1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,240 Welcome to the Repair Shop, 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,600 where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,880 This is the workshop of dreams. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,640 Home to a furniture restorer Jay Blades. 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,000 Nowadays, everybody spends a fortune on stuff that, once it's broken, 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,720 they just bin it. But everybody has something that means too much 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,120 to be thrown away. 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,440 And that's where we come in. 9 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,040 Working alongside Jay 10 00:00:23,040 --> 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 --> 00:00:30,120 It's amazing to think that some of my work 13 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,640 becomes part of that story. 14 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,800 I've always played with things, I've always repaired things. 15 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,400 And I just love it. 16 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,200 There is a real pleasure in bringing people's pieces back to life again. 17 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,960 Each with their own unique set of skills... 18 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:44,880 Right tool for the right job. 19 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,480 ..they will resurrect... 20 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,760 ..revive... On board, man! ..and rejuvenate... 21 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,120 ..treasured possessions 22 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,880 and irreplaceable pieces of family history... 23 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,080 Wow! She's fantastic! 24 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:00,760 ..bringing both the objects... 25 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,600 Oh! This is what I remember. 26 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,360 ..and the memories that they hold... 27 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:06,680 Wow! 28 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:07,920 ..back to life. 29 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,240 Oh, my God! 30 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,360 In the Repair Shop today, 31 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,200 the future of a 100-year-old figurine 32 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:31,840 is in Kirsten's hands. 33 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,040 Oh, golly! 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,680 So it's actually come away. 35 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,880 While a Victorian keepsake challenges silversmith Brenton. 36 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,400 OK, so that's now not coming off. At the moment, 37 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,320 there's no way that's coming out without breaking it. 38 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,160 But first, a family heirloom in need of attention. 39 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,040 Hello. How we doing? Hello. 40 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,680 You all right? Fine, thank you. Oh, there's three of you! Yep. 41 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,240 That's cool. 42 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,480 Sisters Anne, Jill and Mary 43 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,400 are here with something that holds precious memories. 44 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:11,800 So you brought along a clock. 45 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,400 You're going to need my main man Steve. 46 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,320 If you don't mind helping us out. It's a little one, though, isn't it? 47 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,960 Hello. What have we got here, then? Hello, Steve. 48 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,560 Horologist Steve Fletcher is the go-to guy for anything that ticks. 49 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,240 This is a clock our grandfather made. 50 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,400 He was a cabinet-maker 51 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,840 for the West Yorkshire police. Oh, right, OK. 52 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,000 And when he passed, we inherited it. 53 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,440 And I've had it - not working - in my house for 54 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,480 at least 40 years. All right. 55 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,360 You know what, I thought, because there's three of you, 56 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:44,800 you've split it up. 57 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,920 And it's a bit... It's not right. 58 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:49,560 When was the last time you can remember this working? 59 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,760 I can't remember it working, really. 60 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,840 I've asked my mum, 61 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,680 and she can't remember it working, so well over 50 years. 62 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,880 Oh, gosh! Right, OK. Blimey. Yeah. 63 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,480 And your dad made this, then? 64 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:02,680 SISTERS: Our grandfather. 65 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:07,680 You know, with him actually making it, it sort of brings back memories. 66 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:12,880 I think we've got very fond memories of our paternal grandfather, 67 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,120 who was a wonderful man, you know, spent a lot of time with us. 68 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,200 He was such a kind, gentle man. 69 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,280 You know, we haven't got a lot... No, we haven't got much 70 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,720 to remind us of him. So it would be wonderful. 71 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:25,840 It really would. 72 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,640 This is...this is one of the big things that we've got left of him. 73 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:31,800 So this clock will remind you of your grandfather. 74 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,080 SISTERS: Oh, absolutely. Yes, it will, yeah. 75 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,400 Fantastic. 76 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,560 Gosh, that is... 77 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:38,920 Dusty. 78 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,600 I can see that hasn't been working for years. 79 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,600 This is a big job. Is it? SISTERS: Aw! 80 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,200 How on earth did it get so broken like this? 81 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,440 It did take a bit of a tumble down the stairs at one point. 82 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,080 Oh, did it?! Yeah. 83 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,240 It's fallen down the stairs - that would explain it, then. 84 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,480 THEY LAUGH 85 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,880 And did you knock it over? 86 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:01,920 My son did when he was little, 87 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,920 doing Hickory Dickory Dock, 88 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,720 and we caught him swinging it, so...he dropped it... Really? Yeah. 89 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:12,040 ..when we shouted. It did come apart from the main body of it. 90 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,280 Yeah. Is your son still feeling guilty about it? Yeah, 91 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,240 we remind him constantly. 92 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,840 Yeah, he's 30 now. 93 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:21,400 I can see that it's been made really well. 94 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,720 Yeah? And... What sort of clock do you call it? 95 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,400 A grandmother clock. 96 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,600 So it's probably called a granddaughter clock. 97 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,960 Granddaughter clock? Yeah, cos it's that much shorter. 98 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,800 They're all quite loose terms. 99 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,960 They're all called long-case clocks, really. 100 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,520 But this one would be a granddaughter clock cos it's so short. 101 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,200 Oh, that's lovely to say I've ended up with it, really, isn't it? 102 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,560 Cos I'm his granddaughter. 103 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,520 Yeah, that's a bit of a project. All right. 104 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,880 So leave it with us, ladies, and we'll get back to you. 105 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,840 SISTERS: Thank you. 106 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,320 That is quite a lot, though, isn't it? 107 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,880 That... That's a lot, a lot, a lot of work. 108 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,480 I'm just a bit upset that it's got in such bad condition, really, 109 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,440 cos that's one of the memories we've got of our grandfather. 