The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 40 - Episode #7.40 - 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. It is, isn't it?
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 it forever.

..the team will restore the items...

Wow!

..the memories...
I'm so happy to see it.

..and unlock the stories
that they hold.

It's made it all worthwhile.

Aw...



ROOSTER CROWS

In The Repair Shop today,
a trio of once-shining treasures...

Well, it hasn't exploded so far.

..are made bright and beautiful,
once again.

There you go, ha!

I'm quite pleased with that.
That's pretty good, isn't it?

But first, The Repair Shop's
very own musical star, Pete Woods.

You look nervous.

No, no, no.
I've seen enough down here.

Yeah. I don't get nervous any more.

He's ready to restore an instrument
that changed the life

of Chris Bassett from Hertfordshire.

Hello, there, you OK?

Hiya. Yes, thank you. Hi, I'm Don.

I'm Chris. I'm Pete. Hello, Pete.

I might be wrong here - cornet?

It looks like a cornet to me,
yeah, you're right. Yeah.

Not just a small trumpet.
Yeah, it's definitely a cornet.

Tell me all about it.
When did you get hold of it?

Well, my parents gave it to me
when I was 11. OK.

And it was quite a big thing,
because my parents,

we never had much
money in those days. Right.

You know, we had five siblings
all under nine, at one point.

So, this was a real, special
thing to have, then? Yeah, yeah.

I think one of the reasons they gave
it to me was when I was eight,

seven, eight years old. Yeah. I had
an accident where I came off my bike

and fractured my skull.
Oh, my... No!

So, I'm not sure about the time
between the next incident,

but I was on a garage roof,
when I came off the garage roof

and fractured my skull again!

Oh, no. So, ended up in a couple
of years in a children's hospital.

So, coming out after two years
in hospital, you recovered,

physically? Physically, yeah.

Recovered. Good, good.

Academically, I've never
recovered. What happened?

Overnight, it just...
I, sort of, like, lost everything.

All my education prior to that point
was kind of just disappeared.

When I went to secondary
school, I was put in a unit,

which was vocational.

We weren't expected to achieve
academically, at all.

But then my parents put
this in my hand and I found music.

Yeah. Like, trying to learn words
and how words were formed,

I couldn't comprehend, but I could
comprehend the structure of music.

It's just amazing, isn't it?

From them giving you this cornet
completely changed

the direction of your life.
Yeah, I put up a new world.

I joined a youth band. Did you?!

I came third in a brass band
contest, playing the cornet.

Well, my parents,
they were so pleased.

What I didn't tell them was there's
only three people in it!

They were pleased.

Did it become a job, music?

It did. Yeah, I joined the Army
as a musician, although I auditioned

on the cornet, they didn't have
any vacancies for cornet players,

so I had to learn the French horn
after that and then went to the

Royal Military School
of Music after that.

Oh, wow. Good on you. OK.

After the Army, did your musical
career continue?

When I left, I joined a brass
band and the last 17 years,

I worked for children, boys 11 to 16
with behaviour difficulties.

Right.

So, then I always kind of like
help them with some musical skills.

It's fantastic, really, what it...
Isn't it?

Simple little bit of brass
can do to somebody.

It is.

And monetarily, it's not worth
much at all, but to me,

it's a life changer.

It's the reason I am where I am now,
and it's always been there.

Good. So, how long has it been since
you've played this cornet?

Well, it's been since 1969,

when I joined the Army.

My goodness, that means this hasn't
played for, what, over 50 years?

Yeah. Cor. Does this not work now,
then, I guess, is it?

No, no.

You can get a note out of it.

Well, I'd quite like the sticky
plaster to be removed.

And it actually have a water valve
key, there...

The slides, they've just
completely seized up.

Yeah. It's not quite supposed to be
that shape, is it? No.

To have some of the dents taken out
would be great. Silver plated,

though, wasn't it? Yes, it's silver
plated. Yeah. So, when you were

playing that in the band, that would
have been shiny as anything.

