The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 5 - Episode #7.5 - 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. 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 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...

..a blue-blooded green machine...

It actually says, "By appointment
to His Majesty The King".

..as Dom carries out
a right royal repair.

It dates it all to the reign
of King George VI.

I bet you're chomping at the bit
to get on with this.

While Suzie's saddlery skills
are put to the test...

I can't think of a better item
for you to work on.

..as she gets a leather keepsake
back to champion form.

Anything to do with horses,
I'm there. Yeah.

But first, a very
special assignment.

Artist Jackie Hall is desperate to
restore some precious family items

that she would only entrust
to the capable hands

of ceramics queen Kirsten Ramsey.

How are you doing? You all right?
Yeah, I'm good, thank you.

I'm Jay. Hi, Jay. I'm Jackie.
Hi, Jackie. Hi, Jackie. I'm Kirsten.

Hi, Kirsten. Nice to meet you.
And you.

So what have we got in the box then?

Some sculptures that were made
by my older brother.

There's three sculptures
that are meant to sit on the bench.

Your brother must have been
an artist.

He was a great artist, yeah.

And then there's
the little old couple.

You can see he's a bit damaged.

There's also a little bench
that he made himself. Right.

But I don't know if he
was much of a carpenter

because it's a bit fallen apart.

OK. They're incredibly expressive,
aren't they? Yeah.

Beautiful.

The reason they're so precious
is my brother died when he was 18

and he, erm...

He made these sculptures
the year before he died

when he was probably only about 17

and they came into our possession
after he died.

So it was, erm...

It was a very big tragedy for the...

Sorry. It's OK.

..for the family
that he died so young.

Erm... Was it a sudden loss?

It was just...

It was just a terrible accident,

which is still quite difficult
to fathom, really.

What was your brother's name?
Andrew. Andrew. Yeah.

Tell us about Andrew. Was you close?

Yeah, we were very close.

My parents had four children
in two and a half years,

so he was the oldest.

And he was...

..very sensitive, very creative,
very, erm...

Very good fun.

He was my... He was my best friend,
really, through my teenage years.

You know, we all still miss him
a great deal.

We're so lucky to have these,
you know,

as a way of keeping his memory
with us.

Yeah, definitely.

Which is why it was so tough
that they got so broken.

They've had a few mends
over the years. OK.

There's some really dodgy old glue,
and they feel a bit unloved.

But we have loved them, we just
haven't been able to look after them

as well as we could have done,
I think.

Right. So we have got quite
a lot of damage, actually.

Yeah. The arms...
The arm's really bad, yeah.

I sort of made some attempts
to mend them, which was disastrous.

OK. There's so much expression,
just with the tool marks.

She looks so grumpy.

And he looks... Full of character.

Full of character, exactly.

If there's any way these three
can still sit on that bench,

it would just be
absolutely incredible.

So I don't know what can be done,
but... I think we've got
someone who can... Yeah!

That's going to be an absolute
pleasure to work on. Lovely.

I can see how much these
mean to you and your family,

so we're going to make sure
we get these back to you, OK?

Thank you. We can't thank you
enough for bringing them in.

I can't thank you enough for
helping us to make them better.

Thank you. Bye-bye. Thank you.

Andrew's sculptures have really
become quite damaged over the years

and it's not because
we haven't loved them,

but just because we wanted them
to be on display, not hidden away.

But there's a kind of feeling
of guilt and sadness

that we didn't take care of him
and his memory.

Having someone like Kirsten
look at them

feels like bringing him
back to life a little bit as well.

What a short life Andrew's lived.

But so talented. That's like, wow.

I'm absolutely blown away by this.

The main work with these pieces

is to try and get them clean,
I think.

OK. That surface really
attracts the dirt. Right.

Then I'm going to work
on these old restorations here.

They look really unsightly,

so I'm going to take
the old adhesive off...

That sounds really risky,
taking all the glue apart.

You're absolutely right.
They are very fragile.

It does have a tendency
to crumble and break.

And then, of course, we've got this.

I don't know if you're
going to be able to...

That needs to be secure for all
those three guys. It does, yeah.

So if you take the figures, then
I'll sort out the bench with Will.

Great. OK? Yeah. I can't wait
to get started. Go on, then!

It's quite unusual to be working
on something that's unglazed.

You can't wipe the surface clean.

