0:00:02 > 0:00:03Welcome to The Repair Shop,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Anything can happen. This is the workshop of dreams.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Home to furniture restorer Jay Blades.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Nowadays, things are not built to last,
0:00:13 > 0:00:16so we've become part of this throwaway culture.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19It's all about preserving and restoring.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21We bring the old back to new.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Working alongside Jay will be some
0:00:24 > 0:00:26of the country's leading craftspeople.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28I like making things with my hands.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31I love to see how things work and I want to know how things work.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Whether it's a Rembrandt or somebody's family piece,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37every painting deserves the same.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Each bringing their own unique set of skills...
0:00:40 > 0:00:42You're about to witness some magic.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45..they will resurrect, revive...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Oh, yes.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50..and rejuvenate treasured possessions
0:00:50 > 0:00:54and irreplaceable pieces of family history.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Oh, my goodness me. It looks like it's new.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Bringing both the objects...
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Oh, wow.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06..and the memories that they hold back to life.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Oh, thank you.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Today in The Repair Shop,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Jay and Tim face the music to get a vintage gramophone looking
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and sounding like new.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Oh, no. Look. This spring has broken.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Two pieces have been riveted together.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36And soft toy specialists Amanda and Julie take on a young lady suffering
0:01:36 > 0:01:39the effects of years of love and affection.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41That was a very fiddly job,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43putting the detail of the nail in place
0:01:43 > 0:01:45and I had to hold my breath for that,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48but I hope it will have been worth it.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56But first on board the good ship Repair Shop today
0:01:56 > 0:02:01is Simon Baird, with a naughty nautical problem for Jay and Will.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Hello.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- Well, what have we got here then? What's this?- It's a model boat.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Wow, seriously broken. - It's had a hard life.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I was showing it to someone and it got sat on.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- It got sat on?- Yeah.- Must be quite painful?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Yeah, that's right.- And these are built and designed to be in the water.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Yes, they work really well.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I was given it for Christmas when I was about seven
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and my brother got one the same. His was green, mine was blue.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29That's me and my brother aged...
0:02:29 > 0:02:34so he must've been about five and I was probably about seven when we were given them.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35He's got the green one.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Exactly, so that's how it would look.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39So who gave it to you, then?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Uncle Bill, he's called. Uncle Bill, his wife's Auntie Barbara.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Uncle Bill died, unfortunately, but Auntie Barbara's still here.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46So, that's Uncle Bill, yes.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50And that was his boat. So his boat's Puddle Duck.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- A proper boat.- That's right. So he and Auntie Barbara used to sail to
0:02:53 > 0:02:57France and all over the place on that and they used to take us sailing out on that.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59And what was the boat called?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Puddle Duck.- Puddle Duck. - Like Jemima Puddle-Duck.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Yes.- Wow.- And so that's Barbara and Bill together.- OK.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- And Auntie Barbara's still alive. - She's still alive, yes.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13She would love to see my two boys sailing a boat that Uncle Bill
0:03:13 > 0:03:15sorted out in the first place.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16So, there we have it, Will.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19That's the lady that you've got to get this working for.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Right.- Right. If you leave it with us,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Will's going to work his magic and we'll definitely get back to you.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27All right, thank you very much indeed.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29All right.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It would mean a huge amount to have the boat repaired.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Auntie Barbara lives nearby and she would love to come and see the boat
0:03:36 > 0:03:39sailing in Poole Park with my children,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43like she used to come and watch me when I was their age,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46so it would be fantastic for us all to be sailing it together.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51I've seen these in the pond where I grew up, people using these.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I never knew how they steered them and stuff like that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- I didn't realise that you grew up in a pond.- I did grow up in a pond.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Can't you tell by my webbed feet?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01But these are quite cool, man.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02- Really cool.- How do you steer it though?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I think you can just work out the direction of the wind,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08set the sails in a certain way and then just hope for the best.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10OK.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11So you can do this one, yeah?
