1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,640 Welcome to The Repair Shop, 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,400 where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life... 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,200 This is the workshop of dreams. 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,680 ..home to furniture restorer Jay Blades. 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,560 Nowadays, everybody spends a fortune on stuff that, once it's broken, 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,120 they just bin it. But everybody has something that means too much to be 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,360 thrown away, and that's where we come in. 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:25,000 Working alongside Jay will be some of the country's leading 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,120 craftspeople. Every piece has its own story. 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,520 It's amazing to think that some of my work becomes part of that story. 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,880 I've always played with things, I've always repaired things, 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,080 and I just love it. There is a real pleasure in bringing people's pieces 13 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,400 back to life again. 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,160 Each with their own unique set of skills... 15 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:47,320 I can't wait to get started. ..they will resurrect, 16 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,040 revive... Come on, man! ..and rejuvenate 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,560 treasured possessions and irreplaceable pieces 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,680 of family history... Wow! ..bringing both the objects... 19 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,760 She's fantastic! That's just taken me back 50 years. 20 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:08,000 ..and the memories that they hold... Oh, yes! 21 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,600 ..back to life. Oh, my God! 22 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,240 This place is filthy! 23 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,080 LAUGHTER 24 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,520 In The Repair Shop today, 25 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,040 furniture restorers Will and Sonnaz join forces... 26 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,600 I'm Will. Hello, Will, nice to meet you. 27 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,520 Sonnaz. ..making big improvements to a very small chair. 28 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,240 So, we've got creative freedom. Yes, you have. Yeah. Exciting. 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,800 Yeah! And clock expert Steve swaps time for money, 30 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,640 as he tackles a century-old cash register. 31 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,760 I've no idea where to start on this! LAUGHTER 32 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,600 I thought as much! 33 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,160 But first into The Repair Shop, Richard and Lesley Bower from Cornwall. 34 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,880 Hello. Hello. How are we doing? Fine, thanks. 35 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,640 I'm Jay. Jay, I'm Richard. All right, Richard, how are we doing? 36 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:22,440 I'm very well, thank you. So what have we got in the bag? 37 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,520 Three guesses! Well, it's quite small - 38 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,800 I would say it looks like a camera. Yeah, it does indeed, doesn't it? 39 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,480 Is it a camera? Shall I open it? Yes, please. OK. 40 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,840 Whoa! OK. 41 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,760 Don't tell me this is a record player. It's a record player, isn't it? It's a record player. 42 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,320 Oh, that is cool. Tim, you've got to see this. This is one for you, mate. 43 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,320 Hello. Have a look at this. Gramophone expert Tim Weeks has been 44 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,680 hooked on classic record players since 1963, 45 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,720 when his father bought him his first machine at a jumble sale. 46 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,200 It's a record player, but a portable one. 47 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,480 But when you put the record on... METALLIC GRINDING 48 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,720 Cor, blimey. ..it grinds to a halt. 49 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,680 Yeah. If I might intervene at this point... 50 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,800 Yeah, please! ..this is called a Peter Pan. 51 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,280 This particular model was made only in 1924. 52 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,120 So how come you guys have got this? What's the history behind it? 53 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:18,720 Well, it was given to me by my father... 54 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,040 Right. ..and he told me stories about taking it out on picnics. 55 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,960 OK. He was courting my mother at the time, 56 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:25,800 and he would play these records, 57 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,240 perhaps some Ella Fitzgerald or something... Yeah, yeah. 58 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,240 ..on a portable record player. 59 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,840 But I think it was given to him by my grandfather, his father. 60 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:37,120 OK. He was a naval captain, so he would go from Liverpool down to 61 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,760 Southampton, then down to Tenerife, and then the Ivory Coast, 62 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,600 in West Africa. He had it and then he passed it to your dad, and then your dad... To my dad, yeah. 63 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,720 ..has given it to you. Yeah, and now I've got a... 64 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,480 we've got two daughters, and one grandson, 65 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,720 and so, obviously, when time's right... 66 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,840 Yeah. ..I'm just dying to, you know, pass it on. 67 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,760 And it did work. I think our daughters might have had something 68 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,680 to do with it! It's always a little bit worrying when you hear that 69 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,240 someone's children have been playing with things... 70 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:08,320 OK! ..because children can be remarkably destructive creatures! LAUGHTER 71 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,960 So, what do you reckon, Tim? Can we sort this out? 72 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,440 Well, if the motor's all there inside... Maybe? Yeah. 73 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,520 OK. Yeah. Well, what I'd say is... 75%. Thank you. 74 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,120 LAUGHTER Thank you for bringing it in... Thank you. 75 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,680 ..and leave it with us. OK. We'll get it sorted. 