Pilgrims Progress Antiques have been in the heart of the city for 40 years

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00:00The Baltic Triangle has been named one of the coolest neighbourhoods.

00:06The once industrial area has even been accused of gentrification but there is one place which

00:11has been a mainstay here for decades.

00:13Pilgrim's Progress has been on Bridgewater Street for 40 years.

00:17The three-floor warehouse is situated in a converted 19th century cotton merchant's

00:22and is in Aladdin's cave of furniture and other collectible items.

00:26I mean I can't see any point in buying new where you can buy a good piece of old furniture

00:32usually cheaper and certainly far better made or it wouldn't still be here 100 years later.

00:39Liverpool Film Office has been running for 35 years and Selwyn has been part of the productions

00:44that use our city as a backdrop.

00:46We do a lot of props for films so you need a range of bits and pieces to use in different

00:52period settings whether it be early period or whether it be 20s, 30s, 50s, 70s.

01:00So I tend to have a few bits of each period which if somebody was furnishing a set they'd

01:06be able to come here and I'd be able to loan them to them or they'd buy them often I just

01:10loan furniture.

01:11As well as selling on antique pieces, in his workshop Selwyn restores heirlooms to their

01:16former glory.

01:18Most of the restoration I do nowadays has sentimental value.

01:22It belonged to a father, a grandfather, an uncle, an aunt, it gets passed through the

01:26family and people want it restored and I've had my share of people getting quite emotional

01:32when I've restored something and it brings back memories.

01:35And for decades on it doesn't seem like Selwyn has any plans of slowing down.

01:40My favourite part is people.

01:42I still love it, I still find things interesting.

01:44I think when I stop being interested then I will retire but there's still an interest,

01:49there's still quirky things, there's still interesting things and I'm still fascinated,

01:55there's still something to learn all the time.