That would have been really shiny.
Yeah, would've been immaculate.

Yeah. But to play it again
would be amazing.

Brilliant. Well, leave it with us.

Thanks very much. Pete will work
his magic and we'll see you soon.

Thanks very much. See you later.

Bye. Cheers, then.

So, to play the cornet again
after 50 years

would be just tremendous, I mean,

I imagine my mum smiling or my dad

being proud of me and saying,

you know, "Well done."

So, for me, that would be fantastic.

It's quite important, really,
I mean, this instrument, by him

being given it, has shaped his whole
life, and he's had a wonderful time

out of music, so I think we need to
get it up, so that he can

play it again.

First thing I've got to do is I've
got to take the valves out.

The valves, which alter the length
of tuning to produce the different

notes, have seen better days.

The water key's missing.

I've also got to try and get
all the slides freed up.

Then I can take the bell off

and get rid of the nasty bend
that's in there

and get it all straight.

Been silver plated,
so I think it'd be really nice

to get this plated up again
for Chris.

So, we've got to get it all
stripped down, cleaned up,

so it all works nicely.

As normal with a cornet this age,

you would expect
all the slides to be stuck.

I've been on the lucky side,

two out of the five have come out.

So, now we've got to start
working on the others.

They need a bit of persuading.

So, by getting a rope around there,

you can actually give it a good tug.

That's that off.

Thank goodness for that.

Finally, two to go.

SHEEP BLEAT

Arriving next at the barn, Simon
and Elaine Johnston from Surrey.

They've brought something that's
been a cherished part of family life

for decades,

and they're hoping Steve Fletcher
can revive it.

Hello. Hello. I'm Jay. And you are?

Hi, Jay, I'm Simon. All right,
Simon? I'm Elaine.

All right, Elaine? I'm Steve, hi.
Hello, Steve. Hello, Steve.

It's good to see you.

Can we see what's inside? Sure.

Yeah.

Ah...

You're saying, "Ah", like you know
what it is. What is it?

It's my parents' old paraffin lamp.

Oh, we had these,
when I was a kid, as well.

What's your mum and dad's name?
Mike and Elizabeth.

My parents married in 1949,

and they went to live on a farm
in South Wales, near Carmarthen.

Right. And they lived in a cottage
that had no electricity or water

and no gas, obviously.

Whoa. And they bought this,
for their main source of light.

Do you remember those times?

I was too young, really, to remember
the times of the farm. Yeah.

I was born in 1956,
but my parents moved to Surrey,

and when this came out again,
I was probably 16 or 17.

During the three-day week. That
was in the seventies, weren't it?

It was when the government
shut down pubs early

and television went off
at ten o'clock

to make people go to bed
and not use any electricity.

And then we used to sit round the
fire with this, playing cards.

And we got to know
each other as a proper family.

Aw. And the other thing,
Steve probably knows

that this, when it's working,
hisses. Yes.

HE HISSES

Yeah, yeah.

And that is in my memory.

No television. No radio.

Just the sound of that? Just the
sound of this and the cards.

And the cards. Absolutely.

When you think back of those days,
were they happy times?

Oh, yes. I think it ingrained in me
the value of families.

And that is, in fact, exactly
what we've carried on doing.

When Si and I got together, we met
playing a Monopoly game,

believe it or not. And then that was
over 40 years ago, and that's what

we've done with our family
and our kids.

So, when we go out in the evenings,
we always have a pack of cards

and play games. So, what would you
like us to do with the lamp, then?

Well, I'd like it to work again.
That's the main thing. Right.

And maybe to make it look a bit
cleaner and a bit fresher.

Why do you want to get
this repaired now?

Well, I think that
family is really important to us,

and it would be a really good thing
focus, if you like,

for all of us to sit round
with this.

Yeah. That's what we definitely
want to do together.

That will be nice. Absolutely.
That is nice. That is nice.

