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 > 0:00:08This is the workshop of dreams.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Home to furniture restorer, Jay Blades.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Nowadays, everybody spends a fortune on stuff
0:00:14 > 0:00:16that once it's broken, they just bin it.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19But everybody has something that means too much to be thrown away,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21and that's where we come in.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Working alongside Jay
0:00:22 > 0:00:26will be some of the country's leading craftspeople.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Every piece has its own story.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It's amazing to think some of my work becomes a part of that story.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34I've always played with things, I've always repaired things,
0:00:34 > 0:00:35and I just love it.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39There is a real pleasure in bringing people's pieces
0:00:39 > 0:00:40back to life again.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Each with their own unique set of skills...
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The right tool for the right job.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47..they will resurrect,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50revive and rejuvenate
0:00:50 > 0:00:53treasured possessions
0:00:53 > 0:00:56and irreplaceable pieces of family history.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Wow! She's fantastic!
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Bringing both the objects...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- Oh!- This is what I remember.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05..and the memories that they hold...
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- Wow!- ..back to life.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Oh, my God!
0:01:23 > 0:01:29In the Repair Shop today, Steve is stumped by a precious wartime clock.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I'm just too nervous that it's going to actually end in tears.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37And Dom comes unstuck with some heavy metal.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I've come so far, we're so close now to getting it completely apart.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43I can't leave it. I've got to try and get it off.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50But first in the Repair Shop,
0:01:50 > 0:01:55actress Anne Marriott has brought a fragile reminder of her late husband.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Hello.- Hello. - All right? I'll take that for you.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59- Thank you very much.- OK.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Glass. Matt?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09The man for this job is resident stained-glass craftsman Matt Nickels.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Hi, there, I'm Matt.- Matt, hello.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Let's have a look at this, then.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17What are we opening here?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19These are pieces of glass
0:02:19 > 0:02:24that my husband rescued from an old music hall theatre, the Old Bedford,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27when it was being sort of finally demolished.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29These pieces, I guess, must have come perhaps from
0:02:29 > 0:02:33in-between the auditorium and, say, the bar at the back.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Right, yeah.- To indicate to people where their seats were.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Oh, that goes in there. - Yeah, the orchestra.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- I think this...- This one's boxes. - The posh seats, I guess.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44The posh seats? OK.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49The Bedford Theatre opened in Camden, North London, in 1899,
0:02:49 > 0:02:55and was a much-loved variety venue until it closed 60 years later.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57It lay derelict before it was finally demolished.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Your husband rescued them?- He did.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05I have a vision in my mind of him sort of stumbling over fallen masonry,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07discovering these dusty objects,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10fishing them out and realising the treasures they are.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Must have fallen in love with them, really.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Sadly, after his death,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18they spent years wrapped in newspaper and up in an attic.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20What do you reckon, can you do something with these?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I can, I can indeed.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26It's nice when you look at this one that there's no broken glass.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29This one is obviously part of a bigger window,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32so you can see all of the lead has been cut at the joints there.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35So from a kind of restoration point of view,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I think this one is going to be the easiest one.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40So if you leave them with us,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Matt is definitely going to work his magic
0:03:43 > 0:03:45and restore them back to their former glory.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47That will be absolutely wonderful.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- Thanks a bunch.- Thank you.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50- All right?- Yeah. Thanks very much.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Bye now.- Take care now.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56To have them looking the way they are supposed to look,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00well, it would have been wonderful if that could have happened while Sean was alive
0:04:00 > 0:04:02because if we would go to the theatre together,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05then we'd be admiring the same sorts of things
0:04:05 > 0:04:09in these sorts of buildings, actually.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Now, that's a nice story, isn't it? - That's a really nice story.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14It's kind of taken from the theatre.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- Yeah.- Her husband was in the theatre.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17- Yeah.- She's in the theatre.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Yeah.- And now the theatre is going to be in her house.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- It's fantastic.- So you're going to bring them right back up to date...
