The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 4 - Episode #7.4 - full transcript

Welcome to The Repair Shop, where
precious but faded treasures...

This is bad.

I don't think I've ever seen a chair
quite so broken as this.

..are restored to
their former glory.

That is lovely.
That 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 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,
Brenton gets in the groove...

I'm following the grain
of the record.

..restoring the shine
to a very special pair of discs.

I'm going to do some more
because I'm enjoying this..

While Steve tracks down the tick
to an antique that's lost its tock.

I've just found a bent tooth

and it does make all the difference
to get it absolutely bang on.

But the barn's first arrival is
Jane Ogden from Shoreham-by-Sea.

She's hoping to be transported
back to her childhood

with the helping hand
of Dominic Chinea.

Wow.

Hello. Let me give you a hand.
Thank you.

There we are.

Isn't that brilliant?
What is this?

Well, this is my dad's toy caravan
that he had when he was a small boy,

probably in about 1914.

When I was born,
it was saved for me.

So then it became your toy?
It became my toy.

And my mother, after the war,
was a little bit nervous

because there was an air raid
when she was on a train,

she wasn't hurt, but it put her off
going out much.

So our garden was very much
my childhood.

Happy memories playing
in that garden. Yes, definitely.

I used to trundle it up and down
the path with my cousin,

or I used to sit on top.

I had my soft toys
looking out the windows

and my mother made gingham curtains.

And it was a very much loved
family item.

It might be an old-fashioned
bathing machine,

a copy of that, we're not sure.

Oh! Oh, yeah. To me, it's our
caravan. It's your caravan, yes.

A caravan. It has many
happy memories for me.

My daughter and my son
played with it,

but it's lived in our cellar for
about the last seven or eight years.

Just because of the condition of it?
It was too weak to be played with.

Why do you want to
get it repaired now?

Because my youngest granddaughter
is seven.

She's seen it down in our cellar and
she knows she can't play with it.

And I'm hoping that if it's repaired
now, she'll be able to play with it

and then we can pass it on
to the next generation.

And it's a toy and it
needs to be played with.

What would you like us to do to it?

I don't know what colour
it was originally.

I have a feeling my mother
painted it these colours.

OK. But I'm happy for it
to be the same colour.

The wheels, they're fairly strong,

but I think they need
quite a bit of restoration.

Yeah. So it's just been in the
family for four generations.

Are you OK to leave this with us?

Yes, but you'll look after it,
won't you? Of course we will.

Jane, thank you.
Thank you very much. Thank you.

See you later. Bye-bye.

My caravan has been in our family
for over 100 years

and it's the first time it's been
out of our hands in all that time,

so it's quite a big wrench
leaving it here today.

But it's been well played with

and I'm hoping that it will be
restored to something

that can be played with again.

It's an impressive toy, really,
when you think about it.

It's amazing. I've honestly
never seen anything like it.

But where do you start
with something like this?
Obviously the roof.

Yes, this is plywood of some sort.
Look, it's completely delaminated.

So a whole new roof. I'm going
to try and keep this paint.

The new roof we'll paint to match.

And I'll probably separate
the wooden part from the metal,

the chassis underneath, because
all of the metalwork is very rusty,

so remove all of that.

And I really want to get those
childhood memories flooding back

and I think we should make some
gingham curtains like her mum did.

Jane would love that. Then I'll
get ordering. Brilliant. Thank you.

Although Jane calls this
her little caravan,

it has a lot of characteristics,

and I'm pretty sure it's a model of
an old Victorian bathing carriage.

There's no delicate way
of doing this.

I think things are definitely
going to have to get worse

before they get better.
I'm just going to start gently...

..taking bits off.

Even though I'm making a new roof,

I'm just trying to be
as careful as I can.

I don't want to scratch it
with my tools and what I'm doing

because it's lasted so long.

Right, there we go.
Roof is off.

Just need to now get the rest
of the nuts and bolts off,

get the whole thing apart,

then I can really see
what I'm working with.

I feel like I'm actually starting
to get somewhere now.

