1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,360 Welcome to The Repair Shop, 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,720 where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life... 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,280 This is the workshop of dreams. 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,840 ..home to furniture restorer Jay Blades. 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,240 Nowadays, everybody spends a fortune on stuff that, 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:15,840 once it's broken, they just bin it. 7 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,360 But, everybody has something that means too much to be thrown away, 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,240 and that's where we come in. 9 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:22,960 Working alongside Jay 10 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,760 will be some of the country's leading craftspeople. 11 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,960 Every piece has its own story. 12 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,080 It's amazing to think that some of my work 13 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:31,440 becomes part of that story. 14 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,600 I've always played with things, I've always repaired things. 15 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:35,760 And I just love it. 16 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:40,240 There is a real pleasure in bringing people's pieces to life again. 17 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,040 Each with their own unique set of skills... 18 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,360 I can't wait to get started. 19 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:46,960 ..they will resurrect, 20 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:48,640 revive, 21 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:50,760 and rejuvenate... 22 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,000 ..treasured possessions, 23 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,560 and irreplaceable pieces of family history... 24 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:57,880 Wow! 25 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,880 ..bringing both the objects... 26 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:01,720 She's fantastic! 27 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,800 That's just taken me back 50 years. 28 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,720 ..and the memories that they hold... 29 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,040 Oh! Oh, yes! 30 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,080 ..back to life. 31 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,560 Oh, my God! 32 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,720 In The Repair Shop today, 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:49,320 an intriguing object from far-flung lands reveals a hidden trick... 34 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,520 There's actually a secret panel on the back, 35 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,400 that was almost invisible to the human eye. 36 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,760 How on Earth did you...? 37 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,160 It's pretty incredible. 38 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,600 ..while Lucia strives to get 39 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,920 a 180-year-old portrait picture perfect. 40 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,320 This is like cosmetic surgery for paintings. 41 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,120 Literally, a bit of filler for her luscious lips. 42 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,760 This morning, furniture restorer Will Kirk, 43 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,600 and silversmith and metalworker Brenton West, 44 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,800 are awaiting the next arrival. 45 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:28,400 Why are you wearing a checked top? 46 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,280 I told you I'm wearing a checked top today. And black jeans! 47 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,720 No, it's my turn for black jeans. 48 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,480 Anyway... Anyway, here he is. 49 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:36,560 Julian! Hi. 50 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,560 Will. Very nice to meet you. I'm Jules, hi. 51 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:39,960 Hi, Jules. Nice to meet you. 52 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,760 Julian Kilburn is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 53 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,800 and he has a very special item that has just come into his possession. 54 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,320 So, what have we got? 55 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,200 Admittedly, it's not in very good shape, but it's a seaside telescope. 56 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,040 Brilliant. Oh, right! 57 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,600 I've been trying to track one down for years. 58 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,280 I finally got hold of a pretty battered one, 59 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:00,800 so it needs a bit of love. 60 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,960 It's an echo of the British seaside holidays I used to go on. 61 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,200 This is this was the thing you saw when you knew you were there. 62 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,120 Yeah. You know, "Are we there yet?" "Yes, you are!" 63 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,040 What are you going to do with it? 64 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,440 It's going to go back to a place called Robin Hood's Bay, 65 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,800 where I holidayed as a kid. OK. 66 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,400 It's the only place we ever went on holiday, just near Whitby, 67 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,000 on the Yorkshire coast. 68 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,320 I bought a property there, so I can put it in a place where it can be 69 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,800 seen from the village and enjoyed again. 70 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,320 So, any 20p that makes it through the mechanism 71 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,880 will go to the RNLI... Brilliant. ..forever. I'll hold you to that! 72 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:33,360 You can do, yeah! 73 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:34,720 So, what's wrong with it. 74 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,520 Well, it doesn't work, and it's missing a door, 75 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,320 and you can't see through it. 76 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,040 But, apart from that... It's fine. 77 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,960 What colour would this have originally been? 78 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,720 I can see sort of reds... Mainly red, isn't it? 79 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,320 It's like that sort of pillar box. Yeah. 80 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,160 So I think I think that's... That's what you remember? 81 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,560 It is, yeah. 82 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,680 So, how does it work? You sort of just put in the 20p piece? 83 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,240 Yeah, if the mechanism was working. 84 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,480 The lens should open, so you can see. 85 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,400 So, the money drops down into there, does it? Yes, I think so. 86 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,280 Then the man comes along with his key... I guess so, yeah. 87 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,120 I think Brenton's after that 20p! 88 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,680 That's long gone now! 89 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,280 Well, it's a serious bit of kit to restore. 90 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:17,800 You've got a lot of work there. 91 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,880 There is a bit of work there. A lot of work there. 92 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,520 It'll be fun to do, so, yeah. 93 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,720 Looking forward to getting started. Great. 94 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,600 Thank you very much. Cheers, Will. Thanks, Brenton. OK! Cheers! 95 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,560 The telescope, it was the sentry man of the bay, in Robin Hood's Bay, 96 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:37,360 where we would go, and it's tied up with all that seaside imagery 97 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,320 of donkey rides, skimming stones, 98 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,360 the ice cream, and the kite flying. 99 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,080 I've not great expectations, it's in pretty bad shape, 100 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,400 and I'm not sure when it even last worked. 101 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,840 But they're such beautiful, iconic things, 102 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:52,400 and it'd be nice to bring one back to life. 103 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,600 So, what are you going to do with it? 104 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,200 The case needs to be opened up somehow. 105 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,800 See what's going on in there. 106 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,440 I suggest a chainsaw or a blowtorch, or something. 