Steve, would do you reckon? If I can
get this working, I know

it's going to bring lots of memories
back to you, but it's also

going to bring
memories back to me, as well.

So, I look forward to lighting it.

Well, I look forward to seeing
it work. Yeah, we really, really...

I'm looking forward to hearing that
hiss, because I've not heard it.

Thank you very much
for bringing this in.

If you leave it with us, we'll get
it working for you, hopefully.

Well, thank you, guys, as well.
Thank you very much. We look forward

to seeing it. You take care, now.
All right, thanks. Thank you. Bye.

Bye-bye.

Having the lamp with our family
just means such a lot,

and it just reminds us that
sometimes the simple things

are best. I want it repaired
so that we can sit around

remembering those times.

These lamps are really,
really clever.

And they're really efficient,
as well.

They're pressurised and just a tiny,
tiny small amount of paraffin

comes through into here

and is released

just inside the mantle.

The mantle is the bit that contains
the flame and gives out

all the light,

and it's ignited and stays ignited

and glows really, really brightly.

As soon as a lamp like
this has been fired,

these mantles get really,
really brittle.

And I'll put a new mantle on here,
because it's really broken.

I've been umming and ahing
about what to do with this lamp

because I like things to be kept
fairly old.

But the problem with this is that
it's so rusty, as soon as it gets

hot again, the rest of this paint

is just going to pop off.

So, I'm actually going to send
the whole of this top off

to be re-vitreous enamelled,

and that should keep it
in good order

for the rest of its life.

So, this is the pump.

You have to use this to pump up
the air pressure

and there's a leather here
that's disintegrated,

so I'll need to
replace this, as well.

So, I'm going to get all the parts
stripped down now,

clean it all up and then put it all
back together again,

and it should work all right.

I can't wait.

Having dismantled his assignment,
Pete can begin work

on the bent and battered brass
of the cornet.

I've got all the muck out from
inside, which is really important

when we're going to be working
the tube to knock dents out.

The bell's bent.

It's also slightly
in the wrong position.

So, now, I've got to just manipulate
it, make it nice and straight

so that we can take the slide
in and out, passed the bell.

What I'm trying to do is manipulate
all the tube back to where it was.

It should all go back
to roughly the same shape.

It's quite a common thing to happen
with trumpets and cornets,

to get a bend there.

Usually, it's kids dropping it.

So, we've just got to keep hammering
away now and straighten

this all out, and then we can
get it all plated up.

Chris's water key was sadly missing.

This is what lets the spit out.

You quite often see
trumpet players going...

HE BLOWS

..and pressing it and a little
bit of spit coming out.

If you get too much in there,
it simply makes a note gurgle.

So, we're just going to put
a brand-new water key on,

just wire that one so that
we can solder it in place.

That's a good job. Take the wire
off, clean up the joints,

and some polishing.

Job's a good'un.

We've got it all
nice and shiny now,

taken out as many dents as we can.

So now what we've got to do
is we've got to solder it up.

The purpose of the wiring is
just simply to hold it together

while it's being soldered.

I'll put on the flux
which cleans the metal,

makes sure it stays clean,
and we can get this soft solder in.

Everything's got to be airtight.

Just the same kind of thing
that a plumber would do

on your central heating system
or the water supply.

Except you've got to be
a little bit more delicate

otherwise it all falls apart.

I've just got to a few more

then we'll get rid of
all the excess lead,

send it off to the silver platers.

Next, a story of a special
friendship between two neighbours.

Lynnie McGirr brings to the barn
a treasured musical curio

in need of repair.

Hello, there. Hello. I'm Brenton.

Hi, Brenton. My name's Lynnie.

Hi, Lynnie.
What have you brought in?

I fought in my automata. Steve?

Steve Kimber has been restoring
music boxes for 35 years.

Nice to meet you. I'm Lynnie.
Nice to meet you.

So where's this music box from?

So it used to belong to a neighbour
of mine, called Charles. OK.

Back in January 1990, there
was a storm and a tree fell

from a neighbouring property
onto my garden.