I've got the whole of the
bathing carriage stripped down.

The rust is quite bad, to be honest.

The metal is still solid enough
that it's saveable,

but the rust needs to be removed.

I'm going to take it over
the sandblaster, strip this off,

strip it right back to the bare
metal to get it ready for the paint.

Whilst Dom
gets stuck into sandblasting...

..the barn's next visitor
is arriving.

Margaret Chambers is pinning her
hopes on silversmith Brenton West

to revive a rather unique
family album.

Hello. You all right?
Yes. Nice to see you.

So what have we got in the
bubble wrap? It looks interesting.

It is. Well, I think
it's very interesting.

It is actually my cousin's
platinum discs.

So platinum discs is for records,
isn't it? Yes, for sales of records.

So your cousin, his name was?
Jimmy McCulloch.

These are his platinum discs for
being in a band. He was with Wings.

I tell you what, sorry,
I don't know... Wings.

Paul McCartney and Wings.
I know Paul McCartney

was in the Beatles. Yes. So you guys
are going to have to fill me in.

Do you know Wings?
I know Paul McCartney and Wings.

I probably bought those albums.

I probably contributed
to those platinum albums.

Hold on, that's a big deal.
Massive deal. Paul McCartney's band.

He was one of the lead guitarists.
Wow. All right. Tell me some more.

Do you know, I was too young

to appreciate how famous he was,
to be honest.

I didn't realise that he had
this absolutely amazing lifestyle

where he was all over the world,
he was a megastar.

And when he came to our house,
he would sit on the floor with me

and we would sit and play records.

Yeah. And he would tell me all about
the famous people he's with.

He's with The Who
and he's with all of these people.

And I'm going,
"Wow, that's amazing,"

but probably not really
comprehending it.

He was proper talented, then.
Oh, he was fantastic. Amazing.

But I had no brothers or sisters.
Right.

So he was just like my big brother
rather than my big cousin.

Yeah. If that makes sense.
It makes perfect sense.

So he got these,
and you get platinum for...

How many records
would you have sold?

These ones, it actually says on them
how many have actually been sold.

You're talking 50,000 discs.

He actually gave me these probably
when I was about seven or eight,

so they were very special and
they've always been very special.

And then when he died...

Because he died...
Oh, he's passed away?

Yeah, he died in 1979. So I was
still very young when he died.

So was he. Yeah, he was only 26.
He was just snatched away too soon.

Which is quite sad.
Yeah, that is very sad. Yeah.

So you and the family must have been
really proud of what he achieved.

Oh, yeah. It was amazing.
Everybody was so proud of him.

How did they get in this condition?

Because they seem
really important to you.

Yeah. Well, I had them in my
bedroom for a number of years.

They were super shiny.

I'll be honest,
this was bright white silver.

But then my mum and dad,
they were moving house

and they went in the loft. OK.

The roof leaked. Oh, no. Oh.

And then when they came out, they
were a bit mouldy-looking. Yeah.

And they'd started to tarnish.

I then thought, "OK,
I'll be able to clean them up."

And then I pretty much destroyed
them by trying to clean them up.

So they've then lived the rest
of their life in a cupboard.

OK. What would you like
doing to them, though?

I would just love them
to be back to being shiny.

That just the minute you see them,
you go, "Wow."

Yeah. And it's not going to tarnish
over time. Yeah.

Do you want the original frames
on them or...

I don't think the original frames
will hold up too well, to be honest,

and I don't know that they really do
them justice either, to be honest.

You're the expert.
You're also a Wings fan as well!

So I know these are in good hands.
They're in very good hands. Yes.

Because I know you're going to do
those justice. Yeah. Definitely.

Thank you. See you soon.
Thank you very much. You take care.

Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

I am super excited
to be leaving the discs

in the capable hands of Brenton.

I am so excited about this.

I don't think I'll be able to sleep
until I get them back

because I just can't wait to see
how they're going to turn out.

So this is quite special,
to hold a platinum record

that was owned by one
of the members of Wings.

I'm hoping I can make them
beautiful again.