110 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,800 We'd just like to retain it and get it back to how it was. 111 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,600 Anything that we can keep after 50, 60 years that he made, 112 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,600 it'll be treasured in the family forever. 113 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,680 I tell you what, every time I glance at this, there's more work. 114 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,040 There's more! When I hear you say that, 115 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,000 I know there's a lot of bits missing. 116 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,880 But you didn't make it too bad for them. 117 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:29,800 It really is a big job. 118 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,920 There's bits missing, broken, 119 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,280 the glass is missing, the bezel's bent. 120 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:36,920 And this is before I've even taken the mechanism apart, so 121 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,720 goodness knows what I'll find, but all very interesting, really. 122 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,440 All right. Well, we've got a lot of work, can't hang about here. 123 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,240 Yeah, well, it's a good job. Let's get it on to your bench, then. OK. 124 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:54,280 This clock hasn't seen the light of day for decades. 125 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:57,520 The mechanism is absolutely filthy. 126 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,920 When it fell down the stairs, it absolutely... 127 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,840 ..went with quite a bash because it has broken parts. 128 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:10,440 I can see here, this clock needed an overhaul before it fell 129 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:11,840 down the stairs. 130 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:15,440 Because you can tell in the holes, they're absolutely black. 131 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,160 So I've got to give it a full overhaul, basically, 132 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:21,840 and do all the repair work, 133 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,640 and I don't know what I'm going to find yet. 134 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,000 Cor, that's tight. 135 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,720 I'll have to try another screwdriver. 136 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,680 Love using this screwdriver. 137 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,880 It feels great. 138 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,520 It belonged to my grandfather. 139 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,040 And it just works. It's a ratchet screwdriver. 140 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,800 And it's worked for 80, 100 years. 141 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,200 It's just lovely. 142 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,320 And my grandfather used it, so I love that. 143 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:55,240 So these pallets are the part of the clock that actually ticks. 144 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,880 You've got these pallets here, 145 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,680 which, on this clock, they're made 146 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,320 of semiprecious stones like rubies. 147 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,480 So in turn, these pallets go in between the teeth 148 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,080 of the escape wheel, 149 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,960 which does the tick-tock, tick-tock, 150 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,840 and they're slightly, slightly... 151 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,600 ..chipped on one edge, but I think probably the working part 152 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,000 of the escape wheel should be OK on it. 153 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,960 So far, I've found parts broken that I need to repair 154 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,240 and wear as well. So I've got to strip the whole movement down 155 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,480 to see just how bad the clock is. 156 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,600 The next customer to arrive at the Repair Shop 157 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,280 is Martin Wedgwood, from Staffordshire. 158 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:45,920 Hi, you must be Martin. 159 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,120 Hello. Yes. I'm Kirsten. 160 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,480 He's got a prized item for ceramics conservator Kirsten Ramsay. 161 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:54,600 Right, what have you got? 162 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,640 We have a First World War soldier... 163 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,280 ..that was made by Royal Doulton... 164 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:02,880 Ah! Oh! 165 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,640 ..in 1919 to commemorate the end... 166 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:09,720 ..of the First World War. 167 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,240 Goodness me! I've...I've actually never seen one of these. 168 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,720 I've never seen another one. 169 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,920 Oh, really? OK. That's Blighty. 170 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,080 As you can see, it's across the bottom. Oh, yes, I see. 171 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,280 Yeah, absolutely. 172 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,920 And they're not very common. Unusual, really unusual. 173 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,120 What can you tell me about this piece, then? 174 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,800 Well, my grandfather was Harry Bentley. 175 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,560 He was a master thrower at Doulton's, Royal Doulton. 176 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:35,760 Oh, really? We understand he was the last master thrower that threw 177 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,960 on the production line at Doulton. Oh, really? 178 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,360 Before they went over to fully moulded cups 179 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:41,840 and, you know, ware. 180 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,400 He had hook thumbs. Oh, did he? Because, you know, he started 181 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,200 when he was 15. Right. And worked right the way through 182 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,160 till he retired, and continuous pressure on the clay, 183 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,640 and his thumbs hooked round. His sort of thumbs became 184 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,440 tools, almost. Yeah, right, to form the clay. Goodness me. 185 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,120 He had odd things in the house - 186 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,600 some cups and saucers that he'd made himself 187 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,680 and things like that. Right. And this. 188 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:05,200 And as a young lad, 189 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,120 it was...that was fascinating to look at it and touch it 190 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,960 and see it there, in the window. Yeah. 191 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:12,920 So you actually touched it, did you? Oh, yeah. 192 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,480 Well, I know... 193 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,960 I wasn't supposed to, really, not allowed to do, 194 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,200 but we'd sneak in there, myself and my brother, 195 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,280 and go through the cupboards and things, you know, as you did. 196 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,640 My mother, 197 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,960 when my grandfather died, she knew I appreciated it. Yes. 198 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,280 And so when... She passed it on to me rather than kept it herself. 199 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,720 It's quite unusual, isn't it? It is, it is. 200 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,680 It's very, very shiny. Very glossy. Yeah. 201 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:41,560 I see underneath it says Titanian. 202 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:43,480 Titanian, as opposed to the metal titanium. 203 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,080 Yes. Yeah, yeah. 204 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,320 It's Titanian ware. Right. Which is...quite rare. 205 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,880 I don't think I've worked on this type of glaze before, actually. 206 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,560 It is unusual, it is. 207 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:58,320 So I'm just... Obviously, there must be something... 208 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,200 If you look at it his head. Ah, yeah. 209 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,000 I am seeing it in the light. 210 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,720 His head's been off, yeah. 211 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,640 Apparently, my grandmother, some time in the '60s, 212 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,280 when she was dusting, managed to knock it over and the head came 213 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,400 off, and she stuck it on, as you can see, not particularly well. 214 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,040 Oh. And there's a little chip on the cap... Yes. 215 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,880 ..where it probably hit the hearth or something 216 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,080 on the way down. 217 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,200 It looks like perhaps it's a sort of animal glue or something. 