107 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,520 That sort of thing. It's going to be a lot of work to get that open. 108 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,680 And you've got this panel down here as well. 109 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,960 What's this I can see? 110 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,560 What have you got? Oh, it's my payment! 111 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,400 Your payment?! Thank you. 112 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,480 We're not paying you for anything! Oh, come on! 113 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,520 I'm going to decide whether or not to give that to you as payment, 114 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,600 or back to Julian. OK. But, for now, top pocket. 115 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,200 So I have got to fix it then! 116 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,160 You have got to fix it. I'll give you a hand. Ready? Let's go. 117 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:33,640 Good luck. 118 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,800 My problem is, I've never ever done a telescope before. 119 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,760 I don't think I've ever broken into anything before, 120 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,600 so it is a unique job for me, yes. 121 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,960 It will be a challenge. 122 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,360 So, the mechanism is a clockwork mechanism. 123 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,200 It's fairly simple, depending on... Someone's had a go at getting 124 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,640 in here already, and I can see the front is slightly damaged. 125 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,160 Oh, there's money in there! 126 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,680 Will can keep that money, I'm having this lot! 127 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,520 There we go. 128 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,320 Bingo. 129 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,240 Let's see what we've got here. 130 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,760 So, we've got that bolt out of there. 131 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:35,160 Then, this door will open, and I can get that mechanism out of there. 132 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,200 You can see that's a 15mm socket in there, 133 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,960 so this is going to be easy to do. 134 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,000 Maybe it's not 15. OK... 135 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:50,840 So, we'll try 17 in there. 136 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,000 That's too big now. 137 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,320 I've now got to find another way into here. 138 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,480 We'll come back to this then. 139 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,040 Difficult. 140 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,640 Next into the Repair Shop, 141 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,800 Nick Jansen has brought with him a well travelled item. 142 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,080 Hi, there. 143 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,360 I'm Will, please come in. 144 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,640 Look at that! So, what have we got here then? 145 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,080 A walking stick with a monkey's head 146 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,600 that is almost like a ventriloquist's dummy. 147 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,080 Hmm, interesting. 148 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,880 I can see that there's a mechanism in there. Steve? 149 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,280 Pop over and have a look at this. 150 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,920 It's really cool. 151 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,120 Hello, I'm Steve. Nice to meet you, I'm Nick. Hi. 152 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,400 A monkey stick. Monkey stick. 153 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,200 And the mouth opens. Yes, there's a button on the back. 154 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,080 Oh, right, OK! Press the button. 155 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,880 Originally, the mouth opened and the ears flapped. 156 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,360 Fantastic, isn't it? 157 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,120 Where was this made? 158 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,280 I assume it was made in India. 159 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,880 It belonged to my uncle, my father's elder brother, 160 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,960 and he was in the military, in the cavalry in India, 161 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,920 and he was an excellent horseman, 162 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,320 and he was invited by the Maharajah of Rewa 163 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,040 to ride his horses, his race horses. 164 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,520 Apparently, this was a gift from the Maharajah to him. 165 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,240 And I've always loved it. 166 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,600 And when he passed on, eventually I inherited it. 167 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,040 And then, a few years ago, the ear dropped off. 168 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,640 You haven't got the ear? I have the ear. Do you? 169 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,200 I have the ear. 170 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,720 Ooh, ooh! That's the ear there. 171 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,720 I don't really know much about the mechanism on the inside, Steve, 172 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,800 that's probably more your forte. 173 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:51,720 I think the problem is going to be actually...getting into it. 174 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,760 So, this will be quite important to you... It is. 175 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:00,760 ..to get this repaired. It's a connection with my family, 176 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,120 with my dad's only brother. 177 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,960 It's also important to my son, my son loves it as well. 178 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,960 So it'd be a nice thing to pass on to him, working. 179 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,760 If you leave that with us, I'm sure that between myself and Steve, 180 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,080 we can fix this. 181 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,640 Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. 182 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:17,880 Thank you for coming down. 183 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,840 Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. 184 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,800 I think my uncle probably left it to me 185 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,960 because I thoroughly enjoyed it. 186 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,480 I loved it as a child. 187 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:31,320 And it was something that I enjoyed playing with, 188 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,760 and to see it in action again, 189 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,600 with both ears, 190 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,640 and the jaw working, that would be fantastic. 191 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,760 The Repair Shop team will have to work together on this one. 192 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,280 Clockmaker Steve is always up for any mechanical challenge. 193 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,720 But first, Will has to find a way to get inside the monkey's head. 194 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,400 This is really tricky. 195 00:09:54,400 --> 00:10:00,480 It's almost as if the monkey's head has been built from the outside in, 196 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:05,000 because there doesn't seem to be any openings, apart from the mouth. 197 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,520 But, I can't actually get any access, any decent access, 198 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,200 that Steve needs, through the mouth, or even through the broken ear. 199 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,320 So there must be another way of getting in there. 200 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,880 There actually seems to be a really thin line running down the back. 201 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,400 That could possibly be an opening. 202 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:34,720 Oh, it's coming out. 203 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:38,320 Perfect! 204 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:43,640 Fantastic. Just popping that out, 205 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,280 so that was actually like a secret panel there, 206 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,000 which they probably had made 207 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,680 before they did all the carving on the back, 208 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:52,160 so they glued that in, 209 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,160 they must have then carved in all the hair behind, 210 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,240 making it nearly invisible. 211 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,400 Hey, Steve. 