76 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,360 It's going to happen! All right. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. 77 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,240 Tim's first task is to take the record player apart, 78 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,400 starting with the sound box, 79 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,200 which passes vibrations from the stylus to the horn. 80 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,360 Something very peculiar has been done to this. 81 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,600 Someone seems to have put what looks like a cardboard - 82 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,040 or possibly it's felt - washer in there. 83 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,240 But if we take the whole thing out, 84 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,800 we can see, 85 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,200 possibly, what's inside there. 86 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:03,920 Aha! 87 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,760 Now, that's what you would expect to see. 88 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,880 I don't know why somebody would have put that in there. 89 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,080 If they were trying to sort of quieten the volume down, 90 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,240 you would put, you know, you would jam something into the end of the 91 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,080 horn, literally. And yes, 92 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,120 that is where the expression, "put a sock in it," comes from. 93 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:27,880 Why somebody hid that behind this bit of stuff, goodness only knows. 94 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:32,640 Next, Tim turns his attention to the motor that powers the turntable. 95 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,640 Yes, it shouldn't be making that clicking, churning noise. 96 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,800 So that suggests there's something stuck inside there on one of the 97 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,520 gears. What it is, well, we shall find out when we get it apart. 98 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,400 Some of the treasures that arrive at The Repair Shop may not be large of 99 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,320 stature, but they hold decades of family history. 100 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:04,080 Judy Ford from East Lothian has brought in one such item. 101 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,960 Hello. Hi, there. Brought my chair. Oh, lovely. Thank you. 102 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,680 I think I know just the lady for this. 103 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:16,280 Good. Sonnaz? This is a job for the furniture dream team - 104 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:20,640 restorer Will Kirk and upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary. 105 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,800 So what have we got here? 106 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,000 Child's rocking chair. Child's rocking chair. 107 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,440 That's been with me all my life, 108 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,320 and my mum says she had it as a child as well, so 109 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,040 it could be about 120 years old. 110 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,920 Right. Wow! Can you remember this from, like, as a child? 111 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,760 Yes. I played with it, I rocked on it, I went over on it, 112 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:45,000 because it's not very stable! Gosh, yes! Right! LAUGHTER 113 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,080 And my daughters both used it. 114 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,520 Right. And my grandchildren both used it. 115 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,840 Oh, right! So, four generations. But I'd like to pass it onto the fifth, 116 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:58,720 when my grandchildren have their kids. Their kids. 117 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,600 Wow, that's incredible. 118 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,680 But at the moment it's just scruffy and tatty and... 119 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,800 Not quite usable. It's a little bit, er... 120 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,080 Coming to pieces! ..bit loose there. It's been sitting in an airing 121 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,400 cupboard now for, I would say, 30 years. Cos looking at these joints 122 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,960 here, I think that's where all of the glue looks like... 123 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:19,200 Yeah. Well, I would have said dry, but there's no glue there to be dry. 124 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,200 So, um, so that's why that's all popped out. 125 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,360 The key, really, is what colour fabric. Fabric, yeah. 126 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,200 Well, something... Jazzy yellow, or...? 127 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,200 Or some nice brown... Not necessarily... No, I don't want brown! 128 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,720 Something appropriate for children. 129 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,600 OK. I don't mind. 130 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,000 You don't mind, so we've got creative freedom. 131 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,320 Yes, you have. Yeah. Exciting. Yeah. Exciting indeed. 132 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,000 That's brilliant, thank you very much. Thanks for coming down. 133 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,440 Thank you. Thank you very much. Bye. Cheers, bye-bye. 134 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,280 Love it, love it. It's great, isn't it? Yeah. 135 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,560 I kind of want to have a little sit down. 136 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,160 No, no, don't do that yet. No? It's coming apart already, look. 137 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,080 These joints are really bad. Yeah. 138 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,040 I need to strip this off so that you can get on with the woodwork side. 139 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,880 Yeah, I think you should take it now before I try and sit on it. 140 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,400 Exactly. So without further ado... 141 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,760 Take it away. Cool. 142 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:11,320 See you later. 143 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,320 At his bench, gramophone expert Tim is taking apart the motor 144 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,120 of the tiny antique record player. 145 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,960 All these gears, all these teeth will need cleaning up. 146 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:33,640 It's just 90 years' worth of grot, basically. 