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We're all getting older and, for some people, that can be a lonely | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
and worrying experience. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:06 | |
Even if we've lived in the same area for years, | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
many people never get to know their neighbours properly. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
Well, today, for the people of this town, | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
all of that is going to change. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:15 | |
We're bringing everybody together for one huge street party | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
and it's all for one special person. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
A person who refuses to let age slow him down, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
who works tirelessly for others, many of them younger than himself - | 0:00:25 | 0:00:29 | |
91-year-old Jo Dismore. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
He makes me look a sloth... | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
-..sadly. -I don't know what I'd do without him. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
We think Jo deserves a thank you for his devotion to helping people, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
so we're holding a street auction to do something nice just for him. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
Three, two, one. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
Yeah! | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
We'll be leaving no stone unturned in our quest to pull in the cash. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
Oh, that is great! | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
That is a lovely set. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
Brilliant. | 0:00:57 | 0:00:58 | |
And giving you the ultimate guide to the hidden treasures | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
in your home. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:01 | |
It's a nice early 20th century rock wash bowl. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
Four massive boxes full of | 0:01:05 | 0:01:06 | |
wall-hanging collectors' plates. Hoo-hoo! | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
But how much money can be made before we reveal to Jo | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
it's all for him? | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
Today, we're in a market town once famed for its cloth-making | 0:01:20 | 0:01:24 | |
and now home to about 27,000 people. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
It's the Somerset town of Frome. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
Jo Dismore has been living in the area for around 30 years. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
He's always been active in the community. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
Most people would put their feet up at the grand old age of 91. Not him. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:41 | |
Jo is an absolute inspiration. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
I'm not quite as old as he, but he's a hell of a guy to follow. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
Jo was born and grew up in Surrey. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
Like many young men of his generation, | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
his life changed with the outbreak of the Second World War. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
When I joined the Navy, I was 17, | 0:02:01 | 0:02:03 | |
I was staff navigator to the minesweeping force. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:08 | |
It is dangerous, | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
but you don't actually think about things like that. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
You're just doing what you're doing. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
After the war finished, | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
I transferred into the Merchant Navy and then I got married. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:23 | |
Jo's glamorous wife was a young actress called Rosemary James. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
Oh, it was certainly love at first sight. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
And she was so elegant and she was very talented, too. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:36 | |
Jo and Rosemary went on to have two sons and a daughter, Emma. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
My parents were always very close. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
I think the romance was there all the way through their marriage, | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
a very strong marriage. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
Jo and Rosemary enjoyed a busy life, | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
much of it devoted to helping others. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
They were quite involved with the local house for older people | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
and Mum would go quite often and do quite a lot of help there. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
She was a councillor for the bereaved. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
But six years ago, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
Jo and Rosemary's happy and active life together was cut short. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
Well, Rosemary's end, I'm afraid, was... | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
..tragic. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
When she first experienced back pain, | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
no-one thought too much about it. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
She had had all these problems, but she was carrying on in a normal way. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
In fact, what was happening was that she had cancer. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:36 | |
For Jo and his family, the news couldn't have been worse. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
They told us that there was nothing that they could do and... | 0:03:41 | 0:03:47 | |
..we brought her home and we just watched her... | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
..watched her die. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
Just a few weeks after she fell ill, Rosemary sadly died, | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
surrounded by her large and loving family. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
Obviously initially when she first died, he was very upset, of course, | 0:04:06 | 0:04:11 | |
and he showed it in lots of different ways. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
But then I said, "Well... | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
"..there two things I can do. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
"I can sit back and wait for my time to come, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
"or I can get up and jolly well do something and make myself useful." | 0:04:24 | 0:04:30 | |
Jo now spends his days driving elderly folk to hospital, | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
volunteering with a befriending charity | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
and reading newspapers for the blind. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
I don't think you could be more proud of someone, you know. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
He's one in a million, you don't get many like Dad. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
As a thank you for his selfless work, | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
we want to send theatre-loving Jo on a VIP trip | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
to Bath's Royal Theatre. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
We're also hoping to erect a plaque to him | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
and his late wife in the theatre. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
The whole thing will cost £1,000, | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
and here's how we're going to raise the cash. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
We've asked all of Jo's neighbours, friends and family and loved ones | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
to donate any unwanted items they have in their house, | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
in their garage, in their sheds, that's just gathering dust | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
so we can sell them here at our street party in a pop-up auction. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
And all the time, we're keeping this a secret from Jo. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
He hasn't got a clue any of this is for him. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
Now, it is a huge task, | 0:05:26 | 0:05:27 | |
so I've drafted in the help of a couple of friends | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
who know their treasure from their trash. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
They arrived here a few weeks ago to get the wheels in motion. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
Izzie Balmer is an auctioneer with a keen eye for quality. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
Danny Sebastian's a seasoned antique dealer. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
-Welcome to sunny... -Frome! -Frome it is. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
It's really lovely here, there seems to be a lot of houses around here. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
I've just kind of got this feeling today... | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
-Absolutely. -..we might get some good stuff on the rummage. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
-I'm buzzing. -So you should be. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
So I am going to take up the road. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
-I'll go down the road. -Ciao for now. -See you later. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
Danny and Izzie will be fighting it out to see who can collect | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