212 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,680 Look. Oh, you've got it open! 213 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:09,680 I got it open, yeah! 214 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:11,280 Oh, the whole back's come off! 215 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,280 There's actually a secret panel on the back, 216 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,120 that was almost invisible to the human eye. 217 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,440 How on earth did you... 218 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:20,640 That's pretty incredible. 219 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,080 Yeah! So, I'll let you... 220 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,200 ..have fun with the monkey's head! 221 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,680 OK! All right, Steve. 222 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,560 On the other side of the workshop, Brenton is still trying 223 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:40,000 to break into the vandalised seaside telescope. 224 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,600 So, what I've established here is there's some weld in the hole, 225 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,240 which is stopping the socket going on the bolt, 226 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,400 so I'm just going to try and drill the weld out of the way. 227 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,160 The socket, hopefully, will go on there. 228 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,640 Oh, yeah! That's going, I think. 229 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,360 Yeah, brilliant. 230 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,000 Oh, look at that. 231 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,920 And... 232 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,280 ..we're in! That is a strong piece of metal. 233 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,640 They didn't want you getting in there, did they? 234 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,120 Right, see what we've got in here. 235 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:22,520 There's the mechanism. 236 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:26,480 There's a string that holds the shutter on the telescope. 237 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,840 I'm just going to cut that so I can get this mechanism out. 238 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,640 This is had a bit of a life, I'm afraid. 239 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,400 Obviously, the front of the box is very strong, 240 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,680 and whoever's tried to break into it 241 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:40,320 has used a big lever and a big hammer, 242 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,280 and pretty much destroyed this mechanism. 243 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,960 It's almost beyond repair, I'd say. 244 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:48,280 Oh, dear. 245 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:52,920 However, the Repair Shop has a wealth of skills to call on, 246 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:57,120 and, if anyone can get the coin operated timer working, it's Steve. 247 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,200 All right, Steve? Yeah. 248 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,280 This is out of my seaside telescope. Right. 249 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,880 That looks a bit of a contraption. Lovely, isn't it? 250 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,080 So, you wind that, that ticks away, moves that mechanism. 251 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,440 OK. First of all, the 20p doesn't go in very well. 252 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,920 It goes in and turns, but it doesn't always drop through. 253 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,760 Do you want me to reshape the 20p? 254 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,600 If you could, that'd be good! 255 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,840 Secondly, once the 20p has dropped through, 256 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,960 it's got to open the telescope, 257 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,960 just by pulling on that, and then it slowly goes away, 258 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:26,800 and then lets go. Oh, my goodness! 259 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,840 Have you ever seen anything like it? No. 260 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,640 Leave it with me. 261 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,720 Good luck! All right. Phew, got out of that one! 262 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,520 LAUGHTER 263 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,680 With Steve on the mechanics, 264 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:45,200 Brenton tackles the aesthetics. 265 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,240 So, I've got years and years of paint on here. 266 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,720 There's probably four or five layers. 267 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,840 Brenton's using a fast-acting paint stripping gel 268 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:56,880 to soften the old paintwork. 269 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,320 It's always good practice to take the old paint off, if you can. 270 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,480 It'll make a much smoother finish, 271 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,400 rather than being all lumpy and bumpy, as it has been before. 272 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:08,400 How are you getting on? 273 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,120 It's hard work. Is it? Isn't there an easier way to do this? 274 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,960 We could sandblast it. 275 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:18,600 But, this has been galvanised, which is zinc plate. Right. 276 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,360 That stops it rusting. OK. 277 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:21,840 Because it's by the seaside, 278 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,240 we want to keep that galvanising on there. If we sandblast it, 279 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,120 it'll take all the galvanise off, and then it'll rust in a few years. 280 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,680 You're going to be out here for years, aren't you? 281 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:32,800 Not if you do that for me. 282 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,240 I'll get this done, you do that. Got any goggles? Behind you. 283 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,440 There we go. 284 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:37,880 Nice one. 285 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,160 This'll be done in no time! Bit of elbow grease, look. Good! 286 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,960 Hold on, why am I wearing glasses and you're not? 287 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,320 Because I've got a bit of an issue with my glasses. 288 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,600 I can spend some... Oh, wow. 289 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,320 So, my glasses have got a bit of an issue, so.. Cor, blimey. Yeah. 290 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,480 They need fixing then. I'm going to take them to a repair shop later! 291 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,120 It's just down the road! 292 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,920 Lucky, isn't it? It is! 293 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,200 Back in the barn, 294 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,480 Steve is currently devoting time to the monkey walking stick. 295 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,840 It was a gift from a Maharaja. 296 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:23,280 Basically, the mechanism in here isn't that complex. 297 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,640 It takes a bit of setting up, it's quite difficult, 298 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:30,080 it's a bit like doing some...brain surgery, basically, 299 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,720 through a small hole. 300 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,480 The ear that had already broken off, 301 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,840 there was a steel rod going through, 302 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,800 which would have held it so that it would pivot, like that. 303 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:45,320 The problem is that the wood has rotted away, 304 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,160 in an area that should have held the pivot. 305 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:53,120 So, what I'm going to do is put a brass bush in there, 306 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,200 basically a brass bush is... 307 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,880 ..a clock bearing, 308 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,920 which is a sleeve to push a new piece of steel in, 309 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,920 and then, hopefully, it'll work all right. 310 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,400 The bush, that fits in there nice and snuggly. 311 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,400 I just need to drill it out to the right size, 312 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:16,320 so that the steel will fit through it, and will swivel on it. 313 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,920 Right. Putting the bush in was successful. 314 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,280 What I've done is also I've put some filler over the top, 315 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,920 I've just carved it the same as the ear, 316 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,600 and I'm going to leave it for Will to colour up the same as the ear. 317 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,720 I've just actually glued the pivot... 318 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,240 ..onto the wood there, and this is the moment of truth. 319 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,080 See if it works. 