147 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,400 Ah, now, 148 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,640 you can probably see here one old needle. 149 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,960 You always find these inside the boxes of gramophones, and that, 150 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,640 jammed against that, will have been probably what's making that strange, 151 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,480 scrunching, grinding noise as it was running round. 152 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,600 So I'm glad we found that. 153 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,480 One thing you can't do, and it's a mistake that people often make, 154 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,920 is they put a lot of fresh oil on without cleaning all the old stuff 155 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,960 off first, and that is basically like polishing a car 156 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,000 without washing it first. 157 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:20,400 Next into the workshop, Judy Evans has a piece of history that's been 158 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,080 part of her family business for four generations. 159 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,960 Right, what have we got? 160 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:30,320 We have my family's old cash register from 1913. 161 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,720 Oh, my word! Dom, can you give me a hand? 162 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,920 Judy's hoping that Steve and The Repair Shop team can get this old 163 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,000 heavyweight back on its feet again. Oh, blimey! 164 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,560 Cor, dear! You wouldn't run away with that till, would you? 165 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:46,760 You wouldn't! LAUGHTER 166 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,640 I'll leave you with that. Thanks, Dom, appreciate that. 167 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,040 Right, what have we got here, apart from, obviously, it's a till? 168 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,920 Yes, it's a cash register for my family business, which started in 169 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:03,440 1862. Oh, right. And this was purchased by my great-grandfather, 170 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,480 Mr George Williams. So the business is still in... 171 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,640 It's still in... in existence? Yes, I'm now running the shop, 172 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,520 as the great-great-granddaughter. 173 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:18,560 If you look inside the drawer here, so you look on the underside there, 174 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:23,920 you can just about make out George Williams here, and 1913, 175 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,960 and you read the guarantee, it's two years. 176 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,840 And sadly the guarantee has run out...in 1915! 177 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,320 LAUGHTER 178 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,800 When was the last time this was used? 179 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:40,320 Well, my father thinks it was around 1965-ish. 180 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,120 I mean, my dad used to joke, he didn't throw it out because he 181 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,640 didn't think decimalisation was going to take off. Oh, right! LAUGHTER 182 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,800 This is a great project, so thank you so much for bringing it in. 183 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,120 My pleasure, thank you. You're welcome. 184 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,800 The cash register was manufactured in America 185 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,920 by the National Cash Register Corporation. 186 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,160 Founded in 1884 in Ohio, 187 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:08,800 they were the makers of the world's first mechanical cash register. 188 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:13,560 By 1914 the company was producing over 100,000 a year, 189 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:16,240 and it's still going strong today. 190 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,200 But it's up to Steve to fix this 100-year-old model. 191 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,200 Steve, are we in the money yet? Eh? LAUGHTER 192 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,360 Must be payday. Look at that, down in there. 193 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,440 Whoa! See all the muck and grime? 194 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,640 Dirty in there, innit? So what are we going to do? Are we going to get it open? Yeah, let's get the back 195 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,280 off, shall we? Can you just hold that? See, it's really heavy. 196 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,360 Yeah, I've got it. There we go. Oh, my goodness! 197 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,160 That is heavy. 198 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,760 I've no idea where to start on this! LAUGHTER 199 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,840 I thought as much because normally you're, 200 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,360 "Right, I'll take that bit off, take that bit off..." 201 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,720 I think the first thing we need to do is get a Hoover. 202 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,040 All right, I'll get the Hoover. OK. 203 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,840 There we are. 204 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,200 Cool. Do you know how to use it? 205 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,880 Of course I do! I clean up every night, mate! LAUGHTER 206 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,280 There we go, there we go. 207 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,600 Oh, look at that. 208 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,520 You're enjoying that, aren't you? I am, as well! LAUGHTER 209 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,800 Look at that. 210 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,080 That looks so much better already, doesn't it? 211 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,160 No dust. Still doesn't work! LAUGHTER 212 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,440 On the opposite side of the workshop, 213 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,840 the child's rocking chair has been stripped of its upholstery 214 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,000 and passed over to wood expert, Will. 215 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,600 It looks to be in relatively good condition. 