the best donations from Jo's neighbours. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
You're in a bit of a rush, aren't you? | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
Yeah, there's a box up here. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
And they're both off to a promising start. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
Straight away people are leaving us stuff. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
This is what we're talking about. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
This vase has caught my attention. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
So, it's actually just a modern vase, | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
but it's got this Art Nouveau look to it. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
It is... | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
..I think, ceramic, but bronzed, we call it. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:49 | |
So it's not bronze, it's bronzed ceramic. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
And on the bric-a-brac, a couple of pounds, | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
would look lovely with a bunch of daffodils or roses in it. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
Marc Bolan, Jimi Hendrix, | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
Status Quo, Jim Reeves. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
I mean, I love Jim Reeves, | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
but he's not the most favourite on everyone's record player. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
But let me tell you something - and listen to me keenly - | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
vinyl is on the up, up, up. It's on fire. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:13 | |
Danny's not wrong. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
But any of us who are old enough to remember the horror | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
of scratched vinyl will know that condition is king, | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
and with some records going for hundreds, even thousands, | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
there's some smart money to be made. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
Up here for thinking... | 0:07:28 | 0:07:29 | |
..these are for dancing. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
-Can I give you them one at a time? -Yep. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
Oh, they're quite light, aren't they? | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
-So, if we just get them out. -OK. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
Very useful, very contemporary, nice outdoor chairs. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
Well, you can have these two wooden stools, if you like. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
-Let's have a look. -All right. -Oh, no, these are great. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
-OK. -These will be brilliant for upcycling, | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
-just with a lick of paint or something. -Great. -Thank you. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
I like these stools. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
Rub this wood down, get this nice grain coming out. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
With a coat of varnish, it'll be a beauty. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
And probably something Paul could consider selling on the pop-up. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
Yep. Once they've been sanded down and painted, | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
I reckon they'll easily get a tenner apiece on the pop-up. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:11 | |
Izzie's doing well. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:12 | |
Danny, on the other hand, well, he's getting a bit distracted. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
Hello, you! | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
They're good 'uns, aren't they? Are they only young? | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
-No, they're ten. -They're ten. -Are they ten? | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
Well looked after. Let's have a look what we've got. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
-Lovely, that. -Yeah. Nice bird cage. -Nice bird cage. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:28 | |
I'll just put this here... | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
..cos I think we've got a lot coming out, haven't we? | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
Well, there is, but most of it's in the loft - | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
not that a minor detail like that would ever put our Danny off. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
Shall I come back later? | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
Yeah, if you want to come back this afternoon. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
What time's best for you? Cos I don't want to put you out. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
-Well, you have already. -Oh, well, if that's the case, then, | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
I don't want to put you out too much, then. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
-Between two and three. -Between two and three, I'll be here. -OK. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
I'm going to let you carry on | 0:08:53 | 0:08:54 | |
-because the dogs need to go for a walk, don't they? -They do. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
And they're getting a bit snappy now because... | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
-Yeah, they're getting vicious now. -They're getting vicious now! | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
They wouldn't bite a bone, them two. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
-Ta-ra. -Ta-ra. -Thank you, bye! | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
That is a lovely set. I've fell on my feet here. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
A lovely knife set. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
Oneida has been going since the late 1880s, you know, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
we must be looking £20-£25 for the set. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
That might even go into auction. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
But my cream, look at this lovely screen. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
I don't really think it's that old, but of fine quality. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:24 | |
The screen has got to bring home 20, 30, | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
maybe even £40 if we find the right buyer. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
It's a bit small for you, Danny. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
-So, what have you got? -What do you think of this, then? | 0:09:34 | 0:09:38 | |
-Ooh, that is nice! -Silver. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
No? No, it's not, silver-plated. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
Get out of here. It's not. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
Bit of stainless steel, but it's the full set. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
-It's nice. -What about the screen? -You know what? I like it. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
When I saw it over the road and you had it turned around, | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
I didn't rate it, but, yeah, I like it. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
-You ain't got time to be talking. -I haven't, I need to get going, | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
-so I'll see you later. -See you soon. -Bye! | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
I don't actually think this has been left out, | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
I think this is just a decoration in the garden | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
where they've sort of got these plants and pots. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
I better leave them. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:11 | |
-No, thank you very much. -Bye. -Bye-bye. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
-Do you want me to come with you? -Yes. -Shall I come with you? | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
-Yeah, you can come with me. -BELL RINGS | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
-Nobody home. -Where are we going, in the garage? | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
-Going in the garage, darling, yeah. -Ooh, I love the garage. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
I must admit, I am getting a bit concerned | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
at how much Danny is managing to get. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
And my grandchildren and I will be pleased | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
that it's going to somewhere good. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:33 | |
Yeah, well, they might come back on the day and buy it. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
No. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:39 | |
While Izzie hits a dry patch, | 0:10:39 | 0:10:40 | |
it seems like Danny can't put a foot wrong. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
-Oh, a bit of a toy box. -Yes. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
Oh, lovely. What's that? | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
-That one? -Yes. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:49 | |
-That's an old... -A meat safe? | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
-Yes. -It's an old meat safe, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
It was my husband's grandmother's. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
-That won't be going nowhere. -No. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
Well, that's a shame, but Danny still nabbed a nice little lot. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 | |
Upcycling the pair of pine boxes will give them a new lease of life | 0:11:02 | 0:11:07 | |
for as little as a tenner. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
And there's plenty for the bric-a-brac stalls. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