218 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,120 I mean, she used... One of the things she used was egg white. 219 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,520 Oh, really? Historically, I remember, 220 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,840 you know, that being used to stick things on. 221 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,480 Oh, OK! So it could be that, but I'm only guessing. 222 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,400 I mean, I've seen things stuck together with chewing gum 223 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,880 and all sorts, 224 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,440 but never egg white. 225 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,120 So, hopefully, it'll come off quite easily. 226 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,800 It'll be interesting to mimic this glaze. 227 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,800 Might be slightly tricky. A challenge. I'll do my best. Yes! 228 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,280 Well, if you'd like to leave it with me... I would indeed, yes. 229 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,400 ..and I'll be in touch. Super. Thank you very much. 230 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,560 Thank you. See you again soon. OK. 231 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,840 The soldier brings back happy memories of my grandma 232 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,000 and my grandad. 233 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,280 We were very close to them, myself and my brother. 234 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,880 I've never actually remembered seeing him intact, 235 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,840 you know, cos my grandma broke him in the '60s when I was a wee lad. 236 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,960 And, yeah, it'll be nice to see him 237 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,800 fully repaired and resplendent in his...in his uniform. 238 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,600 This is a really interesting piece. 239 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:30,320 In 25 years, I've not worked on a piece of Titanian ware. 240 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,800 And I've certainly not knowingly worked on anything that was stuck 241 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,840 together with egg white. 242 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,480 Probably the most challenging thing is going to be 243 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:39,720 mimicking this glaze. 244 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,240 It's incredibly shiny and glossy, 245 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,360 so that might prove to be quite tricky. We'll find out. 246 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,080 Clockmaker Steve is in full swing. 247 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,000 He's been cleaning all the individual parts 248 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,080 of the granddaughter clock, and he's now ready to begin repairs. 249 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,440 Right, I've got the bezel all ready to solder now. 250 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,560 What I've done is wired it up. 251 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:15,920 I've put these five bricks around to hold it steady. 252 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,280 And hopefully, it's going to stay still and I'll be able to... 253 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:21,600 ..solder it OK. 254 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,440 So they used silver solder, which melts at a far lower 255 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,480 temperature and runs into the brass joint. 256 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,040 The solder's run beautifully. 257 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,880 Before he moves on to fixing the mechanism, 258 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,880 Steve needs to get renovations on the wooden case up and running. 259 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,960 It's the perfect job for furniture restorer Will Kirk. 260 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,080 Will, I need your help. 261 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,000 More work for me? Yep. 262 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,600 Absolutely. I was about to sharpen my chisel, Steve. 263 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,080 Well, you'll have to do this instead. Right, what is it? 264 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,280 This is a granddaughter clock. 265 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,120 This goes on top like that. Ah, I see. 266 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,680 And then the mechanism goes in there, obviously. 267 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:05,840 You have the mechanism. 268 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,280 I do have the mechanism. OK. Quite an easy job for you. 269 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,080 It looks easy. I don't want to say easy yet 270 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,720 because I know with you, you always give me these "easy" jobs 271 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,640 and they end up turning into an absolute nightmare. Yeah. 272 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,880 Well, it looks like it's broken into just the two pieces. 273 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,920 Yeah. Done it. Finished. Done! Oh, thank you. 274 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:23,360 THEY LAUGH 275 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,240 Probably could do with a good polish as well. 276 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,800 Half an hour? Half an hour... Maybe even less. 277 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,680 Don't hold me to it, but I will let you know 278 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:34,880 when it's ready. And counting. And counting. 279 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,120 There's some serious damage to the top of this clock. 280 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,680 Steve's asked me to glue it back on. 281 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:49,080 The only problem is I'm not sure if 282 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,160 it's through heat or... 283 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,400 ..a change in temperature, 284 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,560 but the top of this seems slightly twisted. 285 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:00,440 I turned this around and I realised that this flat 286 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,360 panel on the side is quite loose. 287 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,520 So maybe if I glue that back on 288 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:05,760 and clamp it back in, 289 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,880 then the top should sit a lot better. 290 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,760 One little trick with using a clamp 291 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,480 is I usually get some wood between the surface 292 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,200 that you're clamping 293 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,320 and the bottom of the clamp because what you don't want to do 294 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,240 is clamp that on there, 295 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,240 tighten it up, cos then you're left with a ring mark. 296 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,520 That prevents any further damage. 297 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,360 Next, Will seals the join with wood filler. 298 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,280 Then takes the clock case outside where the natural light helps him 299 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,520 to perfectly match colours and paint over the fill, 300 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,880 seamlessly concealing the repair. 301 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,080 The thing with wood, it's not always just a flat colour, 302 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,440 like a flat brown or anything. 303 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,840 It actually has sort of layers and different depths 304 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,720 to it, so it's quite tricky to build up that colour 305 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,600 to make it look like wood 306 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,840 rather than just painted-on brown. 307 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,960 Yeah, that's looking really good. 308 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,480 Steve, meanwhile, is focusing on all the worn components 309 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,160 in the clock mechanism. 310 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,600 After decades of use, the part that regulates the speed of the strike 311 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,760 has become very loose. 312 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:22,920 The bearing that it goes in - 313 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,440 you can see it's just flopping around in there. 314 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:30,440 That's because the hole has really worn far too big. 315 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:35,120 So basically I've got to pop a tiny little bush in. 316 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:39,160 A bush is a minute ring of metal that closes up any holes 317 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,560 that have worn too large. 