So I went off with my little
children down this long driveway

and I was greeted by a very elderly,
portly gentleman, dressed in tweed,

watch on a chain, and he was
such a charming person.

Anyway, I explained about the tree
and he sent his gardener

round and I baked Charles
a cake to say thank you,

and he came to my house for tea

and our relationship grew
to one, really,

he was like a grandad to me
in some respects.

And he'd never had any children,

his wife had died a couple
of years earlier.

I think we filled a gap in
each other's lives and

became very close, very quickly.

So where did the music box fit
into this story with Charles then?

Well, my daughter, Megan, and I
were in his house having a drink.

She was about one. And Megan
started crying and she just

wouldn't stop crying.

And sitting
on the mantelpiece was this,

and he wound it up, and he pulled
the pin out and the bird

popped up and started to sing.

And Megan's crying
just stopped immediately.

She was totally mesmerised
by it, and so was I.

It was just so magical.

Every time we went to see him,
then, it was bought out.

How come you've got the box now?

Well, sadly it was at his funeral.

I was told by one of his closest
friends that Charles had intended

for me to have the automata,
and I've treasured it ever since.

Oh, lovely.

Unfortunately, it's broken.

The lid should go down. Yeah.

The little bird should go into a
recess in the lid,

and this pin shouldn't be bent
like it is. What happened?

I had it out on display and
one of my friend's children

came along and thought it was a toy
and broke it, unfortunately, so...

And why have you decided
to get it repaired now?

I have got a little granddaughter,
Tiggy, who is the age that Megan

was when she first saw the automata,

and I would love to now show this
to Tiggy. That would be lovely.

Maybe stop her crying one day
if she's crying.

Thank you, Lynnie, for bringing
your box in, and I'm sure Steve

will be able to get
the mechanism working.

Thank you. And I know I can
make the box look nice.

Thank you. Thank you very much.
Nice to meet you. Thank you.

To have the automata working again,
the magic of being able to just

wind it up, pull the little pin out
and see a little bird singing again,

after all these years of it
being sadly shut away in a box,

it would be very magical indeed.

So... What are we going to do?

Well, if I remove the mechanism,

I think there might be
some issues with the lid.

OK, so you give it to me without
the mechanism in,

I'll give it a good polish and
I'll give it back to you ready

to put your repaired mechanism in.

OK. Thanks a lot. OK.

Which weapon shall I choose?

I don't want to lose any of these
screws so, once I've taken them out,

I'm going to pop them in goo
to keep them in place,

and also that gives me a little map,
and I know I can put them back

in the same holes they came out of.

There we are.

So we've got the case.

Sorry, bird.

Gotcha.

Now we can investigate
the cause of the problem.

In his quest to restore
the paraffin lamp,

Steve is working
on the tarnished case.

I'm just experimenting at the moment
to see what this will look like

if I just polish it up
without touching in the paintwork.

it just oozes that history
of Simon's family on the farm,

and I think that'll look
really special.

All these pieces are brass

so I'll put them in
my clock cleaning fluid,

and then I'll really
polish them up well.

I've got the top
of the lamp back now.

It's been re-enamelled with
a vitreous enamel,

which can cope with a lot of heat.

And they've made
a beautiful job of it.

So now I can get on with the rest
of the assembly of the lamp.

This lower part of the lamp
is quite important to get right

because this is where all
the pressure is, in here,

and pumps the paraffin up to the
burner in a very pressurised

sort of vaporised way.

But this is the part that actually
pumps the air into the main base.

I'm just putting this new
leather pump gasket on there.

Pretty sure that's
how it's supposed to go.

It just fits down in there.

One of the last things I need
to do is fit the mantle.

So this is very much like a fabric.

Once it's burnt,
it'll stay really brittle

and it will stay just like
that, firing after firing.

I just need to feed it through
the part of the burner there.

That screws up onto the main burner.

Just trying to get around the top
lip of the part of the burner.