The frames are beyond repair and I
want to remount these behind glass.

I'm sure a lot of their problems
have come from the fact

they've been open to the elements.

So it gives me the opportunity
to reframe them nicely.

I'm itching to see if I can
polish them or not.

There's not a lot I can do to these
if these don't polish.

If there's a lacquer on there,

it's going to be really hard to
get it off without damaging them.

So fingers crossed.

And I'm using silver polish,

which is the finest metal polish
that I've got.

These are actual metal records.

They've got the grooves of
the record printed into the metal

and I can't give any sort
of abrasive polish to this

or it's going to take
those grooves away.

So I'm following
the grain of the record.

And I think we're going
to be pretty successful.

When these came out,
I was in my mid teens.

And I've seen all the big bands -
The Who and Led Zeppelin

and the Rolling Stones - but I never
saw Paul McCartney and Wings.

I'm about three-quarters of the way
through this record

and it's looking really nice.

And I'm going to do some more
because I'm enjoying this.

Unlike Brenton,
Dom is a long way off,

reflecting on the rewards
of his repair work.

His next task for the toy carriage

is to tackle its
dilapidated woodwork.

The way this original roof is made,

you can see quite clearly
now it's falling apart,

is lots of thin sheets of wood
all glued together.

And I'm going to be using
exactly the same process as that,

just out of nice new wood.

The beauty of making the roof
like this is that individually,

these very thin sheets of wood
are really, really bendy,

so I can bend that into the shape
to fit really easily.

But once they're all stacked up
and glued together,

that is going to make
one super solid piece of wood.

To bend the pieces of ply
into the correct curvature,

Dom creates a mould using a series
of solid blocks of wood.

Finally, I've got my form complete,
so it is time to actually glue

the pieces of plywood
that I'm going to use all together

and get that all clamped up nicely
inside the form.

Right, that is the last clamp
in place,

so hopefully that should all now
give it a nice even pressure

and hold it all nice and tight.

I just need to leave that
so it dries,

and fingers crossed, all that
hard work has been worth it.

So now my glue has,
fingers crossed, dried properly,

this really is the moment of truth.

I'm so anxious now.

Lovely.

Fantastic. Look at that.
That's really, really good.

I honestly could not be happier
with that.

Most importantly, I've got to

try it on the actual body
to see if it fits.

That's just sitting on there
really, really nicely

and I've got that beautiful curve.
Brilliant.

I've now got the job of trying
to repair this paint job,

which is not an easy task.

Paint does weird things. In the sun,
it can fade and bleach it.

It changes the colour of the paint
over the years.

So every bit and every surface that
I pick up is a different colour.

So this is going to be
a very slow process.

Very small brushes,
just working my way around,

trying to do the best I can
to save her paint job.

Oh, God! Sorry! I didn't want
to scare you! Well, you did.

Thank you. How's it going?

I heard a little rumour
that you could sew.

Well, I would definitely not call
myself an expert, but I can get by.

Jane's mum, Peggy, made these
curtains by herself. Handmade them.

Yes. And that's what we're
going to do. What have we got?

Curtain material. Oh, that's
perfect. Come on, let's do it. Yeah.

There you go. Fantastic.

We'll just see how this goes.

Right, here we go.

OK. Feed that in through there.
How's that looking?

I'll pull this through.
Pull your one.

How's that?

Oh, that's it. That's what it
needed. Now, that is the one.

It's amazing what a difference

a set of curtains makes.
It's unbelievable.

So what else have you got left
to do to this? I'm so close now.

I've literally just got to paint
all the metalwork,

get it back on its wheels,

then it's ready for Jane
and her grandkids to enjoy again.

You've got it all thought out.
I'll leave you to it. Nice one.

As Dom cracks on, Jay prepares
to meet the barn's next visitor,

Simon Taylor from Worcester, who's
brought in a special assignment,

this time for horology expert
Steve Fletcher.

Hi, I'm Jay. You all right?
Yes, very well.

There's something in that box
for us, I know. There is.

This is Nana's clock.

Oh, cool. What's Nan's name?
Dot. Dot.