A figurine here. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
Straight away I can tell it's made of resin. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
Give it a knock, it sounds like wood. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
It's definitely not got the ring of a nice porcelain about it. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
Having said that, it's still a lovely piece. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
And I'm sure we'll be able to get a few quid for this great cause. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
-JO: -Do you want a coffee? | 0:11:30 | 0:11:31 | |
It's hard to imagine a more worthy recipient than Jo. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
For a man of his great age, he is truly extraordinary. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
But there's no doubt that the person who continues to inspire him | 0:11:38 | 0:11:43 | |
is the young actress he met almost 70 years ago. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:47 | |
Meeting my wife was very romantic. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
My mother lived in Truro and she took me along to see a play. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:56 | |
And I saw this vision on the stage who eventually became my wife. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:03 | |
I mean, I was absolutely overwhelmed. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
And after a very, very short... | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
..engagement, we got married. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:14 | |
What really sets Jo apart is his absolute refusal to give up. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:19 | |
Despite losing the love of his life after 61 happy years of marriage, | 0:12:19 | 0:12:23 | |
he's thrown himself into his role as an active member of this community. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:29 | |
I like to pay a bit back, cos I've had a good life. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
Life's been good to me. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
I'm lucky. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
And the residents of Frome are lucky to have him living here | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
because there aren't many local charities he doesn't support. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:44 | |
I was a volunteer at the tourist information centre | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
and I was a police volunteer | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
and we manned the police post in the marketplace. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:55 | |
But it happened that in the police post, | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
there was an advert for Active And In Touch. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
Active And In Touch befriends lonely elderly people in the area, | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
and Jo is one of the most committed volunteers. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
-Hello. -Hi. -Hello! | 0:13:09 | 0:13:10 | |
How are you? | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
Danny's at the charity HQ in Frome Town Hall to find out just what | 0:13:12 | 0:13:17 | |
motivates Jo to work so tirelessly for others. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
Tell me, I mean, what actually does he do? | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
Jo is just incredible. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:24 | |
He's 91, nearly 92, he helps all sorts of different people. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:29 | |
He lost his wife, Rosemary. How does he still keep on going? | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
I just think it's part of Jo. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
He's the sort of person that will do anything for anybody. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
But he also really recognises what it could be like to be lonely. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
He's chosen a different way, he's chosen to help other people. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
Quite amazing, really, isn't it, | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
how comes he's...of a great age and not really had anything | 0:13:46 | 0:13:50 | |
-major wrong with him. -He did have a stroke, actually, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
nearly two years ago. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
But he was e-mailing us from the hospital bed. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
And actually even before he was fully better, | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
he was in contact saying, "What's going on? | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
-"I'll help out once I'm back on." -Still wanted to be a part of... | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
Oh, definitely, yeah, yeah. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:08 | |
Are we going to have him at the auction? | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
He'll be too busy, won't he? | 0:14:10 | 0:14:11 | |
And is there anything you can donate or will you be helping out? | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
Yeah, definitely. Yeah. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
We've got all sorts of bits and bobs here, actually. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
We've got, yeah, boxes of stuff. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
And also I've got a car load of stuff that Jo has given me | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
for what he thought was another event we were doing. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
It's typical of Jo to rush to donate to a good cause. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
And husband and wife Charles and Jane | 0:14:32 | 0:14:34 | |
also want to chip in with a donation. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
It's at home, so if you want to come round and collect it later, | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
then you're very welcome, and I think it'll go well. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
I'm going to look forward to finding out what that is this afternoon. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
This is a secret. So do you think you'll be able to keep it a secret? | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
Yeah... | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
Let's just hope, in this tight-knit community, they can. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:55 | |
Back out on the street, | 0:14:55 | 0:14:56 | |
Izzie's come across another box of goodies left outside just for us. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:01 | |
They're actually nice, you know? | 0:15:01 | 0:15:02 | |
They are stoneware planters, | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
they've got this lovely glaze on both of them. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:08 | |
They're slightly Arts and Craft-y, | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
really nice to have a good-size plant in each of these. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
And then we can give them to Paul to sell on the pop-up, | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
and when they're all done up like that with some nice plants in them, | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
we might get £15 for them. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
It's perfect for the pop-up auction, so I'll do my best. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
With Izzie snapping at his heels, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
Danny's back with this morning's dog walkers. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
-BARKING -Hey, calm down, you two. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
Calm down now. I thought we were mates! | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
Thank goodness the owners are more welcoming than their pets. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
-How are you, Rose? -I'm fine. -You're fine, that's good. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
Now, these are all wall plates. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
-Ooh. -Right? -Nice, aren't they? -All different types. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
-All different types. -Birds, wildlife, Russian ones and... | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
Very nice. Russian stuff's very hot at the minute. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
Anyway, how come you've got so many plates | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
and why are you getting rid of them? | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
I collected them for about 25 years. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
Well, you did something right - you kept all the boxes. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
The first collectors' plates were made in Denmark in 1895 | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
and they can go for four-figure sums. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
Rose's collection isn't in that league, | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
but what it lacks in quality it makes up in quantity. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
Four massive boxes full of | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
wall-hanging collectors' plates, hoo-hoo! | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
Izzie, you're in big bother, girl. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
DOG BARKS | 0:16:22 | 0:16:23 | |
It's an interesting find, | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
but I'm not sure Danny can claim to be top dog just yet. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:29 | |
-Ooh, hello, sir. -I don't know if it's any use to you. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
-It's an awning. -That would be brilliant. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:33 | |
-It's almost brand-new. -No, that would be perfect. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Can we have a look? To go on the outside of the caravan? | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