318 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,240 So that bush is in there. 319 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,120 Then I need to open up the hole. 320 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:50,640 There's a very, very small hole - probably about 0.15 of a millimetre. 321 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,040 So I'm using these little needle-like things. 322 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,760 It's a five-sided tapered cutting tool 323 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,960 that we use for opening up holes. 324 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:03,760 This one is probably as fine as a hair or an acupuncture needle. 325 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:06,920 You just keep twisting it round 326 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:08,640 until you get to a point where... 327 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,040 it goes in. That's better. 328 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,520 TICKING 329 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,280 I've done all the bushing to the clock now. 330 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,480 So I now just need to reassemble the whole clock. 331 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,000 Steve, for you. 332 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,320 So the top is connected to the bottom. 333 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:45,600 And there were a few cracks that I had to fill and... 334 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,640 Oh, well done. ..blend in. That's brilliant. Perfect. 335 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,240 Happy? Get it finished now. Get it finished. Well done. 336 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,000 Get it done. It's about time! 337 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,840 The next customer to the Repair Shop is Jackie Ellis. 338 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,840 She has a much-loved possession that needs the attention 339 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,200 of silversmith Brenton West. 340 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,120 Hello. Hello. How are you doing? Very good, thank you. 341 00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:15,120 Hi. Brenton. Hello. Hi, Jackie. Pleased to meet you. 342 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:16,960 So what have you got in there for us? 343 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,040 I've got my granny's magnifying glass. 344 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,200 Here we are. 345 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,480 And be careful because it's lethal. 346 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,560 It's very sharp, is it? OK. 347 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,280 So tell me a bit about this, then. 348 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,920 Well, it belonged to my granny and my childhood memory of it 349 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,640 is that she used to read the Sporting Life through it. 350 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,040 So she was into horses, then? 351 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,120 She had three bets a day. 352 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:42,200 One was based on breeding, one was based on form 353 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,920 and the other was what she called her whimsy bet. 354 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,960 So if something was running called Ginger Nut, she would back it. 355 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,960 I can't think why! 356 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,280 So then she would write the three bets 357 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,240 on the back of a fag packet... Yeah. 358 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,560 ..they would be given to me and I would run to the local 359 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,000 tobacconists and then I think he probably phoned the bets through, 360 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,040 but we didn't have a phone. Right. OK. 361 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,520 I mean, you know, we're back in ancient history now. Yeah! 362 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,640 One day I came back and it had been pouring with rain 363 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,560 and I was absolutely soaked and I said, 364 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,680 "Granny, why don't you just go to the bookies in the high street?" 365 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,440 She looked at me as if I was mad. 366 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,320 She said, "Darling, I wouldn't be seen dead in a betting shop!" 367 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,400 So send you, then! Yeah, yeah! 368 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,880 But she engendered in me a great love of racing, 369 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,600 which is still a big part of my life. 370 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,440 Did she ever win, though? Yes, she did. 371 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,240 She very rarely ended a week out of pocket. 372 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,080 She was good. She was good. 373 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,400 So this is a lucky magnifying glass, then? 374 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,720 I think so. And it looks like it's been well loved. 375 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,080 Yeah, I don't know its history at all. 376 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,120 I've often wondered if it was French 377 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:46,240 because she used to go to the casinos on the south of France. 378 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,800 She liked gambling, then? Oh, yeah, she did! 379 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,800 She liked gin, too. OK! 380 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,600 But she died in 1986, so I inherited it then. 381 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,960 And was it broken when you got it? 382 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,080 I pretty much remember it being broken all the time, 383 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,280 because if I picked it up she would say, "Be careful!" 384 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,040 So she would use it like this? It was broken? Oh, yeah. 385 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,200 Yeah? Oh, she was reckless! 386 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,800 Because that's really dangerous. It is. Yeah. 387 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,720 What they used to do when they made silver objects 388 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,680 is to make it out of very, very thin silver 389 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,040 and then fill it with pitch... Oh! 390 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,480 ..which gave it a weight and a strength. 391 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:23,480 And what happens is if it gets knocked and the pitch breaks inside, 392 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,480 this silver, as you can see, is very, very thin... Thin, yeah. 393 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,600 ..and it then loses its strength. 394 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,520 So cutlery handles are made the same way. 395 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,520 Are you talking pitch as in tar? 396 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,200 As in tar, yes. Gosh. 397 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,200 Or as in sap from a tree, it depends what sort of pitch it is. 398 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,680 But it's either tar from a road, without the stones! 399 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,240 Without the stones! 400 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,720 Or pitch that comes out of a pine tree. Oh, pitch pine. Yeah. 401 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,080 I do think that the handle had actually broken 402 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,760 but it just appears to have come apart. 403 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,640 When I look closely at it, the component parts are all there, 404 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,200 they're just in the wrong place. 405 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,600 Has it ever been right off, or not? No, not that I know of. 406 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,560 We can have a look at that and see if we can make that 407 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,040 a bit better for you. That'd be fantastic. 408 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,160 Thank you, Jackie. Thank you very much indeed. 409 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,160 Thanks. Nice to meet you and we'll see you later. 410 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,160 Thank you. See you later. You take care. 411 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,760 I grew up with it there the whole time 412 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,400 because I spent a great deal of time with Granny 413 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,160 because my dad was ill for quite a bit of my childhood 414 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,600 and Mum was either hospital visiting or working, 415 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,600 so I would be parked with Granny, 416 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,440 and the magnifying glass was there every day 417 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,000 because every day she placed her bets. 418 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,840 Whenever I look at it, it takes me back to childhood. 419 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,720 And to be able to actually handle it and use it again would be wonderful. 