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The Repair Shop Season 15 Episode 2
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00:00Hello. Here you go.
00:02A dream team of master craftspeople.
00:05This is quite a project.
00:07It's huge, yeah.
00:08Under one roof.
00:09You want a couple of tea?
00:10Oh.
00:11Together.
00:12Look at the colour.
00:14Absolutely amazing.
00:15Teamwork.
00:16They can repair anything.
00:18If someone's made it, then I can fix it.
00:20It's not bad.
00:21This is quite the conundrum.
00:23Ka-ching.
00:24Transforming the fade in.
00:26This is major.
00:27It's just rotten.
00:28I don't think you've ever seen a wheel that bad.
00:30Back to fantastic.
00:35This is another same table.
00:36I'm going to have to give you a hug.
00:38Reigniting the stories they hold.
00:41I'm going to have this smile on my face for a long time.
00:47Welcome to the repair shop.
00:58You've got a busy day on?
01:01Always busy.
01:02Oh, yes.
01:08Morning.
01:09You all right, Steve?
01:15You all right, Cecil?
01:16Yeah, good.
01:17Good, yourself?
01:18Yeah, good, thank you.
01:19Today's first job has arrived ahead of time.
01:28This is really nice.
01:29It's a lovely clock.
01:31It is looking slightly dull.
01:33Yeah, it's very tired, isn't it?
01:34Very tight looking.
01:37With high hopes that their combined restoration skills
01:40can nurse this historical timepiece back to life,
01:43schoolteacher Bethel Larcombe.
01:48Hello.
01:49Hello.
01:50This must be your clock.
01:51Well, it's not my personal clock,
01:52but it belongs to Wello Primary School
01:54that I'm the head teacher of.
01:56OK.
01:57And you've got a book here as well?
01:59I have.
02:00So, this tells the story of how we came to have this clock.
02:04So, Wello Primary School was built in 1875 on land,
02:09which was given by Florence Nightingale's family
02:12for the children of Wello at the start of compulsory education.
02:16In 1877, the logbook shows us that Florence Nightingale
02:21personally donated this clock to the school.
02:25Wow.
02:26That's incredible.
02:27In May the 18th, 1877,
02:30it says that a new clock,
02:32the gift of Miss F Nightingale,
02:35has been hung in the schoolroom.
02:37That is quite something.
02:39It's our claim to fame.
02:40The children know about Florence.
02:43She's part of our curriculum learning
02:45and she's buried in Wello Churchyard.
02:48Back in 1875,
02:51did people know how important she was for nursing then?
02:55My understanding is that she certainly had a reputation beyond just nursing.
03:01The influence that she had in her role in society
03:04and that the Nightingale family were social reformers of their time
03:08and recognised that the way to improve life chances for everybody was through education.
03:13In the early days, the children that came to the school were the children of farm workers
03:19and they were out in the fields helping their families before and after school.
03:25So I wonder if perhaps the clock was to help children, you know, be a little bit more punctual,
03:31to encourage better school attendance.
03:33Yeah, absolutely.
03:34I've been at the school for nearly 20 years.
03:37I've never known it to work.
03:38All right.
03:39And I haven't found anybody who's been able to remember it working.
03:42Really?
03:43Wow.
03:44Great to hear it.
03:45Yeah.
03:46I'm wondering whether we can do anything with the face just to smarten that up a little bit.
03:52Yeah.
03:53The song's gone at it with like the gloss paint on the numerals.
03:55It's really peeling away.
03:57Yeah.
03:58I think we ought to do something with the dial.
04:00That would be great.
04:01It looks like it's seen better days.
04:03Yeah.
04:04There's a massive crack there.
04:06Why have you decided to have it fixed now?
04:08Well, I think because we're coming up to the 150 year anniversary as a school,
04:13we've been thinking about the special things that we might do.
04:17And this is one of the things that, of course, people went straight to.
04:20It would be really nice to get the clock working again, wouldn't it?
