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 > 0:00:09Anything can happen - this is the workshop of dreams.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Home to furniture restorer, Jay Blades.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Nowadays, things are not built to last,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17so we've become part of this throwaway culture.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20It's all about preserving and restoring.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22We bring the old back to new.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Working alongside Jay
0:00:24 > 0:00:27will be some of the country's leading craftspeople.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I like making things with my hands.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32I love to see how things work and I want to know how things work.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Whether it is a Rembrandt or somebody's family piece,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38every painting deserves the same.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Each bringing their own unique set of skills.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43You're about to witness some magic.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44They will resurrect...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- ..revive...- Oh, yes.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48..and rejuvenate...
0:00:50 > 0:00:53..treasured possessions and irreplaceable pieces
0:00:53 > 0:00:55of family history.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- Oh, my goodness.- Goodness, me.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Bringing both the objects...
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Oh, wow.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03..and the memories that they hold...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- Oh, thank you.- ..back to life.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Thank you so much.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I want to kiss you.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21In the Repair Shop today, timepiece tinkering is on hold,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23as clock restoration expert Steve
0:01:23 > 0:01:26is called up to work on a vintage telephone.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29It is at this point that I worry that springs are going to
0:01:29 > 0:01:31shoot out all over the place.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35While specialist Richard Rigby restores a collector's item
0:01:35 > 0:01:39that casts its spell over everyone in the Repair Shop.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Wow.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50So what are we waiting for today?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51We've got a customer coming.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Something for me? - You're keen, aren't you?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Well, yeah, it is something for you then.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01First, furniture dream team Jay and Will are standing by to meet
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Helen Smith from Herefordshire.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04- Hello.- Hello.- How are we doing?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- I'm fine, thanks. - So here it is, yeah?
0:02:06 > 0:02:07- It is here.- OK.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09All right. We'll get this out.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- Lovely.- I will lead the way. - You lead the way.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15So what is it?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- It's a piano stool for two people. - A piano stool for two people.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Is it all right to lift it up and have a look?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Ooh.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27So what's the history behind this one, then?
0:02:27 > 0:02:28This belonged to my grandmother.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33I was actually born in the room that this lived.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34So I've known this all my life.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38On my grandmother's death, she left it to my sister,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40and my sister had a big puppy
0:02:40 > 0:02:43and the puppy would go into his chewing phase...
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- Wow.- Was that in one sitting or...?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49No, I should imagine, cos the piano's also had a little nibble,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51but not as bad as that.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53He had a nibble of the piano!
0:02:53 > 0:02:57He couldn't play the tune, so he thought he would have a nibble.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00And then I see that it's got, like, this tapestry on top.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Yeah. Gran did that.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Gran did that. I see it brought a smile to your face.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Yeah. Yeah.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07That's in amazing condition.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- It is, actually.- I mean, considering when you look at everything else...
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Yes, it was lucky to get away with it, I think.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Perhaps it didn't taste as good as the wood.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Helen's grandmother Enid Ruth Wicks honed her musical skills
0:03:24 > 0:03:25on this piano.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29My grandmother was a very keen pianist.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31She was very good although she would say that she was competent.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33She was a member of the Royal Academy of Music,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36played in concerts for the BBC.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42I think when you inherit or you have an heirloom in your family,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46there's a responsibility to look after it the best that you can,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and at the moment I'm not fulfilling my responsibility.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54So, Will, what you reckon? Do you know anything about the age of this?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Have you seen stuff like this before?- It looks sort of like
0:03:57 > 0:04:01typical art and crafts furniture - 1890s, 1910.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Really nice piece. With the base, I'd like to use this.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Oh, yeah. That would be brill.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I say that now, but once I'm working....
0:04:09 > 0:04:11What am I doing?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I'm honoured to be working on something like this.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17So as soon as we've got it repaired and looking fabulous again...
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Yes.- ..we will get back to you.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Lovely, thank you very much.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21All right, thank you.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Lovely, thanks very much. Goodbye.- Bye.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30That's amazing. I know dogs go through a chewing phase but that is...