420 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,080 How are you going to tackle that one? Right... 421 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,680 Remember, I do have plasters. 422 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,280 That's good, we'll need the plasters. 423 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,000 You shouldn't need the plasters. If I'm careful, I'll be all right. 424 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,040 I've got to get the two parts of the handle off the glass... Right. 425 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,320 ..I've got to clean up all these sharp edges, 426 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,880 I've then got to get the pitch out of it... Pitch, right, yeah. 427 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,200 ..which is the other stuff that's keeping this stiff. 428 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,560 I've then got to establish what the metal is. 429 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,400 I believe it to be silver, although if it's brass 430 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,560 with silver plating on it, 431 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,920 you can't heat that up without re-plating it, 432 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,040 because it'll burn all the plating off. Right. 433 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,920 So I need to establish that it's solid silver as well. 434 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,640 The best way to find out if an object is silver 435 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,080 is to search for a hallmark - 436 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:29,120 tiny imprints of numbers, letters and images in the metal 437 00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:32,440 that, to the trained eye, tells a story. 438 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,640 I have seen a small mark on here 439 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,920 so I'm just going to have a quick look 440 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,000 and see if I can establish whether it's silver or not. 441 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,800 And I can see a lion, which is a good sign, 442 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,360 and I can see an anchor. 443 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:50,320 So the anchor signifies it's from Birmingham 444 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,200 and the lion says it's sterling silver. 445 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,320 There's a date letter, which I would have to look up, 446 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,000 and there's a maker's name, which again, I can look up. 447 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:06,720 The point of the hallmark is that it's a tested government quality. 448 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,320 So this is 925 parts per thousand silver guaranteed. 449 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:15,960 If it wasn't to that standard, they wouldn't hallmark it. 450 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:20,480 I've looked on the internet and I've established that this is made by 451 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,480 Adie & Lovekin of Frederick Street in Birmingham. 452 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:29,160 The date letter on this item is a "T", which is 1894. 453 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,400 So we know Birmingham, Adie & Lovekin, sterling silver, 454 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,440 1894. 455 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,920 Now that he's ascertained the age of the magnifying glass 456 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:48,400 and what it's made of, Brenton can forge ahead with the restoration. 457 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,600 So to repair this little area around here, 458 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,880 I've got to get this handle off here. 459 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,760 So I'm just going to pull and see what happens. 460 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,760 It's quite loose, so I feel it'll come off quite easily. 461 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,040 So that is really, really on there. 462 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,480 OK, so that's now not coming off. 463 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,520 Just how to prise this delicate object apart 464 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,840 is going to require some careful investigation. 465 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,720 Kirsten is restoring a limited edition figurine, 466 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,760 created to commemorate the end of the First World War. 467 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:37,080 She needs to reverse the previous 60-year-old repair, 468 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,080 allegedly fixed with egg white. 469 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,960 Blighty is going to have to lose his hand. 470 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,040 I'm just going to start off with a little bit of water 471 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:51,600 and see if that's going to soften whatever it is. 472 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,480 What we tend to do is actually work our way up through 473 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:59,200 the various chemicals to see which one will soften the adhesive, 474 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,480 and you always start with water, pretty much. 475 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,040 Nope, that doesn't seem to be softening it at all. 476 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:16,120 I'm actually going try acetone and see if that will soften it. 477 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,400 I'm going to just have a little go now 478 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,680 and see if that's softened it at all. 479 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,680 Unfortunately, the acetone doesn't really seem to be 480 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,160 having much effect on this. 481 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:38,400 Whatever it is, it's not budging so I'm going to have to move 482 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,440 on to some paint stripper 483 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:46,200 and hopefully that will start to dissolve the adhesive. 484 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:52,440 So once I've applied the stripper, 485 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,600 I cover the whole piece in some tinfoil 486 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,600 and this actually just sort of contains some of the fumes 487 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,880 and it also keeps the active ingredient working on the area 488 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,640 that I want it to work on. 489 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,000 Also, if the head were just to tumble off, 490 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,920 if there was some sort of marvellous, you know, 491 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,280 instant, miraculous action, 492 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,480 it would kind of hold it safely as well. 493 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,360 So I'm just going to pop it there 494 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,680 and leave it for probably about an hour or so. 495 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,160 Steve, meanwhile, has almost finished reconditioning 496 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,120 the granddaughter clock 497 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:36,560 built by a beloved grandad over 50 years ago. 498 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,640 This has been quite a nice job to do, actually. 499 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,200 It was in a heck of a state. 500 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,520 You wouldn't recognise it now from how it looked before. 501 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,240 We're ready to pop it into the case now. 502 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:55,080 The mechanism, bezel, dial and case may be reunited again, 503 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,320 but will the clock start running? 504 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,360 Just put the pendulum in and... 505 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,880 A nice even tick. 506 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,080 That's good. 507 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,240 Sisters Anne, Jill and Mary were in desperate need of help 508 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,160 with their grandfather's clock, 509 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:22,360 which had been broken into three parts and hadn't ticked for decades. 510 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,920 We can't ever remember it as working order, 511 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,640 it's just been there in our grandfather's home, 512 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,320 so we're very excited. 513 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:35,200 To think that it could be chiming or it could have a pendulum, 514 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,240 it's just... 515 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,520 I can't quite believe what it's going to be like at all. 516 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,280 Hello. Hi, Steve. Nice to see you again. 517 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,680 How are you? Come and have a look. ALL: Oh! 518 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,280 Exciting! So have you been looking forward to this moment? 519 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,360 Oh, we have, yes. Yes, absolutely. 520 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:54,800 Do you remember how it looked before you brought it along? 