04:22Go back to that link with Florence Nightingale.
04:25It would be really lovely to have the clock as it would have been when it was presented.
04:30That would just be amazing.
04:32It's been lovely to meet you and her all about the clock.
04:34Steve and I will do our best.
04:36I will see you very soon.
04:37That's lovely.
04:38Thanks a lot.
04:39Bye-bye.
04:40Thanks ever so much.
04:41Bye-bye now.
04:46The history behind this, I mean, it seems a shame to have a beautiful clock that hasn't
04:51worked for so many years.
04:52Absolutely.
04:53I'll take it over to my bench.
04:55I'll get the mechanism out and then I'll get the case over to you.
05:04This is a really, really lovely clock.
05:17It was made by a top family of clock makers.
05:21It is in pretty poor condition.
05:26The dial needs to be done properly.
05:28I'm sure that I can give this to Cindy to transform back to how it should look.
05:34What I need to do now is to have a look at the mechanism and see why this clock hasn't been working for so many years.
05:41To do that, I'm just going to remove the wooden pegs.
05:47And this should just slide off.
05:59Wow.
06:00I can see here that the center back pivot, which is one of the bearings, is rusty.
06:06And that means the actual pivot, which is steel, is worn.
06:11Sometimes these pivots can actually break.
06:14So when I take it apart, I've got to be really, really careful to do it nice and gently just in case it does break.
06:26I really want to see that center pivot to see just how badly worn it is and see what other problems I'll find.
06:33Next, a tale of animal rescue.
06:51Did you used to have pets as a kid?
06:53Yes, I did. I used to have a dog and a bunny.
06:55Aw.
06:56I think you'll like what's about to come in then.
06:58Excellent.
06:59Pet lover Angelina Bacallaro has the paper skills needed for Hazel Smith's repair.
07:05Hi.
07:06Hello.
07:07Hi.
07:08What have you brought in for us?
07:09An old map.
07:10A falling apart old map.
07:11What's left of an old map?
07:12Yes.
07:13That looks like it's been very well used.
07:15Yes.
07:16This is actually a map of Wharfdale, Yorkshire, Bradford-ish area.
07:20Okay.
07:21It was one of my dad's tools of his trade.
07:23He was an RSPCA inspector.
07:25What's dad's name?
07:26Ted.
07:27Ted.
07:28Yeah.
07:29Has he been an RSPCA inspector involved?
07:31Rescuing animals, treating animals.
07:34He was out and about.
07:36He could literally get a call and go anywhere for any reason.
07:40He might have to go and knock a wall down to rescue a cat from a chimney.
07:45He was up on the Pennines in the middle of winter one year rescuing a cattle truck full
07:53of calves because the truck was snowbound.
07:56Goodness me.
07:57This would have been a really important tool then.
08:00There's no phones, no internet, no sat nav.
08:02I used to go out with my dad on cases.
08:05I was sort of the keeper of the maps.
08:07It was wonderful bonding time.
08:10My dad was, he was a gentleman but he was a very funny man as well.
08:13He was a lovely dad.
08:15Did your dad ever bring any unusual animals back home?
08:19We had a Canada goose.
08:21He came to live with us for a while and it bit me on the bum.
08:24Oh my goodness.
08:25And we ended up with a monkey staying with us.
08:28A monkey?
08:29Yeah.
08:30I'm very proud of what he did in the RSPCA.
08:33That's why it's special.
08:35This is the only map I've got left.
08:38When he died we found it in all this important to keep things.
08:43It obviously meant something to him, you know, as it does to me.
08:48Absolutely.
08:49I can see the map has clearly had a life.
08:51What are you hoping Angie can do to it?
08:53I would like so that I can't see people through it.
08:58Yes.
08:59And the edges aren't falling apart and bits like this sticking up.
09:06And if it can possibly get framed or at least bordered.
09:10Thank you so much for sharing your stories with us.
09:12It's been fascinating.