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Yeah.- Spruce them up. - Yeah, absolutely.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- And make them look good, yeah? - Yeah, I am indeed, yeah.- OK.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29What I need to do is take them over to your bench.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Yeah, all right.- Come on, then.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Family heirlooms are special for many reasons,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47and some of them have extraordinary stories to tell.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Tom Ridgeway and his brother Tony
0:04:48 > 0:04:51have brought along a particularly treasured possession
0:04:51 > 0:04:53that is steeped in history.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- Hi, I'm Steve. - Tom.- Hi, Tom.- Tony.- Tony.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02They are hoping that horologist Steve can lend his expertise.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Here we are. Right, what have we got?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- A propeller clock.- Yes.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13I think there's a little bit of woodwork that needs doing on this, as well.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Will? Have a look at this.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18That's really cool.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21The propeller means a lot to us as a family,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25because it was the propeller from my father's aeroplane,
0:05:25 > 0:05:30which he crash-landed after being shot down in the First World War.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31- That's incredible.- That's amazing!
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Yeah. He was in the Leicestershire Regiment to start with
0:05:35 > 0:05:37and when the Flying Corps started,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41he volunteered immediately for the Flying Corps.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Not a lot of people would have survived
0:05:43 > 0:05:45crash-landing an aircraft in those days.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49No. I mean, he was quite badly injured, apparently.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51And did he talk much of the days of flying?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Never. Never.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Now, tell me about the clock. What's wrong with it?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58It doesn't work.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Well, we're going to make it into a working clock again.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06And we'll fix the base so that it's tight and will work well again.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07- Yeah, that'll be great, yeah.- OK?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- Brilliant. Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Thank you very much.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20A great bit of history behind that.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- I know. It's a pretty cool clock, isn't it?- It is.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27I mean, you think if Tony's father had been killed...
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Yeah.- ..then all of the generations wouldn't be here.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It's such an important piece to them.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36To know what that's been through, it's quite nice if we manage to salvage that.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Absolutely fantastic.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Steve's first job is to remove the outdated electrical mechanism
0:06:44 > 0:06:48from the clock and replace it with a quartz one.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Battery-powered, a piece of crystal quartz
0:06:51 > 0:06:55produces a regular electric pulse that keeps the time.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I'm just going to pop the movement out now.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05I just need to snip the wire off. That's the easy bit.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09And this should just push out.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13It's a bit tight.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21It's completely bunged up and, er...I think that's quite dangerous.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24It's mains electric. It's been soldered badly here and here,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27so that could be shock danger or a fire danger,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29so it's a good job we're taking it out
0:07:29 > 0:07:31and putting a quartz movement in it.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36I'm actually thinking now that the dial is plastic.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Now that I've taken that part out,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42I can give the case to Will.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Stained-glass restorer Matt is in the midst of repairing
0:07:50 > 0:07:54two treasured windows rescued from a demolished Victorian theatre.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57So we've got the drawing here.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02I'm just taking the outside lead off and just teasing this out.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05There we go.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08When you're taking apart the window, putting it onto here,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11it's very important to make sure that they go on immediately.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13You don't want to mix anything up at all.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18You could have what seems to be two symmetrical triangles,
0:08:18 > 0:08:19one on each side,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21but when it comes to actually making the window,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23chances are they might be slightly off,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26the angles might be slightly different.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31The difficulty will come in building a replica of the original window.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- What are you up to now? - Hi there, Steve.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- It looks like you're wrecking a piece of glass.- It does, doesn't it?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Well, these are the original pieces that came in.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41One of them was fully intact.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- Yeah.- Whereas the other one, you can see here
0:08:44 > 0:08:48that there was just the central section and none of the outer part to it.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52So these, I actually salvaged about five or six years ago,
0:08:52 > 0:08:56so this is all original Victorian glass.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Yeah.- And it's going to be the best match I can get
0:08:59 > 0:09:02for the tints for this piece.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Do you have loads and loads of bits of old glass like this?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08I've probably got too much, maybe,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11but, you know, at some point, yeah, you might use them.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- So all of that's missing? - All of that is missing, yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Oh, gosh.- So I've set myself quite a big job.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Many of the items that pass through the doors of the Repair Shop
0:09:23 > 0:09:27are reminders not just of family history, but of working life.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Right, OK, cool.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- If you follow me in.- I will do.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Right.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Dom, I've got one for you, mate.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Maggie Collis has brought in a highly unusual piece of equipment
0:09:40 > 0:09:44that's been in her family for over 100 years.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And there it is.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50All right. So I've gathered it's heavy and it's metal.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Yes, and it's very rusty.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It sounds perfect for me, this.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57So, please tell me, what is this?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- It's a shoe stretcher. - A shoe stretcher?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02If you've got a pair of shoes you really like
0:10:02 > 0:10:05and your feet are just not quite right for the shoes,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- you can stretch the shoes and then you can wear them.- Oh, right!