521 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,120 In pieces. 522 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:58,640 So it is quite embarrassing to bring it in to you 523 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,080 because it was just... The head fell off. 524 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:02,680 The head came off, didn't it? 525 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,880 There were bits missing and it was all black and... 526 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:10,200 It was embarrassing to think that we thought anybody could make... 527 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,600 could actually do anything with it. 528 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,320 Do you know what? It was absolutely black. 529 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,120 I mean, really the colour black. It was so dirty. 530 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:21,880 We thought you were going to stay that you wouldn't be able 531 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,120 to mend it. I won't hold you in suspense any longer. 532 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:30,600 THEY GASP 533 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,560 Oh, wow! Oh, it's beautiful. 534 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,720 CLOCK CHIMES 535 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,400 Did you hear it striking? Yeah! Absolutely. We did. 536 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,600 What a marvellous job. Look, it's moving. Yeah. 537 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,960 Oh, that's beautiful. That is unbelievable. 538 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,720 It's like a different clock, isn't it? 539 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,240 Did you have to completely start from scratch? 540 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,920 I've stripped it completely down to every little tiny piece. 541 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,920 I've repaired the movement, there was lot, a lot of wear, 542 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,040 and replaced some of the parts. 543 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:04,520 One of the ruby jewels was missing so I popped a new one of those in. 544 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:10,280 I didn't notice those little jewels in the top there, did you? No. 545 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:11,760 It's amazing. 546 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,400 So you'll see Will has done the most amazing job of the case as well. 547 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,920 You must've spent hours doing this. I did. 548 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,640 I mean, it's absolutely brilliant. 549 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,120 It's an absolute family heirloom. 550 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:24,840 It's definitely going to be something that's passed on 551 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,160 to future generations now. 552 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,080 And it's got an even bigger story to it now. No, it has, yeah. 553 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,560 Because now it's been fixed and sort of brought back 554 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,480 from the dead almost. Absolutely. It has. 555 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,160 Where is it going to go in your house? 556 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,840 Well, before it was in the dining room in the corner, 557 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,440 but I think I'll have it in the lounge 558 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,400 in a more prominent place now. 559 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,800 Can you make a promise to me that you don't put it on the stairs? 560 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,520 No! No, it's not... 561 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,840 No, it's not going anywhere near any stairs! No. 562 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,480 And her son's not going anywhere near it either. No, he's not. 563 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,400 It's been a pleasure to do. Thank you very much. 564 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,360 It brings back real memories of Grandad 565 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,320 because he was such a lovely man, and he was a very clever man. 566 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,360 We have pieces of furniture in the house that have been made by him, 567 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,680 but the clock was something special. 568 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,200 It is, it's amazing. It'll take pride of place in the house 569 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,840 and it's the talking point of the family. 570 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,760 Everybody will be coming round to have a good look at it. 571 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,200 Ceramics conservator Kirsten is hoping the paint stripper 572 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,720 has worked its magic on Blighty. 573 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,200 Let's have a look. Oh, golly. 574 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:48,080 So it's actually come away, which is fantastic. 575 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,760 I don't think this can possibly be egg white. 576 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:57,400 It looks too thick and too stringy for that. 577 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:03,280 But anyway, I can now clean this off and start the next stage. 578 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,520 How's the little soldier doing? 579 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,040 Not you, him - Blighty. Was it egg white? 580 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,200 I definitely don't think it was egg white. Are you sure? 581 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,800 Yeah, the stuff that I kind of excavated out of there 582 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,000 definitely wasn't egg white. Wasn't egg white, OK. No, no. 583 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,480 So this is just like glue, basically? So... 584 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,680 But you're not going to call it glue, it's an adhesive. 585 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,120 It's an adhesive, yes. OK. 586 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,280 It's a conservation grade epoxy that's specially made 587 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,760 for ceramics, basically. OK. 588 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,440 And it's got really good non-yellowing qualities. 589 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,400 It adheres really well, but it's also reversible. 590 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:46,960 Why do you want it to be reversible? 591 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,720 You want it to stick, though, don't you? 592 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,920 So you never want the adhesive that you use 593 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,240 to actually be harder than the object that you're sticking. 594 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,000 If people in the future want to take this piece apart 595 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,640 and, you know, redo it... 596 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:06,320 Because perhaps, you know, with time, the repair breaks down. OK. 597 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,520 ..then you can do that quite easily. 598 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,560 So they won't cause any more damage by taking it apart. Exactly. 599 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,960 But if it was stronger, then it could just rip it all apart. 600 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:18,160 Exactly, yeah. It's a real problem when I come across that. 601 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,440 I'm just going to pop his head back on. 602 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,040 So your timing is quite good, actually. 603 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,760 Yeah, I know. I might need a finger. 604 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,000 Oh, let me get my finger ready. I might be all right, actually. 605 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,400 Seriously?! I've just got my finger ready 606 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,080 and I'm not going to be able to use it. 607 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,840 Do you know what, Jay? I'm so used to just doing this on my own. 608 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,000 So my finger is redundant? Well... 609 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,120 That's not very fair, is it? Never say never. 610 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,760 Let's see, it might just tumble off. 611 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,000 Well, I hope it does! 612 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,720 Because this finger was really primed. Next time. 613 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,080 Thank you. Thanks for offering. Yeah. 614 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,880 Kirsten might be conquering her repair, 615 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,080 but silversmith Brenton is struggling. 616 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,040 He had hoped the 120-year-old magnifying glass 617 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,320 would come apart easily, 618 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,560 but he's having to excavate inside the handle 619 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:10,600 in an attempt to find out why it's refusing to yield. 