320 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,320 Finished? 321 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:55,720 Yes, I have! 322 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,240 No way! Yes! 323 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,320 THEY LAUGH 324 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,160 That's all right, isn't it? 325 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,600 Oh, hours of joy with that. 326 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:06,800 It's really good. Great job. 327 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,440 So, yeah, it works. 328 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,840 Is it ready to hand over to me yet, or...? 329 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,400 It is. It is! 330 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:14,960 Oh, my gosh. 331 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,120 I don't think I'm going to get it finished, 332 00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:19,000 I'll be playing with it! I know! 333 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,440 Great stuff. Brilliant. Well done, Steve. Cheers. Thanks a lot. 334 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,600 The back head plate needs to be glued back in place, 335 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:39,360 and it has to be done in such a way that it almost looks invisible, 336 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:42,080 as it was made to look in the beginning. Seamless. 337 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,840 So...making sure that there's not too much glue there 338 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,200 that gets into the mechanism that Steve's lovingly fixed. 339 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:54,000 That on there. 340 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,320 Perfect. 341 00:17:58,360 --> 00:17:59,920 I'm going to mix up some filler. 342 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:03,720 I'm going to fill some of these gaps, 343 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,560 where you can actually see that the original wood has split out. 344 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,960 It's quite a small object to be working with, 345 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,880 and, just because it's small, doesn't necessarily mean 346 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,560 that it's an easy fix. It's actually quite fiddly. 347 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,960 I'm being really careful not to put any pressure 348 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,720 on the monkey's ears because 349 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,800 the last thing I want to do is for them to break again, 350 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,680 and for me to have to explain that to Steve, 351 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,400 after all the work he's been doing. 352 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,200 So, I've filled all the cracks in the monkey's head, 353 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,440 and now I'm just going to perform a minor bit of surgery 354 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,320 with a scalpel. 355 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,320 The areas I've filled have actually lost the detail from the hair, 356 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,320 so I'm just going to start carving that back in. 357 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,920 It's sort of made a bit easier, the fact that I can follow the 358 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,120 original carvings around the repair. 359 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:57,640 I'm kind of just following that shape back in. 360 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:01,800 And that's helping me get the right shape of hair grain. 361 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,880 Will may be making headway with the monkey stick, 362 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,280 but there's a constant stream of new arrivals. 363 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,080 Bill Arnold and his son Jeff have brought with them 364 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,720 a cherished heirloom in need of expert attention. 365 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,920 Hello. Hi. A painting! Let me help you with that. 366 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,680 Thank you. I'll put it on an easel, follow me. 367 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,480 They're hoping conservator Lucia Scalisi 368 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,160 can work her magic. 369 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,760 A beautiful painting. Who is this? 370 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,600 This is Mary Carmichael. 371 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,080 My great-great-great-grandmother. 372 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,640 So, it's sort of like 1800s? 373 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,840 About 1780, I think. 1780. 374 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,440 She was born Mary Holyland, 375 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,360 and she ran away and eloped to Gretna Green 376 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:55,960 with James Carmichael in 1775. 377 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,760 They went on to have ten children. 378 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,360 Her husband was a Fellow of the Royal Society, 379 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:07,560 and Physician Extraordinary to George III. 380 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,440 Fantastic, fantastic! And what happened to it? 381 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,840 Well... Ask him! 382 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,160 I can see two damages. The most obvious one is this one. 383 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,480 It's a terrible cold sore on her mouth. Yes! 384 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,960 I shot her in the face with a... I shouldn't laugh, it's terrible. 385 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,400 With a dart gun, as a ten-year-old boy. 386 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,440 I was doing target practice, spun it round, took a shot... 387 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,760 Sadly, of all the places it could have gone, 388 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,240 it went straight through the painting, and her lip. So... 389 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:34,800 Oh, no, what a shame! Yeah. 390 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,320 How did your father feel about that? How do you feel about that? 391 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,280 To be honest... You must have been horrified! 392 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,640 Not at all because I didn't notice for two months! Really?! 393 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,360 Despite the fact that I walk past the portrait 394 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:48,000 at least a dozen times a day! 395 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,160 And it was only my brother-in-law who pointed out to me 396 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,600 that she'd got a fat lip, and it then was revealed to me. 397 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,040 The family had kept it a secret from me that he'd done it. 398 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,040 Oh, what a shame. And what happened here, what's this one? Same time? 399 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,520 I don't know. 400 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,000 No, I think that may have been afterwards. 401 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,280 I don't know what happened there. 402 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,160 We moved fairly recently. It may have happened then. 403 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,640 It's a beautiful painting. Do you know who painted it? 404 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:15,760 Well, no. 405 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,560 There is a name on the back, but it is just the name. 406 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,480 So I don't know who painted it. 407 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,480 OK, that's something I could certainly find out for you. 408 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,840 What would it mean to you to have this restored to its former glory? 409 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,840 Well, I'd be only too delighted because, of course, 410 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:34,000 I shall be passing this on, to probably my oldest daughter. 411 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,800 Not to him, I hasten to add! 412 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,960 Part of your history will go with it. Exactly, exactly. 413 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,000 It's very much in the style of an artist called Romney, 414 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,800 a Scottish artist, although I don't think it is a Romney. 415 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,000 Partly because it's not very highly finished, 416 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,640 but it's still quite beautiful. 417 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,040 But we can find out a bit more when I have a look at the back, 418 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,240 and see what's on there. 419 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:53,960 Thank you very much for bringing it in. 420 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,200 It's a charming picture and a really nice story. 421 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,360 OK. We'll see what we can do. Thank you very much. 422 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:01,680 Lovely to meet you. Lovely to meet you, Bill. OK! 423 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,920 Lovely to meet you, Jeff. Lovely to meet you too. 424 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,080 The painting's in safe hands. 