The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 7 - Episode #7.7 - 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's lovely, isn't it?
That's lovely, isn't it?

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...

Bringing history back to life
is what makes The Repair Shop

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

Amazing! It's a bit like brain
surgery.

Go on! ..come together to work
their magic...

Yahoo!



THEY LAUGH

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,

it's just the most wonderful thing
and I'd like to do it forever.

..the team will restore the items...

Whoa! ..the memories...

I'm so happy to see it. ..and
unlock the stories that they hold.

THEY GASP
That's made it all worthwhile.

In The Repair Shop today, paper...



Hold on, you're going to wet it?
Yes.

Paper loves to be wet and washed.

..scissors...

It's going to be really awkward
to do this

and I've got one shot at it as well.
..and stone.

I've got this little piece of flint
that I've actually taken

out of a lighter.
That actually works really well.

First, Simon Rees from Essex
has brought an extremely precious

item for the specialist skills
of paper conservator Louise Drover.

Hello. Hi, I'm Jay.

Hi, Jay, I'm Simon.

I'm Louise.

Hi, pleased to meet you.

So what I've brought in for you
today is a pastel portrait

of myself and my wife...

Oh, wow!

..which was done in 1993.

We were all thinner and
better-looking then.

JAY LAUGHS

You still look good, mate,
don't worry about it.

Yeah. We was in Florida together...
Yeah.

..and we was probably about 21, 22.

Is that where you was living at the
time?

No. So me and my wife, Vicky,
we met when we were 16 or 17.

Childhood sweethearts, then, yeah?
Yeah, so we met at work.

We was on a Youth Training Scheme.

Youth Training Scheme, that's the
old YTS, innit?

Yeah, it is, yeah. We was on there.
I used to do that.

Yeah, we was on there.
So we were just so close.

And when did you know
that she was the one?

So Vicky was going to move up with
her parents to Norfolk.

Right. Yeah.

On December 23rd,

that was her last day working
in the office... OK. ..and I said

to her that I will get on the train
with her and see her on the train

journey to Gidea Park.
Like a true gentleman.

Like a true gentleman. Well done.

And within 30 minutes of that train
journey, she said,

"I think I love you,"

and I said, "I think I love you,
too. Let's move in with each other."

What? And she said, "I didn't think
you was that serious."

JAY LAUGHS

Oh, boy.

But we did, yeah, so that was it.

And we were together ever
since, we were soulmates,

we were friends.

It was just fun until...two years
ago.

So, if you don't mind me asking,
what actually happened?

Breast cancer. She had it first
in 2009... OK.

..and then it came back 2015.

I cared for her.
Even when she was ill,

she was still worried about other
people.

She just had a heart of gold.

She was just amazing.
Got any children?

Yes, I've got three daughters
and they all look like their mum,

which is lovely. Yeah.

So, yeah. So I get to see her every
day still.

Yes. So, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

So can I have a look at it, Simon?

Yeah, absolutely.

So, it's pastel or chalk?
What is that?

It's interchangeable, that word,
in a way. Yeah.

So how did it get damaged?

Around '96 there was a room
in the loft

where the central heating was

and that leaked, and unfortunately

that damaged the portrait.

But what's the most upsetting is the
way the drip runs from her eyes.

It's quite emotional to look
at. Yeah.

But I want to keep as much
of her as I can.

Yeah.
Simon, she's in safe hands now.

Yes, definitely.

We're gonna do our best to
get it back to how it looked, yeah?

Lovely. Thank you.

Thank you, Simon.

The portrait encapsulates
everything at the start

of the relationship and the 30
years that we had together.

She's everything to me.

She was my best friend, my soulmate.

She was my life and she still is.

This is a memory of the beginning
of their love together.

As it's pastel or chalk,

I really don't know how
you're going to do this one.

It is one of the most fragile
media that we treat

as paper conservators.

Chalks are just so loosely
bound and loosely applied... Yeah.

..so I will have to go very slowly.

It's on a lining.

It's sort of been backed in another
paper,

and I've got to take that off
first...

OK. ..before we start any wet
treatment.

Hold on, you're going

to remove the back, then
you're going to wet it? Yes.

Paper absolutely loves to be wet
and washed, believe it or not.