0:04:30 > 0:04:32At least he left us something.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34He left us a clue, yeah.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Because we learned to play the piano with my grandmother,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39it's a family piece so, yeah,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I'm really excited about seeing what they're going to do.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44What are you going to do with the fabric and with the top?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Basically it has to fit perfectly because, as you can see here,
0:04:47 > 0:04:52the corner's coming out because this is too tight.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53It won't fit in there perfectly.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Why's that too tight? - I think what might have happened...
0:04:58 > 0:05:01..is they've just covered over an original fabric on top of it,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04but I won't be able to tell until I've taken it off.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I'm working out who has the most amount of work for this job.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Definitely me, obviously.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- It always seems to be me. - It's always me.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12And then you walk over and say, "Is that ready yet?"
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Five minutes.- Of course. - Make a cup of tea.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Well, you've got to make the tea and get on with it,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19cos I'm off, mate. You've got to lift it over by yourself.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- I've got the heavy bit. - I like a challenge, James.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41So I have glued up the top of the chair, clamped it all into place,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44snug as a bug in a rug.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47The beading on the back is near enough all intact.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Whereas round the front and the sides they're flaking off,
0:05:50 > 0:05:54so I've made the executive decision to keep that.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I thought would be quite nice to keep some of the original.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08From wood to brass, ceramics or stuffing...
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Out it comes.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12..whatever the material,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15the Repair Shop team use their years of experience
0:06:15 > 0:06:16to lovingly restore it.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23The next customer dialling 999 for an antiques emergency is Helen Kent.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- Hello.- Hello, how are we doing?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I am fine, thank you. How are you?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I'm very good. What have we got here, then?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It's an old daffodil telephone.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34A daffodil telephone?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Yes.- OK, the person you need to see then is Steve.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Steve, got one for you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Thank you very much. - Have a look at this. No problem.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Steve may be the Repair Shop's clockmaker...
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Right, let's have a look at this telephone.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50..but he's also the go-to guy for most of the mechanical curios
0:06:50 > 0:06:52that arrive through its doors.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Tell me a bit about its history.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Well, I don't know where it started its life,
0:06:57 > 0:07:02but it came to me when I was very early married.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05And so I've had it since the very early '60s.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Also known as a candlestick or stick phone,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11this model dates from the mid-1920s.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14You think about all the calls it's made in its life.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15- Absolutely.- That's incredible.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Yes, I mean it functioned when I was first married
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- and I was a community midwife.- Oh, really?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Not very convenient because of course you've got to hold
0:07:24 > 0:07:27the daffodil and the earpiece, not like today.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Oh, yes, of course. I hadn't thought about that.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Unless you do it like this.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34So you picked the phone up and put that thing to your ear.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36So what's wrong with it?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38The dial doesn't go round any more.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39You can make it go round but I...
0:07:39 > 0:07:42It only... It doesn't really go around at all.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43It's as if it has all seized up.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46But I love the challenge of doing something like this.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Leave it with me and I'll see how I get on.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- OK.- OK, thank you for bringing it in.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Fantastic. Thank you very much. - Bye-bye now.- Bye.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57If Steve can make it work, so much the better,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01but so long as it just looks nicer and the fact that my grandchildren
0:08:01 > 0:08:04would be able to play with it and get, sort of, pleasure from it,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07that my children had from it, that would be wonderful.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12It's at this point that I worry that springs are going to shoot out
0:08:12 > 0:08:15all over the place as soon as I start taking it apart.