09:13Good.
09:14It's been lovely to meet you.
09:15Thank you very much.
09:16Thank you so much.
09:17See you later.
09:18Good for seeing you.
09:19Bye.
09:23Oh goodness me.
09:24So I have to figure something out about this guy.
09:27Yeah.
09:28I'm excited then.
09:29Good luck with it.
09:39Goodness me.
09:40This map has definitely been very, very well used.
09:44I really want to go through and think about how to address all those little tears
09:50and the losses that are on the map.
09:52I really also do need to deal with all these liftings and find a way for this to be displayed
09:59in the way that Hazel would like.
10:01There's quite a lot of things for me to figure out, but I do know where I'm going to start.
10:07I think it will be best if I remove the textile from the back.
10:13It will allow me to have access to the paper on the back of the map and then I will be able to line it.
10:19This is always a bit of an unknown when removing something from a surface, but I will always go with water first
10:27because water is a very, very good solvent.
10:30So I'll just apply a little bit on the surface and see if that helps reactivate any paste that is on the gauze.
10:37I'm extremely happy that this is working, but I will not take it for granted that this will continue working throughout
10:49because that paper has been through like a lot of adventures.
10:53So easy does it as always.
11:08While Will takes charge of the wooden case of the Florence Nightingale clock,
11:12dial restorer Cindy Welland has the eye for detail required to turn back time on its face.
11:19You all right, Cindy?
11:21Hi, Steve.
11:22I've got this amazing clock dial that was gifted by Florence Nightingale.
11:28Really?
11:29Yeah.
11:30The real Florence Nightingale?
11:31Yeah, absolutely.
11:32Wow.
11:33Someone's made a valiant attempt at repainting it.
11:36But yeah, as you can see, it's in poor condition.
11:39You can see why they've done that because you can see that it's all cracked there.
11:43So really, they probably had no choice.
11:45But unfortunately, you can see lots of it is missing underneath.
11:48So there's very little of it left.
11:51This is the only original part that we've got here that they've painted around.
11:55I think it's beyond saving it.
11:57We're going to have to strip it off and start again.
12:00I'll leave it in your capable hands.
12:02Okay, then, Steve.
12:04Now, this is a really tricky bit of damage to fix.
12:19This area here is where the hinge goes on and that attaches the glass to the woodwork.
12:24And at some point, having drilled a hole to fit it, it's created a bit of weakness and it's split.
12:31So the best thing to do would be cut out that damage to the crack there.
12:35A piece and a new bit of wood.
12:52Here we are.
12:54Let's see if this fits.
12:56And yes, it does.
12:59Right, I'm going to add some glue to that, pop it in, clamp this up.
13:03And when it's dried, I can shape this to match it with the surrounding area.
13:11I've dismantled the whole mechanism and I've looked through all of the parts.
13:17It's in such good condition apart from the pivot.
13:21And I do need to rectify that.
13:23And the pivot's sort of crucial to the working of a clock because it's the actual bearing point.
13:29There is so much force from the mainspring pushing on this wheel.
13:33And this pivot, which is only about 1.3 millimeters in diameter, that holds all of that force.
13:42And if they're worn, the clock just won't work.
13:45So the first thing I need to do is pop this into the lathe and get the pivot nicely polished.
13:51I'm going to use a pivot file.
14:01I'm just going to gently spin the lathe.
14:05I'm taking a fraction of the surface off so that I've got a nice parallel pivot.
14:17Now what I need to do is use a very fine polishing paper to finish it and get a really good shine on it.
14:27Once it's in the pivot hole and lubricated properly, there should be hardly any friction at all.
14:43Great.
14:44That's all ready now to pop into the pivot.
14:48The present pivot hole, the actual wheel here, is just too loose and wobbly.
14:53Basically, I need to push the hole so that the pivot will fit in there nice and snugly.
14:59Now I need to push it in.
15:06Right, that's perfect.