Sit in it, you'll have a bit of extra space. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
I'm glad we've got the instructions. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
Too right. A happy camper is a camper armed with instructions. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:47 | |
Best of all, it means we'll make more on the awning. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
-WHISPERING: -This is actually quite heavy. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:52 | |
There are over a million caravans in the UK, | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
and I reckon that here in the West Country they've got more | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
than their fair share. I have hopes for this one. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:02 | |
Brilliant. We'll see you then, thank you very much. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
-Thanks, all right. -Thank you, bye-bye. -Bye, then. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
It's beginning to look like Izzie's got this covered. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
We're looking for some donations of items | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
for a very special person called Jo. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
-Oh, yeah, I know Jo. -You know Jo? | 0:17:16 | 0:17:20 | |
-Come in. -Come in? -Yeah. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:21 | |
Jean is 83 and she has been living with a disability for several years. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:28 | |
Can you tell me a little bit about him? | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
He's a real gentleman. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
He takes me to all sorts of places, mainly for hospital appointments. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:38 | |
He walked ever such a long way down those corridors | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
and he's not really used to it. I really felt sorry for him. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
He sounds like a very, very kind man. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
He is. People like us, disabled people, | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
people who can't get out need the help, | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
without people like Jo, you know, | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
it would be very depressing and miserable. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
So, Jean, we're going to be doing a big street auction for Jo. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
-Oh, lovely. -You tell me whether or not we've picked the right person | 0:18:03 | 0:18:08 | |
-to do this great deed for. -I can't think of anyone better. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
Jo's obviously an inspiration to everyone he meets. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
When he's not helping out people like Jean, | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
he's busy doing all kinds of other charitable work. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
In the last few years, | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
my father has thrown himself into anything you can think of. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
I'm really proud of my grandpa. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
He's done his advanced driving course. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
I haven't even done that! | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
He's helping this man called Howard and he just goes and sees him, | 0:18:34 | 0:18:39 | |
befriends him, talks to him. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
He records for the blind, | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
books and the newspaper particularly for the blind, | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
on the radio. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:49 | |
There was a story repeated in many parts of the NHS. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
He's out and about every single day, | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
can hardly get the time to see him in his calendar, he's so busy, | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
so it's wonderful. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:00 | |
Let's hope he's in today because Izzie's about to pop round. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
And fingers crossed he doesn't cotton on to what we're up to. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
I've actually got butterflies. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
Here we go. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
This is always a nerve-racking moment. Good luck, Izzie. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
Hello. My name's Izzie. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
-DOG BARKS -Is this your little guard dog? | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
Yeah, he's my guard dog. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
Are you a part of the auction thing? | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
Yes, we are, yes. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
Jo's been in the Frome area for over two decades | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
and has lived alone in this house for the last six years | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
with just his little dog, Otto, for company. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
And you don't get lonely? | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
-Well, I suppose I might do sometimes. -Yes. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
I used to have a wife. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:42 | |
She died, what? Six years ago. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
-What was her name? -Rosemary. -That's a lovely name. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
Yeah. That's a bit of rosemary there. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
You must miss her, then? | 0:19:51 | 0:19:52 | |
Of course, we were married for 61 years. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
But then when she died, I decided I could get up and do something. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
-How do you fill your days? -I go to the theatre a lot. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
-Oh, lovely. What sort of...? -In Bath. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
-Very nice. -And I act. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
-You act? -Yes! -That's incredible. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:08 | |
I was in Witness For The Prosecution. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
-And also the Theatre Royal Bath when they did... -Really? | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
..Witness. Yeah. But I didn't actually perform. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
I had a stroke instead. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
-You had a stroke? -Yes. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
That is very bad timing. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:23 | |
People just sit in their homes... | 0:20:23 | 0:20:28 | |
-But not you. -..just watch... I don't know. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
-I'm too busy! -So are you going to be coming down to the pop-up auction? | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
I've got it in my book and I really would like to go there. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
Circled with red highlighter, we hope, around the date. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
No, it's electronic. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:41 | |
You're more up to date than me. I've still got a handwritten diary. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
Oh, no. Well, I recommend it. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
Get yourself an electronic one. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
He is such a remarkable man and - great news - | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
he's got absolutely no idea what's going on. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
So time for one last push. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
That's a brand-new toilet there. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
And seat. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:08 | |
You can have that if you want. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:11 | |
-That'll do nicely. -It'll fit somebody. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
It's almost an outfit in itself, isn't it? | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
Thank you very much, appreciate that, thank you very much. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
Thank you. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
It was my mother-in-law's and she was the one that told me all this. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
But it's a nice early 20th-century washbowl, possibly late Victorian, | 0:21:22 | 0:21:27 | |
so it's a good 100 years old. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
-Ordinarily it would also have come with a wash jug. -Yeah. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
However, we have only got the wash bowl and it is in bad condition, | 0:21:32 | 0:21:37 | |
so I would say we might be able to get £5 for it. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
Colin... | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
-..you are an absolute diamond. -My pleasure, nice to meet you. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
-And you're a generous one. -Some jewellery. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
All costume, but nice pieces. Again, some very, very sellable things. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
It's all in good condition, which is nice. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
Before he wraps up, Danny's got one more stop-off. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
-Hello. -Hello, Jane. | 0:21:57 | 0:21:58 | |
Time to discover what mystery item Jo's friends, Jane and Charles, | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
have got up their sleeves. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
-What we've got is... -We have a rocking horse for you. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