0:08:16 > 0:08:22I've never seen inside a telephone before, and the dialling unit
0:08:22 > 0:08:24is absolutely alien to me.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28The dial has gone back to a point which it shouldn't because it looks
0:08:28 > 0:08:29as if it has been forced the wrong way,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31and that might have caused some damage.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34So I am hoping that it might be a simple fix.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36But hold the line, Steve.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Woodwork whiz-kid Will wants a second opinion on salvaging
0:08:40 > 0:08:43the damaged piece of wood from the piano stool.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49So I was thinking something more like that.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52So that's the old piece there, that's the new piece.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- What do you think? - Why are you doing this?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I thought it would be nice to keep some of the original.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- OK.- And once I've set that into there,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04or spliced it on I will replicate the same pattern along the rest
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- of the beam. - It's going to be a weakness.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Yeah.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12That's why I was going to dowel to give it a bit more strength.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14How about cutting it down the centre...
0:09:15 > 0:09:19..and setting half of it into the new bars?
0:09:19 > 0:09:24So you still keep the strength integrity of the new piece.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28I see. So I'd have to leave enough on the inside as a core for the strength.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Yeah, yeah.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32And then draw these out?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33- Yeah.- That is a good idea.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36That's why I asked you over, Steve.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38He's the brains of the family, innit.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40He's got years on me, hasn't he?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- So...- There we go. - Oh, steady on...- Years of knowledge.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46That's better. See, you've got to follow it through.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59Meanwhile, Jay is more concerned with avoiding a saggy bottom.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00I'm putting in webbing...
0:10:02 > 0:10:04..into the bottom of the frame...
0:10:06 > 0:10:08..which is basically the foundation.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12It's what's going to allow someone to sit on top,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15rather than falling straight through.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19When you get it at the right note then you know that is when you need
0:10:19 > 0:10:20to staple it.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Because that is no sound.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26No stability - it goes straight through.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28So...
0:10:30 > 0:10:31It's that, that's nice.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35It sounds like a bass, double bass.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- That one.- I think we should turn it into like a family band, Jay.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40A family band.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41And I could be on the drill.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45That does sound nice.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46You up for some of that, Kirsten?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Maybe lead vocals?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52And I know Steve has got something, he's got something to do with this.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Yeah, Steve is on the cup.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57We're going on tour next week.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Lovely. Great.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Smashing. Super.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Musical ability aside,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11when it comes to transforming the unloved and unusable
0:11:11 > 0:11:14back to the glorious objects they once were,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17this talented team share a wealth of skills and know-how.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And next in line for the Repair Shop treatment,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Judith Barrett and her son Ben from Oxfordshire.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29How are we doing? You all right?
0:11:29 > 0:11:30That's a big box, innit?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Yes. Heavy box.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Right.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35I like this already.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- What is it, anyway?- Well, inside there's a magic lantern.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40There's a magic lantern?
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Oh, wow. Oh, cor blimey, this is heavy, isn't it?
0:11:44 > 0:11:49Magic lanterns were wildly popular in wealthy households of the Victorian era,
0:11:49 > 0:11:54projecting pictures onto walls to enthral and entertain.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- That's the bit that needs fixing. - That is the bit.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Richard Rigby is an expert in these fascinating items
0:12:01 > 0:12:04and if anyone can restore it, he can.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Oh, wow.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08This is a nice, exciting project.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10You've got a lovely machine there.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- Good.- You couldn't have brought a better one.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Oh, excellent. - So do tell me about this.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17How's it been in your family?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20How long has it been there? And just the history behind it.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Long before I was married, I got very interested in bits of antiques,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26much to my parents' dismay.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31And I bought this and I just took it home and then I married,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34had a family and started to show them...