0:10:08 > 0:10:13The shoe goes on there and that turns and that alters this and these...
0:10:13 > 0:10:14- these alter... - Push these in and out.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- It's a clever thing.- It is a clever thing. It's very clever.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19It was my father's and his father's before him.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21They had a shoe-repairing shop.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23So, where was this shop, then?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25It was in a place called Southall in Middlesex.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28OK. And why do you want to get this restored, then?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Why do you want it done up now?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33It's such a reminder of my childhood.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Because I used to work in the shop from the age of about six
0:10:35 > 0:10:38and I used to do all the change and the money and what for people.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Yeah.- And it's the only thing I've got left, really,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44of my father's whole lifestyle.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Well, don't worry, we'll...
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- You'll look after it. - We'll look after it, exactly.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50So, Dom, what do you reckon?
0:10:50 > 0:10:5430-odd years in the shed has taken its toll, but...
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- That's a very kind way of putting it.- Yeah.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58THEY LAUGH
0:10:58 > 0:11:01But it's all there. It just depends how far you want to go, really,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03with the paint, things like that.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Do you want to preserve some of the history of this old, flaky paint?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09If it was painted red, it would be fantastic,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- because it would just be as it was. - As it was.- As you remember it.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- Just as I remember it for all those years.- I understand.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18If you leave it with us, Dom is going to work his magic on it
0:11:18 > 0:11:22and as soon as he's done it and got it looking red again, we'll get back to you.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- That will be wonderful.- That all right?- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Thanks for coming. - Thank you.- Nice to meet you.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Metal-worker Dom is used to dealing with seized-up machinery,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40but this shoemaker's gadget has been rusting for over 30 years
0:11:40 > 0:11:43and could really test his mettle.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45This is not strawberry smoothie in here.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49It's actually a mix of automatic gearbox fluid
0:11:49 > 0:11:51and acetone. Mixed 50/50.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55It's a bit of an old sort of farmer's trick from back in the day.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Just working it in with a brush, a stiff brush,
0:11:57 > 0:11:58working it into all the little areas.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01There's lots of small bolts and bits we need to free up.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I'm going to leave it in overnight,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05come back in the morning and see what the results are.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12The Repair Shop team is also working on a much-loved clock
0:12:12 > 0:12:15embedded in an aircraft propeller.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Woodwork expert Will has taken on
0:12:17 > 0:12:20the job of reviving the mahogany case.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25In this jar, I have a secret concoction
0:12:25 > 0:12:30that I've made up to clean off waxy surfaces and dirty surfaces.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Look at that. Decades of dirt on there.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36You can see already it's a lot clearer.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38You can actually see the lettering a lot better.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Once I've done that, I can give it a bit of polish
0:12:41 > 0:12:44with a natural shellac polish,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46which is what you use for French-polishing furniture.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50While Will continues his clean-up operation,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Steve has a rather grimy dial on his hands.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58He's hoping Kirsten might be able to help get it sparkling again.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Right, a bit of advice.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04It's a one-piece plastic dial. Um...