Well, you had me stumped. I wasn't expecting it at all, to be honest. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
-I'm sure you weren't! -I was expecting some sort of games | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
-or something quite simple. -No, no. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
I've been keeping it for a... a good event. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
-This is a good event. So... -A fabulous event. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
It's appropriate to donate that. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
It is new so it's perfectly clean and... | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
-It's lovely. -Yeah. -I think it's not so much about the date of it, is it? | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
-It's more the fun that kids... -No, it's not an antique. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
No, well, there's going to be a lot of fun, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
-we know there's going to be a lot of fun come with that. -Yes. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
I think we will get a good price. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:39 | |
-I think we need to put this into Paul's pop-up auction. -Yes. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
He works the crowd and I think he's going to achieve a good price | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
-with this. -That would be good. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
Old or new, rocking horses sell themselves, really. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
Antique ones can fetch upwards of £500. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
This one's not old but it's still worth £40 of anyone's money. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
-Best of luck. -Thank you, Charles, I'll see you on the day. -Yes. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
-Thank you, Jane. -You're welcome, Danny. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
Well, it's the moment of truth. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:06 | |
Let's see what they've got and, more importantly, | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
which items are good enough to go to the saleroom. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
So, show me your stuff. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
I've got some nice pieces. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
-A nice stainless steel set here. -I'd buy that, I like that. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
-Quite nice. Well, it's complete. -Yes. -Nice couple of pieces here. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
These little storage boxes | 0:23:24 | 0:23:25 | |
-which I think are great for, like... -Yes. -..to upcycle. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
-Definitely. -What about me screen? -I like your screen. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
I've got something here that I would like you to have a look at. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
It's a collection of wall plates. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:34 | |
-All in perfect condition, all boxed. -OK. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
So we've got some Bradford Exchange... | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
Bradford Exchange has been selling plates since 1973. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
The company boomed during the heyday of plate-collecting in the 1970s | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
and '80s, but have they held their value? | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
At auction, you're looking at about 50p but, you know, | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
you could be up to about £1 per plate for the Wedgwood. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
If you've got any Dalton, same again. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
We've got more than 50, so they could serve up a tasty profit. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:03 | |
But what about ceramics at the other end of the market? | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
-Is this your creme de la creme? -Well, it's... | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
-It's a lavatory. -Oh, OK! -But it's boxed up and it's brand-new. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:12 | |
It's got this new soft lid on it. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:13 | |
-And... -A new soft lid. -Yeah, a slow-close lid. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
-We all need a soft lid on our toilet. -Well, you know... | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
Novelty value alone isn't going to make it worth a tenner. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
Thank goodness it's new. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:24 | |
What about your lot? | 0:24:24 | 0:24:25 | |
So these are what I thought we could get upcycled. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
I like them. And I think Paul will like them, an' all. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
Yep, I think we can make £20 on the stools when they've had a makeover. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
But I've asked Danny and Izzie to pick out a star buy from their lots, | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
and I can't wait to see them. Danny's first. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
-What do you think of him, then? -Oh! I love him. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
What do you think of him? | 0:24:45 | 0:24:47 | |
It's not an old vintage one, it's brand-new | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
but it's still nice and clean and I think a child's going | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
to have a lot of fun on that. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
So how much do you reckon this is worth? | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
£40, £50? | 0:24:55 | 0:24:56 | |
I'd say that's a fair bet. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
Can Izzie's star buy outrun it? | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
-Danny, are you ready? -Yeah, I'm ready, my eyes are closed. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:03 | |
-Have you got any idea? -Well, it's got to be a tent. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
-Caravan awning. -Lovely. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
These, new, make about £500 when they're new. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:10 | |
Oh, good money. Tell you what, I look at triple figures for that. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
I'm inclined to agree. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
And I definitely want to pitch it in the saleroom. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
What else do Danny and Izzie think we can send there? | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
-The plates, maybe? -Yes, definitely. -And the cutlery. -OK. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
So for Paul's pop-up auction, then, | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
we're taking the rocking horse, the toilet... | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
-..and the screen. -And the screen. Yes. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
I'm sure he'll achieve a great price, of course he will. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
No pressure, then, eh? | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
Still, there's no time to think about that right now. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:39 | |
Finally the big day's here. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
I can't wait to get my hands on all the stuff Danny and Izzie found. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
Izzie and Danny are taking turns to help me at our street auctions. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
Let's see how far this goes. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
Danny's come along today | 0:25:56 | 0:25:57 | |
to push us towards our ambitious £1,000 target. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:01 | |
Thanks very much, Peter. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:02 | |
It's clear that Jo's hard work hasn't gone unnoticed | 0:26:02 | 0:26:06 | |
because the community has come out in force to lend a hand. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:10 | |
Good morning, everyone. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:11 | |
I see you've already met Danny, you're getting sashes on. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
Who is going to be doing the bric-a-brac stalls? | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
-Bric-a-brac, what's your name? -Ruth. -Brilliant. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
Thank you so much. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:20 | |
Jo's good friends Jane and Charles will be helping Ruth out. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
We can't take any of this stuff home. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
We want it sold because those £1s and those 50p add up. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:30 | |
If it's £3 and they've only got £2, just let them have it. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
Who is doing teas and coffees? | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
We've got four hands up in the air, that's good. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:36 | |
-What's your name? -I'm Steve. -Steve, thank you. -Gina. -Gina. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
-Edwige. -What's your name? -Joan. -Joan, I love what you're wearing. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
-Love the hat. -Joan of Arc. -Joan of Arc. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
-Can we do it, everyone? ALL: -Yes! | 0:26:47 | 0:26:48 | |
Yes, of course we can. Good luck. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
Everyone's up for chipping in. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
Jo's usually first in line when it comes to volunteering | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
so I'm a bit anxious that he hasn't turned up yet. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