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- He was...- Small.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Very small. And when they get married and they have children,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43they have been rather on at me to get the show out
0:12:43 > 0:12:45for the little ones, the younger ones.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49What I thought was that when we were kids and we watched it, we loved it.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52So it would be really fun to try and get it working again,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- and give them a show with it. - So if you leave the lantern with us,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Richard is going to work his magic on the magic lantern,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00and we will get back to you once it's fully restored.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Thank you, Richard. Looking forward to that.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- I'll do my best. - Thank you. Bye-bye.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- Cheers.- Take care.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11The family will be pleased because I have been being nagged
0:13:11 > 0:13:14by the older children to let their children see it.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20But I have been so worried about it being a bit rusty and very delicate,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24but I think now we will be able to, and they will all be able to have it and it will be good fun.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28So, Richard, we best get this on your bench and hopefully get it fully restored,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31so the children can actually enjoy something that is 100 years old
0:13:31 > 0:13:33and something that their parents enjoyed as well.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35That's right, and their grandparents.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36- Are you ready for this?- I am.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- I'll carry the heavy bit.- OK. - That's me.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Thanks a lot.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I love to improve things.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Simple as that.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49And I hate waste.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55I hate old wonderful old machines being destroyed or skipped.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56It is just wrong.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01But to renovate this complex machine fast,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Richard is going to need the help of everyone in the Repair Shop.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08First in focus, mechanical mastermind Steve.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12This is right up your street and not up mine.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Go on.- This is what we call a flasher.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Thank you very much.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18THEY CHUCKLE
0:14:18 > 0:14:22At some stage, this has been replaced by a piece of tin can.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- You can still see the curve to it. - OK.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29What I'd like to do is take that off and make a new circular piece.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31In brass.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32- I can do that.- Yeah?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- All right, leave that with me. - Take care.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40While Richard starts work on the magic lantern,
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Will is applying finishing touches to the arts and crafts piano stool.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Almost happy with this now.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Just want to try this in there.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Already that looks amazing. - Happy days, cool.- Lovely.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01Jay just needs to re-cover the seat before Helen returns to be reunited
0:15:01 > 0:15:04with her grandmother's renovated stool.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- Hello.- Hello, how are you? - How are you?- Very well, thank you.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Nice to see you. I can't wait to see this.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13It looks like, and feels like...
0:15:15 > 0:15:16No, don't touch it.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- No touching. All right. - So, are you ready?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20- Yeah.- You sure?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Yeah.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Oh, wow.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40It's just amazing.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Thank you.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Oh.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48It's just better than I thought.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55It'll be like having my gran with me when I play the piano.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Cos she used to sit on one side, this side,
0:15:58 > 0:15:59and I used to sit on the other.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Cos she always played the lower keys and I played the higher keys.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05You wouldn't know there was anything wrong with it, would you?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06No. One thing that I have done, though.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09I've actually used part of the original piece,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11which is right in the middle.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Yes, you said you would.- And I've set it into a new piece of wood.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I've actually kept a couple of the nibble marks cos I thought that
0:16:17 > 0:16:21would be quite nice to have some of the story.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26So is it pretty similar to how it was in the beginning before...?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27It's how I remember it.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31And it just looks proper now, doesn't it?
0:16:31 > 0:16:32It looks like it should be.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Yeah.- It is amazing.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- This feels better - there was always a dip.- Yes.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42I have to learn to play the piano properly now, haven't I?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Oh, dear.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48It's beautiful. I didn't think that you would be able to get this detail
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- back into it.- I managed somehow.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55You can see his head getting a bit bigger.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57All in a day's work for me.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I don't think you realise...
0:17:07 > 0:17:09..what you've all done, really.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Because my future now is definitely finding
0:17:13 > 0:17:17and learning to play the music that my grandmother played.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- Thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Busy at his work station, genie of the lantern Richard Rigby
0:17:37 > 0:17:40is casting an eye over all of the working parts.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Steve is playing the wizard's apprentice.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I need the brass for the flasher.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52And I don't know what a flasher is.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58So we will have to see what it does when it's all up together.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02There must be some brass around here somewhere.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11I need a disc of brass.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13A disc of brass?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Why would I have a disc of brass?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I'm a wood man.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Jay, you haven't got any, have you?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Hold on, hold on.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21No, I've used it all.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23You must have something.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Don't come scrounging over here. You've got stuff over there, Steve.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I know you have, I've seen it. I've seen it.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31What have you got in your...?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Get out of it! No, no, no. I have got nothing in here, mate.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- Don't shut all your drawers. - It's all locked up, man.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39It's all locked up. Everything's locked.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42I could let you have that. That will get you away from here
0:18:42 > 0:18:45and stop scrounging. All right.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- Is that all right?- Have you got any thinner?- Come on, come on.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51It's almost the right size, isn't it?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Perfect.- That is almost the right size, so if I can flatten that...