425 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,760 Much safer than any of ours, which is good. 426 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,200 So I'm quite excited to see, you know, 427 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,520 the finished result, which I'm sure will be amazing. 428 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,560 It is important to me that it's passed on to the next generation, 429 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,920 for another 250 years. 430 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,240 So it'll be wonderful to have it restored. 431 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,880 This painting being restored has brought a whole new lease 432 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,400 of family history to us, I think. 433 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,600 I'm going to brush up, I will know more. 434 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,000 I will know more. Don't you worry, Dad. I doubt it. 435 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,440 This is the first view of the back, so you can see very clearly 436 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,360 the damage again, this hole. 437 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:44,720 Can see the tear. 438 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,680 It's obviously being pushed through from the front. 439 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,120 What's really exciting is that, on the back, 440 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:54,120 we've got a canvas stamp, which will help me date the painting, 441 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,640 and also the artist has signed it, 442 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,320 not only with his name, but with his address in London. 443 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,840 Which is extraordinary, really. 444 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,520 I've heard of... I think it's Gilbert Stuart Newton... 445 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,040 I have heard of the name, I don't know his work. 446 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,640 So, that's something that I shall look forward to finding out about. 447 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,040 It's dead exciting! 448 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,560 Outside the workshop, Brenton's been busy with some painting 449 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,920 of his own, applying a red oxide base coat, 450 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,320 and reassembling the seaside telescope. 451 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,920 Just in time for an inspection by Jay. 452 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,280 How're we doing? 453 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,000 Yeah, good. That's come up all right, hasn't it? 454 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,320 Yeah, that's the primer. OK. 455 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,720 So, pull this thing... What's going on? It's not working. 456 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,840 No, the mechanism's not been fixed yet, 457 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,600 but this little thread, if you pull that, it opens the shutter up, 458 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,320 and you can see out there. Cor blimey! 459 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,640 Can you go any closer? No. What, that's it? 460 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,840 That's it. Your 20p, that's all you get. 461 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,200 Oh, man! It's a seaside telescope, it's not for looking at the moon! 462 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,560 Right, OK! 463 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,760 This focuses it up, does it? It does, yeah. 464 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,320 Yeah, that's better. Cor, blimey! 465 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,200 So, are you going to paint this as well? 466 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,520 Right, so this is going to go pillar box red. 467 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,600 Yes. As per Julian's instructions. Right. 468 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,760 And we've got to fix the mechanism because, at the moment, 469 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,000 we've just got a piece of thread opening the shutter. 470 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,560 We'll fix the mechanism, 471 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,760 and then we've got to make a door for the bottom. OK. 472 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,880 So you ain't got much to do, have you? Not a lot. 473 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,880 OK. Well, if you stay focused you'll get it done! Ha-ha! 474 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,280 So, I'm just making the door for Julian's telescope. 475 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,440 The old door was vandalised. 476 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,400 I've got 5mm steel here, which is heavyweight. 477 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,760 That's going to fit into the front of the scope. 478 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,280 When I've cut that slot out of there, 479 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:56,880 we can put a padlock on there, 480 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,720 and Julian's money will be safe. 481 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,640 But, for Julian to collect any money in the first place, 482 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,800 he'll need a working coin mechanism. 483 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,880 Steve's given it his best shot, 484 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,400 but, despite hours of tuning and tweaking, 485 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:15,640 sometimes even the greatest Repair Shop minds draw a blank. 486 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,680 Oh! I know why you gave me this. 487 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,280 You've fixed it for me, brilliant! No, have I heck! 488 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:24,240 It's not nice engineering, is it? It's really not nice engineering, 489 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,400 that's a really good way of putting it. 490 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,080 What I've been thinking is, 491 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,840 because you've made such a lovely job of the telescope, 492 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,000 and it's all working, isn't it? Yes, the head telescope works. Brilliant. 493 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,280 So, if we could leave it open all the time, 494 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,360 and just have a little sign on there saying, 495 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:42,680 "Donations to the RNLI". 496 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,080 We could engrave that, so that people can look through, 497 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,920 and it can be a sort of honesty box. 498 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,520 It'll probably make more money than if it was 20p. 499 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,640 Yes, perfect. I'm sure Julian would be really pleased with that. 500 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,000 Yeah, that's our solution for that. 501 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Excellent. OK. OK, well I'll leave you with that then. 502 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,840 Thanks a lot. You're welcome! Thank you! 503 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,000 With as many of the working parts fixed as possible, 504 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,520 there's just one job left to do. 505 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,400 The restoration of the monkey walking stick is almost complete. 506 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,040 Steve got the mechanism working again. 507 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,080 Will's trying to make him a bit more presentable. 508 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:48,600 I'm going to start mixing up a little bit of polish. 509 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,160 I'm going to start trying to match the monkey's hair colour. 510 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,560 Trying to get a really nice match. 511 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,560 The panel on the back was seamless in the beginning, 512 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,280 so I really want to do a really good job, 513 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,880 that you can't actually see any repair. 514 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,720 Just as it was done before. 515 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,000 With a bit of polish, and a nice clean and a wax, 516 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,560 hopefully I can achieve that. 517 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:21,040 When he came into the Repair Shop, this cheeky monkey only had one ear, 518 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,560 couldn't move his mouth, 519 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,320 and was definitely showing his age. 520 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,960 Now, owner Nick is back to collect his beloved companion. 521 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:33,240 I'm looking forward to being reacquainted with my monkey stick. 522 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,400 It'll be wonderful if it's working again. 523 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,280 Even if it's just back together with the ear on and the face together, 524 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,560 so that the monkey is the monkey again, and not... 525 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,600 But, if it's working, that will be a real bonus. 