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I'm going to get it on the bench and then have a better look at it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20At some point, there would have been some rings,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24metal hoops running across the bottom, but they're no longer there.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27So my plan is to make up some new hoops.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I don't have the know-how or the materials,
0:04:29 > 0:04:31but I know a man who does.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Over to resident horologist, Steve.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Small favour.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Would you be able to make me four of those, please?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- How many?- Four.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47- Yep.- Yep.- No probs.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Yep, yep, yep. Lovely. Thanks, Steve.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04So, the hardest part without any instructions or maps or drawings
0:05:04 > 0:05:06is to work out where everything goes
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and make sure that it actually stays afloat.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16With no nautical experience, Will's all at sea with the rigging.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I need to see about fixing this bit here.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I think that's called the mast. I think that's called the mast.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Hmm.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Next to arrive,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Jane Trott and her husband Robert have come to see soft-toy maestros,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Amanda and Julie,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39to see if they can breathe new life into a very special family heirloom.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Hello.- Hello.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42- Hello.- Who have we got here?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43We've got Lucy doll here.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Oh.- Oh, look at her.
0:05:46 > 0:05:52Lucy actually belonged to my dear Mum, who sadly passed away in 2012.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57She was given to my mum on her fourth birthday in 1932,
0:05:57 > 0:06:02which makes Lucy almost 85 years old.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I knew, because she'd actually told me that she wanted her to go to her
0:06:05 > 0:06:07great-granddaughter, Lucy.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Oh, that's lovely. That's lovely.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10So, we've got Lucy doll.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14And we've got a great-granddaughter called Lucy Victoria
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and I felt a sort of responsibility
0:06:16 > 0:06:20to make sure that she got her and I think she has been
0:06:20 > 0:06:24mended before, because this leg is adrift.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26We only have one hand.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- You haven't got the other one, by any chance?- No, it wasn't with her.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32We will do our best to source some hands.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Over the decades, I think it's gone somewhere.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Have you bought any clothes with you for Lucy to wear?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39A little dress that was mine.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43That's over 50 years ago, giving away my age now.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- And this little cardigan was actually worn by my daughter... - Lovely.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52..so I thought it would be nice to bring all the generations together.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54So, we need to get all her limbs back in place.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- That would be lovely.- Make the repairs that are required.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00We'll do our best to put her back together for you.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02That would be wonderful. Thank you so much.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- She'll be fine. - I'm sure she will be.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Thank you very much.- Thank you.- Bye.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Bye.- See you later.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11I hope that Lucy will look as she looked
0:07:11 > 0:07:13when she was cuddled by my own mother,
0:07:13 > 0:07:17so it will be lovely to pass her on to my granddaughter
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and see her looking lovely in her arms
0:07:20 > 0:07:24as she did once in my mum's arms at the same age.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I think we've got ourselves quite a big job here.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32We've got quite a lot of damage here, with tearing.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35This will be because it's such an old fabric.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37It's just beginning to perish.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39And, of course, we need to sort out
0:07:39 > 0:07:42what we're going to do about her hands,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45so hopefully she'll have some pretty little hands coming out from
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- under her cardigan.- Yes, it's going to be a busy day.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It is going to be a busy day.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Yep.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55To get an idea of the full extent of the damage,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59first Amanda and Julie have to painstakingly take Lucy apart.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03From every stitch...
0:08:03 > 0:08:07to every piece of decades-old stuffing.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11You can see how sort of dusty and not terribly pleasant
0:08:11 > 0:08:13and quite hard this stuffing is.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Now Lucy and the full extent of the job ahead are laid bare.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22Having looked at Lucy's body, very, very fragile,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25so we've made the decision that
0:08:25 > 0:08:29we're going to make new covers for her limbs
0:08:29 > 0:08:33and put all of the pieces, her original pieces, back inside those.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37But she will be much stronger that way and better for a child who's going to be handling her.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Here's the original arm inside
0:08:41 > 0:08:46and we're now just re-stuffing it and she'll have nice
0:08:46 > 0:08:50clean, new, strong arms.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53We're really tight for time.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56We just can't stop. We've just got to keep going.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Also underway,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Will has been getting to know the ropes of the treasured childhood sailing boat.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16He's reached a critical point in the repair.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18So, I'm about to fix the broken mast.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21The plan is to use some of this bamboo here,
0:09:21 > 0:09:25drill a hole into the top piece and the bottom piece
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and glue it on the inside in place
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and that should give it the strength that it's going to need.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Able Seaman Will is roping in the assistance of some of the other Repair Shop crew
0:09:40 > 0:09:45to get this vintage vessel shipshape and Bristol fashion,
0:09:45 > 0:09:51including Chief Engineer Steve and even Captain Jay.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53How can I help you?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56First of all, marvel at this. Ready?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00That's cool, isn't it?