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Hold on a minute. "Thank you," wouldn't go amiss.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Thank you, Jay.- That's better.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- You're more than welcome, sir. - Absolutely brilliant.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05You should charge him, Jay, seriously, mate.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12We're going to just try and get it back to its...
0:19:12 > 0:19:14How it appeared originally.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15The non-brass parts...
0:19:17 > 0:19:18..need blacking.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29This fits absolutely snugly.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32There's a hole in the centre there that was for a thread for something,
0:19:32 > 0:19:37so I found an old piece of grandfather clock cos I keep
0:19:37 > 0:19:41old bits and pieces, so I'm just going to turn that up,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44make a nice little plug for the end there and it will all look the part.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- How are we doing, Richard? Cor blimey.- How are you?- I am good.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- You stripped it apart, haven't you? - I have.- You've been busy.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02The big problem was that she hadn't enough light coming through
0:20:02 > 0:20:05to make it work nicely. We're going to use an LED.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06How's that going to be powerful?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Well, you wait and see. It's incredibly powerful.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12This is what we are going to fit. This is made to my own design.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- So this is going to go inside there? - That is going to go inside there.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17And then the LED light bulb goes in there, yeah?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Yeah. Lanterns always had the very latest light.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Right.- Didn't matter when the lantern was built,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24the lanternist would use the latest available light.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27That would then go in there through the condenser.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Yeah.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Through the lantern slide.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36- Yes.- Into the objective lens, and then be adjusted to perfection.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Well, I'll let you crack on, then. - Thank you.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Hi, Steve.- I've got another little job you might be able to help me with.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Oh, yeah. Let's have a look.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56I just made this. The only trouble is, it's all brash and very new.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- Yeah.- It would be nice if it was that sort of honey colour.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Oh, right. The whole thing?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Yes. Could you do that?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07All right, well, I'll get on with that now, then.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I'll leave you with that so you have got the colour match.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10OK, Steve. Thank you.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Brass task handed over,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Steve can return to his workbench to finish repairing
0:21:22 > 0:21:24the 1920s daffodil phone.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I've identified the problem with it.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Basically, there is a nylon bearing that has worn out.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42And I can't actually put a new nylon bearing into the place
0:21:42 > 0:21:43that it should be.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45So what I've done is, to compensate, I've put
0:21:45 > 0:21:49a couple of washers in place and it actually works.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52That turns round the full way and it does go back.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Although it's slowly, it works.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57And it stops at the right position.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00I'm going to put it back together again and then I'm going to clean
0:22:00 > 0:22:04up the rest of it and polish it, and then it will all look lovely.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Hello, Helen.- Hello, Steve. Nice to see you again.- How are you?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- I'm fine, thank you. You?- Good.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26So you have come for your daffodil telephone?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28I have indeed and I'm very excited.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- Good.- Hey.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Oh, wow.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36And does the dial go round?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Try it.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39It does!
0:22:39 > 0:22:40- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Absolutely.- It's not been smartened up too much that it looks like
0:22:44 > 0:22:45- a reproduction.- Yeah, absolutely.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47That's really lovely.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49It was quite good fun, actually.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Was it?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Because the mechanism - I have never seen anything like it before,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56but there are wheels
0:22:56 > 0:23:00and a regulator that's very, very similar to a clock regulator.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Well, I'm thrilled to bits.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02- Good.- Thank you very much.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- You're very, very welcome. - Bye-bye, then. Bye.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- And there you go. - Amid the bustle of the workshop,
0:23:18 > 0:23:22the repair of the magic lantern has turned into a real team effort.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- How are we doing? - All right.- You've got the light on?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Yes, I have. If you have a look in here, it's...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34This is a...
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Have you broken...? Oh, no, you haven't broken it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Is it meant to come out like that, then?- It is ubiquitous, you see.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Yeah. So you're clever, aren't you?