I've never done this before.

I've seen my dad do it a few times.

That's fitted on correctly.

That should shape up
once it starts burning.

Already shining bright is
the cornet that helped a young man

on the road to recovery after
a life-changing accident.

Chris's cornet is back from the
platers. They've done a lovely job.

Now all I've got to do is
just put it together.

One of the final things now,

but most probably one
of the most important,

of course, we've got to get
the valves in there.

Hopefully, they go up and down
nice and smoothly.

If they all go like this,
I'm in clover.

This cornet is important to Chris
because really it shaped his life.

This bit of brass has
made something of him

and it's great, really, to think
what music can do for people.

This cornet sparked Chris's
lifelong passion for music,

but it fell into disrepair
after he joined the Army.

50 years since I've actually
played it properly,

but, you know,
when I think about that,

I actually feel quite overwhelmed.

It'll be interesting to see
what Pete's done with it.

It'll be exciting.

Chris, lovely to see you again.

And you, thank you. You OK?
Yes, I'm very well, thank you.

Good.

How are you feeling?

Yeah, feeling quite excited.

I never actually got to say
thank you to my mum and dad

for giving me the cornet cos by
the time you realise the impact

it had on my life, it was too late,

just to say thank you to them,
because it was a life changer,

and it IS a life... It is.

It still continues to be
a life changer, yeah.

This is quite a big day for you,
then. Yeah, very big.

Yes, I want to see what's
under the cover now.

Oh.

Oh, my God.

That is just amazing.

Can I... Can I pick it up?
Of course you can. All yours.

Look at that - movement.

You've done an amazing job there,
Pete. I can't...

I can't believe it.

Oh.

Thanks, Mum and Dad.

It's amazing.

I never imagined in my life that it
could actually look like that again.

It deserves to be like that.
Yeah, absolutely.

It's just incredible.

Can I play it?

Well, of course, you can.
That be amazing.

I've brought a mouthpiece.
Perfect.

Glad you came prepared.

HE PLAYS

That was great. Thank you, Pete.
That's all right, mate.

You've done an amazing job.
Pleasure.

And that was the first tune I played
publicly, so to play that same tune

again on the same instrument,
50 years later, is just incredible.

Thank you very much.

I really hope you enjoy it
and keep playing it.

Thanks very much.
Thanks. Cheers, Chris.

I'm shaky because I'm just
overwhelmed to be able

to hold this again in
this condition and to play it.

It's amazing.

I'd like to think my mum and dad
are really, really proud of me,

holding the very same instrument
they gave me when I was 11.

Just... My parents,
I don't know why they did it,

but I'm so grateful they did.

All right, pal. How are we doing?

Music box maestro Steve has
freed the bird from its silver box

and can now investigate
why it no longer sings.

It's a clockwork mechanism

that drives this set of bellows

and the bird's tweet comes
from something looks like

a penny whistle, but you've
got a bent lever here

that moves the lid
backwards and forwards.

I've got to remove this lid and
see what effect that damaged lever

has on all the other adjacent
levers that work from it.

By removing the lid, hopefully
we've unfrozen something or other

and we can actually see
what the problems are,

so I'm just going to put a few turns
on the mainspring.

And it's moving.

TWEETING

We got something there.

Off he goes.

TWEETING CONTINUES

Hm.

Well...

..the timing was a bit out.

The bird was not as animated
as he ought to have been.

The function of the wings,
the beak and the tail,

is operated by a pin that goes
up middle of the bird

and the pin is bent over.

I've got to remove the bird,

try and straighten the pin,

and see how much more movement
we can get in the bird.

Steve's give me the automaton box
that Lynnie left us,

and this box hasn't been cleaned
for years.

I'm going to give it a good polish.

I'm using a silver cleaner,

that you buy at the supermarket.

It's a pad and it's got the chemical
in it that removes the tarnish,

and then very gentle polishing

with a soft cloth.

That little lid looking
really nice now.