0:13:04 > 0:13:09It's had some pretty dirty oil in the back there, on the mechanism,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12and it's just stained that.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I'd love to just dip it in some detergent and wash it off,
0:13:15 > 0:13:20but I can't because I'm concerned that I'll take the numerals off.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Yeah. Have you tried anything on it yet?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- No, I haven't.- No.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Shall we just have a go with some acetone first of all,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- just to try and remove some of this grease?- OK.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- I don't think it's made any difference at all.- Don't you?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39No.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Absolutely nothing.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I did wonder about putting some bleach,
0:13:45 > 0:13:50but I don't know what'll happen to the rest of the plastic.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54The trouble is, it's quite difficult to control it, really, isn't it?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I'm a bit nervous.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Do you know what, I think, actually, we're going to leave it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- OK.- I'm just too nervous that it's going to actually end in tears.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06OK.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18With glass harvested from his own salvaged pieces,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Matt can begin rebuilding the windows
0:14:20 > 0:14:23of the stained-glass theatre panels.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24First, he's creating the surround
0:14:24 > 0:14:28for the smaller panel completely from scratch.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32At this stage here, you can see these are just
0:14:32 > 0:14:35pieces of glass that don't have any housing on them yet.
0:14:35 > 0:14:41So here, you've got your lead knife to cut your lead, like this.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Then you're going to use a horseshoe nail.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50And these horseshoe nails are basically keeping it
0:14:50 > 0:14:51in place.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Once all the glass is encased in new lead,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58the entire piece can be secured with solder.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09It's looking really good.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Outside, metal-worker Dom is tackling a cast-iron device
0:15:16 > 0:15:18that's riddled with rust.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22The shoe stretcher's had its bath overnight in the pink solution.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24That's penetrated in as much as it can.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29First job I'm going to try and do is just try and free up this heel part
0:15:29 > 0:15:33because it's still...impossible to turn.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I'm going to warm up the block, so as it gets hot,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41it will expand ever so slightly. A tiny, tiny amount.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45Just expand a little bit to try and break that rust joint.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49OK. That should be enough.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Let's have a look.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55This dial here will turn that, so that should start moving.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58I've heated up in there. I'm just going to give it a little tap.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I don't really want to be hitting it with a hammer too much.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05It's obviously as fragile as anything.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Sometimes the shock of hitting it just frees up.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Just starting to move now.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15A little bit of oil.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21There we go.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Yeah.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30That's it.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I'm really pleased. It just shows that red potion did its job.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38It looked like it was almost ready for the scrap pile, it was so rusty,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41but it's well on the way now.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Good place to get the rest of it freed up, as well.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Meanwhile, Steve's managed to give the plastic dial
0:16:49 > 0:16:53on the propeller clock a gentle polish.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Now he's got to get it ticking again.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I'm now just going to pop the new movement in,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01so this is just a simple quartz movement.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06So all I need to do now is to make these hands fit onto the movement.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10The brass centre of this hand, which is called a collet,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14I need to modify that so that it fits the new movement.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16That means I've got to make the hole slightly bigger
0:17:16 > 0:17:19so it just fits onto the movement friction tight.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22It's almost there, not quite.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26So I need to just take the tiniest, tiniest fraction off,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30and then it will be ready to go into the clock case.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35But Will and Jay are still deciding on the best way to iron out
0:17:35 > 0:17:39the imperfections in the 100-year-old mahogany propeller.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41That's brought that right out.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46So, I think you can see here, there's a chip on the base.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- Oh, yeah. Yeah. - So what I intend to do
0:17:49 > 0:17:53is fill that out and use a really thin layer of polish
0:17:53 > 0:17:59so I can use some pigments in that layer of polish to disguise that fill.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- OK. Cool. You're doing good, mate. - Thanks, Jay.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Once the chip is filled,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Will carefully blends in his repair
0:18:07 > 0:18:10until the damage is completely camouflaged.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Matt is putting his all into restoring
0:18:22 > 0:18:24two cherished stained-glass windows.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Now assembled, he makes sure lead and glass
0:18:27 > 0:18:30are bonded together for years to come.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32So this is the part I really enjoy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I put the cement over the window
0:18:35 > 0:18:38and then it sets and creates a watertight seal
0:18:38 > 0:18:42and also makes the window very rigid and strong.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46A big dollop around the edge.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49It does feel a bit naughty, when you put all these on.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52You've got this nice kind of crisp, clean-lined window
0:18:52 > 0:18:55and you're just putting all of this
0:18:55 > 0:18:57kind of like cake mix on top of it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I wouldn't eat this cake mix, though.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03And what you're looking to do is make sure that
0:19:03 > 0:19:05it goes underneath the lead.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07So a good way to do this -
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I was taught by a guy called Trev the Lead -
0:19:10 > 0:19:14and he said, you go up like this,
0:19:14 > 0:19:19then you turn the piece 90 degrees
0:19:19 > 0:19:21and you do it again.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25And then just do it until you're back at the beginning again.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Just got to wait a little bit and that's going to set.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Meanwhile, Dom's dismantling the cast-iron shoe stretcher
0:19:44 > 0:19:48so that he can clean every individual component.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52But there's one stubborn bolt holding up the whole operation.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I've come so far, we are so close to just getting it completely apart.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I can't...I can't leave it. I've got to try and get it off.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15It seems like it's moving.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17There we go.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19That's really good.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27The pieces are finally ready for a long overdue deep clean.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31You can see some of the old, really old bits of pitting, just from use,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34wear and tear. I think it would be a shame to get rid of all of that
0:20:34 > 0:20:36history and patina there,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38so I'm just going to polish the surface and leave some of that.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Obviously an old piece, so it's nice to keep some of the...