0:10:00 > 0:10:04The problem is, this rigging is pretty ropey,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06so ideally I'd like some...
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- String.- String. Something that is waxed.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11- Do you have anything?- Yes.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- Really?- Yeah.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Buttoning twine. There you go.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18It's strong. You won't to be able to pop that.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21So, my plan is I'm going to start on the rigging bit by bit rather than
0:10:21 > 0:10:23just snip it all off,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25because I could just take off all the old rigging now
0:10:25 > 0:10:29and just be left with three sails and have no idea how to put it back
0:10:29 > 0:10:32together, whereas if I do it section by section,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35then at least I know what goes where, basically.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37As long as you understand what you're talking about.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- But you've got the buttoning twine now, you can use that. - I've got buttoning twine. Cool.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Thanks a lot, Jay. - You're welcome, sir.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- How are you getting on?- Slowly getting there. Look at that!
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Oh, well done, you!
0:11:02 > 0:11:06I think it should be relatively straightforward from here.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Brilliant. I've got your rings and eyelets.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Wow.- There's some spares there as well.- Amazing.- Right.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- Well, thanks for that, Steve. - No probs.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I'll be sailing on from here, then.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18STEVE CHUCKLES
0:11:23 > 0:11:27I thought it would be nice to put a name on the front of the boat.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I don't know if I mentioned this to Simon or not,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33but I thought it would be nice to call it the name of Simon's uncle's boat, Puddle Duck.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37The thing is, do I call it Puddle Duck
0:11:37 > 0:11:39or do I call it Puddle Duck II?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I think that would be a really nice touch.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Expert at tackling the problems others fear to fix,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54no restoration project fazes the Repair Shop team.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57And the next arrival is no exception.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Right, what do we have here?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00It's a gramophone.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02A gramophone. Like, one of those gramophones.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- A real proper wind-up gramophone. - A proper one. - Yes, a proper wind-up gramophone.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10Gillian Lamb's very special musical memento is in need of a tune-up from
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Jay and gramophone guru, Tim.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15When I'm thinking gramophones,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I'm thinking of a big microphone sticking out.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Yes, it doesn't have a dramatic horn.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23There's two doors at the front here
0:12:23 > 0:12:27and you can adjust the tone of the sound by
0:12:27 > 0:12:29opening or closing the doors.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31And it originally belonged to my grandmother.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35After my grandmother, it went to my aunt and it's at her house
0:12:35 > 0:12:36that I remember it most.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39So it was clearly a very important part of their life.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Do you remember it being played?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I do remember it being played, yes.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44And I did go and stay there.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48It was full of life and fun and activity and this was part of it.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50That's why it's special.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51What's the problem with it, then?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Well, it doesn't run very happily
0:12:53 > 0:12:55and you can't hear the records any more.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59You can just hear a scratching noise and it's such a shame because
0:12:59 > 0:13:01we have a collection of records from that time...
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- OK.- ..which it would be lovely to play again.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- Can we get this working? - It can be done.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08It can be done.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10My guess would be that there should be a base on it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Do you remember there ever being a bottom to it?