When I say "wet"... OK.

..it's very controlled.

It's like a humidification process.

It's a fine misting of water.

Sounds like you have it
under control.

Yes.

THEY LAUGH

I can't wait to see the process
that you use on this because

it's just going to bring it back to
life, hopefully.

Yes. Good on you. Fantastic.

My first job, really, is to start
by taking the backing off,

which I'll do dry with a scalpel.

So, when I do my washing process,
I can't wash through this thick

layer, it'll cause too much
of a resist.

So I pair down until I'm literally
just left with the drawing

and then we can just treat that.

I could have several hours
ahead of me because I'm going

to have to take this off layer
by layer until it's all gone,

so I'll just keep going
like this until everything's off.

As Louise settles in for hours
of paper peeling,

outside, another visitor.

Marcus Reed is hoping Steve Fletcher
includes rocket

science on his list of special
skills.

Hi, guys. How are you doing?
Hello.

Yeah, good, thank you. I'm Jay.

I'm Marcus, nice to meet you both.

I'm Steve. Hi, Steve.
You've brought in a rocket for us.

Yes. My grandad's, now mine,
template rocket.

I remember the noise
like it was yesterday. Right, yeah.

Clunks and clanks along the ground,

with sparks coming out the back.

Wow. It's got sparks? Yeah.

THEY LAUGH

So it's a health and safety
hazard nowadays.

We do love sparks. You like that?
OK. We like sparks.

So where did you get
this rocket from, then?

So this rocket was given
to me by my grandad.

I remember him coming down
the stairs with it, I was standing

in his hallway, and he said, "Look,
you know, this is really dear to me.

"I want you to have it.
You take care of it."

A very dear memory to me, yeah.

And you did look after it, didn't
you? For a while.

HE LAUGHS
But you've still got it, though...

Yeah. Yeah, and, you know, to be
fair, it's in one piece.

But, when I was about ten years old,
I'm not sure if it was me,

I think it might have been one of my
friends, we overtightened it. Oh!

The winder went very tight
and it didn't go.

So how did you feel after that?

Do you know what, Jay?
I was absolutely gutted. Yeah.

I can remember thinking,
"What have I done?"

And it was an awful feeling,
actually, to think my grandad gave

that to me.

I still remember his words,
you know, "Take care of this."

Yeah. And I felt I let him down a
bit. Yeah.

So, for 36 years now, ish,
it hasn't been used.

Hasn't been firing?

No. Sadly, I feel a bit of a pang
of guilt when I look at it,

when I look at him now.

We want to get it going, don't we,
eh? Definitely.

I want to have a go,
I want to see the sparks.

I think you best let Steve have a
look at it cos he can't wait

to get his hands on it, can you?

Have a look.

I think that is fabulous.

I can't wait to get in there.

THEY LAUGH

Music to my ears.

But I have to say,
what a fantastic piece!

Thank you, yeah.

Absolutely fantastic. To get it
going and get the sparks coming out

would be... That would be quite
exciting.

We're already smiling, aren't we?

He's excited already. He just wants
the sparks, that's all he wants.

It would give me back that kind
of childhood.

My grandad was very, very dear
to me, so it would bring back

some fantastic memories.

But also, my son, James, is 14 now.
Right.

And it would be a really nice token,
I think, in terms of our

very limited family history that we
have left,

to be able to pass it on to him
and let him enjoy it going forward.

Yeah. So that's the link between
you and your grandad...

And now my son.
And your son. Yeah, absolutely.

Wow, I can feel the weight already.

HE LAUGHS

No pressure. No! It's a lot!

Steve is definitely excited
about this one... Great news.

..so I can't thank you enough
for bringing it.

I like to see him
smile like this, it's nice.

THEY LAUGH

Thanks, guys. Cheers, take care.
You take care. Bye-bye.

My grandad was very dear to me
and it does fill me with a lot

of guilt, and an ounce of shame,
the fact he kind of gave me

the rocket to look after.

So it would be nice to actually see
it working again and actually

reinstall some of that faith
that he put in me when he gave

it to me all those years ago.

This is a cracking toy.

I can't wait to get inside and see
actually how it all works.

