, good.

What're you hoping to see?

A shiny, musical version
of the miniature piano that

I brought in to you. Right.

You ready to see it?

I'm ready to see it.

OK.

HE CHUCKLES

SHE GASPS

Oh, wow. That's amazing!

Goodness me.

That looks so beautiful.

Let's see the keys.

Oh, wow!

That's incredible.

They don't look brown any more.

THEY LAUGH

That's amazing.

Can I have a look inside?
Yes, please, please do.

Please do.

SHE GASPS

Oh, my gosh,
it's got all its hammers.

Yeah, there was a few missing,
and...

That's incredible.

Try it and see what it sounds like.
Oh, I'd love to, I think...

SHE PLAYS SCALES

Yes! It's musical again.

That is incredible.

"Champion, the Wonder Horse" -
that's the one, innit?

Would you like to hear it?
I would love to hear it, yes!

Well, to be honest, I don't know
what was more difficult -

the repair on this, or trying to
learn "Champion, the Wonder Horse".

THEY LAUGH
We believe in you. It's close. OK!

PLAYS "CHAMPION,
THE WONDER HORSE" ON PIANO

Oh, wow.

PIANO CONTINUES

Amazing! That'll do, that'll do.
THEY CLAP

THEY GIGGLE

Thank you so much.
Got the main theme, anyway!

Oh, it's just so lovely to hear it.

Brings back those lovely childhood
memories, which is really special.

So, now it's repaired,
what'll you do with it?

So, I'm planning to keep it
for a few months, and then,

it's going to start rotating
through my sisters.

And, once they have it,
I think they'll want to hang

on to it for a little while each.

Aw, yeah. Yeah.
Well, thank you for bringing in.

We'll get this wrapped up and
bring it out to you.

Brilliant. Thank you.
Thank you so much.

It's been a pleasure.
Take care. Take care now.

Cheers! Bye-bye.

Having this piano that has been
with us throughout our childhoods,

you know, we've known it
to be in the house all our lives.

It just connects us all again with
that memory from the past,

which is really lovely.

Steve's repair to the mechanism
of the bullet-hit clock

is ticking along nicely.

All that remains is to put
the parts together again.

Will has made a really good
job of this case.

Hasn't polished it up too much.

He's left the bullet hole,
which is great.

Just going to pop the...
mechanism back in.

The mechanism should give years
and years of good service now.

Good.

Just pop the dial on.

Kirsten's done the dial beautifully.

She's just touched it up,
just the right amount.

GEARS WHIR

CLOCK CHIMES

That's great. I can't wait for
Munis to hear that strike.

This dilapidated clock was a
casualty of a frightening event

for a young boy, and serves
as a precious reminder

of his late father.

Now, Munis is back to see
if his treasured timepiece

is working once again.

It will be wonderful
seeing the clock,

how it was back in the '70s,

and seeing that and hearing
the chime again,

which was my childhood memory.

Hello. Hey. How are you doing?
Not too bad. Nice seeing you again.

Good. Are you excited?

Yes, very much.

I'm missing it for almost
30 years now. Yeah.

OK. Let's show it to you.

Wow.

I'll set it going for you. OK.

You did wondrous. Ah...

CLOCK CHIMES

Wow.

Wow.

HE EXHALES

Speechless.

I don't know what to say.

Thank you very much, Steve.

Really, really appreciate it.

Right, I'll carry out for you.
Thank you.

Really, really excited.

Hearing the chime back again...
I went back to my childhood.

You know, when I used to hear
the chime and the click every time.

Really, really excited and looking
forward to hang it in my wall,

and seeing the clock every day.

Join us next time...

Shiny Deck! Nice.

..as treasured possessions are
brought back to life.

TEARFULLY: He looks like
when he was new.

..in The Repair Shop.