620 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,080 So it's not pitch inside here. 621 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,920 It looks like... 622 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,200 Actually, it's shellac, I think, 623 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,080 which has been used to make this handle solid. 624 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,000 So I'm just slowly easing it out... 625 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,000 ..which will then loosen this up and I'll be able to pull it out. 626 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,840 It's going to be slow and laborious, so I've just got to chip it all away 627 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,120 and then hopefully I'll be able to pull this rod out. 628 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,360 But at the moment, there's no way that's coming out 629 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:37,840 without breaking it. 630 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,040 Shellac does melt when you heat it up, 631 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,280 so I'm just going to try and warm this up a bit. 632 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,120 This is really hot now. 633 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:00,840 The shellac inside's all melted 634 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,760 and I'm just going to see if I can get this off. 635 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,720 With a bit of luck... 636 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,840 ..it'll just pull off here. 637 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,880 There we go. That's got that little thing off. Brilliant. 638 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:15,800 So the melted shellac in there is now no longer gripping on to that 639 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:20,720 and we can now set about repairing this handle. 640 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,280 That's quite hard to get that apart. 641 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,880 I'm really pleased we got that apart without completely breaking it. 642 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,160 Brenton has to make all the wafer- thin pieces of bent and crumpled 643 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:35,120 silver lie flat enough to fit together in one smooth handle. 644 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,880 We're going to try and tidy up all of these joints 645 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,960 that they fit together nicely. 646 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,520 So I'm just cleaning the melted shellac 647 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,960 ready for me to straighten this out. 648 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,400 OK, so now we just need to start... 649 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,520 ..straightening this out a bit. 650 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,760 As a silversmith, you can work on all sorts of metals. 651 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,200 I've made wings for racing cars, 652 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,640 rings for people who're getting married, so all kinds of metal. 653 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,320 Most metal acts the same way - most metal bends, 654 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,520 most metal joins together. 655 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,840 It's just working out the best way of doing each one. 656 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,720 Once the metal is straightened, Brenton can fix the pieces together, 657 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:18,400 usually done by soldering. 658 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,400 But the magnifying glass has thrown him yet another curveball. 659 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,840 This silver is so thin. 660 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,120 It's too thin for me to risk soldering. 661 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,360 As soon as I touch a flame against this, 662 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,800 I fear it may disappear into a pool of molten silver. 663 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,680 It's such a long solder joint to do. 664 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:40,120 I think the best thing to do is to glue these two things back together 665 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,160 when they're straightened out. 666 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,320 Blighty, the porcelain British soldier, 667 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,120 is almost ready for action. 668 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,480 His head is firmly back on his shoulders 669 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,960 and Kirsten has mended his chipped cap. 670 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:03,280 Now she must emulate the unusual Titanian ware glaze - 671 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,680 a special glazing technique that uses titanium oxide 672 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,720 to achieve the mottled-coloured high gloss finish. 673 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:13,840 This has got this Titanian glaze on it. 674 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,560 It's got a very sort of high shine on it, 675 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,760 so I'm going to have to try and mimic that, 676 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,400 which...might prove tricky. 677 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:34,240 That's starting to disappear quite nicely now. 678 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:36,640 This took me a few goes to actually 679 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,720 get the right sort of combination of pigments. 680 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,920 Now Martin is back at the workshop, eager to see his loyal comrade. 681 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:11,120 Blighty is a representation of happy memories for me 682 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,040 of my grandfather and grandmother. 683 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,480 He's been in my life really from as long as I can remember. 684 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,520 To see him fully repaired, it's strange really 685 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,680 because, you know, I always remember it being broken 686 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:26,400 but it was always a little bit sad that he wasn't perfect. 687 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,120 But I'm sure it will be amazing to have it back 688 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,280 in wonderful condition again. 689 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,640 Oh, Martin. Hello. Hi. Come across. 690 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,120 Nice to see you again. Yeah, and you. All right? 691 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,520 Excited? Apprehensive. 692 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,000 Oh, apprehensive? Yeah, a little bit nervous. 693 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,280 I've taken very good care of Blighty. Oh, great. 694 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:47,640 So I won't keep you in anticipation any longer. 695 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,480 Here it is. 696 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,800 Oh, it's amazing. 697 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,880 That's tremendous. Gosh. 698 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,320 And no chip on the cap. 699 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,120 Absolutely. I filled that in for you. 700 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,240 That's amazing. 701 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:11,440 Did you discover how his head was stuck on? What was used? 702 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,440 Do you know? I know you mentioned about the egg white, 703 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,360 but I don't think what I took off there was egg white. 704 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:21,280 It was actually quite rubbery and quite sort of stringy. Yeah. 705 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,520 More like impact adhesive. Yeah, absolutely. 706 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,840 And it was quite tough to get apart, actually. I bet it was. 707 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,040 Tougher than I thought! 708 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,600 And you had fun mixing up the glaze? Yeah. 709 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,400 It's so highly glazed, 710 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,480 I thought it might be quite difficult to mimic that. 711 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:42,440 But hopefully you're happy with... I can't tell! 712 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,720 I can't see anything. Amazing. 713 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:50,360 I mean, even the chip at the cap, at the peak of the cap, is gone. 714 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,360 You can't even feel where it was. 715 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,920 That's great, good. Oh, it's amazing. 716 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:56,520 That's tremendous. 717 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,400 For just under 100 years old... 718 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,400 Well, hopefully it's good to go for another 100. Brilliant. 719 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,840 It's fantastic. Thank you very much. You're very welcome. 720 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,960 It's much appreciated. It's been an absolute pleasure. Super. 721 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:11,120 I'm sure Grandad up in heaven will be saying to my grandma 722 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,600 that's how she should have done it in the first place. Oh! 723 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,520 It is amazing. 