0:13:13 > 0:13:14No, I don't.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Ah. I think that's probably gone missing.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Can we tip it upside down?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22If we look underneath, you can see better
0:13:22 > 0:13:25that this is an internal horn.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I've got a record over here.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Let's see what we get out of it.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29All right.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35SCRATCHING
0:13:35 > 0:13:37BURST OF MUSIC
0:13:37 > 0:13:40MUSIC FADES AWAY
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Hmm. I mean,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44we might get it going a bit better by winding it up but the danger in
0:13:44 > 0:13:47winding it up when you've got a load of old grease in the spring barrel
0:13:47 > 0:13:49is that you effectively distort the spring.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- We're going to get it working, are we?- We're going to see what we can do.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I would love it to be working again.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59I associate myself and my childhood with this gramophone and the happy
0:13:59 > 0:14:05times I had staying with my aunt and the fun it was being with her
0:14:05 > 0:14:09and this was part of it. It's a joy.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Leave it with us. We will get it fully restored and playing happily again.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14That would be marvellous. Thank you very much.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Thank you.- Thank you. Thank you. - See you later on.- Will do.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22It would be wonderful to see it repaired and hear it working properly,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26so I feel really quite excited at the prospect of having it back in use.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31OK, right, so, I'll drop the motor out, take it apart,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34clean years and years of old grease...
0:14:34 > 0:14:37When you say "drop the motor out", that sounds like a mechanic's term.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38You're really going to take the motor out?
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Yes. Yes. This is the thing that people often find hard to understand
0:14:42 > 0:14:45about this is it uses no electricity.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49It reproduces the sound entirely by vibrating a column of air and the
0:14:49 > 0:14:51motor is, of course, essentially clockwork.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55So until you've taken the motor out, you're not really going to know what's wrong with it.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56No, I'll drop the motor out.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58And then you can give me the frame and I can work on that.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Yes.- We'd best crack on then, eh?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10There we go.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Take this out.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17There.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19There it is, the heart of the beast.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21A Garrard number 20 motor.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23You can see all the muck and rubbish around here.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27I mean, there's no damage as far as I can see to any of the gears
0:15:27 > 0:15:28and that's always a good sign.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35While Tim takes care of the motor, it's Jay's job to restore the case.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36There we go.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- See you later.- See you soon.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42The plan is to clean this and then just give it a wax.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45This is Will's secret recipe mix for cleaning.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49He doesn't tell anybody what it is. It's very top-secret.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Now, that is what you call dirt.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01For this delicate restoration project...
0:16:01 > 0:16:02That's a bit better.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05..Tim's calling on all of his 50 years' experience.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12The art is knowing exactly where to hit it.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Anyone can go mad with a hammer.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19It takes a true craftsman to know exactly where to tap it.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22This is the point where it will fly all over the room.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31With a fair wind behind him,
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Will has almost reached harbour with the treasured 50-year-old sailboat
0:16:35 > 0:16:38that owner Simon wants to pass on to his children.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It's the finishing touches now.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42The black paint is completely dried,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46so I'm just using some white pigment just to sharpen up round the edges,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48to really bring out the word Puddle Duck.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Time is of the essence.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58With no idea about Will's extra Puddle Duck finishing touch,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Simon has returned and he's not alone.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I'm feeling very excited about seeing the boat again.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09I've brought Auntie Barbara and she gave it to me with Uncle Bill
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- many years ago.- We haven't seen it for a long time.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- No. No, been up in the loft.- And I had no idea that it was broken.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- How are we doing?- Hello, very well, thank you. Very nice to see you again.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Likewise. Who have we got here, then?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24This is Auntie Barbara who we were talking about last time.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- Hello. Pleased to meet you. - How are you doing?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- All right?- Yes, thank you. - Come this way, then.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31So, you know who Auntie Barbara is, then?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- I know who Auntie Barbara is. - Yeah.- Yes, I know.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Are you feeling a sweat? I can see a sweat, the beads are coming off.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- The beads of sweat.- I'm looking forward to seeing it.- Ready.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Oh, my goodness.- Wow.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- It hasn't done that for a very long time.- Oh, my goodness.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Oh, that's lovely. I'm so thrilled.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Because you never saw it broken, did you?- No.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01But it's fixed now. It's all fixed.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03How long did it take you to do all this?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Five or ten minutes. No, I'm only joking.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- He is being modest.- It was a labour of love.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Thank you so much.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15I think I could probably rig up an actual full-sized yacht now.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18So I'm in the market to buy one just for that.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Oh, it's lovely.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Now, you had a boat, did you not?
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Did you have a boat?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27And did your boat have a name?