0:20:41 > 0:20:43some of the character in there.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Now Dom must paint all the pieces just as Maggie remembers them.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00The Repair Shop has also been breathing life back into
0:21:00 > 0:21:02another important piece of family history.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Tom has returned to collect what he hopes will be a constant ticking
0:21:08 > 0:21:13reminder of his late grandfather's service and bravery.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Hiya, Tom.- How are you? - Good to see you.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18You, too. Excited to be here.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Yeah, I'm sure you are. I'll get your clock.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Right.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- There we go. - Wow, that looks amazing!
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- And it's saying about the right time as well.- It is. That was lucky!
0:21:38 > 0:21:42So I've taken the old mechanism out.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Yes.- I've exchanged it for a battery quartz mechanism.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- OK.- So it's a lot safer now.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Yes.- The old mechanism was really quite dangerous.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- The dial is actually a plastic dial. - Is it? Oh, right, I didn't realise that.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- So there's not a lot we could do... - Do with it.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- Apart from just clean it the way we have.- Yeah.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00And Will has polished the case up beautifully.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Yeah, it looks amazing. My dad will be very, very pleased.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Thank you very much for bringing it in. That was a real joy to work on.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Thank you for all your work on it. It looks amazing.- Thank you.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20After cleaning and painting all of the components
0:22:20 > 0:22:22of the ancient shoe stretcher,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Dom is now painstakingly piecing them back together.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Because all these parts have been stripped and dipped
0:22:28 > 0:22:30and blasted and everything else,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32all the moving parts are just dry.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36So as I assemble it, I'm just going to just keep greasing up the parts.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Definitely looks different. I'm a bit anxious to see her reaction, actually.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47The shoe stretcher from Maggie's parents' shop
0:22:47 > 0:22:50had been rusting away in her garden shed for over 30 years.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55She's ready to be united with this treasured slice of family history.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Hello.- Hello.- How are we doing?
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- Fine, thank you. You?- I'm very good. - Good to see you again.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- OK. Shall we let her see it? - Yeah, come on.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Oh, wow! I can't believe it!
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- And it's red, as well. - It's red, yeah.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Look at that! It's shiny!
0:23:14 > 0:23:16I can't believe it! How did you manage that?
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- It was a lot of work. - That's incredible!
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And all the lines on here that you've put on
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and all the markings, absolutely brilliant!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- A bit of character.- It looks lovely.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Where you've cleaned this all up, you can see the marks around here.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- Yeah.- It's amazing. Very well done. - Thank you.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Did it take you hours and hours?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Getting it apart was tricky, yeah.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37Yeah, it was a lot of work.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40So, when was the last time you saw this working, then?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Well, I must have been somewhere about 15, I would think.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Right.- And I'm not going to say how long ago that was.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- No problem.- But it was a very, very long time.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49- A couple of weeks ago, yeah?- Yeah.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Now, I have brought with me a pair of shoes.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55So you're going to place it on here, then you need to get...