0:23:42 > 0:23:43- Well...- Yes, you are.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45It's very simple.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47This is a bit tatty, isn't it?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49It would be nice to replace it.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52I suppose being an upholsterer, you might have something you can use.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Yeah, let's have a look.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Shall I take it out?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Yes, please. I will see if I've got anything.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05All right, I've got two versions. I've got the clean one and the dirty one. Which one do you want?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Well, that is a difficult decision.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- It is, isn't it?- Tell you what, let's go for the new one.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Go for the new one, the non-dirty one.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13All right. It is not black but it's...
0:24:13 > 0:24:15In fact, it is rather nice.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16- Yeah?- Yeah.- Brown velvet.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Lovely match for the mahogany in the side changer.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- Cool.- Wonderful, wonderful. - So is it all right to take that?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- Yes, please.- And then carry on. You sure I can't tempt you?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Really. Silly boy.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34They say that many hands make light work.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40Whilst Kirsten lacquers the brass flasher to give it antique patina,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Jay is on point with his needlework.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Oh, that is much better, isn't it?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Fantastic.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- There you go, Richard.- Ah, Steve.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Thank you.- How is that?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Isn't that beautiful? Oh, wow.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03That's going to be perfect.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04From my little contribution...
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Oh, you've done it. Oh, excellent. Now we can really get on.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12- Yes.- Now, you did put a hole either side to get this down?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Now you say that, hold on a minute...
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- I'll stick it on there, then. - Do you want to put it on?- Yeah.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Nice bit of needlework there.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21- It is a bit, isn't it? - You're a craftsman.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I am a craftsman.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29It's a historical magic.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33If you can imagine before we had the magic lantern,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36the only pictures the average person would see was either in church
0:25:36 > 0:25:38or in a big house.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41And then to suddenly find pictures appearing on walls,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44whitewashed walls or a sheet of muslin, it was just magic.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45And they called it magic.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I like the flasher. Look at that.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51This is the house that Jack built.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- OK, cool.- Well, I hope Judith and Ben enjoy it as much as I have,
0:25:55 > 0:25:56and their children.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58This is the special one. Wow.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01It was artificial fireworks.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- You can see why, can't you? - I'm getting motion sickness.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Nice to think it's going back three generations.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15We've been through three generations with my lanterns with our children
0:26:15 > 0:26:18and grandchildren, so it's just nice.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19MEOWING
0:26:19 > 0:26:21What was that?!
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Easy!
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Look at that. It's a dove. It's a dove.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28LAUGHTER
0:26:40 > 0:26:41- Here it is.- Oh, wow.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Shall we have a look what they've done?- Let's have a look see.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Oh, wow. Oh, that is much better than it was.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48He's totally polished it up, hasn't he?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Oh, it has got a little velvet curtain, how very sweet.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Oh, where's the lantern cover?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Oh, he's finished that up nicely, hasn't he?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Oh, that is dead serious.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01A bit more professional than last time.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Very modern. My goodness me.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Is there something to sit it on?
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Well, it is magnetised so it attaches itself to the bottom.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Oh, good gracious. This flips up and down properly now.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Oh, he's really done a fantastic job.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16It looks ready for a show. Shall we set it up?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19It will be very interesting to see what they think, won't it?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Magic lantern versus iPad - let's see which wins.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29This is the story of Jack And The Beanstalk.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Once upon a time, there was a boy called Jack.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35He lived with his widowed mother in a little cottage in the country.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I haven't seen anything like that before.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I liked it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:4110 out of 10.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43The giant was huge.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Fee-fi-fo-fum.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49I smell the blood of an Englishman.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I really loved it.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It was lovely seeing the magic lantern again.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56It was an echo from the past.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I saw the magic lantern as a little girl of five,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01my children saw the lantern.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03I could see the same expression on their faces.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06And it was just like life ought to be in a family.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Jack and his mother lived happily ever after.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19For more magical transformations,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22join us next time in The Repair Shop.