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00:01A workshop full of wonders.
00:03I heard the word watch.
00:05Home to experts and time-honoured crafts.
00:09There you go, that's a good sound.
00:11Together repairing treasured pieces of the past.
00:15Ooh, I like that. That is really good.
00:19Wow, look at that!
00:21Wow, look at that!
00:23Quite proud of that.
00:25And unlocking their stories.
00:27I'm completely blown away by this.
00:30Oh dear.
00:32Bringing the broken...
00:33I don't know where to start with this.
00:35...back to life.
00:36Wow.
00:39Stunning.
00:40Wow, fantastic!
00:44I think it's just amazing.
00:46Yeah!
00:47Welcome to the repair shop.
00:50Good morning!
00:51Hi David!
00:52Good morning!
00:53Hi David!
00:54Hi!
00:55First to arrive at the barn, Sarah Johnson from Crewe, bringing a poignant reminder of talent and tragedy, for textiles expert, Rebecca Bissone.
01:05Hi, welcome to the barn.
01:06Hi!
01:07Hi!
01:08What have you brought in for us?
01:09I brought my dad's 1958 FA Cup final shirt, where he played for Manchester United at Wembley.
01:15Wow, what an achievement.
01:16It was, yes.
01:17I mean, they're a big team now.
01:18Were they as big then?
01:19They were massive then, yeah.
01:20They had a really good side.
01:21They had a team called the Busby Bays, because Matt Busby was the manager, and they were all fairly young players.
01:24How young?
01:25Teens and early twenties.
01:26Right.
01:27So what was your dad's name?
01:28Ronny Cope.
01:29Ronny Cope, well, Ronald Cope, but people just called him Ronnie.
01:46How old was your dad at that time?
01:4824.
01:49I think my dad signed at 15.
01:51How did that come about, the signing?
01:53How did that come about, the signing?
01:54He was playing out and his sister came running over to him and says,
01:58Ronnie, Ronnie, you better come home.
01:59There's a Rolls-Royce outside and it was Matt Busby wanted to sign him.
02:03Well, they just turned up at the door.
02:05Just turned up at the door, yeah.
02:06Is that how it worked back then?
02:07Yeah, so he spoke to my grandad and said, you know,
02:10we'll give you a joining fee, I think was about £400
02:12and that was a lot of money then to my grandparents.
02:15And off he went. Off he went to Manchester at 15.
02:18Wow. Incredible.
02:20It must have been absolutely incredible standing on that football pitch.
02:23In them days, the FA Cup was quite a big thing.
02:26Yeah. I can just imagine the atmosphere.
02:29Wow, yes.
02:30So did they win?
02:31No, they didn't. They lost.
02:32But to them it was like a big win.
02:34Why?
02:35Because they got to the cup final after the Munich Air disaster happened
02:39in the February of that year.
02:42The plane crash in Munich in 1958 had left 23 dead,
02:47including eight of United's young players.
02:50The tragedy left a vast community in mourning
02:53and the nation in shock.
02:56Obviously, so tragic for so many families.
03:00But for your dad, that was an aeroplane full of his mates.
03:04Yeah, and the person that died was one of his best friends, yeah.
03:08Wow.
03:09He was devastated.
03:09But the whole country was really behind them after that
03:14to get to the final, really.
03:16Because nobody expected them to with their reserve team.
03:18Oh, of course.
03:19I think they wanted to do it for the team that had died.
03:22They wanted to make them proud.
03:24So there's a lot of emotions, a lot of feelings.
03:26There is a lot of feelings in this shirt, yeah.
03:28And did he wear it just for that one game?
03:30He just wore it for that one game, yeah, just for the cup final.
03:32Oh, right.
03:33What was he like?
03:34He was lovely, my dad.
03:35He was gentle giant, really.
03:37He was my dad that took me to school, picked me up, you know.
03:39He was lovely.
03:40And everybody loved my dad.
03:41Yeah.
03:42What's your earliest memory of the shirt?
03:44I found it when I was about eight in the garage.
03:46It was in a paint pot.
03:48As you can see, it's got a few paint marks on it.
03:50I says, Dad, what's that?
03:51He says, oh, it's my Wembley shirt.
03:52I do a bit of painting in it.
03:54I say, it can't be in the garage.
03:56I'll have it.
03:57And I used to wear it as a nightie.
03:58So, yeah, it used to be down to my ankles.
04:00But, yeah, it was very warm in the winter.
04:02When I moved out of the family home,
04:05I found it and so I'm taking it with me.
04:07But, unfortunately, I had it in a makeshift frame
04:09and, obviously, the light shined on it through the window
04:13and it's completely faded.
04:15Oh, is that what's happened?
04:16Yes.
04:17I've had it sort of folded in the frame.
04:19So, actually putting it on display
04:21and confiscating it from your dad.
04:22I've made it worse.
04:23Yeah.
04:24It should have stayed in the painting.
04:26What are you hoping we can do to it?
04:28I'd like it red again.
04:30I knew you were going to say that.
04:32So, with the paint stains,
04:34would you like me to get rid of them if I can?
04:36If you can, that'd be great.
04:37But if you can't, it's not a problem
04:39because it's still part of the shirt's history.
04:41One thing I can say is that it's in safe hands.
04:44We'll see you soon.
04:44Thanks very much.
04:45Bye-bye.
04:45Bye-bye.
04:46Bye-bye.
04:50What is going through your head now?
04:51How are you going to make that that colour?