I think the first thing
I'm going to do is just

take the top off and bend some
of the tabs,

and hopefully they're not

going to break off.

Oops, I thought one broke then.
HE LAUGHS

Good. Right, I think
that's the final tab.

Oh, one more.

All right, let's just very,
very carefully take this off.

Fantastic.

There's a sort of grind wheel
on here that I guess

should rub on something.

Excellent.

There's this little metal
lever or unit here,

and I would assume it holds a flint,
then, as it spins, produces

all these sparks coming
out the back.

I just need to know why it's not
working.

MECHANISM WHEEZES

What's happening
is the wheel is supposed

to be parallel to the actual main

body of the mechanism, but,
because it's so worn, it's actually

leaning over and stopping
the mechanism from working.

So I think Marcus is off the hook,
actually,

I don't think it was anything
that he broke,

I think it just wore out.

So I think the next step is to take
the mechanism out and see

if I can take it apart
and hopefully, hopefully fix it.

On her work bench, Louise
has at last finished painstakingly

peeling the backing from the
portrait of a young couple in love.

She can now begin the paradoxical
process of washing the paper to rid

it of its water stains.

I'm just setting up the drawing
onto this vacuum table.

This machine draws the moisture
through this top and actually starts

to wash the drawing.

This is just some ordinary
water here.

Momentarily, it's on the surface

and then it's pulled through by the
vacuum.

So I just keep introducing
more moisture.

The paper's very different
to anything I've dealt with before,

it's almost textile-like,

making it a lot harder, actually.

So this stain is not being removed
very well with just water,

so I shall move on to a bleach
in solution.

It's not a normal bleach,

it's a conservation grade,

it's very gentle, and I shall just
apply that to the area

which is very stained.

Just have to approach it quite
gently, really.

You don't see an instant reaction,
it's a gradual reaction,

There is some change, so that's
good, and I'll

just keep going and should see
some improvement.

Louise, I am intrigued how you do
this,

but, hold on, you've done it
already. You've got the stain out.

Yeah, the stain's gone.
And it looks refreshed.

You've done a brilliant job.

So how long have you been doing,
like, paper restoration?

Well, quite a long time, actually.

Couple of weeks.

SHE LAUGHS

30 years.

Wow! I know, it's frightening.

So what kind of things
have you worked on?

So it can be sort of small
watercolours, drawings, charts,

sometimes rooms of Chinese
wallpaper.

Yeah. Sometimes huge maps,
8ft by 12ft.

Yeah, so very varied, actually.

Good on you, man. Yeah.
What's the next stage?

Well, you've come at the right time,

it's ready to be sized.

OK. What's sizing? So it's really a
sealing process and it just stops

the paper being porous.

I start to apply the size
just to the middle.

The vacuum will pull this through
and it'll seal the paper.

OK, well, I'll leave you...
Thank you.

..and I'll see you soon. Bye.
OK, thanks, Jay.

I'm going to start my lining now.

I need to be reline this

because I took a lining off it
and it really needs extra strength.

So, paper's nice and relaxed,
which is what we call

it when it's humidified,
and I'm going to just pick

it up on a stick.

So just pitch it onto the corner...

..and then brush through.

And then it's ready for retouching
when it's dry.

So, chosen a mix here of reds,
pinks, where the pigments have sort

of washed away in that stain.

I feel very responsible to Simon
for this, just making sure that,

you know, I don't alter
any of Vicky's image in any way.

So I think I'll leave that there,
actually, and I can see Vicky now no

longer has those tears,

so I think that's enough.

Louise may be coming to the end
of her project, but other repairs

have yet to begin.

Jennie Leach from Staffordshire
is hoping Suzie Fletcher can restore

a lucky charm.

Hiya. Hello. How are you doing?
I'm all right, thank you.

So what have you brought
us in today?

I brought my lucky purse in for you
to have to have a look at.

Lucky purse?
Yes. It does look a bit...it looks

very well-loved, I should say.
THEY LAUGH

So tell us about your lucky purse.

I've had it for about 27 years.

Wow!

It was given to me by my aunt.

It originally belonged to her
mother-in-law. OK.

And she gave it to me in the hopes
that it will bring me

a bit of luck.

What was your aunt's name?

Sue, my Aunt Sue.