I've just got to do the top
and then the rest of the box.

This little pin here is what makes
the wings of the bird flap

and his beak go.

Now, I've got to try
and straighten that.

If I break it, it will mean
taking the bird to pieces

and re-feathering it,

once repairs have been made,

and that's not my bag.

So, if you hear a little bit
of a sobbing noise afterwards,

it's me, because I would have busted
it, so anyway, here we go.

Well, there's progress,

but not quite right.

I'm just sort of taking it
a little bit at a time.

That's it.

He's flapping his wings
and he's moving his beak...

..and I think that's pretty good,

so I'm going to leave it there
and have a cup of tea

cos I'm quite pleased.

So, one of the problem parts
is this lever -

it lifts the lid and enables the
bird to emerge from the mechanism.

The lever is bent,

so I'm going to bend it
a little bit.

I've got to sort of feel the metal

and feel it move.

I'm going to leave it at that
for the time being.

I'm going to refit
this to the mechanism

and see what result it gives us.

This is the crucial test,

so I'm just going to simulate
a start now.

After one complete revolution
of the mainspring barrel,

I'm hoping the lid is going to
flop down and sit flush with the top

of that grille.

Which it does, so that's good.

The next stage in the jigsaw is...

..we have to mount the bird

and set it up so that when he drops
into his little recess,

he does so like that.

He sits in there...

..just nicely.

So, the bird is secured.

Now, when I switch him on,

he should flap his wings,

his beak should go,

and he should move
backwards and forwards.

So, there we are.

There you go, ha!

I'm quite pleased with that.
That's pretty good, isn't it?

He did his little turn and his
performance and he popped down

just when he was told,

and that's a very nicely,
well-behaved, little chap.

That's the sort we want.

Good.

There's more mechanical mastery
across the barn, as Steve prepares

to light the paraffin lamp
for the first time in decades.

Pop that in there.

Well, it hasn't exploded so far,

so I've just got to leave it
to really heat up well.

Once it's done that,

then I can pump some pressure in it,

fingers crossed.

Hopefully, then,
the mantle will light.

I'm just going to start pumping.

There we see, the mantle's starting
to change colour there.

I'll put a little bit more
pressure on.

So that's starting to glow
really brightly now.

It's got a really pleasing hiss
to it.

Simon could remember the hiss,
and I think that will take him right

back to that time -
just seeing it, hearing it.

That's fantastic.

Really, really great.

For Simon and his wife, Elaine,

this lamp is a reminder of simple
time spent with family

playing games by lamp light.

I'm feeling really excited about it,
to be honest, and slightly nervous,

but I hope when I see it,
it'll bring back the memories

and that it'll be something
that I can treasure

for the rest of my life.

I'm looking forward
to hearing it hiss.

I hope it hisses!

JAY: Hello.
Hello. How are you doing?

Very well, thank you.
Hi, Steve, how are you?

Yeah, good.
How are you both feeling?

Really excited, actually, Jay,
thank you. Absolutely. Can't wait.

Steve, do you want to do
the honours? OK.

Wow.
Oh, wow, look at that.

Cor!
That's amazing.

Beautifully polished.

Gosh, that is incredible.
That's beautiful. That's lovely.

That's a fantastic job, Steve.
Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

A lot of polishing gone on there,
I think. Absolutely.

Just a wee bit!

Just a wee bit indeed!

Very sympathetic restoration of it,
I think, and it shows story

through the way it looks.
Yeah. Which is brilliant.

The top was very rusted,
as you know.

It's the original.
It is?

Oh, yes.
Wow. Oh, gosh.

Is that enamel?
It is - vitreous enamel. Wow.

Didn't expect that.
BOTH: And the colour...

Stereo!
Yeah!

We often are in stereo.

Well, you're married, eh? That comes
from being together a long time.

Yeah.
Would you like to see this working?

Oh, yes, please.
Thank you very much. Yes!

There we go.

I'm just going to leave that
to heat up for a little while.