216 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,720 I think that the back here is just popping out there, 217 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:48,680 where the glue has dried, and the joints have come away, 218 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:52,280 but getting some glue in there, that should be quite a straightforward fix. 219 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,520 I'm going to give it a nice clean now and sort of see what I'm left 220 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,600 with after. Not everybody really knows the best way to clean 221 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,520 furniture, as well, so a lot of cleaners melt the top surface of the 222 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,040 polish to make it look cleaner, but 223 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,960 what you're doing is actually removing what you really 224 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,680 want to keep on there in order to protect the furniture. 225 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:14,040 Sometimes, just a really light clean 226 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,640 with a bit of white spirits, just to clear off any surface dirt, 227 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,240 is more than enough. 228 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,320 All that needs to be done now is, I need to get some glue into the 229 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,760 wobbly joints up here, 230 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,440 and clamp that down. 231 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,280 I'm really pleased with this. I love it. 232 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:11,240 Once the structure is secure, Will passes the chair back to Sonnaz. 233 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,880 Thank you. Wow, you've done a great job. Thank you very much. 234 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:18,040 Over to you. Thank you. And I look forward to seeing the fabric. Yes. 235 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,760 Now I've got this chair back from Will, I can now get some 236 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,680 upholstery on here - get upholstering it, rather. 237 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:28,640 First step, black and white webbing on the seat base, 238 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:34,640 and all I've got to do is web, I'd say, three webs across there. 239 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,720 A little bit tricky, because it obviously wants to rock. 240 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,800 That is ready to rock and roll. 241 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,600 OK, so I've got my fabric here. 242 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,080 Lovely, light-colour fabric. 243 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:07,400 I can see straight away that it does really bring out the lovely tones of 244 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:12,360 brown in the woodwork, and Will's lovely work that he's done to clean 245 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,480 this up has really made a difference. 246 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,360 So this is not my final fix, this is just a temporary fix. 247 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:25,720 Often your first anchoring tacks are too tight. 248 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,960 You can see here, this staple is a little bit too tight. 249 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,240 This is called a tack drag. You can tell that it's too tight because 250 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,760 there's a bit of an arc in the weft of the fabric. 251 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:40,080 The way that you remember what a weft and a weave is, 252 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:45,240 is weft goes "weft to wight", and a weave goes up the roll. 253 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,560 So as long as you remember "weft to wight", you won't get confused. 254 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:54,160 So I think I need to get a little bit more tension through the front, 255 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,080 but apart from that, it's looking quite good. 256 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,840 Horologist Steve has had to do some swotting up on the inner workings of 257 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:25,400 the antique till, as it's a far cry from his usual clocks and watches. 258 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,800 I've gone online to see what problems there are with the...these 259 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,560 National Cash Registers, and they've suggested that the problem is 260 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:39,480 usually in the totaliser, which is a bit of mechanism here on the front. 261 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,920 So I'm going to take, hopefully take this off. They say it's very, very 262 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,000 simple, so I'm very conscious that... 263 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,360 ..there may be springs... METALLIC PING 264 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,240 Oh! Some spring went, then. HE CHUCKLES 265 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,280 Cor, that's heavy! Wow, this... 266 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,640 This is amazing. This is the totaliser. 267 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,280 This will give them a total of the 268 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,680 amount of money that's been put through the till in a day. 269 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,720 I'll just pop this over here. 270 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:16,680 Once broken, these complicated mechanisms are often beyond repair, 271 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,320 and the only way to get the till up and running 272 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,720 is to remove the totaliser completely. 273 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,560 They say that this will 274 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,280 unjam it. 275 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,440 Yes! 276 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,400 That's brilliant. 277 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,520 The one thing that isn't working is, the till's supposed to fly out. 278 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,840 As Steve delves deeper into the till's workings, 279 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,480 ceramics restorer Kirsten joins the investigation. 280 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,800 Hi, Steve. Hiya, you all right? 281 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,200 This is like a detective sort of thing, really. 282 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,120 Someone has tried, 283 00:17:56,120 --> 00:17:59,920 or someone has successfully broken into it at some point. 284 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:03,240 Really? Cos this unit here, 285 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,120 you can see it's supposed to have a loop over it. 286 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:09,520 Yeah, absolutely. And that actually goes into the locking part of the 287 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,520 till. Right. Right, and it's been forced, so it's actually broken it, 288 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,480 so I need to repair that as well. 289 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,480 Oh, my goodness! But not only that, they've 290 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,640 actually tried putting a lever in... This is what I believe. 