So why did Sue give it to you
to bring you luck?

She just said because her
mother-in law was a wealthy woman

that it was a lucky purse. OK.

We'd not long been married.

We'd got two young children,
so money was a bit tight,

and she handed it to us,

and she said, "I hope that brings
you luck."

That's nice, isn't it? Yeah, lovely.

And not long afterwards, I got
a job working from home. Wow.

So then I thought, you know,
there's something in that.

JAY LAUGHS

I'm going to hang on to it.

So tell us about the relationship
you had with Aunt Susan.

We was close, we worked together for
the best part of ten years.

She had a brilliant sense
of humour, and she was really funny,

so we'd had a lot of laughs
over the years.

The purse has been with you
for 27 years, then?

Yeah, it did go missing for seven
months cos it got stolen.

Oh, no. Sorry? So the purse had been

stolen, but how'd you get a purse
back, then?

There must have been something
in my purse with my mum's address on

and somebody returned it to my mum.
Right. OK.

It had been left in a cemetery,
in the gardens,

for about seven months.

Wow. So, yeah, I've not been without
it since.

That's quite cool, man!

So it came back to you? Yeah.
And has it still been lucky?

Yeah. I've felt it's been lucky,
so I like having it around me.

Wow! Now, that...I want to touch
this purse,

I want a bit of luck meself!

THEY LAUGH

Does Aunt Susan know that
you still use the purse?

She did but she's passed away now,

so obviously it means more to me
now.

So do you still use this today,
then?

Every day. I still keep my
cards

in there, I keep photos in there,

and coins, but the coins are falling
out cos it's not strong

enough to hold, so I end up wrapping
the hair bobble round

to hold it together. OK.
When I pull it out in

the shops, I can see people
give me funny looks.

THEY LAUGH

I can see why. All right.
So what do you think, Suzie?

There's all sorts of...is that tape,
some sort of tape repair

you put in there?

THEY LAUGH

Yeah, tried to repair it.
Wow. Bless you. And why not?

But I think this is going to be a
little bit

of a challenge to do,

and I'm hoping that some
of the luck that's in this purse

is going to transfer to my hands
so I can get this back into some

working order for you. Aw, lovely,
thank you, that'd be lovely.

You're very welcome.
Thank you for bringing it in, dear.

Thanks you very much.
Take care, now.

Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Bless her.

Feels a bit odd, leaving
the purse behind, feel a bit lost

without it, and I'll be glad
when it's back in my bag.

I'm just having a look through how
much damage there is on Jennie's

purse here, and you can see
it's quite a mess in some respects.

When you look at something
that looks so hopeless like this,

it makes me even more determined
to get it back

into a really usable condition.

The frame's actually snapped,
so it has no strength.

You never want to take a frame
off a purse or a wallet

if you can help it.

If you start prising the metal off,
you'll end up with creases

along the line here, and it's just

going to look ugly, you're never
going to get rid of that.

So I think I'm going to ask Brenton
a favour, see if he could possibly

fix this for me.

I've got a favour to ask of you.

I've got this wonderful
purse that belongs to Jennie...

Yeah. ..and the clasp doesn't work.

I wondered, is there anything
that you could do to fix that?

Let me look.

So you can take this metal
off for me, yes?

No. The frame actually has to stay
crimped onto the leather... Oh.

..so I wondered if you could do
it in situ.

Erm...

..I will try.

Well, you've never failed me yet,
so fingers crossed.

HE CHUCKLES

The reason this purse is not
locking shut

is the hinge on the bottom here
is broken.

On the other end, we can see
that the hinge is OK

and this is what it is supposed
to look like.

So I'm just going to cut this tape
off and see whether I've got both

halves of the hinge,
or do I have to make a whole

new hinge for it?

This is really sticky under here, so
it's going to be horrid, I think.

OK, there's absolutely nothing under
there,

so I thought there would be half

a hinge there, but there's nothing
there at all.

Now I've got to design
a new hinge for it that fits

into these slots.

This is a piece of silver
I've got here. By hitting it,

hopefully it'll make it wide
enough that I can then drill

through and make a hinge.

There you go, we've man-made
a rivet.

Let's see if this works
in the purse now.