15:11I'll just check that it fits in there nicely, which it does.
15:15That'll be good, hopefully, for another 100, 200 years.
15:21Now the whole mechanism is ready to reassemble and get ticking.
15:34Pete, do you come from a musical family?
15:35No, not at all.
15:37No? No.
15:38What made you get into it then?
15:40Well, I don't know, at school.
15:41OK.
15:42What did you play, the recorder?
15:43I used to get chucked out of recorder classes, yeah.
15:47Although recorders didn't work out, musical instrument restorer Pete Woods is a dab hand when it comes to brass instruments.
15:56Natalie Wade and her father Mike are hoping he can bring harmony back to an item that they treasure.
16:02Hello, welcome.
16:03Hello.
16:04How are you?
16:05How are you?
16:06Beautiful.
16:07So whose is this then?
16:08This is my late father Dick Wade's baritone saxophone.
16:12It looks like it's been played a lot.
16:14Yes, he had this right the way through his professional and semi-professional career, from the mid-40s right the way through to the mid-90s.
16:21What kind of bands was your dad ply any?
16:24Well, post-war there was a big swing band, Boom.
16:28And they were playing at the big concert halls that existed at that time.
16:31So he travelled around with the band?
16:33He travelled all over UK with big bands up until the early 50s.
16:36And then I think he thought he'd get a proper job, so he became an engineer.
16:41But his passion for music was still there, so he was semi-professional.
16:45He actually had his own band, the Dick Wade Five.
16:48He was mid-70s by the time he retired, and he died in 2004.
16:54I play the piano, and I was lucky enough to play with him for a couple of years, which was an absolutely momentous time.
17:02Really inspiring for me to actually play with him.
17:05Yeah, I bet.
17:06And so the musical sort of strain has carried on to yourself.
17:09I've got to ask, did it carry on with you?
17:11It did indeed, yeah.
17:12Oh, I'm glad to hear it.
17:13Yeah, I think a lot of my musical inspiration came from my grandfather.
17:17I used to go around quite regularly, and music just kind of ran through him,
17:22and he would often get his saxophone out and play it for me.
17:25And it was so inspirational, and he was so talented.
17:28It really made me want to follow that passion.
17:30Yeah.
17:31When I was 19, I joined the Romerines Band Service as a flute and saxophone player.
17:35I particularly loved playing the baritone.
17:37We would do big band concerts, and...
17:40It's going to make it worth doing that.
17:42Somebody who can get that oomph, oomph, oomph out the baritone.
17:45And the baritone, yeah, it's just much percussive, the sound, isn't it?
17:49It's a great sound, yeah.
17:50Yeah, playing the baritone in the big band, you really just give it that oomph
17:54and have some fun with it.
17:55Brilliant.
17:56What sort of venues did you play?
17:57Probably one of my favourites to perform in is the Royal Abbott Hall.
18:01Oh, wow.
18:02That was a huge moment.
18:03I bet.
18:04Goodness me.
18:05And I just wish that my father could have been there and seen the inspiration that he'd
18:10had on her musical career and her playing.
18:13He would have been so proud.
18:15What an amazing thing to sit and see.
18:17Yeah.
18:18So, it looks on the surface.
18:20It's amazing.
18:21There's not a dent on it.
18:22What's wrong with it?
18:23I think the pads will probably have seen better days.
18:26The key guard has gone off of here.
18:29I love the patina of this instrument.
18:31I don't want to see it shiny and...
18:34I'm so glad you said that because it just looks beautiful.
18:36It has.
18:37It's got his blood, sweat and tears on it.
18:39Absolutely.
18:40My grandad played this instrument throughout his life.
18:43I would just absolutely love to be able to play on this same instrument.
18:46I've seen my father play it and then to see my daughter play it would just mean the world.
18:51It's been so lovely meeting you both.
18:53It's been a pleasure to be here.
18:55Thanks a lot.
18:56Bye.
18:57Bye-bye.