291 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,040 Right, OK, Detective Steve! Bear with me, they've put a lever in, 292 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:30,680 and they've actually broken the corner of that cast-iron front off. 293 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,840 How fascinating. Yep. Goodness me! 294 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:38,320 So, well, it is fascinating, because I want you to... 295 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,720 LAUGHTER ..erm, I'd like you to, I'm asking you to... 296 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,560 OK, are you begging me? 297 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,720 Yeah, I'm begging, right, begging to actually make a new piece there. 298 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,320 OK, let's have a look, then. 299 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,280 Yeah, I'm sure that's fine. 300 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,200 I've got a modelling material, which would be fine for metal, 301 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,960 and I could make up that corner, yeah. 302 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:10,120 Steve's asked me to have a look at this section from the cash register. 303 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:13,760 Although I don't normally work on metal items, 304 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,880 one of the fillers that I use, it's a two-part epoxy, 305 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,320 and it does actually cure really, really hard. 306 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:41,160 I come with gifts. Ooh, well done! 307 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,600 OK? Well, that's brilliant, absolutely brilliant! 308 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,000 Thank you. That's superb. All right? 309 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,720 Yeah, I can finish it off now. Good, I look forward to seeing it. 310 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,960 I'm just going to see whether it actually fits into the till 311 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,800 with the front on now, and locks all right. 312 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,360 And it does. Perfect. Absolutely perfect. TILL RINGS 313 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:12,760 Ch-ching! That's all right, that works well. Good. 314 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:23,280 Meanwhile, Tim is still working on the 95-year-old Peter Pan gramophone. 315 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,600 The acid test now - wind her up, 316 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,360 and will it actually work? 317 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:36,960 Oh, yes. She's turning, and the turntable, 318 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,680 or the spider, there we go. 319 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,960 Well, that looks pretty good. He's doing a nice, consistent speed. 320 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,520 As Tim reunites the record player with its case, 321 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:56,600 its owners, Richard and Lesley, are en route to The Repair Shop. 322 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,400 OK, keeping it real on the wheels of steel. 323 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,120 Good afternoon, Richard. Hello, Tim, nice to see you again. 324 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:08,520 Good afternoon, Lesley. Hi, Tim. 325 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,840 Well, how do you remember this, last time you saw it? 326 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:16,760 Defunct. The springs had gone, it was looking a bit tatty, a bit used. 327 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,360 Yeah, it wasn't looking very happy. 328 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,600 Well, I'll take the cover off... 329 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,280 Yeah... ..you let me know if you can spot any changes. 330 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,880 Oh, my word! Oh, look at that! Oh! 331 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,320 Do you want to open it up and assemble it? Yeah, sure. 332 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,080 OK... 333 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,400 Ah, that's different! That looks totally different. And the needle's there. 334 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,400 It still goes together in the same way. Oh, yes, it still goes together. 335 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,600 A lot of the problem is old gramophone needles that had fallen 336 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,120 down inside and were sticking into the gear. 337 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:48,320 Really? Is that right? Fancy that. 338 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:53,360 Now, we had a think about what you might like... 339 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:57,120 and... Oh, wow! ..there we go. 340 00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:02,080 MUSIC: Sentimental Journey by Ella Fitzgerald 341 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,400 Wow! A little birdie told us you like this one. 342 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,320 Ah, right. It was one your dad liked, wasn't it? Yeah. 343 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,040 Oh, yes! 344 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:23,560 # Going to take a sentimental journey... # 345 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,720 APPLAUSE 346 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,200 Well done, Tim. Well done. Thank you. It's a pleasure, it's a pleasure. 347 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,440 If it makes you happy. then... You're a remarkable man. 348 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:48,760 A remarkable man. Well, it beats going out and getting a proper job, doesn't it? So how does it feel to 349 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,360 hear Ella Fitzgerald singing Sentimental Journey? I'm over the moon! I'm over the moon. 350 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:54,840 And Sentimental Journey is such an apt piece of music to play 351 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,400 anyway, considering, you know, what this is all about. 352 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,320 Mm. It's remarkable it's been able to be restored, and we can listen to 353 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,160 it again, and we can pass it on to our grandson... 354 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:09,640 As long as you're happy. Thank you very much. Thank you. A pleasure, a pleasure. Bye-bye. Safe journey. 355 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,240 Upholstery expert Sonnaz is putting the finishing touches to 356 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,760 the 100-year-old rocking chair, with a colourful modern twist. 357 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:33,480 The challenge with these particular studs is that the colour is actually 358 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,720 an enamelled colour finish, and I 359 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,800 have got a nylon-tipped 360 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,440 tack hammer, which will hopefully 361 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,000 mean that I'm not going to scratch 362 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,640 or dent the top surface of my stud. 363 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,840 Whacking it in. As I hit the stud, I've really got to hit it 364 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,440 square on the head of the actual dome. 365 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,200 If I don't hit it square, then two things can happen - 366 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:14,080 the pin could buckle, or the head could actually move off-centre. 