I'm just working through
different sizes of brushes

to get into all the little
nooks and crannies

that have been created
by the folds in the clay.

What's actually really delightful...

..is you can actually see
Andrew's thumbprint,

where he smoothed the clay
over this guy's back.

And it's incredibly personal.

There's a lot to clean,

so I think I'm going to be here
for a little while.

Next, a beloved gardener's gadget
that's been put out to pasture.

Hi, there. Pleased to meet you.
Come inside. Thank you.

John Knowles is hoping
Dominic Chinea

can help bring a trusty machine
whirring back to life.

Thank you so much for bringing
in this mower. It's brilliant.

How did you come to get hold
of something like this?

Well, originally it was
my grandfather's mower.

Right. Yeah. OK.

He bought it between 1945 and 1955.

So he probably bought it new? Yes.

Yeah. My father had it
after my grandad,

and he told me that they were
very well-made machines.

It's a good make, it is. Yeah.
It's quite a thing to buy.

He must have really liked
his garden then? Oh, he did. Yes.

His garden was always
immaculate. Was it?

And he always did wonderful stripes
on the lawn. Oh, perfect.

So, yes... The old arrows up and
down the grass. Yes. That's right.

Were you quite close with
your grandparents? Oh, yes.

Very close with them, yes. In fact,
I lived with them for a short while.

Oh, did you? Yes. After my mother
died, yes. Oh, no. I'm sorry.

She died of leukaemia
when I was just under five.

So I went to stay with my
grandparents for a while.

They kind of brought me up.

What was he like, your grandfather?
Oh, a wonderful man.

Yeah. He was my hero.

He survived two world wars.

He was at Ypres in the
First World War and survived that.

And then in the Second World War,
his house in Coventry was bombed.

Oh, no. So really... And he survived
that? And he survived that. Wow.

I just admired the man, you know.

Yeah. But it looks like it hasn't
been used in quite some time.

No, the grass cutting ability
has somewhat diminished.

OK, yeah!

What are you going to do with this
if we can get it working
and if I can restore it?

If you can restore it,
I shall use it.

So you're going to use it?
You've got some grass? Yes.
Oh, yes, I've got some grass.

I also love the fact that it
doesn't make a noise. Of course.

And it's environmentally friendly.
Perfect. Yes.

So you're getting exercise
and you're saving the environment.

So it's a win-win situation.

That's it. So it's worth saving,
I think. Absolutely.

I'll do my best. Thank you
very much. Thank you. Bye-bye.

It's a beautiful lawnmower

and there's no way I could
even consider scrapping it.

As my grandfather
meant so much to me,

I wanted to try and preserve
the lawnmower

because I know that he would
have liked to have seen it

in a better condition
than it is now.

The company that made
this machine, Ransomes,

have been producing lawnmowers

painted in their distinctive
green livery since 1832.

They became such a prestigious
British brand,

they were awarded a royal warrant

and emblazoned with
the coat of arms.

They are still producing
lawnmowers today,

and old machines like this one have
become beloved collector's items.

This is going to be so much fun
working on this mower. It is
literally right up my street.

An old machine, all the cogs
and gears and getting all
these mechanisms working.

Those blades are definitely going to
need a sharpen. They're definitely
not going to cut any grass.

And the big one is the cosmetics.
It is looking tired.

The first thing I'm going to have
to do is take it completely apart.

OK, side cover's coming off.
Big moment.

OK. OK.

Nothing looks broken on the surface.
No missing teeth,
which is really good.

And it's actually given me access
so I can get this thing
apart even more.

Everything in here is just caked.

My bench is covered in awful lots
of dirt and grass.

It's erm... It all needs
a lot of cleaning.

Also immersed in a big clean-up
operation is Kirsten.

She's been gingerly going over
the fragile clay sculptures,

trying to remove over 40 years
of dust and dirt.

This is really challenging,
cleaning this unglazed surface.

I'm having to think about
all the different techniques

that I've got in my tool box.

One of the ones that's proving
to be the most effective

is something called groomstick,
and it's a rubber material.

It's slightly sticky and you
just roll it over the surface

and the dirt sticks to it
and you just lift it away.

And for this kind of material,
it's ideal.

While Kirsten brings the figures
back to life,

Jay has asked Will to give them
some solid seating.

This is definitely the smallest
bench I've ever worked on.

I'm just working out
how many pieces are missing,

and everything's
a little bit wobbly.