526 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,200 That'd be fantastic. 527 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,960 How are you doing, Nick? Hi. All right? Fine, you? Very good. 528 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,560 You've come to pick up your monkey stick. Hopefully, yes. 529 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:55,720 Will! 530 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,040 And Steve, if you don't mind coming? Nick's here. 531 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,120 Hi, Nick. Hi, nice to see you again. You too. 532 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,000 Whoa! Here we are, Nick. Hey, hey! 533 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,280 Can I unveil it then? Yeah! Oh, go on! Absolutely. Yeah? Yes. 534 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:10,680 Moment of truth, eh? 535 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,240 Careful. 536 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:14,640 Oh, flipping... 537 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,800 Wow! 538 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,800 It's fantastic. 539 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,240 Oh, it's beautiful. 540 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,960 Well done, guys. It really is. 541 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,320 I think you need to see if it actually works. 542 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:41,680 HE SNIFFS 543 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,200 Oh, it's brilliant. 544 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,360 Thank you so much. 545 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,120 Thank you. No, thank you. You're very welcome. 546 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,480 I don't know what to say. 547 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,040 What memories does it bring back then, Nick? 548 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,800 Brings back...memories of... 549 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:03,560 ..family getting together. 550 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,160 I mean, there's not many of us left now, so... 551 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,080 Thank you. Thank you all so much. 552 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,600 It's really interesting because we were trying to work out 553 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,280 how to get into the monkey's head. 554 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:18,000 We found a sort of secret panel on the back 555 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,280 which had been really, really well disguised. 556 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,640 The whole of this section at the back here came off. 557 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,680 Wow, the craftsmanship. 558 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,040 Fantastic. 559 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,960 Do you think that you'll be using the stick to walk around town? 560 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,520 I doubt it. 561 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,120 I shall, I shall... 562 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,520 I ain't going to risk it, no. 563 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,160 No, it's going to sit there, safe! Pride of place? Safe! Safe! 564 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,680 Thank you, gentleman. Take care. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. 565 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,680 I'm going to miss that little monkey! 566 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,440 Feeling a bit churned up. 567 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,200 I wasn't expecting to get quite so emotional about... 568 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:02,320 ..an object, 569 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,080 but the memories it brought back, 570 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,440 it is a link back to those days, 571 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,920 back to my family, and to see it working, 572 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,040 cos I've never seen it working before, 573 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,640 it is brilliant. 574 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,200 I didn't think they were going to be able to make 575 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,120 the mechanism work, 576 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,960 but this is absolutely wonderful. 577 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,640 CRACKLING 578 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:40,280 Art conservation expert Lucia is busy restoring 579 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,600 the dark and damaged portrait of Mary Carmichael. 580 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,640 She's also done some additional detective work into the painting, 581 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,680 and uncovered an extraordinary history. 582 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,360 I think this is a copy because I think she had been painted 583 00:30:55,360 --> 00:31:01,400 by Romney, and I think she is in the National Gallery of Edinburgh, 584 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,880 the original Romney painting, 585 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,840 and I think that Newton went to Scotland and did a copy of it. 586 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,160 He copied the painting that was in the gallery there, 587 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:15,000 and I did wonder if it was because it was a commission for the family 588 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,840 here in the south of England. 589 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,960 Commissioning copies of portraits was very common 590 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,400 for large, wealthy families. 591 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,720 Gilbert Stuart Newton painted this portrait around 50 years 592 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,120 after Romney's original. 593 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:33,240 George Romney was one of the most successful artists of his day, 594 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,440 painting many leading high-society figures. 595 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:40,080 It's now down to Lucia to keep that legacy alive. 596 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:42,960 So, looking at this painting now, 597 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,720 I'm going to actually secure the paint around the edge 598 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,040 of the dark, erm, hole, 599 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,680 and the same thing along this tear as well, just to hold 600 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:58,120 all the broken, fractured paint in that area in place. 601 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,120 To restore the two damaged sections of the canvas, 602 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,920 Lucia's using a fish glue to secure adhesive strips, 603 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,000 which will help preserve the original paint. 604 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,760 This is like cosmetic surgery for paintings, 605 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,360 and the fact that it's on her lips, a bit of... 606 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,760 ..literally a bit of filler for her luscious lips. 607 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,640 She must have been considered a great beauty. 608 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,080 I mean, look at her - she's wonderful. 609 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,000 I'm going to turn the painting over and start working on the back. 610 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,400 So, I'm just very gently introducing 611 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,520 moisture into all these torn canvas threads, 612 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,520 just to soften them, because they've been in this position for 20 years, 613 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,240 The damage happened 20 years ago, so they've become quite rigid 614 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,360 in that position. 615 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:45,440 But, to be honest, I actually think all the threads are still there. 616 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,880 There's no loss of canvas in this area. 617 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,240 While the damp canvas dries, Lucia can give the painting 618 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:52,800 a surface-clean - 619 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:57,600 much-needed after being hung on walls for almost 200 years. 620 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,960 Look at that. Do you know what that is? 621 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,000 That is nicotine. 622 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,320 I'll do it in the white area cos you'll see it very clearly. 623 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:13,200 So, we can expect quite a dramatic clean just of this surface, 624 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,680 without removing any of the original varnish. 625 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,320 That is nicotine. 626 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,720 So, you can tell different dirt on the surfaces of paintings, 627 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,920 where they come from, because of the different colour, 628 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,640 and some of them need... I mean, this is coming off very easily. 629 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,920 Look, it's just yellow, bright yellow. 630 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,880 If it was city dirt, environmental pollution 631 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,120 it would be grey or black. 