18:58Cheers.
18:59Well, I hope you can get it working.
19:00So do I.
19:01Good luck.
19:02Thanks.
19:03This Barry Sax, it's the sort of equivalent to the bass guitar and the rock band.
19:10It sort of honks away at the bottom, but it's a nice honk.
19:11It's almost a percussive feel.
19:12First thing that's wrong is the action is terrible, but a lot of that is old oil.
19:15So it needs good clean.
19:19The pads are showing their age, it's the first thing that's wrong, but the first thing
19:28that's wrong is the action is terrible, but a lot of that is old oil, so it needs a good
19:38clean.
19:39So it needs a good clean.
19:42The pads are showing their age a little bit.
19:45I think we'll replace all of them
19:47because they're very important to make it airtight.
19:50There's supposed to be a guard that goes over the top,
19:53which stops that going up too far.
19:56So I've got to make one up.
19:59It works in exactly the same way as that one does.
20:03I like the way somebody's put that piece of string on.
20:06Just imagine somebody at a gig, oh, whoops, it's come off.
20:09Bit of string.
20:10Away we go.
20:11Wonderful.
20:13First thing I've got to do now is get all these keys off.
20:24Ah, it's one off.
20:25I need now to get that one out,
20:28measure up what's called a cut, the bit that holds it,
20:31and I can get some more in order.
20:33Just got to keep going.
20:39The team effort to restore the clock continues,
20:52and Cindy's ready for the critical stage of the dial's restoration.
20:57I've painted the ground paint.
20:59I've transferred the pattern on this style,
21:01and now I'm going to do my favourite part,
21:03which is to repaint all of the numerals
21:05and get it looking how Florence Nightingale
21:08would have seen it originally.
21:16Some people ask,
21:17why not do it with a drawing pen and draughtsman's pens?
21:23But you'll never get as fine a line with a draughtsman pen
21:26as a nice, good quality brush.
21:29Now I've finished all the outline,
21:41I've just got to fill in all the numerals freehand.
21:46It's really important to have a good amount of paint on the brush
21:49and really flood out the numeral,
21:52so you get a really even finish on colour.
21:54I'm just going to work my way around the dial in the same way
22:02until all the numerals are painted.
22:13Well, I've finished shaping in that new piece of woodwork,
22:15and I'm going to polish the entire surface
22:17to sort of even it all out.
22:19I've got some shellac polish and some methylated spirits.
22:25So this is the satisfying part of this process.
22:29It brings up the lovely colour.
22:32It also shows any imperfections,
22:33so if you've missed something, you're going to see it.
22:37Once I've finished polishing this,
22:38I'll then move on to the rest of the case,
22:40and I can get it back to Steve.
22:41Angelina's diving in as she prepares to rehydrate Hazel's map.
22:53I was able to really successfully remove the gauze
22:56from the back of the map,
22:57and I have prepared a humidification chamber.
23:01The map is sitting on a wetted capillary matting,
23:04and this will slowly allow the water to evaporate
23:06and come into the chamber,
23:08humidifying the paper nice and gradually.
23:12And once it's nice and soft,
23:13I will be able to flatten
23:14all of these curly, curly edges,
23:17and it will be nice and ready for me to start lining it.
23:22I will cover it with a plastic sheet
23:24just to seal my chamber off.
23:28I'm going to use some clamps
23:30just to make sure that all of the nice humidity
23:33is staying inside.
23:34It's basically just like a little sauna for them.
23:38I can see that my map is ready.
23:42I can see the steam inside,
23:43so it should be nice and humidified for me to start lining.
23:51Everything is looking loose and limp,
23:52so this is really, really good.
23:53I can see that my map is ready.
23:54I can see the steam inside,
23:55so it should be nice and humidified for me to start lining.
23:57Everything is looking loose and limp,
23:58so this is really, really good.
23:59I am using a Japanese tissue as a lining tissue.
24:02It has really long fibers,
24:04and it will be an excellent support for the map.