So we'll cut out those new pieces

and start sticking everything
back together.

I really don't want to take away
the character of Andrew's bench.

It'd going to be quite
a sympathetic restoration.

The main thing is, is getting this
sturdy enough to take the weight.

I'm really keen to see
if I can get rid

of this really unsightly
old adhesive,

so I'm just applying some acetone
on a cotton wool swab,

Fortunately, it is seeming
to soften slightly.

There's no staining and I'm really
happy with the way it's going.

So I'm going to reunite this chap
with his arm now.

I'm just going to apply the adhesive
and I'm going to offer it up.

My problem is going to be getting
the tape to stay in place

because nothing really
wants to stick on to this,

apart from dirt!

So there's a few old breaks
on these sculptures

which I'm just going
to leave well alone.

The adhesive that's been used

is actually much stronger
than the material

and to try and undo the restoration,
it's just going to cause damage.

So there's a little bit
of area of loss

where the two pieces
come together

and I'm going to use
an acrylic filler,

which is ideal for this material.

When you look at them closely,

they are covered in Andrew's marks
of him working these pieces.

That must be a real link
for Jackie and her family.

I've got a little bit of retouching.

Then the real sort of
dramatic transformation

is once Will has hopefully
made the bench sturdy enough

that I can sit these figures
back on to it

for the first time
in probably many, many years.

Whilst Kirsten continues
her artful restoration,

brother and sister duo
Steve and Suzie

are awaiting the barn's
next arrival.

Ann Peardon from Glasgow
has brought a challenge

perfectly matched to Suzie's
master saddler skills.

Hello. Hello. I'm Ann. Hello, Ann.

So what have you brought in
for us today?

I have brought Garibaldi.

Garibaldi?

This is him.

Oh, isn't that lovely?

He's a horse my father made
during the war

when he was in hospital in Italy.

Oh, my word.
So why did your dad make this?

Well, I think it must have been
some sort of occupational therapy,

just to keep him occupied
while he was in hospital.

So he'd not done any
leather work before? No.

That's amazing. Wow. Never.
That's incredible. It is, yes.

And he made it in a hospital? Yes.

Yeah, he had an accident
and he was in hospital, I think,
for about three months.

He never really spoke about it,
so we don't really know
the full details. OK.

He didn't talk about the war at all.

Did it affect him, though?

My mother told me in latter years

that he'd had a nightmare every
night up until the early '70s.

Poor chap. And there was no help
available in those days.

Sure. They just had to get on
with it. Yeah. Yeah, they did.

So how did you come by the horse?

Well, it just became a toy, first of
all for my sister and then for me.

And we used to ride dolls
on his back.

So he had quite a hard life!
A hard life, yes!

It's a wonder his legs
haven't given way, actually!

It's amazing he's still standing!
It really is!

Great skill, isn't it? Yes, yes.

Yes.

Yes, he was some man.

He kept himself busy right
up until his last few years.

I mean, he was 94 when he died.

That was eight years ago.

And we just thought, oh,
what will we do with Garibaldi?

The saddle wants to come off. Yeah.

His saddle comes off
and his reins are missing.

I can see here,
he put some holes in.

So he had a bridle on. He did have
a leather mane and a leather tail.

I don't know if that's possible.
You'd like a leather mane and tail?

If that was possible.

Really, it's to stabilise
the leather on his actual body

because we can't let anybody
touch him just now

because every time I pick him up
another bit of leather flakes off.

Yeah. Yeah. And that's a shame.

Yeah, absolutely.

Well, Ann, I will do my very best
to put it back into good condition.

I'm sure you will. Thank you.
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

It's lovely isn't it? Yeah.

Garibaldi's important to us

because it reminds us of what
my father had to go through.

He suffered a lot, I think,
during the war,

and it's great to have something
that we can pass on

to the grandchildren
and great grandchildren

to remind them of what went on
75 years ago.

It's lovely, isn't it? It is.
It's fantastic.

I bet you're chomping at the bit
to get on with this!

Very good! No, it is. It's lovely.

But I've noticed all of this cracked
leather needs attention as well.

Yeah, what is it actually
that's coming off?

It's the surface of the leather.

So the way that they
finished it with the dye

and they seal the leather

and over time because it gets
really dry, it starts to crack off.

Right. And then what I need to do
is to replace the mane and the tail

and all of this bridlework
that's missing and broken.