632 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,120 But hopefully we'll get a bit more contrast between the background 633 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,520 and her hair, which is sort of, like, lost in it a bit. 634 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,440 You know what? I never get tired of this. 635 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,720 I never get tired of the sort of reveal that I get when I'm cleaning 636 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,200 and seeing it because it's... 637 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,680 Sometimes it's just remarkable. 638 00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:00,280 Next, Lucia must repair the damaged sections of the canvas. 639 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,920 I've put some nylon gossamer, already prepared with 640 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:10,120 the synthetic adhesive, and I'm just going to apply these. 641 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,000 as my tear repairs. 642 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,440 So, these little patches will do the job of holding 643 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,840 that area of the canvas together. 644 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:21,640 They're very fine. 645 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,120 That's good, so I'm pleased with that. 646 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,200 Having sealed the tears on the back of the canvas, 647 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,440 Lucia needs to patch the holes with acrylic filler. 648 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,960 It sort of acts as a seal, but it's 649 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,480 going to be the ground layer that 650 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,120 I can paint on top of. 651 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,960 I'm just putting the base colour in, in the lips, and I'm doing it 652 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,920 with watercolour, and it just blocks out the white filler, 653 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,560 and that's because, erm, 654 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:57,120 I'm going to retouch with the synthetic resin and dry pigments, 655 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,040 but they tend to be much more transparent, 656 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,480 so I do need to have a base in place. 657 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,320 It is a tiny damage, but it was... 658 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:05,880 It was very... 659 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,360 It's in the centre of her beautiful face, so there was 660 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,360 no way you could ignore it. 661 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,720 Across the workshop, Brenton is putting the finishing touches 662 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:30,840 to the seaside telescope, 663 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:35,480 hoping to recapture some childhood holiday memories for owner Julian. 664 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,080 Polishing - that must mean you're finished. 665 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:42,680 It's done, isn't it? JAY GIGGLES 666 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,880 Looks good, doesn't it? Are you happy? I'm happy. 667 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,200 Does it work? 668 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,240 Sort of. 669 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:48,840 Sort of? How does it work? 670 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,560 We had a bit of a problem with the mechanism... OK. 671 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:58,240 ..where we couldn't get the rather nasty mechanics to open the shutter, 672 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:01,440 so what we've done is we've tied the shutter open... OK. 673 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,640 ..and then we've made this sign that goes on here, 674 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,080 saying "20p donations to the RNLI". 675 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,440 And then the money's going to... 676 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,760 The money's going into... A good cause. ..the lockbox at 677 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,120 the bottom, and then it can go off to the lifeboats. Yeah. 678 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,560 Well, if you've got a 20... Hold on, let me see if I've got one. 679 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,680 I have got a 20p, actually. I might have one as well. 680 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,800 Oh, no. I haven't got one. I've got one here. There you go. 681 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,360 You can put 20p in towards the lifeboats. 682 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,680 COIN CLINKS It's a nice sound, that. Good, isn't it? 683 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:29,880 You've cleaned up the lens as well, haven't you? Yeah. 684 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,680 Can you see them all working over there? Yeah, everybody's working. 685 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,640 Yeah. Good, isn't it? It is good. Yeah. So... 686 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,560 And it looks a little bit...better than it did before, doesn't it? 687 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,080 It looks a lot better, not a little bit - a lot better. 688 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,520 Well, cheers, mate. 689 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,440 When the traditional seaside telescope arrived at the workshop, 690 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,680 it was broken and vandalised - 691 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,360 a ghost of a bygone era. 692 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,880 Now, resplendent in pillar-box red and brass trim, 693 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,640 serving as a collection point for owner Julian's charity of choice, 694 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:02,240 the RNLI, it's ready for him to take back to the North Yorkshire coast, 695 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:03,760 where it belongs. 696 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,640 All right, Julian? Nice to see you, Brenton. It's nice to see you again. 697 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,160 How are you doing? All right? Jay, nice to see you. Likewise. 698 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,320 So, what are you expecting to see underneath here? 699 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:15,760 A telescope in better condition than I left it with you, I hope. 700 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,080 Show him? Shall we do it, then? 701 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:18,760 I'll do the bottom one. You do the top one. 702 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,080 OK, let's take that off. 703 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,640 JULIAN GASPS 704 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:28,880 Wow. 705 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,520 Are you happy? I'm delighted. 706 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,600 Yeah? It's unbelievable. 707 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:36,440 It's just a new lease of life for something that was dead. 708 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,960 Yeah, yeah. So, fabulous. 709 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,720 You've done good. Well done. Thank you. 710 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:43,160 Well done, Brenton. Thank you. You're an artist. 711 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,480 Thank you, thank you. I wasn't on my own. 712 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,240 I did have...I did have help from various colleagues. 713 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:50,640 That is marvellous. 714 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,400 New door. 715 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,760 METAL CLANGS Yeah, with a padlock on there. 716 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,720 And you didn't give a spare key to Will, did you? 717 00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:00,400 No, no, no, I wouldn't give Will a key. God, no. 718 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,360 He'd have all the money out of it. 719 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,400 So, this is like an ultimate kid's toy, isn't it? 720 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,960 Cos this can take you right back. Isn't this what you wanted? 721 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,160 Yeah. For me, it's going to the seaside. 722 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,800 The telescope was the first, sort of, thing that you'd see. Yeah. 723 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,040 You knew you were looking out over the sea at that point, 724 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,280 so it's the iconic guardian of the sea. 725 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,440 Erm... 726 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,000 So, yeah, I've been looking for one for a very long time. 727 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,680 We had a slight issue with the mechanism. 728 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:28,040 Right. OK? Yeah. So, we had the best minds in the business on it... 729 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,480 Yeah. THEY LAUGH 730 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:36,600 ..and the bit inside that makes the telescope open was not repairable. 731 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,240 OK. OK? So, we put a new money bit in there, 732 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:40,600 so that goes kerchink. Oh, wow. 733 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,160 I've got you a whole heap of money out of it. OK. 734 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,960 So, you have a little go, and it makes a lovely chink. 