24:06My lining paste is a combination of wheat starch and methyl cellulose.
24:13It's quite wet, and it will allow me to move the pieces around as I go.
24:19It is quite a stressful moment for me,
24:20because I need to make sure that everything is nice and straight,
24:22and just make sure that all of these tiny little edges are nicely adhered.
24:26all of these tiny little edges are nicely adhered.
24:56Oh, my word.
25:00That is amazing.
25:01Are you pleased?
25:03More than pleased.
25:04I can't see where the gap was at all.
25:06Thank you so much.
25:07Pleasure.
25:08See you in a bit.
25:12Pete has stripped the keys from the saxophone,
25:14ready for a degreasing bath to remove decades of oil and grime.
25:20So, we don't want to soak it too much,
25:23because I don't want to spoil the lacquer.
25:28Water can disturb the lacquer if it's in there too long.
25:32This really does look as if it's been around a few years,
25:36and Mike wanted it to look like that.
25:38He's got to look like his dad's old saxophone, like he remembered it.
25:44It's most probably originally what they used to call a gold lacquer.
25:48It's got a tint in it.
25:50It was quite fashionable at one time.
25:57I've got to make sure this is spotless, actually,
26:00because Natalie wants to play.
26:03I think she's going to enjoy playing it, actually.
26:06You're using your old bathwater to clean it?
26:10No, this is a fresh bathwater.
26:11You ought to see it when the old bathwater goes out.
26:15Birthdays and Christmas, Mike, isn't it?
26:20Ha ha ha!
26:21Ha ha ha!
26:22Ha ha ha!
26:23Ha ha ha!
26:24Angie has completed the painstaking task of relining the fragmented man.
26:57are now nice and flat so I can really see where my losses are and now I can work on filling them up.
27:03I've got my fine felt tip pen and I'll be using this acetate to trace my loss on it
27:12because I want it to match as closely to the loss as possible.
27:17Now that I have my shape I can just put my paper directly on it. By using my owl I'll trace it
27:35directly on which means that it's pretty much getting cut as I move the owl on top of it.
27:43Now that I have scored my paper it should be nice and easy to pull it apart.
27:53There we go.
27:56Ah just going over it with some wheat starch paste.
28:01Right moment of truth. It looks good. So I'm just using my bone folder just to make sure that the paper
28:19stays nice and flat and into the little loss. So now that this is nice and secure I'll just
28:28put a piece of bondina blotter and a weight so it all dries nice and flat and then I will continue
28:36working through the rest of the map and then everything will be ready for retouching.
28:52Hi Steve. I have something for you.
29:08Oh look at that.
29:09Ready for lots more children to be looking at it. Can I have a look?
29:15That is so perfect. Thank you.
29:17Absolutely perfect.
29:19With all the clock parts now repaired, Steve can start putting it back together.
29:25I would have never have guessed when I was a child listening to the stories about
29:31Florence Nightingale that I'd be working on a clock that was actually presented by her.
29:36And I completely understand why it's so important to Bethan to get this clock
29:41working for the school because she's never seen it working and ticking away.
29:46This once handsome clock had long stopped telling the time and a well-intentioned facelift had badly let it down.
30:00Over in the market town of Romsey it's a big day at Wello Primary.
30:05Head teacher Bethan and her pupils are hoping to give top marks to their now restored link to history.
30:12Thank you very much for allowing me to install this important clock to your school.
30:21How has it been without the clock up on the wall?
30:25It's been strange because it's part of our school now. It's been there for a long time.
30:31Yeah, I completely understand. Would everyone like to see it now?
30:35Yes.
30:37Okay, here we go.
30:42Oh my goodness.
30:54I've been imagining what it might look like and it didn't look like this and it's shiny.
31:00I can't believe it.
31:02The painting looks so much neater than it was before.
31:05Cindy has completely repainted the dial, so real team effort.
31:11It doesn't look 150 years old, does it?