I can't think of a better item
for you to work on.

Your love of horses and saddlery.

I know. Anything to do with horses,
I'm there.

So, no, I'm really looking forward
to get going on this. Absolutely.

I'd better get on with it.
OK. All right.

As a child, I would like to make
equipment for little farm horses,

and they are only about this high,
and I would make saddles for those.

I was a saddler in the making,
for certain.

Let's see if I can pull this
over the horse's head.

OK. The leather surface
where it's coming away here...

I've never tried this before, but
this is an acrylic dye that we use,

which dries solid like a paint,
but has some flexibility to it.

So I'm going to pop this underneath
and just see if this

is going to actually glue
these pieces of leather down.

I want to let this dry
and see how strong it is

and make sure that I can't peel
that piece of leather back

and then I can start addressing
the rest of the horse.

In the outdoor workshop,

Dom's been wrestling with
a Herculean horticultural task -

dismantling the 1940s lawnmower,

And that is the last piece
of the mower.

It's now completely stripped down
and I've certainly got
my work cut out.

But I'm going to run over and see
if Will can make me a new set
of these front rollers

because these have definitely
seen better days.

Hello, mate. Hi, buddy.

I've got John's lawnmower outside
in pieces. OK.

These used to be the front roller.
Right.

They're such a precise,
important part of the mower

because they dictate
how long your grass is cut.

So they need to be perfect.
They need to be exactly the same.

Otherwise, your grass is going to be
all over the place.

No problem. Leave it with me.
Nice one. Thanks, mate.

I've now got the daunting
task of trying to clean

all of these components
for the lawnmower.

I'm just going to resort back
to good old-fashioned elbow grease

and start scrubbing up
some of these gears

just to remove years of old dirt.

So my plan is to put this
big chunk of oak on the lathe...

..and hopefully it shouldn't take
long to get that nice
cylindrical shape.

And I think we're ready...

..to do some turning.

This grass box is so beautiful.

Now I've actually been able to clean
it and have a proper closer
look at this crest,

it actually says, "By appointment
to His Majesty The King".

That tells me that this
is the original transfer

and the original grass box,
which is amazing.

It dates it all to the reign
of King George VI.

Having the original one on there

in this amazingly good condition
is too rare.

So I'm just going to use my airbrush

just to hopefully lift
the aesthetics of the grass box,

because I know that John
wants it looking shiny

like his grandad had it,
like it deserves to be.

Now that the piece of wood
has been turned nice and smooth,

it's an even thickness throughout.

I'm now going to turn in four
grooves to separate the four pieces.

Well, that has turned out
really well. Nice and even.

All I need to do now is chop that
into four singular pieces

and drill the holes in the middle.

OK. I now need to leave that
to dry nicely.

In this sun, it's going to
bake on there beautifully.

Then I can put it all together.

Having repaired and filled
all the breakages

on the treasured sculptures,

Kirsten needs to camouflage
her handiwork.

This is now ready to be retouched.

It's just going to disappear
before your eyes,

which I have to say is an element of
this job that I still really enjoy.

That painting,
getting the right colour

and just watching
the fill disappear.

How are you doing? Good.
Look at that. Oh, wow.

One bench, all done and dusted.
Oh, Will's done a wonderful job.

Do you know how they sit on there?

Yeah. This guy here and then...
Newspaper guy in the middle. Yeah.

And then this poor lady at the end.

It feels very sturdy. That's great.

Jackie's going to be well pleased
when she sees these. Well done.

For Jackie, these sculptures
are a handcrafted legacy

left behind by her beloved
brother, Andrew,

who died 42 years ago
at the age of 18.

I'm feeling quite excited
and full of anticipation.

A little bit nervous.

It's a very...

They're very precious objects.

So, yeah, I'm excited.

Hi, Jackie. Hello. Nice to see you.
Nice to see you again.

How are yo doing, Jackie?
Hi, Jay. Nice to see you.

How are you feeling?
I can't wait to see them.

We're excited for you as well.

I'm feeling a bit emotional.
A little bit.

All right? I'm OK. OK.

Right.

Oh, my goodness.

They're all sitting again.

Wow.

It's been such a long time
since they were where
they were supposed to be.

Wow. Look...
And his arm's fixed.

It doesn't even look
like you've mended it.

Wow.

They're just amazing.

And the bench.

Oh, my goodness, it's beautiful.
Wow.