Still, it looks like we've managed to rope in | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
a few more of his friends. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
Doing a bit of a tug-of-war. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
-What a good idea. -Anybody else coming along perhaps? | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
No, I tell you what, we could get the people that turn up into teams, | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
they could pay to actually try and beat Danny and myself. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
-How about that? -Yay! -Do you want me to help? | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
I think... I think that is a money-making opportunity. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:21 | |
Oh, I can see the money adding up now. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
But without some decent stuff from our rummage day, | 0:27:23 | 0:27:26 | |
we won't get anywhere near our £1,000 target. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
Danny, you and Izzie didn't hang around. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
-You can say that again. -I like the set of four patio chairs. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
-They're absolutely fabulous, Izzie got them. -In mint condition. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
Sets of patio furniture can cost hundreds of pounds in the shops, | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
so these have got to be worth £30 of anyone's money on the rostrum. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:46 | |
And I think it's a fair bet that the rocking horse could make | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
at least that. So far, so good. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
I think the screen's quite nice, as well. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
It's got that kind of make-do-and-mend feel about it. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:55 | |
-I know it's slightly new, but do you know what I mean? -Yes. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
It's kind of nice, isn't it? | 0:27:58 | 0:27:59 | |
All that homely charm means that | 0:27:59 | 0:28:01 | |
it's got bags of money-making potential | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
so I'll definitely be nabbing it to sell and hoping to get at least £20. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:09 | |
PAUL LAUGHS | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
-What's that, Danny? -A brand-new lavatory. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
-Quite a nice one with a slow lid. -Oh, yes. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
So I think it sings and dances, you know. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
I think you're right. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:21 | |
What we could do is, we could sell them as two separate lots. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
-Number one and number two. -Yes. Oh! | 0:28:24 | 0:28:26 | |
PAUL LAUGHS Oh, yes! | 0:28:26 | 0:28:29 | |
Well, I can't say I feel flushed with success | 0:28:30 | 0:28:33 | |
but the rummage-day finds have left me cautiously optimistic. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:37 | |
But now... | 0:28:37 | 0:28:38 | |
-Are you ready for this? -Yes. -Thumbs up, good. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
..it's the moment we've all been waiting for. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:43 | |
Let's get this party started with a five... | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
-ALL: -Four, three, two, one. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
Yes! | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
As the Frome town band gets us off to a rousing start, | 0:28:53 | 0:28:57 | |
it's heart-warming to see the community pulling together for Jo. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:01 | |
-Coming up. -Cheers. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
-There you go. -Thank you. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:05 | |
50p a book, everyone, 50p! There's some real bargains. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:09 | |
Is there anybody named A? | 0:29:09 | 0:29:11 | |
All good, Captain? | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
Never been better, sir! | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
-How are we doing on bric-a-brac here? -Hurray! | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
-Yeah? -Thank you so very much. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
-Has he arrived yet? -Not yet, no. That's the worrying thing! | 0:29:20 | 0:29:24 | |
With the people of Frome arriving in their droves, | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
everything is in full swing here. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
And I want to catch up with Jo's old friend Jane, | 0:29:31 | 0:29:34 | |
who's on the bric-a-brac stall. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
-You go back 19 years? -Yes, I've worked with him for about 19 years. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:39 | |
-I can't wait to meet this guy, do you know that? -He's fantastic. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:42 | |
Just before his 90th birthday, he had a bucket list, | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
and one of them was to learn to play the piano | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
and play a Beethoven piece, which he did. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
But he also wanted to take his advanced driving test, | 0:29:49 | 0:29:51 | |
and he passed it, at 90! Advanced! I mean...! | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
-I mean... -I couldn't do it! -..I wish I could do that, yeah. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:56 | |
I know, I know. He's amazing. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:58 | |
-Has it been hard, keeping it a secret? -Yes. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
-I mean, everyone knows everyone around here. -Yes. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
Fingers crossed he turns up soon. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:04 | |
-I hope so. -Then we'll get a chance to say hello, | 0:30:04 | 0:30:05 | |
have a chat to him before we reveal that all of this is for him. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
-I can't wait. -No, I can't wait. -He's going to kill us. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
Well, I guess that's a chance we'll have to take. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:14 | |
There's plenty of money changing hands here. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:16 | |
Sounds busy. It's two deep here! | 0:30:16 | 0:30:18 | |
Why not? | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
But hitting our massive £1,000 target will take more | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
than tea and cupcakes. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
Remember Izzie picked up a pair of tired old bar stools | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
on our rummage? | 0:30:28 | 0:30:30 | |
Well, a quick bit of sanding | 0:30:30 | 0:30:31 | |
and a lick of paint has completely transformed them. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:35 | |
They look so different! | 0:30:35 | 0:30:36 | |
-Look well, don't they? -What do you think? Sort of £15 a stool, | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
maybe 30 quid for the pair? | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
-£15, £20 apiece, I think that's going to be fine. -Yeah. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:44 | |
Not bad for £5 worth of paint. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
Danny's upcycling find was a pair of battered pine toy boxes. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:51 | |
Painting, stencilling and a simple upholstery job | 0:30:51 | 0:30:54 | |
has given them a new lease of life. | 0:30:54 | 0:30:57 | |
They're brilliant! | 0:30:57 | 0:30:58 | |
I didn't expect them to look this good. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:00 | |
I'd like to think we can get the same sort of price, really. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
-Maybe £15, £20. -£15. -Yeah! | 0:31:03 | 0:31:04 | |
Have a seat, Danny. Take the weight off. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:06 | |
-We've got some good gear. -Yeah, but will we get good prices? | 0:31:06 | 0:31:09 | |
Well, this is the question. This is the question! | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
We're not just depending on the money we make here today. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
We also sent a couple of our rummage-day items to a saleroom, | 0:31:17 | 0:31:21 | |
and Jo's friends Jane and Lucia | 0:31:21 | 0:31:23 | |
went along to see how they fared | 0:31:23 | 0:31:25 | |
under the hammer of auctioneer Tim Weeks. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
First up, Izzie's star find, the caravan awning. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:33 | |
This one's got to pitch up somewhere between £20 and £30. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:37 | |
Just think of the fun you could have trying to match it to a caravan. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
What a weekend. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:42 | |
12, 14, 16, I require. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:44 | |
16, thank you. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:45 | |
18, 20. Make it 22 now online. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:48 | |
This is just the kind of saleroom performance | 0:31:48 | 0:31:50 | |
that will get Jo his VIP theatre trip. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
Fantastic stuff. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
Where are my hands? | 0:31:55 | 0:31:56 | |
-£36. -36, that's fantastic. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
38, back in. | 0:31:58 | 0:31:59 | |
40. 42, any advance, then? | 0:31:59 | 0:32:01 | |
It's had its time. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
Hammer comes down, I sell. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:05 | |
Room bid at £40. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:07 | |
Thank you. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