31:15So, would you like to hear it ticking?
31:17Yes.
31:18Yes.
31:19Okay, here we go.
31:32We didn't even know it did that.
31:33It's just one single thing. It's called a passing strike.
31:37We've done a very good job of it.
31:38Thank you very much.
31:40It's totally beyond my expectations. It's beautiful.
31:45It's going to be a key part of our celebrations about being 150 years old and I think that just
31:51sums it up that beautiful clock, fully restored.
31:56And it's going to be working for another 150 years if it's looked after.
32:02I hope so.
32:03There's no let up for Pete.
32:25He's restored a subtle sheen to the saxophone, but it's still a long way from performance ready.
32:32Next thing to do is replace this guard. I've got to make a brand new one.
32:37They're quite important because they do guard the keys.
32:40So, I managed to get some hexagonal brass, exactly the same that's on here for bending.
32:48I've just got to anneal it. I get it to red hot and it softens.
32:52We don't actually bend it while it's hot, so we quench it.
32:59That way we can handle it quite quickly.
33:05That's nice and cool now.
33:07That's annealed nicely. It should bend nicely. Nice and soft.
33:37It's quite a low melting point solder. It doesn't cause as much heat damage then.
33:53And it runs nicely.
34:00That's the first one done. It's made a good bond now. It's in there.
34:05All I've got to do now is get on with the hours.
34:13Hopefully that'll save Natalie having to do the emergency repairs,
34:17like her grandad, with a bit of string.
34:34Having navigated her way around the gaps in Hazel's map, Angelina is on the road home.
34:46I'm really pleased with the infills. Everything is really nice and smooth. Now for the exciting part, it's the retouching.
34:55I have decided to use watercolors, so I want to start from the greens a little bit and then I'll move into more of the brown areas.
35:03This is really one of my favorite parts of my work. Although I can't fill all of the little details, I can just
35:16fill in those sort of gaps into all of the places that Hazel and Haddad had all of their adventures when Hazel was growing up.
35:24Well, I think this is going really well so far. I still have quite a lot of work to do.
35:35Then I will be able to mount it and have it ready for Hazel to come pick it up.
35:39This map was a cherished keepsake of Hazel's joyful travels with her father, Ted, an RSPCA inspector.
35:53Now Hazel has returned, hoping the map, with the memories it holds, has been revived.
36:02Hello. Hiya. Welcome back.
36:04Here we go. How are you feeling?
36:07Really excited to get something back from my dad because it was in a real bad state.
36:13So are you ready to see it? Oh, you've no idea how ready I am to see it. I'm so excited.
36:19Here we go.
36:28Good heavens.
36:29That is utterly amazing. You can't see through that at all. And everything's stuck down.
36:43My dad would be over the moon. He'd be so, so happy. Oh, gosh.
36:49It's back being what my dad owned. I am so, so happy with it. It's exactly how I hoped it would be.
36:59Oh, really? Exactly.
37:00I'm so happy.
37:02I loved working on it and I really feel like I'm part of its history.
37:07Absolutely, you are.
37:08I will get this ready for you, packed up. I can't wait to get it home. I really can't. And I can't
37:13thank you enough for doing it for me and doing it for my dad. Thank you.
37:18You're welcome.
37:18Goodbye. Bye.
37:19I'm absolutely amazed at the job that Angelina has done. She has just brought it back to life.
37:32All the times that my dad and I were out with the map in his little van, just having adventures.
37:41I couldn't be happier.
37:49I'm now claiming this ironing board. I've covered it in pink so everybody knows.
38:00You restored it?
38:02It's yours.
38:02The cover?
38:03Well, you know.
38:04Pete's restoration of the saxophone is almost complete,
38:20with one last step to ensure it's pitch perfect.
38:24The final test is the leak light.
38:27If I can see light, it means there's a little tiny air leak.
38:33So I've got to cure it.
38:35A sax with leaks is no good to anybody.