Thank you so much. You're very
welcome. I've loved working on them.

Did you? Yeah, absolutely.

You've brought a part
of my brother back...

..back to us.

And we're so grateful.

Jackie, I know you really
want to get these home,

so do you mind wrapping them up?

With pleasure. Yes.

The minute I saw them,
the first emotion I had was,

"Oh, my God, that's how Andrew
made them, that's how
they're supposed to be".

They just look like they've just
been made by him, to be honest.

It's a great, great gift
to his memory, I think.

Suzie's off to a good start
on the leather craft horse

that helped a wartime
soldier's rehabilitation.

Her plan for consolidating the
flaking leather was a winner.

Now, she can address
Garibaldi's balding bits.

The first thing I need to work on

is trying to get
a really nice colour match.

Just going to start
with the base brown.

We've got some black.
It needs to be darker.

And a little bit of red.
Like an aubergine colour as well.

So I've got a very fine brush here.

And the beauty of this is
as I go around the edges,

I can actually encourage the dye
to go underneath

and that will help to seal
all these rough edges here.

I want to make sure
that it can't flake up.

The key here is to stabilise
the top surface

and then I can go ahead
and start to feed the leather.

While I've been conditioning
this horse,

I've realised that we've got
a couple of areas

where the padding has actually moved

and the legs are beginning
to move a little bit too much.

I'm worried about this
because if I don't go in there

and fill with some more flocking,

then eventually the leather
could crack

across where that leather
is constantly

being moved back and forth.

I was going to go up the centre seam
of the chest here,

but this leather has actually
been quite damaged over the years.

So I'm going to go for this seam
because it just seems to have

a little bit more integrity
and strength to it,

minimising my risks.

And hopefully...

..that seam will just come apart.

OK, so now I've got this seam
opened enough,

I can access down into the
armpit area here of the horse,

make a tunnel, if you like, to add
a little bit of the new flocking.

Just make sure there's
a deep enough channel there.

I'm going to use sheep's wool,
just the fibres.

So I'm just going to put
a little bit in at a time,

again, so that I don't
stress anything.

And I want to just ease that
gently down...

..into that armpit area
just down here.

I'll sew the seam up

and he'll be able to stand
just that little bit taller.

So that's one stitch in place.
About ten more to go.

It's been an uphill struggle
for Will and Dom,

working together to get the vintage
lawnmower up and rolling again.

Now is the best part
of any restoration.

I've got all of the components
for John's lawnmower
laid out on the bench.

They're all now going
to start to come together.

All that hard work is going
to start to pay off.

Unless it goes wrong.

How's it going? Hey, mate. You OK?

I've got another piece for your
puzzle here. They look brilliant.

Bang on. Thank you so much.
No worries. Any time. Yeah, awesome.

Once I've got the blades
back in place,

I can get the next side cover on,
and we're well on the way.

Come on.

It's all well and good
me painting these parts nicely

and polishing everything up
and the lawnmower looking
like a beautiful machine,

but it needs to work.

All the gears are now
in the gearbox.

It's all lovely and smooth now
compared to what it was before.

I can't really progress any further
with the rebuild

until I sharpen these blades.

Now is the time to do that
whilst I can still get to them.

So to sharpen them,
I'm going to do something
that's called back lapping.

A coarse paste
is swabbed onto the blades,

which then grind against each other
as the mechanism turns,

honing the edges.

It is really important that you
get a nice clean cut on the grass.

It gives it that really
nice, sharp finish.

They are sharp enough now.
The blades are looking really good.

Now I can finish putting
the rest of the mower back together.

Oh, thank goodness for that. There
we go, The lawnmower is finished.

I've got no nuts and bolts
left on the bench, which is
always a really good sign!

All the mower needs now
is the grass box

sitting pride of place at the
front there and it's ready to go.

For owner John, this bit
of vintage garden kit

holds powerful reminders of a
happy childhood with his grandad.

My relationship with my grandfather
was very strong,

and hopefully using
the lawnmower again

would remind me of my grandfather.

Every time I cut the lawn with it,
I would think of him.

How are you doing, John?
I'm very well, thank you. Yourself?

I'm very good, actually. Excellent.
Good to see you again, John.

Hello Dom. Lovely to see you again.
I'm very excited.

Come on. Do you want to see it?
I do. Go on. Let him see it.

Wow. Oh, my goodness.

Wow.