735 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,200 And what you've got is an honesty box, I think, 736 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,920 and I think people will put their money in. Yeah. 737 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,440 That's it? Yeah. 738 00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:57,480 Yeah, and turn... And turn? Yeah. 739 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,440 COIN CLINKS Oh... 740 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,320 Thank you, Brenton. 741 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,680 And another...and another boat gets rescued. 742 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,720 JULIAN CHUCKLES 743 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,120 Seeing the telescope for the first time 744 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:12,640 just made me feel like a kid again. 745 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,960 It reminds you of the end of the journey of, erm, 746 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,520 "Am I there yet, Mum?" 747 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,640 It just means you've arrived on holiday 748 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:23,480 and so I'm really pleased to be able to finish the journey. 749 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,240 It's like a dream come true. 750 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,520 The final item in the Repair Shop is nearing completion. 751 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,400 Lucia is putting the finishing touches to her makeover 752 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,400 of the Mary Carmichael portrait. 753 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:49,440 I'm just retouching the damage to her luscious lips. 754 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,680 I'm hoping that Bill and Jeff, when they come to see her, 755 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,400 will be very pleased and... 756 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,120 I mean, she is beautiful. 757 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,520 She was a society beauty, obviously, 758 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:00,440 with all this wonderful auburn hair. 759 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,320 I'm just putting a few finishing glazes on, 760 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,400 and she'll be...she'll be finished. 761 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,120 Actually, this is quite sweet retouching, because it really, 762 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:11,480 sort of, pulls the whole, sort of, form of the lips together, 763 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,640 so I'm hoping that they'll see her with renewed eyes. 764 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,600 Where the dirt can damage a thing of the past, 765 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:26,480 the painting's owners, Bill and son Jeff, are back at the Repair Shop 766 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:30,920 to collect the revitalised portrait of their ancestor. 767 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:35,400 I'm used to seeing it and, for the last 18 years, 768 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,800 I've been used to seeing it with a hole in it...her lip. 769 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:39,680 Yeah, and not having her in the house 770 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,760 for the past few days has been quite odd. 771 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,720 It could be quite nice to see her back in true form again, 772 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:46,560 without the...without the fat lip. 773 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:49,760 Hello, Bill. Hi. 774 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:51,680 Welcome back. Lovely to see you. 775 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,160 Hi, Jeff. Hi, Lucia. Lovely to see you again. Welcome back. 776 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,440 Welcome back. Thank you. 777 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,640 Are you ready to see her? 778 00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,240 We are. Yes, please. Yes, please. 779 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,120 THEY GASP Look at that! 780 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,440 Absolutely perfect. 781 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:08,560 She has a lip! 782 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,800 And you can't tell... No, you can't tell at all, can you? 783 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,080 You really can't. She's beautiful, though, isn't she? 784 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:15,280 I know! Absolutely brilliant. 785 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,680 Pity it didn't rub off on me, isn't it? Yeah, I know. 786 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,240 Yeah, where did it all go wrong, Dad? 787 00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:22,000 Oh, no, you're beautiful, Bill, but, erm... 788 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,200 I did a surface-clean... Mm-hmm. Yeah. 789 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,560 ..and there was a lot of nicotine on there. 790 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:27,600 Oh! 791 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:30,840 I wonder where that could have come from! 792 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:32,960 I wonder where that could have come from! Really?! 793 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,080 it was obvious that somebody had been smoking a lot. 794 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,040 Yeah. Well, it was definitely my grandfather. 795 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,560 JEFF LAUGHS Couldn't possibly have been me. Really? Really? 796 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:40,600 Of course not. Oh, dear. 797 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,200 I think it's easier to see her hair now, 798 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,120 this beautiful auburn hair. Oh, yes, you can. 799 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:45,400 You could hardly see it at all. 800 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,400 So, I found out a little bit of information 801 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,880 about when this was painted. Oh. 802 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,480 I think this is a copy, 803 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:55,560 because I think she had been painted by Romney, 804 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,280 so the time it was painted... 805 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,640 Oh? ..well, it was a very narrow window of time 806 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:03,880 between 1832 and 1834. 807 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,280 Oh, I think she would have had some of her children by then. 808 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,720 Oh, no, she died. She died in about 180... She died in 1806. 809 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:11,920 Yes, yes, so... So, this is definitely post, erm... 810 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,360 Post, yeah. Right. So that sort of lends into the whole idea of 811 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,440 it being a copy of the Romney. 812 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,480 Yes, yes. Mm-hmm. So, that's, erm... 813 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,160 Yeah, but you can do more research maybe, 814 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,480 and look at the Romney painting, 815 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,600 and see why it may have come to... If it still exists. 816 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,000 It does. It's in the National Galleries of Edinburgh. 817 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,840 Oh, it is? Yes. Ah. 818 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,480 So that's a really interesting thing. 819 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,520 Well, I'm delighted. It's been brilliant, yes. 820 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,560 And will you start to look at it, Bill, every day? 821 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,840 I'll look at it every day, I promise. Yeah? 822 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,440 And he promises not to shoot it again. 823 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,400 I won't... Yeah, I won't shoot her in the face. 824 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,200 Well, I hope you enjoy looking at her for many years and... 825 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,320 I'm sure we will. Yeah. Thank you very much. 826 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:49,360 Pleasure. 827 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:56,680 To see the whole thing now as this amazing, gleaming, 828 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,520 well, lipped painting is incredible. 829 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,080 Yeah. We'll still keep the story alive, though. 830 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:06,000 I think we'll tell the grandchildren all about their naughty Uncle Jeff. 831 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,920 I don't think Dad will ever stop talking about it. Will you? 832 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,560 No, I won't. 833 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,800 Join us next time, as more treasured heirlooms... 834 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,320 We've had to make things worse before we got better. 835 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,520 ..are brought back from the brink... 836 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,320 Oh, my lord! 837 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:27,600 ..in The Repair Shop.