That's a nice clock, isn't it,
Steve? It is a nice clock, yeah.

Do you know much about it?

I know it's French and I know it's
well over 100 years old, I believe.

But it's not been working probably
now for maybe 25, 30 years. Wow.

My nan left it to me in her will.

I lost my nan about ten years ago.

She was such a lovely,
caring, considerate woman.

She was a single parent, so she
brought up my mum and my uncle.

Right. So it was tough for her,
really. Yeah.

So you used to spend a lot of time
with your nan then?

Yes. Summers, weekends, we'd stay
in her little flat in Northolt.

I always remember waking up
in the spare room

and just seeing this clock
on her sideboard

and thinking what an amazing
sort of thing that was.

She obviously treasured it
tremendously.

Can you remember it working
when you were a young child?

Yes, I do remember it ticking.

It had such a lovely sound,
and it chimes as well on the hour.

Right. It would be lovely
to hear that sound again.

And is that the way it looked,
or was it shiny?

Because to me it looks like
it's a bit dull. Steve, is that...?

It looks as if it's been painted.

I think it's been
quite crudely painted,

not by any of the family,
as far as I know.

How did it get into the condition
that it is now?

We feel that it may have been
dropped at some point. Right.

Unfortunately. It wasn't me!

Are you sure?! You've had a few
dropped clocks before, haven't you?

Lots of dropped clocks. OK.
It's a very common occurrence.

So why now?
What's the significance now?

So, a different side to the story,
which is my daughter, Emily.

Oh, right. She's had
a tough start in life.

She had a couple of health concerns
when she was a toddler.

We think from that
that it may have caused her

to have some cognitive learning
issues, unfortunately. Right.

She's 18 years old now. Right.

Two and a half years ago,
when she was 16,

she went upstairs
to get ready for bed.

Right. I heard a thud on the floor
and she'd actually collapsed

and had a heart attack
at 16 years old.

Oh, my word. Whoa. Yeah.

I did CPR for about 20 minutes.

She was then put in
an induced coma for ten days.

She's now fitted
with a defibrillator,

but she's got a smile on her face.

And obviously that to a parent
is the most important thing.

Definitely, yeah. Hence this will
be going to her at some point.

And I think the link really for me

is that my nan went through
some hard times

and my daughter went through
some hard times as well.

And it's just to show her

that whatever scrapes
and bumps you go through,

as the clock has as well
to a certain extent,

you can still have a smile
on your face and be happy

and carry on with your life, really.

Simon, I can't wait for Steve
to get this fixed for Emily.

Fantastic. Thank you very much.
See you soon. Bye-bye. Bye.

I'm so glad that we've got
the clock to give to Emily.

She's been through so much
in her life.

I'm hoping that the clock
will inspire her

to go on to better things
in the future.

This is really quite a nice clock.

The actual case has been
painted gold for a reason.

It was probably very,
very discoloured.

So I think I'm going
to strip off the paint

and see what's underneath.

The first thing I'm going to do
is to pop the mechanism out.

I'm pretty sure that this clock
was made in around about 1910...

..by a company called Japy Freres.

They were one of the biggest
French clockmakers.

These clocks,
if they're looked after,

will go on for hundreds
and hundreds of years.

They're such good quality clocks.

There we are.

So I'll put that over
to one side for now

and then just concentrate
on the case.

What I'm going to do is to scrape
the inside of this now

just to see what sort of material
it's made from,

just so I can decide
whether to polish it up

or just to maintain the surface
that I find underneath.

So that piece is definitely brass,

which means I need to get
the paint stripper on it

and see what the finish is
underneath

and then I can decide
what I'm going to do then.

So I'm going to just put a little
bit of paint stripper on now,

just on the corner here
and see how that comes up.

The paint's starting
to come off now.

I'll just wash it off
with a bit of detergent in water.

That really is coming up very well,
and I think actually,

if it all comes up as well as that,

I'm just going
to leave it like that.

That looks as it would have done
probably originally.

Very, very pleasantly surprised.