38:39That one's fine.
38:42That one's fine.
38:43Oh, we're having a bit of luck here.
38:47There's a pad there that's got a little tiny leak.
38:52I've got these little plastic wedges that I make.
38:56Plastic doesn't damage what you're doing.
38:58I'm just going to give the key just a little easing.
39:06And that's it.
39:07It's done.
39:08It's an absolute fraction.
39:11There's no one.
39:13I've got to get it right.
39:14Natalie's going to play this.
39:15So I've just got to keep on with it.
39:19Give it a clean.
39:20And it'll all be ready to go.
39:29This sack served its owner well in big bands for some 50 years.
39:34But it needed new parts and a thorough overhaul.
39:42Pete, it's looking good.
39:43It's all right.
39:43Yeah, it's come up all right.
39:45I guess it's really all about how it sounds though, isn't it?
39:47As long as it plays right, I'll be happy.
39:48Exactly.
39:55Mike and daughter Natalie hope to hear the sound that evokes memories
40:00of an inspiring and much-loved father and grandfather.
40:04Here they are.
40:04Welcome back.
40:05Hello.
40:06It's lovely to be back.
40:07Good to see you both.
40:09How are you both feeling?
40:11Excited, nervous, apprehensive.
40:14A whole mixture of feelings, Dom.
40:16It's difficult to explain.
40:17How about yourself, Natalie?
40:19Just really excited to see it brought back to life.
40:21Having this instrument at home and not being able to use it must have been torture.
40:27It's not an ornament.
40:28No, no.
40:29It's designed to be played and used.
40:33Well, do you both want to take a look?
40:35You ready?
40:36Yeah, I'd love it.
40:36Yes, really want to take a look.
40:38Yes, thank you.
40:38Here we go.
40:39Thank you, Pete.
40:44Oh, wow.
40:45Look at it.
40:46Wonderful.
40:50It's absolutely beautiful.
40:52I feel like you've kept all its character too, but actually definitely shined it up a bit.
40:57I knew you wanted it to look the same.
40:59Yes.
40:59The only place I'm afraid I lost it was there where I had to make up a new key card and solder it on.
41:05But isn't that a battle scar?
41:06I like that.
41:07That's exactly how I see it.
41:08I think it is.
41:09I think that all adds to the history now, isn't it?
41:12Absolutely.
41:13I think what you've done with the character of it is perfect.
41:17Yeah.
41:17That's beautiful.
41:19I'm hoping you'll play it for us.
41:21Well, I've got some big sheets to fill with my granddads, but I'm very excited to give it a go.
41:26Perfect.
41:41Brilliant.
41:46Wow.
41:46That was really nice to play.
41:48It sounds beautiful.
41:49It really does.
41:50How are you doing, Mike?
41:51You all right?
41:51Yeah.
41:52Yeah, I'm right.
41:53Yeah, I'm good.
41:55I could hear my father playing it.
41:58I mean, just to hear it again like that, it's so, so good.
42:01I feel like I'm walking in his shoes.
42:03He really appreciates it so much.
42:05Lovely to meet you.
42:06Okay, cheers.
42:07Bye-bye.
42:08Bye-bye.
42:11It sounded brilliant.
42:13It's a nice sound, isn't it?
42:17Hearing Natalie play the saxophone, my father's saxophone, it was just exciting.
42:24It was uplifting, invigorating.
42:26It was something that meant such a lot to him.
42:29So now to be able to play it myself is just really special.
42:33Now I'm just excited about Natalie continuing to play this instrument and keeping that connection
42:40with my father.
42:47If you have a treasured possession that's seen better days and you think the team can help,
42:52please get in touch at bbc.co.uk and join us in The Repair Shop.
43:03I'm all right.
43:12And I'll see you next time.
43:15Bye-bye.
43:16Bye-bye.
43:16Bye-bye.
43:18Bye-bye.
43:24Bye-bye.
43:28Bye-bye.
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