Thank you so much. You're so
welcome. You're so welcome.
That is absolutely fantastic.

Yeah? Is it more how you remember?
It is, yes. It is.

Oh, it's wonderful.

You couldn't have done a better job.

Thank you. I'm really, really
pleased. Thank you so much.

Good on you. So are you going
to cut some grass for us
to see if it works?

Yes, yes. Do you want me to...?

Have a go, yeah.
I'll get out of your way.

Wow. Look.

Oh, that's a relief!

That is just brilliant. It's been
a long while since it's done that.

It is. It is a long while
since it's done that, yes.

Absolutely... You like it?
..spot on. Yeah.

Oh, good. Bless you, John.
That's nice.

It's nice to see someone
smile over a lawnmower.

You don't often see that. No.

But it's just such a lovely piece
of machinery. Yeah, it's beautiful.

You know? And it was my grandad's.

So now with this fix, your lawn
could look as good as your
grandad's, couldn't it?

Yeah, it could. Yeah.

We need those arrows in a
straight line. Absolutely.

You've got to keep going! You'll
have me doing the whole lawn!

Look. That is diamond.
It's good, isn't it?

He knows, he knows. It's so nice
to see it working again. Yeah.

You carry on, John. You carry on.

You take it easy.
I'll cut the grass.

This is more like it, isn't it?
This is it. Good job.

Words don't describe
how pleased I am.

I was just glad to see
a good friend again.

I thought about my grandfather
when I saw the lawnmower

and I'm sure he's
looking down thinking,

"Wow, what a fantastic job."

The finish line is also
in sight for Suzie...

Yeah.

..who has been nursing Garibaldi
back to health.

I'm really happy with how the horse
is looking at the moment.

But what he needs now
is to be dressed.

He's missing his mane and tail.

So I thought what I'd do is

I'd use this really, really fine
point six of a millimetre leather,

and this should hopefully just
flow down as a mane would.

Erm...

Just going to dye it and just...

..do a few coats of this dye.

There we go.

And now what I want to do
is I want the mane,

when it's on the Garibaldi horse,
just to fall like in a natural flow,

so I'm going to cut the fringing
at a bit of an angle.

Then I can start sewing everything
back on to the horse.

He's beginning to look like
a real pony, isn't he?

The majority of the saddle is here.

It's just the straps
are broken completely.

I've been able to find some leather
that's going to work for the job.

It's just a case of getting
everything fixed back
on to the horse.

So I'm just going to use
a little bit of contact solution

to hold it all in place.

Right. Let's pull that tight.

I'll just trim those loose bits up.

And there...

..we have...

..Mr Garibaldi.

Mane and tail intact

and now a nice little bridle
and saddles go with it.

All ready for Ann
to come and collect.

And hopefully this will bring back
all those memories

that she had as a little child,
playing with this horse.

Patiently making this leather toy
helped Ann's dad

through convalescence
during the Second World War.

And now he's had his own
recuperation, she's come to
collect him.

Garibaldi was always a toy to us.

He was never an ornament,
just a toy.

And I really want him to be able to
be played with by my grandchildren,

by my dad's great grandchildren,
the ones he never saw.

He reminds us of my dad
and how much we loved him

and just what a great man he was.

Hello, Ann. Hello.
How are you feeling?

I just want to see what
you've able to do with him.
He was in such a sorry state.

I know that Garibaldi's is very,
very important to you

and that's why you wanted him fixed.

I think it's really important
because he's one of the few things

we've got left
that my dad actually made.

Everything else has gone, really...
OK. ..you know, that he made.

I bet you're really excited
to be reunited with him.

Yes. Are you ready? Yes.

Oh!

Garibaldi!

I can't believe what you've
been able to do to him.

Oh, he's just beautiful.

He's just marvellous.
Thank you so much.

He's just wonderful.

Do you know, Ann, I've been watching
Suzie working on Garibaldi

and it just reminded me
of when she was a child

working and making saddles
and things for her own horses.

I think it took her back
to her childhood as well.

That's good.
I'm absolutely delighted.

I'm amazed at what you've been
able to do. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Take care. Bye-bye. Well done.

Good one. Yeah, yeah.
Happy with that. Good. Yes.

Garibaldi will be sitting out
in the house somewhere

so that everybody who comes in
can see him

because that will be a reference
point to talk to the grandchildren

about what their great grandfather
did and what a great man he was.

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