A brilliant start. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
But can Danny's stainless-steel knife set cut the mustard? | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
10, 12, 14, | 0:32:15 | 0:32:16 | |
-16, 18. I need 20. -Oh, that's doing OK. -Yeah. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
I have 22 online. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:20 | |
22, 24, 26, 28. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:23 | |
Make it 30 online. It's 28 in the room, then. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
We're all happy and finished. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
No further advance. I sell, then, at £28. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:32 | |
-Thank you. -Brilliant! -Thank you very much. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:34 | |
Not a bad price, | 0:32:34 | 0:32:35 | |
but my money's always been on the decorative plates Danny unearthed. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:40 | |
There are almost 60 of them, | 0:32:40 | 0:32:41 | |
including Wedgwood and Bradford Exchange pieces. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
Estimate, £30 to £50. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
For all of those, where's £30? | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
30 on the net, thank you. Where's 32? | 0:32:48 | 0:32:50 | |
32? I need 34 from you online. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:51 | |
34. 36, sir? 38, make it, online. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
-36 I have in the room. -Come on! | 0:32:54 | 0:32:55 | |
38, 40, | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
42, 44, 46. | 0:32:57 | 0:32:59 | |
Thank you for trying. 48. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:00 | |
Make it 50 online. Let's round it up to 50. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
All done, gent's bid at £48. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:07 | |
-Oh, well. -Oh... | 0:33:07 | 0:33:08 | |
Well, that's a bargain for so many plates. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
It leaves our saleroom total at £116. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
But we've still got a mountain to climb. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
We're about to close the stalls, and, worryingly, | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
there's still no sign of Jo. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:21 | |
But Danny's caught up with his friend Lucia. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
Is Jo going to come today? | 0:33:24 | 0:33:25 | |
I'm really worried cos he said to me, it's not really his thing. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:28 | |
He doesn't really like to do, you know, sort of things like this. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:30 | |
I mean, he's first on the list on helping with, you know, | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
anybody one-to-one and doing all that sort of thing, | 0:33:33 | 0:33:35 | |
but a big event like this, I don't know. He'll feel a bit, you know... | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
-Work your magic. -I will. -You better had do! I'll see you a bit later. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
So, it's a Jo no-show, | 0:33:41 | 0:33:43 | |
but it looks like the rest of Frome have turned up. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
Time to pull in some serious cash. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
Three, two, one... | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
Go! | 0:33:51 | 0:33:52 | |
Wahey! | 0:33:55 | 0:33:57 | |
Come on, team, we've got 'em! | 0:33:57 | 0:33:59 | |
We've got 'em, team! | 0:33:59 | 0:34:01 | |
We've got 'em now! | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
We've got 'em! We've got 'em! | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
Yay! | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
-A little announcement... -That was a hard one. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
-I tell you what... -I'm worn out, aren't you? | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
PAUL LAUGHS | 0:34:15 | 0:34:16 | |
With that last-gasp effort, | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
this part of our fundraising has come to an end. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:21 | |
The stalls are now officially closed, OK? | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
So thank you very much. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:27 | |
While the team tot up the takings, | 0:34:27 | 0:34:29 | |
I'm still having no luck tracking down our local champion. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
But I've found the next-best thing. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:34 | |
Daughter and granddaughter Emma and Hannah. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:38 | |
-Where is Grandad right now? -Over there. -Oh, he's here now! | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
Yes, he is, he's by the Active And In Touch stall, | 0:34:41 | 0:34:43 | |
-talking to some of his friends over there. -Has he twigged anything? | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
-I don't think so. -No? -No. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:47 | |
How will he react when he finds out all of this is for him? | 0:34:47 | 0:34:51 | |
-I think he'll be quite... -Shocked. -..shocked and quite humbled. -Aw. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
And very surprised. Yeah, he'll love it. He'll think it's a real honour. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
Well, I've been waiting to meet him all day, and now's my moment. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
I'm feeling a bit nervous about this. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
Well done, sir, I can see you've bought some plants. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
-Are they sweet peas? -Sweet peas, yes. -Aw. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:12 | |
-And what's your name? -Jo Dismore. -Are you a keen gardener, Jo? | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
-No, I'm hopeless. -Oh... -My wife used to be a superb gardener. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:19 | |
-She had green fingers, did she? -She had green fingers. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
I have fingers of death when it comes to plants. | 0:35:22 | 0:35:24 | |
Oh, don't say that! | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
What's brought you here today? | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
Well, I've got all my family. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
-So, a bit of a day out on Sunday, then? -Yes. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
-Do you live in Frome? -Yes. -It's a nice old town, isn't it? | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
-How long have you lived here? -Ten years, I think. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
But I've lived in the neighbourhood for a long time. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
Right, OK. So, you help out in the community, do you? | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
Yeah, I do Frome community cars, which is a new... | 0:35:42 | 0:35:46 | |
..set-up for taking people to hospitals, all sorts. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
-Yeah. What, and you drive, do you? -Yeah. -Yeah? | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
-And I also belong to Active And In Touch. -And what's that? | 0:35:53 | 0:35:57 | |
Well, it's really to look after old people and isolated people. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:01 | |
Oh, people that are lonely, so you go and cheer them up? | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
Yeah, I go and talk to them every week. I'm nearly 92. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:07 | |
-You're not! Are you really? -I am. -You don't look it. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
Thank you, sir. The main one I see every Tuesday is 81. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
-Oh, is he? He's a mere lad compared to you. -A mere lad, yeah. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:18 | |
-So what's kept you going, then? -Just helping people. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:21 | |
-That's the spirit. -I don't know. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
Must be something. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:25 | |
What a lovely, kind, modest man. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
A true inspiration. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:29 | |
But unless there's a show-stopping profit on the stalls today, | 0:36:29 | 0:36:33 | |
it'll be curtains for his VIP theatre break. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:36 | |
Danny? | 0:36:36 | 0:36:38 | |
I've found Jo. He's here. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:40 | |
Thank goodness he's here, and he's enjoying himself. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:42 | |
Now, we made £116 in the saleroom auction. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:45 | |
How much have we made here today? | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
£737 we made today. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
That's about 800 and, what? 53, something like that. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
-Exactly. -£853. We're still short of our target. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:56 | |
-Can we do this? -Definitely can. -Come on, let's bust that £1,000. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
Put it there. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:00 | |
We've got to make at least £147 on the pop-up. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
Can we do it? Well, I guess that's down to the good folk of Frome. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for turning up today. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:12 | |
First under the hammer, Danny's homely screen, | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
worth £10 all day long, I reckon. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
Danny, go on, get it up in the air. Show everybody. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:20 | |
Who's going to start me off with a bid of £5? | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