I'm just going to go around the rest
of it now, get it all cleaned up.

And I think it's going to look
brilliant. I'm so, so happy.

From Steve's bold brass
back to Brenton's stunning silver.

And with both platinum discs
now gleaming brightly,

Brenton needs to create a worthy
backdrop to showcase them.

I've decided that the frames are
not good enough to set them off.

They're both damaged and tarnished.

We're going to give them
some new velvet,

so why not give them
some new frames?

I do a little bit
of picture framing at home

and it's nice that I can do this
for Margaret.

I can put a competent frame
together.

These are ready
to put some glue on now.

I'm just going to check
that's square

and I'll just check that
in the corner.

That's pretty good.

I can let that dry
and then I can do the other one.

What's this for? The records?

This is for the back of
the rock and roll records,

so this is going to be covered in
a blue velvet.

The records are going to
go on to this. Nice.

So I need this cutting down.

All right. So you want this
362 and 491? Please. Yeah?

This is really nice to be able to
make Jimmy's frames again

for Margaret, isn't it? Well, it is.
And you don't make frames.

I make them for myself but I don't
make them for other people normally.

So this is because
it's the band that you...

It's very special. Very special,
yeah. Let's get cutting.

You want to check and see
if that one's all right

and I'll just measure the same
for that one.

You get the job, mate. Snug? Yeah.

Have you ever played in a band?
Not very well, no.

You kept that quiet, didn't you?!
Not very well.

We'd better keep quiet about
my guitar skills, I think.

I've just had a thought.
Have you allowed for the fabric

to go round this?
I may not have done.

OK. Where is the fabric? I've got it
here. Let's have a butcher's.

That's quite thick velvet.

I can't make the frames bigger,

so we're going to have
to take a tiny bit off.

We'll take a bit off. Yeah.

You're cutting both
at the same time?

Yeah, trying to save
a bit of time.

Let's try that in there, then.

There you go.
I'd have covered that in velvet

and they wouldn't have fitted!

So that's... That's all right.
That's what teamwork does.

That will be nice and tight
in there. That will be lovely.

I'm always here to help. Thank you.

In his outdoor workshop,

Dom is on the final stages
of repainting the toy carriage,

restoring the now rust-free wheels
to their signature colour.

This is definitely
the most therapeutic,

nice part of any restoration -
painting.

I do really like this part.

I've actually matched
this glossy red paint.

Sort of tinted this down a little
bit to match it to the original red.

So once this is all
built back up again,

it should tie in quite nicely.

I think I'm about there.
It's really now just reassembly.

This is hopefully a lot more
how Jane would have remembered it.

And most importantly, this will live
on for years and years to come now.

The century-old carriage
had been well used

by four generations of children,

but wear and tear meant
it was banished to the cellar

for almost a decade.

Today, Jane has returned
with her daughter Victoria,

in the hope that it will serve
as enjoyment for future generations.

It's special because of the memories
it brings to me, of my childhood,

and also of my daughter
Victoria's childhood.

I played with it.

Even when I was little I knew
that it had a lot of history

and that it hadn't just been Mum,
but her dad as well.

He would be so pleased
that we were here today.

Yeah. He would be
looking down and saying,

"You've done the right thing,
girls."

Hello. How are we doing? Hello.
Really well. Good to see you again.

I'm really curious -
what have you got in the bag?

Have you brought us a gift?

No, it's not a gift. We used
to take animals in the caravan,

so Vicky's brought her special one
and her brother's special one.

Oh. And I've brought Mole.

So when we take the caravan out
we want to put them inside,

if that's all right with you.

Of course. We should reunite them,
then, shouldn't we? I think so.

We can't wait much longer! Yeah.

Are you ready? Yes, we're ready.

Oh... Oh, my goodness.

Mum, I can't believe it. Oh, Mum.

It's absolutely brilliant.

And it's got the gingham curtains.
And a door.

Yes.

Oh, my goodness. It's fantastic.

And I love it that you kept the
colours the same. Yes. It's perfect.

Good. Because we love these colours.