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Come forwards with that. - That comes forward.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Now you need to pull that back to make the shoe tight on.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- And back.- Keep going. Yeah, keep going. That's it.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06So now it's on there firm, now you want to stretch this, so you're going to...
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- Can you see how that's coming open? - Yeah.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11But I wouldn't do it more than that now.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Leave it on for two days and just gradually,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16gradually stretch the leather out.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Looking at this now, it's just fantastic.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21And it brings back so many memories.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I can almost see it sitting there beside my father as he was working.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Glad you're happy.- Yeah, very happy. - Good, good.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28I'll be happier when I can wear the shoes.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- When you can wear the shoes! - THEY LAUGH
0:24:30 > 0:24:32My friends are going to come with their shoes...
0:24:32 > 0:24:34They'll bring their shoes. You'll be working again.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- I shall have lots of tea parties. - Yeah.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Fantastic! I can't believe you've made it look like that.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you.- Absolutely brilliant.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I really had grave doubts that anybody could get it to work,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52never mind get it to work and look so fantastic.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54It's a great memento.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Really, really pleased.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03The Victorian theatre windows
0:25:03 > 0:25:06that Matt's been restoring are nearly done.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09But he needs Will to help him get them over the line.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Hi, there, Will.- Hey, there, buddy. - All right.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- What do you think of these, then? - Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Looking a bit messy, isn't it?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18It looks like a flock of pigeons
0:25:18 > 0:25:20have been hanging out on your stained glass.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21- It does.- That looks filthy.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Well, this is pretty much the final bit. This is the cement.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28When I've cleaned it, it's going to be nice, crisp lines.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30So I just need to really concentrate on these
0:25:30 > 0:25:32to make them look really special,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35but we said we were going to do a frame.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36- A frame?- Yeah.- For both of them?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- Yeah, yeah.- OK.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40You look like you've got a lot to do.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- I will help you out and get onto those frames.- Thanks.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Anne is back to see the theatre windows
0:25:52 > 0:25:56that are such a powerful reminder of her late husband.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Hi, there, Anne.- Hello, Matt. - All right?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- Do you want to come around here with me?- Thank you.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Oh, look!
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- Right. It's very exciting.- It is!
0:26:07 > 0:26:09This is wonderful!
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Right.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13There you go.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17That's...fantastic!
0:26:17 > 0:26:19And the colours are just wonderful.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I...I can't believe how...
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I can't believe how much light is coming through, actually.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27It sparkles. It really, really does.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28- It's beautiful, Matt.- Yeah?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Thank you very much indeed. - That's all right.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34And then the other one you brought in was just the central piece.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- Yes.- And it was in a bit more of a sorry state.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- It was, it was.- I'll show you what I've done with that one.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41OK.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42So there you go.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Oh, wow!
0:26:49 > 0:26:53That's...that's amazing, Matt!
0:26:53 > 0:26:54That's amazing!
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Because you only had...you only had the central bit to work with.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Yep, we did.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02So, what happened...?
0:27:02 > 0:27:07So you've recreated all of that, haven't you, around...?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Yep. I actually saved a couple of Victorian windows
0:27:10 > 0:27:14from going into a skip from a building site probably about six years ago
0:27:14 > 0:27:18and I realised that they've got the same colour tints as these,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22- so I was able to basically... - That's wonderful!
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- ..use original glass...- Yeah. - ..that matches.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27How lucky is this?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30So, I mean, what do you think it would have meant to your husband
0:27:30 > 0:27:32to have this kind of restored...?
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Oh, he'd be...he'd be over the moon.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37This is...this is wonderful.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I'm staggered. Really, honestly.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I can't thank you enough. I can't thank you enough.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44They're going to be extremely special,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46my theatrical windows.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It's just fantastic.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I've got two beautiful pieces.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56They're full of life again.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00They'll bring good old Sean back, but in a very happy way, actually.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02And that's priceless.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I can't quite believe it, honestly. It's lovely.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Join us next time as more extraordinary treasures
0:28:14 > 0:28:18are rescued and restored in The Repair Shop.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Oh, my word!