724 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,960 If you're happy, I'll wrap that up for you. Please. 725 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,320 Oh, yes! I've just got to get it back home in one piece! 726 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,000 Yeah, I know. 727 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,240 The repair exceeds expectations. 728 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:30,160 I expected it to be good, but it's even better. 729 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:31,840 Very, very impressive work. 730 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:33,400 My grandfather was a master thrower, 731 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,360 he threw by hand and he appreciated the craft 732 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,080 that went into making Blighty 733 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,200 and it's a lasting memory to his skills 734 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,760 and the skills of the craftsman that made the figure in the first place. 735 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:59,080 In his quest to repair a Victorian magnifying glass, 736 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:03,480 traditional silversmith Brenton is having to use some non-traditional 737 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,880 methods to achieve the best result possible. 738 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,240 I'm now epoxy gluing it back together. 739 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:13,600 I'm going to need quite a lot of it because I've got to replace 740 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,080 the shellac that I've taken out of the handle, 741 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,720 and the handle's quite hollow now and it needs something to keep it 742 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:21,640 in place, keep it strong. 743 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:25,760 So it will be full of the epoxy rather than full of shellac. 744 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,520 So epoxy glue is a two-part glue 745 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,680 which chemically, when mixed together, 746 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,240 is a really, really hard, strong glue 747 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:37,800 and it's used for holding boats together and all sorts of things. 748 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,480 It's one of the strongest glues you can get. 749 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,840 And this is quite rapid one and where it's squeezed out, 750 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:47,760 I've got to work quite hard at this and quite quickly. 751 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,800 So what I've got to do is be very 752 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,960 careful where I put this stuff. 753 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,720 This is very tricky to get it all lined up because the metal 754 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,520 is so thin and it will be stuck together 755 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:00,520 and it won't come apart again. 756 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:04,160 But it's trying to get it to look pretty as well. 757 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,920 I'm just trying to get the side with the hallmark looking the best 758 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,080 because there's a good side and a bad side. 759 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,840 Just using a bit of wire wool here just to get the little bits 760 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:18,760 of epoxy off and then once they're off, I'll give it a final polish. 761 00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:27,160 It really has been a long day on this. 762 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,600 It's been a really, really, really tough repair 763 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,480 because the silver was so torn and so thin, 764 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,600 and getting all the little flaps to go back in their place 765 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,560 has been really tough, but I'm pretty happy that we've made 766 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:41,400 the best of this item. 767 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,000 The handle's back where it should be. 768 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,520 It's ready to go. So, yeah, happy. 769 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,520 Owner Jackie will be equally happy to see her grandmother's 770 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:55,680 magnifying glass and all the fond memories it inspires. 771 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,480 Its once-torn and jagged shards of metal have been 772 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,400 coaxed back into place, 773 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,920 restoring it to the ornate silverware accessory 774 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,680 that would have been pride of place in a Victorian drawing room. 775 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,600 Hello. How are you doing? Hi. Are you all right? Yes, thank you. 776 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,360 Yes, brilliant. Thanks. Good. 777 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,560 So you brought in a magnifying glass. I did. 778 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,520 Do you remember what it was like? 779 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,320 Dangerous. Dangerous. 780 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:22,120 OK, we've had a little play with it and do you want to have a look? 781 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,520 Please! OK. 782 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,640 Oh, my word. 783 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,720 Can I touch it? Of course you can. You can. 784 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:35,920 Oh, that's genius. 785 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,200 That is fantastic. 786 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,040 Oh! Thank you. 787 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,240 Brilliant. I'm glad you're pleased. 788 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:44,720 Gosh. 789 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:47,720 I think the great thing about this is that now it can 790 00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:49,200 be part of my life again. 791 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,640 I can use it and it can be centre stage again, 792 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,440 and it just brings back so many memories. 793 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,200 Just fantastic. Thank you. 794 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,880 OK, so I had a little dig around and I found the hallmark on it - 795 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,560 it's just under your thumb there. 796 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,720 You'll probably need a magnifying glass to see it. 797 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,840 I don't know where you're going to get one of those! 798 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:09,720 But it was made by Adie & Lovekin in Birmingham in 1894. 799 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:11,360 Gosh! Fabulous. 800 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,560 1894?! 1894. 801 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,240 So it's had a bit of... Yeah. It's got some age to it. 802 00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:19,600 Well, Granny was born in 1902, so it would have been... 803 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,200 It probably belonged to her parents, I'm guessing. Probably. 804 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,000 And then she would have been given it. 805 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,640 But they'd have probably bought it new. 806 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:27,080 Oh, that's really interesting. 807 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,520 So now you have it in your hands, what kind of memories does 808 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,080 it bring back? 809 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,320 Well, it was always centre stage... Right. 810 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,280 ..and it will be again, 811 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,400 because it's been locked away in a spare room, 812 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,800 consigned to oblivion where it can't lacerate any guests. 813 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:45,080 But now it can be back in the centre of life. 814 00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,840 And it was always in the centre of Granny's table, 815 00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,080 and it'll be in the centre of my sitting room now. 816 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,920 So, brilliant. Thank you. Excellent. 817 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,920 So thank you for bringing it in. Brilliant. 818 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,440 Thank you very much indeed. 819 00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,240 I shall be very careful. Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye. 820 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,240 Amazed, absolutely amazed. 821 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:10,240 It's wonderful that it's fixed now. 822 00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:13,720 And every day now I'll see it and remind me of my mad old granny. 823 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:22,440 Join us next time as more cherished memories are revived... 824 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,120 Oh, my God! Oh, wow! 825 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:27,400 ..and family treasures rescued in the Repair Shop. 826 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:28,640 SHE GASPS