0:18:27 > 0:18:28- Yes.- What was your boat's name?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Puddle Duck.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Well, I thought it would be quite nice to have on the front...
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- Oh!- Look at that!- Oh, how lovely.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Puddle Duck II. It's lovely.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43That's amazing. Thank you.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Thank you.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Lovely.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Uncle Bill would be thrilled. He'd be absolutely thrilled.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Absolutely lovely.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54So, the big test now is to see if it floats.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56We've filled up a sink. You've got to be the first person to try it out.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Or it might be Auntie Barbara.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- I think probably Auntie Barbara.- I think Auntie Barbara.- There you go.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Go for it. Yeah, let's see.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Oh.- Yay.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09There we go.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Amazing.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13I'm feeling amazed and astounded.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- Yes, absolutely lovely. - I couldn't believe they could do as good a job as that.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- No, absolutely lovely. - It looks incredible.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- It does.- And to have the name on the front as well.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- That was...- Just perfect.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Look at that. - Just like 30 years ago.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Bill would have been absolutely thrilled.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- I'm sure he would.- He would.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Cruising smoothly on with the gramophone,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Tim has prised apart the 80-year-old power source.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50And you can see the mainspring in there which is very dry.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Hardly any grease on it at all.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Connected to the handle on the gramophone,
0:19:55 > 0:19:59the wound spring creates the energy to rotate the turntable.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Not too bad. I think we may get away without having to replace it.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Uh-oh. Oh, no.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Oh, no.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Sometime in the past,
0:20:10 > 0:20:15this spring has broken and you can see where these two pieces have been
0:20:15 > 0:20:18overlapped and riveted together.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20So, the only option to do is take this spring out
0:20:20 > 0:20:25and throw it away and replace it with a brand-new mainspring,
0:20:25 > 0:20:26at the end of which,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28with a fighting chance and a following wind,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30this is going to work properly.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38Meanwhile, Jay has hatched a plan to recreate the missing base.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Will.- And he's got just the man for the job.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Ideas. I need your young, fresh, talented...
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Hey.- ..mind.- You want something, right, you've got to flatter me.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54So, there's a plinth needed for the bottom because the doors,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57it drags like that.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Right, so you want me to make a plinth.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Yes, please.- Now?- Well, I'll give you a hand. Yeah, now, today.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Yeah.- Today. - Let's work as a team, yeah?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- That's why I gave you a compliment. - High five. Yeah!
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Oh, it's nice, isn't it?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I would give you a hand but I'm having tea and biscuits.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32You look like you've got it under control, anyway.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35That's really... Thank you for that, Jay.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37That's all right, any time. What are you doing, really?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Well, this is winding the new spring into the spring barrel.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- There.- Have you done it?- Right,
0:21:44 > 0:21:48what we do need to do is pack the graphite grease in there and you
0:21:48 > 0:21:51basically put the stuff on like buttering a scone.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54So you've got to get it all in there, all in those bits, yeah.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Yeah. Put plenty of it in because it's probably going to be another
0:21:56 > 0:21:5880 years before it gets serviced again.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02That's the worst of it done. All I've got to do now is put it back together now.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- That looks good.- So how are you getting on?
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Slowly but surely.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13If anything, it should be semi flush at the back and more out here.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19This side sticks out further than that side.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21All right, all we have to do is that.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Yeah, exactly.- Just a little bit of that.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Et voila.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Also on the mend,
0:22:40 > 0:22:4683-year-old Lucy's remade limbs are ready to be stitched back together.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48And I'll get on and sort out her nails.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50OK. A little manicure, then.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Yeah.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Julie can now turn her attention to Lucy's missing hand.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56For a perfect fit,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00she is painting a reproduction pair of hands to blend in seamlessly.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03That was a very fiddly job,
0:23:03 > 0:23:08painting the hands and putting the detail of the nail in place
0:23:08 > 0:23:10and I had to hold my breath for that.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I hope it would have been worth it.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18This is the original vest that we're putting back onto her now.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19I hope it still fits her.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- Yes.- She hasn't put on too much weight.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23That will show whether we've done a good job.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27We've got the body now to the point where we can put the head back on.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32This is quite tricky because the head is made of china.