You know, even when I was a child,
it didn't look as good as that.

Oh, bless you.
It's absolutely brilliant. Yes.

It's had a whole new roof.

If you remember, the roof
was almost peeling off...

Yes. It looks so much sturdier,
and look at those wheels.

Are you ready, Mole?

Very, very happy. Oh, my goodness.
That's absolutely brilliant.

It's absolutely brilliant.
Thank you so much. You're welcome.

It wouldn't have survived another
winter, really, in the cellar.

It was too far gone.

We couldn't be more thrilled.
Thank you so much.

Bless you. No, thank you. Thank you.

Oh. Oh, bless her.

We've got a couple of happy
customers here, haven't we?

It's so nice to see. I can really
just tell how much you love it.

We really do. Yeah.

Thanks, guys. Thank you.
Thank you so much.

Oh, it's making the same noise, Dom!
It's the same noise it always made!

Oh, bless her. Did you see her face?

Yeah. Magical. Brilliant.

When I saw it, it brought back
a flood of memories,

and those memories are so vivid.

It was emotional.

They've made such
a brilliant job of it.

It's absolutely fantastic.

Back inside the barn and hoping
for his own brilliant result

with the ornate clock is Steve.

With the shine restored
to the brass casing,

he can now focus on fixing
the all-important timepiece.

I'm going to just strip
the whole mechanism down

and then I can see
what the problems might be.

Clocks have an amazing
sentimental value to people

because it's almost like
a living thing.

Also, people just
remember their relatives

winding the clock up every week.

And so there's an attachment there.

Good. That's come off cleanly.

It's at this point
that I'd start looking

at all the different wheels in here

and seeing if I can see
any bent or distorted teeth.

That one's all right.

Well, that's really good news.

I've just found a bent tooth.

It's so, so slightly bent,
you can hardly see it,

and it is the reason why
this clock isn't going.

So that's fantastic.

I will give it
a thorough good clean

and check it again
once I've cleaned it

just to make absolutely sure
there are no other problems.

I've cleaned all of the parts
of the mechanism

and it's all ready
to put back together again.

But before I do that,
I've got to straighten the teeth.

There are a few slightly bent teeth
and one quite badly bent tooth.

It does make all the difference
to get it absolutely bang on.

Great, that's all
straightened up now.

Now I've done that,

I can start getting all of the
mechanism back together again.

I've done so many of these clocks

that putting one of these
back together again,

it's almost like muscle memory.

Good. So I've just got to get
all the other bits and pieces

back on to the movement
and then pop it back into the case.

On his work bench,
Brenton has almost finished

making his bespoke cases
for the two platinum Wings records.

Just putting the records

back on to the velvet backgrounds
that I've made,

and once in its frame, it's
going to be absolutely stunning.

OK, that's great.

I'm going to slip this in here,
so no more dust can get in.

Look at that. One re-framed record.
Doesn't that look fabulous?

So that's one done.

I've just going to do the other one
and they'll be ready

for Margaret to collect,
and hopefully she'll be pleased.

The 1976 platinum discs were a gift
from the band's lead guitarist,

Jimmy McCulloch,
to his younger cousin, Margaret.

And today she's returned,

hoping to showcase the memory of
her rock-star relative once again.

The last time I actually saw the
discs looking spectacular and shiny

would probably be near enough about
30 years, actually.

I'm hoping that Brenton
has been able

to bring the discs just
back to life again.

I can't wait to see what he's done
and the magic he's worked on them.

Hi. Hello there. Hi. You all right?
Yes. Nice to see you.

I'm super excited.

You're not the only one, because you
remember what they looked like.

They were a bit...
Oh yeah, I remember.

You don't want to remember
that again.

Oh, no. They were really,
really not good.

How could I have done that to them?

Yeah, let's not go there.
Brenton, shall we show her?

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, wow. And they've got glass.

And his plaque.

They look fantastic.
It's not often I'm lost for words.

Anybody who knows me will know
I'm never lost for words!

Oh, they're absolutely superb.

And you've kept up
the blue velvet as well. Wow.