Once that's pushed in
nice and tight,

that's going to work really,
really well.

So I just need to clean that up a
bit, glue it in there and then give

it back to Suzie.

All systems are go over
on Steve's bench... There we go.

..as he tackles the clockwork
rocket's worn-out mechanism.

So one of the problems is that this
wheel here was so loose

that it was just going like that
inside, rocking around and getting

caught, and it's just binding
with the other wheels.

And they're all actually doing that,

so I need to actually tighten
them all up.

I'm just going to push this little
device like that,

up to it, just hold
it there for a moment.

What this is doing is actually
making the wheel really true.

Instead of the wheel doing that,
it'll be absolutely as true as true.

So it should work really
efficiently.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Just going to pop that out now.

Just try spinning that.

Great, that's true.

Good. I can hopefully get it all
back together again

and it should work.

Right, I'll just hold it together

and actually wind it to see
whether it all just works.

MECHANISM CLICKS

I'll wind it a little bit
more...fully.

MECHANISM CLICKS

MECHANISM WHIRS

It really is going very well now.

Good.

Now I've just got to work out
how to get the sparks flying.

I've found some 80 grit carbide
paper, and I'm going

to just have an experiment and stick
it to this wheel, and I'll spin

it in the lathe, just to see whether
it does create the sparks that

I need it to before I actually glue
it onto the old wooden wheel.

Good. That's quick-drying glue.

Just going to pop into the lathe
and spin it now.

I've got this little piece
of flint that I've actually taken

out of a normal lighter.

That actually works really well,
but the problem

being that I'm putting quite a lot
of pressure on it and it's a real

balancing act between getting enough
sparks and also the amount

that the flint will wear
down, as well, because this will

just last for no time at all.

So it really is a balancing act.

I'm just going to have to do
some more experimentation.

Paper restoration expert Louise
has been using her 30 years

of experience to restore
a fragile pastel portrait.

Now she must preserve it
for the future.

I'm going to quite a lot
of trouble, actually,

because they're vulnerable pigments,

they can fade easily, but, moreover,
really, it means so much to Simon.

So I think I'm almost there,
just need to put the final backing

in and the final linings,
and I think Simon's going

chuffed to bits, really.

When this image of enduring love
arrived at The Repair Shop,

it was marred by an unsightly stain.

Now Simon has returned to collect
it, and he's brought his daughter,

Honey, who was just 14 years
old when her mum died.

HONEY: I don't really remember my
mum from before she was ill,

so I'm really nervous,
but excited, yeah.

Hiya. Hello.

How are you doing, Simon?

Yeah, hi.
Who have you brought with you?

So this is Honey, who's my youngest
daughter, who's one of the twins.

Hello, Honey, are you all right?
Nice to meet you. Hiya.

How are you feeling, sir?

Erm, nervous, apprehensive.

I just can't wait to see her again,
I really can't.

You know what? I just want to
reunite you guys with the picture.

Yeah! Ready to have a look?

Yes! Shall I take this off?

Yeah.

WHISHERING: Oh, my God.
Oh, my God!

SIMON SOBS

Are you all right?
I just...I just miss her. Yeah.

I know.

It's wonderful, it really is.
You're very welcome.

How are you feeling, Honey?

I feel like I'm looking back at her
again.

Mm.

But I can't believe how beautiful
she is! Yeah.

Yeah, it's amazing.

Just wonderful. Are you all right?

Yeah, yeah, I'm all right.

HE SNIFFS

That's it. It's just heart-warming,
it's just amazing.

It's heart-warming
to see your reaction, both of you.

Yeah, thank you, I can't thank you
enough. You're very welcome,

thank you It's amazing, amazing.
Pleasure.

Well, let's get her back home, then.

Yeah, and thank you. Thank you.

Come on, then.

That's it, thank you.

Take care, now. Bye-bye.

HE EXHALES

That was a time in our life
when we were starting out,

before we were married, before
the long haul of the sickness.

I miss her. I wish she was here.

She wouldn't want us to remember
her being ill, so that picture

is a reminder that she lived
her life and she had fun, and,

you know, she was alive.

Just looking forward to getting
her home now, I think... Yeah.

..where she belongs.

Are you all right? Yeah.