Yes, thank you. 5, straight in. Is there 6? | 0:37:25 | 0:37:27 | |
I'm looking for £6 now. 6, thank you. It's against you, sir. 7. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
7, 8. 8, 9, | 0:37:30 | 0:37:32 | |
-10, 11, 12. -I'm out. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
£15. £15 is with me. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
And I'm selling at 15. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
Sold, £15, thank you. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:42 | |
That's a good start. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:43 | |
Next up, Danny's star find. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
It's not an antique, | 0:37:46 | 0:37:47 | |
but I still think we're odds-on to get £20 for it. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:51 | |
Who's going to start me off with a bid of £10? | 0:37:51 | 0:37:54 | |
10. Can I take 15 now? | 0:37:54 | 0:37:55 | |
15, it's against you, madam. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
£20 I have now. | 0:37:57 | 0:37:58 | |
22, 24, | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
26, 28, 30. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
£30! We have £30 with you, madam. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
It's going down, the hammer's going down... Whoa, thank you! | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
32. 32 now, and I'm selling at £32. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
34. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:12 | |
Make no mistake, I'm selling, £34. 35? | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
35. It's against you, madam. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
35, and I'm selling at 35. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:19 | |
Fair warning, £35. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:21 | |
Sold, thank you. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:22 | |
A brilliant dash to the finish there. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:26 | |
-They look heavy. -They are. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:28 | |
Followed by a blooming £20 profit | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
for a couple of plant pots donated on the day. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
Going, going, gone! Sold. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:36 | |
And a tidy return for the set of pristine patio chairs. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:41 | |
I have a bid of 25, and I'm selling at 25! | 0:38:41 | 0:38:44 | |
Sold, £25. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
But now we come to my favourite lot. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:53 | |
We have a pair of upcycled stools and they are funky. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
They're something for the kitchen. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
Danny thinks around £15. | 0:38:57 | 0:38:59 | |
-And a bit more! -And a bit more. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
Let's have an opening bid of £10 - they're worth that, come on! | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
Thank you. An opening bid of 10. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:05 | |
Do I see 15 anywhere? | 0:39:05 | 0:39:06 | |
-Worth a bit more than that! -They are worth a bit more. | 0:39:06 | 0:39:08 | |
Can I take £15? | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
And I'm selling at £15. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:11 | |
It's going once, twice, sold! Thank you very much. | 0:39:11 | 0:39:15 | |
Jo's daughter Emma is the proud new owner. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:18 | |
And with the two boxes making £35 between them... | 0:39:18 | 0:39:21 | |
Sold, it's gone, £20, that's the first! | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
Any further advances? Fair warning, sold, £15. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
..we've pulled in £50 on the upcycled furniture. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:30 | |
We'd be lucky to get half that if we'd left them as they were. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:34 | |
And what better way to round off the day | 0:39:34 | 0:39:36 | |
than with our quirkiest donation? | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
It's a ceramic loo with a soft-closing lid. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:42 | |
It's got to pull in £30. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
Apparently in the shops they're about £150 to buy brand-new. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
Believe me, that's not been used. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:51 | |
He wouldn't be holding it in the air! | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
I'll take that. £20, the stick goes up in the air. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:57 | |
Thank you. Fair warning, I will sell to the maiden bid of £20. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:01 | |
It's going once, twice... | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
Sold, £20, thank you. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:04 | |
I'm not exactly bowled over by that result. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
Let's hope our £1,000 target hasn't gone down the drain. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:12 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for turning up today. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:17 | |
We had a target of £1,000. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
It was a tall order, but because the community of Frome pull together, | 0:40:20 | 0:40:24 | |
do you know what? | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
We didn't raise £1,000. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:29 | |
We smashed it! | 0:40:29 | 0:40:30 | |
We made £1,253, | 0:40:30 | 0:40:33 | |
so thank you, Frome! | 0:40:33 | 0:40:37 | |
What a day. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:38 | |
Many of you know what this is about, and who this is for. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:45 | |
I think it's about time I came clean. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
Many of you do know this person. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:50 | |
This guy is an unsung hero. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
He works tirelessly. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:55 | |
He doesn't need rewarding. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:56 | |
The reward he gets is because he helps all of you. | 0:40:56 | 0:41:00 | |
This guy is a true champion, | 0:41:00 | 0:41:03 | |
and here he is, Jo Dismore. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:05 | |
All of this, all of this, | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
all of these people, all of your family, friends and neighbours, | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
are here because you are such a special guy. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:15 | |
You really are. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
That's very kind of you to say. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:20 | |
Everybody's got together to say one big thank you | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
for all the work you've done, helping everybody in the area. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:27 | |
Look, Hannah, will you read this out? | 0:41:27 | 0:41:29 | |
This is what we're going to do for you. | 0:41:29 | 0:41:31 | |
"Dear Jo, we know how much the theatre meant to you and Rosemary, | 0:41:31 | 0:41:35 | |
"and how much you still enjoy it. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:37 | |
"So we want to thank you by treating you and a guest | 0:41:37 | 0:41:39 | |
"to all-inclusive VIP theatre package in Bath." | 0:41:39 | 0:41:43 | |
Oh! | 0:41:43 | 0:41:45 | |
Really incredible! | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
We're also placing a plaque in the theatre | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
in honour of Jo and his late wife, Rosemary. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
It's incredible. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
That really has touched... | 0:41:55 | 0:41:56 | |
..a bit of a raw nerve. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:00 | |
That's absolutely wonderful. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:04 | |
-Thank you all so very, very much. -Aw, there you go. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:08 | |
Dad's a bit overawed, but I think, you know, when he reflects on it, | 0:42:08 | 0:42:13 | |
he'll feel really humbled by it. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
I think he was quite shocked, watching his face. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:18 | |
That was wonderful. I enjoyed that. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:20 | |
It was really special for him. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:22 | |
And everybody had just turned up for him, and it's really, really nice. | 0:42:22 | 0:42:25 | |
And to make more than the £1,000, I mean, that's so Frome. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:29 | |
It's been a wonderful, wonderful day for him, | 0:42:29 | 0:42:32 | |
and he really appreciates it. Sorry, I'm just... | 0:42:32 | 0:42:35 | |
I just love him so much. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
Isn't it lovely to see Jo is surrounded by all his friends, | 0:42:38 | 0:42:41 | |
family and neighbours? | 0:42:41 | 0:42:42 | |
The whole community turned out to make this work. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:45 | |
We had a target, which we smashed. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:47 | |
I've thoroughly enjoyed it today. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:49 | |
It just goes to show what you can do with people power. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:51 | |
I hope you enjoyed the show. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:52 | |
Keep watching, because we could be in your neighbourhood, | 0:42:52 | 0:42:55 | |
and this street auction could be for you. Goodbye. | 0:42:55 | 0:42:58 | |
Jo and his daughter Emma are planning their VIP trip to Bath, | 0:42:58 | 0:43:03 | |
where Jo and Rosemary's plaque now takes pride of place. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:08 |