Is this what you would remember
your parents doing, Simon?

Yes, my dad would have been the
primary arsonist on this occasion.

Arsonist!

If someone would like
to come over now

and just pump some pressure.

RYTHMICAL CLICKING

GENTLE POP

Oh, hear the pop.

Oh, gosh.
Whoa!

I'll tell you what - we need to get
the lights off.

Look at that.

Wow.
I can hear the hiss, darling.

I can hear the hiss.

Really is lovely.
Wow.

It's very atmospheric, isn't it?
Yeah.

It really is.
This has really brought it all back.

Yeah. Evocative.
Family time...

Yeah. Family time.
Really important time.

SOFT HISS

It's a nice sound.
It is.

That hiss is giving me a hug!

A warm glow and a hug.

Brilliant. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much.

When are you going to use this?

I think it'll be used on special
family occasions for us

to reminisce over past times.

Remember my mum and dad.

Using it outside with the
family, playing games,

which is what we've traditionally
done as a family together.

It'll definitely get used.
It's definitely going to be used.

All the time you can get paraffin!

JAY LAUGHS

Well, it's yours to take
home now. Great.

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

Really appreciate it.
You're very welcome.

Thank you very much.
You take care now. OK.

Bye-bye.
Bye now.

Seeing all that for the first time
was very special.

I was very, very pleased
with the way it had been restored.

It's exciting to see it
and to see it working

and making the hissing noise
is just amazing.

We're looking forward very much
to sharing that with our family

and explaining the history.

I have a pack of cards waiting
so that we can play cards

this evening with the lamp.

NARRATOR:
Steve has methodically overhauled

the singing bird's
mechanical innards

and is now in the final
stages of reassembly.

I've got to make sure everything's
in the right place.

I've got my...

My little system here,

my little map,

so I know which screws
go in which holes.

So, that one there.

It's getting a bit tense now.

You just hope you haven't
forgotten anything.

All right, so that works.

I shall carry on doing the assembly.

I'm pretty happy with the results
so far.

I'm happy to give it back to Lynnie.

When it arrived at the barn,

this musical curio was dulled
and bent,

and its little feathered resident
hadn't sung for years.

Lynnie's wish was to see it restored
as a treasured memento

of her dear friend, Charles.

I'm feeling very excited.

Charles was like a grandad to me.

I'm really hoping that it will look
the way it did

when Charles first showed it to me.

Hello.
Hello.

Hi, Lynnie.
Hi. How are you?

I'm fine, thank you. Very excited.

This whole process has brought back
lots of memories of Charles,

which has been really nice,
actually.

And you've got an expectant audience
at home, maybe?

I have - my daughter
and my little granddaughter.

She's looking forward to seeing it.

Are you ready?
I am, yes.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, my goodness, it's so clean.

Oh, wow, and you've managed
to fit the lid.

You are brilliant, honestly.

So, does it actually sing?

Would you like to do the honours?

Yes, please.

PRETTY BIRDSONG

Oh, look!

It's so beautiful, isn't it?

Oh!

Catches you by surprise!

He's a busy little chat.

It hasn't done that for years.

It looks just like it did now when I
first saw it all those years ago

on Charles's mantelpiece.

You have done such a wonderful
job on it.

Charles would be over the moon

and he'd be happy to know
that Megan's going to see it again,

and little Tiggy.

I'll be having automata
dinner parties to show it off.

THEY LAUGH

Thank you so much for bringing
it in and letting us work on it.

It's been really good fun.
It's been a privilege.

Thank you very much.
I'm so grateful to you, both of you.

Thank you.
Pleasure. Our pleasure.

Bye-bye.
Goodbye.

Absolutely over the moon - I can't
believe how beautiful it looks.

It brings back all the lovely
memories of Charles.

I feel it keeps his memory alive.

He was so proud of it, you know,

it was one of his really
treasured items,

and I'm very happy
because he was a wonderful man.

Join us next time for more
miraculous makeovers...

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