Thanks to Brenton repairing
its fragile frame, leather expert

Suzie can now begin her work
on the purse that's brought lifelong

luck to its owner.

Now I've got the purse back
from Brenton.

He really has done
the most amazing job on this hinge.

I'm going to start by undoing
this seam around the edge

and then it's going to be really
interesting to see how I can get

up in there to reline the leather
that's very, very worn.

When leather's been really used,

any stress that you put on it
can tear it,

so I'm just trying to ease
the stitching apart

rather than pull it.

There we go.

What I need to do now is to line

it with this really fine leather.

So what I've got to try and do is
feed this leather down

into this gap.

It's going to be really,
really awkward to do this...

..and I've pretty much got one
shot at it as well,

which is always interesting.

It's very difficult to see
what I'm doing. I'm a little bit

in the dark here, but...

..I think it's going OK.

I love it when a plan comes
together.

That has actually gone in much

better than I was anticipating.

I'm really very relieved over that.

OK.

OK.

Now what I need to do is to sew
these two pieces together,

but, because this edge is so ragged
around here,

what I want to do is cut

a piece of leather that's
going to be glued all the way

around that edge, and then I can sew
everything,

and it'll be really, really solidly

sewn together and will last
for many more years.

The first thing I want to do
is to dye this pigskin

leather to match.

The problem with older leather
is that the colour has developed

over the years of use,

so that it isn't actually one
block colour,

it's got a bit of red in it,

a bit of mahogany, it's a bit black
in some areas.

Just do a little test spot here,
see what we got.

That actually looks a little bit
too red.

I'm going to put some
more chocolate in it.

Can never have too much chocolate.

I think, overall, that's
the right colour I'm looking for.

I just need to let this dry

and then I can cut it to size and
start stitching it.

After hours spent working out
how to get the toy rocket firing

on all cylinders again,

Steve's ready to commence the final
countdown.

Right, I've got everything ready
now,

so I can reassemble the whole

of the rocket, and fingers

crossed it's going to work.

I'm just going to pop
the mechanism in now.

It's all cleaned up,

all working well,

and it should just pop in nice and
neatly,

as long as I put it the right way
round.

There we go.

Having lived for three decades
with the guilt of breaking

his grandfather's gift, owner
Marcus is back to be reunited

with his beloved toy

and he's brought the next generation
to share a new set of memories.

Today, I've brought James, my son,
along with me

to pick up our rocket.

To see the rocket working again
after 35 years, hopefully,

will be absolutely amazing,
just to kind of evoke those sounds

and sights as a six-year-old boy
will be something very special.

That's what he grew up with,
so hopefully it'll bring back some

good memories for him.

Hello, Jay. Hello, Steve.
How are we doing, all right?

Nice to see you. You've brought
reinforcements. Reinforcements.

This is James. All right, James?
Hi. How are you doing?

Good, thank you.

So how are you feeling, Marcus?

MARCUS SIGHS

Do you know? Really excited, really
excited. Hoping upon hope

that he's got his spark back.

Steve, come on, do us the honours.

There we go.

So he's still in one piece?
Still in one piece...

Or back in one piece, I would say.

THEY LAUGH

Would you like to wind it up?
I'm allowed, yeah?

Yeah. I can't wait for this.

I can't wait for this.

Oh, I don't want to break it this
time, do I?

MECHANISM CLICKS

HE LAUGHS

Oh, wow!

Ha-ha, look at the sparks, man!

There we go. Oh, that is awesome!

Oh, that is so brilliant!

That's really cool.

I love it. Thank you so, so much.

Wow! I told you... It goes quite a
while, don't it?

MARCUS LAUGHS

Wow, honestly, that is absolutely
brilliant!

It's been a long time since
this has actually turned a wheel

and I'm so indebted to you guys
for doing it.

Can I just say something to you?
Please.

That you're off the hook
as regarding to damaging it.

Oh, really?

Yeah, because I think what happened
was you just enjoyed playing

with it a lot and it just wore
to a point where it just

wouldn't work any more.

Oh, really? So... So I can take the
blame off my shoulders?

Absolutely, you can.

That's it, I'll take that.

JAMES LAUGHS

And Grandad Les, if he's watching,

will be very, very pleased.
I am like a six-year-old, again.