367 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:33,760 Owner Judy has arrived to claim her family heirloom. 368 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,160 Hi! Hello! How are you? 369 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,560 I'm good, thank you. Nice to see you again. 370 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:43,000 And you, and you. So, are you ready? 371 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,400 Yeah. 372 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,360 Oh, isn't that lovely? SHE LAUGHS 373 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,760 Oh, lovely. They look like tiddlywinks, don't they? 374 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,840 Yeah, yeah, good. That's lovely, natural colours. 375 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,840 Thank you very, very much. Pleasure. 376 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,440 Smashing. I've made you a little extra something to go with it. 377 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,400 Oh, have you? I have, which is just down here. 378 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,400 I thought it was missing a cushion to go with it. 379 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,560 Oh! So we've made you a little round cushion to match it all... 380 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,240 That is lovely, for a little person. Yeah, yeah. That is lovely. 381 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:19,400 I just love this chair. Aawww! I really do. It's part of my life. 382 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,600 Mmm. It's fabulous. Thank you. 383 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,800 It's in a better condition than I ever remember it being in. 384 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:30,480 It's just wonderful to get it back in a usable state. 385 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,000 I'll find a little spot for it, so I can be proud of it yet again. 386 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:42,120 Mechanical whiz Steve has finished work on his first ever cash register 387 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:45,800 repair, and it's time for foreman Jay's inspection. 388 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,200 How we doing? Yeah, all done. 389 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,040 Yeah? Is it working, though? That's the main thing. 390 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,480 Yeah. Go on, have a go. Ten shillings and sixpence. 391 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,840 Ten shillings? Ten shillings, yeah. That one. No, that's just ten shillings! 392 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,720 You've missed out the sixpence. What, you've got to press them both together? Yeah. 393 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,680 Ten shillings and sixpence. Yeah. TILL RINGS 394 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,640 OK. Ch-ching. Ch-ching! 395 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,240 I've got one for you. Two fat ladies. 88! 396 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,880 Oh, that's nice. You've done a good job. 397 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,760 So even though it's the first time you've ever done a till... 398 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,760 Yeah. ..you've done it all right. Yeah. It's good, yeah. 399 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,840 Well done. You happy? Yeah, really happy. I love this. 400 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,280 This is going to look amazing in the shop, isn't it? 401 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,000 Yeah, it's going to look brilliant. 402 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,240 The till is transported back home to the shop in Cheshire, 403 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,840 where Judy's mum and dad, Derek and Megan, are reminiscing. 404 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,880 We've called it Williams's since 1862. 405 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,480 And we've run it for five generations now, 406 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,480 of which Judy is the latest. 407 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,920 £1.80, thank you very much. OK, thank you. 408 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,160 We always had the till there, and it was rather a nice thing to have. 409 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:56,680 I like the "ching". It went "Ping!" Like Open All Hours, it really was! 410 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:01,440 To celebrate its return, Judy has invited shop assistant Olive, and 411 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,880 Jean, who worked at the shop from the age of 14 until she retired. 412 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,280 Well, look what's back, everybody. 413 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,040 Shall we take a look? Let's have a look. 414 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,840 This old friend of the shop. I name this till Tilly! LAUGHTER 415 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,480 This is going to bring back a few memories, Jean, isn't it? 416 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,920 The cash register's really important to me, because it really 417 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,600 gives me that connection with the past and with my great-grandfather. 418 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,120 Oh, look at that! 419 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:31,840 That's fantastic! Oh, the corner's all fixed, look, that's fantastic! 420 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,080 So this was here when you came, Jean, was it? 421 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,640 Oh, yeah, that was definitely here, yeah, yeah. 422 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,640 TILL RINGS Oh, that's it! Oh, there we go! 423 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,720 Ch-ching! A lovely ring, isn't it? That's what I call music. 424 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,640 Yeah, it's nice to have this back in the shop now. It's lovely, yeah. 425 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,400 And it'll be here for a good while longer, we hope! 426 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,760 We hope, yes! 427 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:57,240 It just brings back memories, and I'm glad it's able to be used again. 428 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,320 It's wonderful that it's actually working. 429 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,760 Working better than it did when I was here! SHE CHUCKLES 430 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,600 TILL RINGS Wahey! 431 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,480 Join us next time, as more extraordinary treasures... 432 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,440 Oh, marvellous! ..are rescued and restored... 433 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,000 That is just how I remember it! 434 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,040 ..in The Repair Shop.