0:23:32 > 0:23:3485 years old.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36It's a two-man job.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39We can wiggle it once she's in there.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42OK. We've got a couple more stitches to pop in,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44clothes on and she'll be ready to go home.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Dressed in owner Jane's and her daughter's baby clothes,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Lucy is ready to be loved by a fourth generation of the family.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Hi, I'm so excited.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- Are you ready?- I am ready.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02OK. Let's take it off.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Oh, my goodness.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13She has all her limbs oh and she is ready to be loved again.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Absolutely gorgeous.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Thank you so much.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- No, you're welcome.- A lovely way to remember Mum and how thrilled she
0:24:22 > 0:24:26would be to think that she's going to be cuddled again and by her
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- great-granddaughter.- That's amazing. - And with the same name.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- Oh, that's lovely.- We feel honoured to be part of that.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35I just feel very emotional.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38It is absolutely beyond what I hoped for.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39I'd never seen her perfect
0:24:39 > 0:24:42but today, to me, she's absolutely perfect.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I could have asked for nothing more.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- It's a fantastic surprise for my granddaughter.- Ah.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Back in the workshop,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59another treasured family member is
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- almost ready to play sweet music once again.- Oh.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04That is beautiful.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08- It comes up.- I'm pretty certain that would have been something
0:25:08 > 0:25:11very similar to what it must have looked like when it was new.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Cool. And then obviously like, the door, it doesn't pull, really.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17That is lovely. That is very pretty.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23Now, the final stage, marrying Jay's case with Tim's fine-tuned motor...
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Like so.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30..before Gillian arrives to be reunited with her grandmother's cherished gramophone.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Voila.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- There's only one thing to do, now. The acid test.- What's that?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Play a record on it, shall we?
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Oh, no, no. Let's wait until Gillian comes and then we'll play a record for her.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I trust that you've got it right anyway.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Let us hope your trust is not misplaced.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- Hello.- Thank you. Hello, Jay, nice to see you again.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Likewise.- Hi.- Hello, Gill.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Good to see you again.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57So, when was the last time you heard this gramophone play?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Oh, decades.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Let's see what we've done.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it?
0:26:04 > 0:26:08That is, I'm pretty certain, what this would have looked like originally.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Well, it looks so lovely.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11There you go.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15I'm waiting to hear it play.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- That's what I want to do. - Well, shall we wind it up and put a record on?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- Shall we?- Oh, yes.- Shall we do that?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24SCRATCHING
0:26:24 > 0:26:27# Somewhere over the rainbow... #
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Oh, yes.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33# Way up high
0:26:33 > 0:26:35# There's a land... #
0:26:35 > 0:26:40The memories cut in as soon as the needle drops on the disc,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43because there's several seconds of scratching noise
0:26:43 > 0:26:45before you hear any music.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49It sounds good and it looks so good.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- It does look good, doesn't it?- Yeah, something really to be proud of.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Well, the look is all down to this gentleman here.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57It's a team effort.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58We all done good on this one.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04And it's not just something to look at, it's something to use and enjoy.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07MUSIC PLAYS
0:27:07 > 0:27:11You know, my ancestors are sadly no longer with us and I shall have to convey all this
0:27:11 > 0:27:16to my own children and hope that they will treasure it as I have done,
0:27:16 > 0:27:20because I think for them, it's a window on the past,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23to look at this and to use it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26No, it is a window to the past. It's unbelievable.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31You feel quite emotional,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34because it takes you back such a long time to when that was
0:27:34 > 0:27:36an everyday occurrence.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40So, it was a special moment to hear.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42I'm thrilled to have it back.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46It's been polished and cared for and enhanced in every way.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47It's wonderful.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54The thing I really love when you see something that hasn't gone for
0:27:54 > 0:27:57decades, charming it back into life,
0:27:57 > 0:28:02making it do what it did 80 years ago again.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05It's a great... It gets me every time, that feeling.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06Righty ho.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22As one final treasured family heirloom heads home,
0:28:22 > 0:28:24restored for future generations,
0:28:24 > 0:28:29the team hang up their tools until next time in The Repair Shop.