And I loved the way Dad just took
it off you.

THEY LAUGH

"It's mine!" Yeah, well, I guess,
in that case,

this was the whole journey
that we were on. Over to you.

Thank you! Yeah!

Thank you. No, you're welcome.
Bless you.

You know, it should be his, really,
but, having said that,

I'll be heavily involved in that,

I can assure you, when it goes
down the hallway for the first time.

Brilliant. Thank you so much, guys.

Thank you both for coming in.
Take care.

You, too. All the best. Take care,
now. Thank you. All right. Bye.

That's nice, innit, eh? A real good
'un. They're made up. Yeah.

Oh, man, I am so, so pleased to see
the rocket working again.

Spending 35 years thinking
that you've broken something so dear

to our family carries
with it a lot of guilt.

And to find out that, actually,
it was just in need

of a good overhaul is a good
thing, it's a great thing.

I'm sure Grandad's looking
down thinking, "Great,

"it's working again, over to James
now." So, brilliant.

With the repairs and replacement
parts all complete on the lucky

purse, Suzie can begin the final
rebuild.

So now I can start hand-sewing
this...

..and it'll almost be ready
to be handed back to Jennie.

The lovely thing about working
with leather, particularly

with the light leather goods,
is that these are made to last...

..and this is a prime example.

This has had three owners,
several months left in a cemetery,

and, apart from a few bruises
and a few splits, I've been able

to resurrect it so that it can go
on for many more years.

Suzie? Mm-hm? How are we doing?
Are you ready?

Yep, yep, yep, just putting the
final polishes on it.

WHISPERING: That's very nice.

And we cannot give a purse back
without putting money in there.

Oh, yes, of course.

Look at what Brenton's made.

Wow, that is amazing!

And 1993, that was the year that she
was given it, right?

That's correct.
And then on the flip side...

Oh, nice! ..four-leaf clover.
Four-leaf clover.

Super-lucky. Yes!

Back to reclaim her talisman,
owner Jennie.

I think my aunt would be really
pleased that I've kept the purse

for so long. We was really close,

so it holds a lot of memories,
and it'll take me back,

so I'm really looking forward
to seeing it again.

Hello. Hello.

Nice to see you again. Oh, and you.

How have you been? Fine, thank you.

But, more importantly,
how has your luck been?

Luck's been fine so far.
It's been good? I think so, yeah.

SUZIE LAUGHS

Good.

I did have me fingers crossed, I did
have 'em crossed. This will be

the second time you've been reunited
with it. Yeah, yeah.

But a bit different this time.

Last time, it come back
really damaged,

so this time will be different.

Suzie? Yes, well, I'm itching.
THEY LAUGH

If you're ready, I'm ready.
I'm ready. OK, here we go.

Oh! Oh, God!

Oh, that's so good!

Aw, it's lovely, that is.

VOICE BREAKING: God, I'm sorry.

Oh, that's lovely, thank you.

That's what it looked like when I
was first given it... Oh! ..so it's

just like time stood still for a
second there, so it was lovely.

Oh! Thank you.

Oh, gosh.
Oh, that's really nice.

Yeah, Brenton made you a coin.

Oh, thank you.

Cos it's bad luck to give a purse
unless it's got something

in there. Yeah. 1993.

Oh, that's lovely!

Brings back really good memories

and the good laughs that I had with
my aunt. That's lovely, thank you.

That's nice. And the hairband is in
there as well.

And the hairband, that's part of its
history!

THEY LAUGH

Well, it's yours to go spending now.

It's been a pleasure working on it

and I'm very pleased that you like
it.

Oh, thank you, I'm really grateful.

Hopefully it'll bring
you lots of luck.

Lots more luck! Lots more luck.
OK? Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Well done. Thank you, thank you.

All these emotions come back

cos it was just like it was the day
that I got it off my aunt.

Finding the coin in there, as well,
it's extra special.

I'm going to move back in, move
all my little bits back in there,

put it straight in my bag,
and that's where it's staying.

Join us next time for more stunning
restorations...

Whoo!

..and the stories hidden within
them...

That's the last piece of the
puzzle...

..solved. ..in The Repair Shop.