It's like you're seeing them for
the first time. It feels like that.

I knew you would treat them with
the respect that they deserve.

I listened to the albums
on the weekend. Did you?

Get in the mood! To get inspiration.
Get in the mood!

I am so pleased. And I love
the frames. Really classy.

I love that they match,
because they didn't match before.

It looks fantastic, and I can't
thank you enough. Thank you.

Once you've got these back home,

are you going to have a bit of
a celebration with the family?

Of course we are!
We're going to get his videos on,

get his albums on again

so that we can actually just sit
and just toast the memory of him

and just enjoy the achievements
that he had in his life. Yeah.

We need to get these home. Yes.
I can't wait.

You look after them now.
I know you will. Oh, I will.

Trust me, I will. Most definitely.

Enjoy them. I will. Let me get the
door for you. Thank you so much.

See you again.
Thank you very much. Bye.

When I saw them for the first time,

I could just think of when
Jim gave me the discs

and when we would actually
just sit and chat

and just how special he was.

And I just felt really privileged
to actually have them back

in that condition
that I can enjoy them again.

They were so much better
than I could ever have expected.

Meanwhile, back inside, Steve's work
on rebuilding the old brass clock

has been ticking along nicely.

Great. All ready to put
the mechanism in.

That looks absolutely fantastic.

So that's ticking away beautifully
now. I just need to pop the bell on.

We need to make a few adjustments

and it'll be ready
to hand back to Simon.

I can't wait to see his face
when he sees it

and hears the sound
of that bell as well.

That's great.

TING

The clock is a sentimental timepiece
for Simon,

as it represents the fond childhood
memories he has of his Nana Dot.

Today, he's returned to collect
it with his daughter, Emily.

My Nana was a strong woman and
battled through a lot in her life.

And Emily has
in her short life so far.

She means the world to me

and she's going to inherit
the clock at some point.

Hello, how are you doing? Hello.
You all right? Hi. Yeah. You?

So, Simon, this must be Emily. Yes.
My wonderful daughter, Emily.

Emily, do you know anything about
Nana Dot? Yes, she was really nice.

Because your dad speaks very fondly
of her. Yeah. Yeah.

So Simon, what are you expecting
to see underneath there?

It would be lovely
to see it working.

Erm... And if it chimes, possibly?

Would you like to have a look at it?
I'd love to. Love to.

Oh, wow. Wow.

Isn't that lovely? Yeah.

It looks amazing.

Steve, you've done
such an amazing job.

Once I'd taken the gold paint off,

it came up beautiful
with a bit of polishing up.

It's amazing, absolutely amazing.

Would you like to open up the front?
Yeah.

And just turn the hands around
just past four o'clock.

You want to do that? Just move
that little hand past 12 slightly.

Very slowly. That's it. Let go.

BELL TINGS

Oh, wow. Wow.

I've not heard it do that
for a very long time.

You'll be reminded of Nana Dot
every hour,

because it just chimes
and it's beautiful.

Which is fantastic, actually.

That's... That for me will
mean a lot. Yeah, absolutely.

Emily, how do you feel
about the thought

that you'll own this another day?

Absolutely amazing.

Good.

You'll have to look after it!

I will look after it.

I'm so happy to have been able
to do this for you.

Thank you. Thanks very much.
It means a lot.

Looking forward to the future,
now, eh? Yeah.

So we'll get this packed up for you
now so you can take it home.

Fantastic. All right.

There we go. Carry it carefully.
Yes, absolutely.

Do you want to carry it?
No! You carry it. OK.

Thank you so much. Thank you. You're
welcome. Very much appreciated.

Thank you. Thank you very much.
Take care now. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

The clock looks absolutely amazing.

I don't think I've ever seen it
looking so sparkly and bright.

It's just absolutely amazing.

It would be very nice to own it

and Great Nana would be
absolutely amazed

that it's got back to its
normal working self.

Join us next time when more displays
of delicate craftsmanship...

Lovely.

..return weary relics
back to pride and joy...

Oh, they look amazing!

..in The Repair Shop.