04:54Well, I'm not 100% sure
04:57because I've got this colour and this.
04:59And that embroidered into it.
05:00Good luck.
05:17Wow.
05:18This is actually slightly overwhelming.
05:20Basically, the shirt's been bleached because of sunlight.
05:23It also means that the textile fibres are actually quite fragile.
05:27So, I need to think about how I can dye it in quite a gentle way.
05:33The shirt also has these paint stains.
05:35So, there's actually quite a lot to think about.
05:38The first thing I need to do
05:39is to remove the emblem and the white elements.
05:42If I keep them in place, they're going to end up red.
05:46So, I think I'm going to start with the five.
05:48If I remove this, I will also potentially get to see
05:53what the original colour was like.
05:56If I start in one corner, I think.
06:01A little stitch there.
06:03Snip that.
06:05Oh, it's quite exciting.
06:08I wonder if it's much brighter under there.
06:10There we go.
06:15That's the red.
06:17That's going to be really helpful for getting the right colour.
06:19Next into the barn, Judy Tunbridge and her daughter, Laura,
06:36bringing a small text with enormous meaning
06:39for bookbinder Chris Shaw.
06:42Hello.
06:43Hello.
06:44What have you brought in?
06:44We have brought in my great-grandmother Florence's Bible.
06:51And you can see in the front cover
06:53that she's inscribed her name, Florence Charlotte Thompson.
06:57Wow, that's beautiful.
06:58She was living and born in China.
07:01Her father was an Irishman
07:03and her mother was a local Chinese lady.
07:05And at some point, Florence met her future husband,
07:09an Englishman.
07:10But unfortunately, he then left her widowed in her early 30s.
07:14No.
07:15With three children.
07:16And he died just a few weeks after their son was born.
07:19That's terrible.
07:20Yeah, it's quite a young age to be widowed.
07:23Then, in 1937, war broke out
07:25in the sense that Japan invaded China, Florence.
07:29And her children were marked out as British.
07:32And eventually, they were placed into an internment camp
07:35called Leung Wa Civilian Assembly Centre.
07:37So what ages were the children?
07:39My mum would have been about 15,
07:43her sister 17,
07:44and her brother 10.
07:46Goodness me.
07:48In a camp?
07:49In a camp.
07:49They were all crammed in.
07:51It was hot.
07:52Little food.
07:54They were having very watered-down rice
07:56with added maggots.
07:58Oh.
07:59It's shocking.
08:00Yeah.
08:01Then my grandmother caught TB
08:03and she was then taken out of camp to a hospital.
08:06So they were on their own in camp
08:08for about 18 months without their mum.
08:10And were they in contact with Florence?
08:13Well, she...
08:13No.
08:14Nothing.
08:14So they didn't even know if she was alive?
08:17No.
08:18And so where was the Bible?
08:19With them.
08:20Oh.
08:20So they would take comfort in it
08:23and read it to keep their spirits up.
08:26So how long were they in the camp?
08:28Four years.
08:29Unbelievable.
08:31But after the war finished and they were liberated,
08:33they were reunited with their mum
08:36and then they decided to go to England.
08:39Along with the Bible?
08:40With the Bible.
08:41Yeah.
08:41So did your mother talk about her time in the camp?
08:44It remained with her her whole life.
08:46The habits, if you like.
08:48We had a walk-in larder when I was a little girl
08:50and it was rammed floor to ceiling with tinned food
08:54saying she would never starve again if the war broke out.
08:59She did have a terrific sense of fun, obviously, as my grandmother.
09:03She was always up to mischief.
09:04She was definitely your ally.
09:06Yes.
09:07And she was very much of the view that childhoods should be fun
09:11and light-hearted because hers was essentially...
09:13She felt robbed.
09:14Yes.
09:15And so the condition of the Bible?
09:17So it's obviously very battered, very weathered.
09:21Camp was very wet, damp, and it was used quite a lot.
09:26And it's over 100 years old.
09:28Amazing.
09:29Well, thank you so much for bringing this in.
09:31I'm so looking forward to trying to restore this for you both.
09:36Thank you so much.
09:37Really excited to see what you do.
09:39Thank you very much.
09:40See ya.
09:40So is this a Liverpool shirt?
09:55No.
09:55How rude.
09:57No, Manchester United.
09:58But look at this label.
10:00Can you read that?
10:01Oh, my word.
10:02Matt Busby.
10:03Yeah.
10:03So this was styled by Matt Busby.
10:06So the manager styled the shirt.
10:08Yeah.
10:08Incredible.
10:09Yeah.
10:09What a piece of history.
10:10It's lovely, isn't it?
10:11Yeah, it is an amazing piece of history.
10:16Well, what can you say?
10:18It's an incredible story that this book holds.
10:24It's a little book, but a load of problems with it.
10:28The boards are detached, but the paper is in beautiful condition.
10:34And that's down to these yap edges.
10:37Now, a yap edge basically is an extended edge, which come down and cover the pages.
10:44They meet in the middle and they will stop any dirt that goes on the text.
10:49The spine seems to be all there, so I'm going to try and keep that.
10:54So once it's been re-sewn, then I can make a whole new outer cover board with new leather
11:00because that's going to give it the strength.
11:03And then finally, I can remount all the original back onto the new covers that I have made.
11:09So the first thing I need to do is disassemble the Bible, and to do that, I'm going to remove the spine.
11:15Rebecca is working on the trickiest part of her preparations for dyeing the football shirt red.
11:39So the final thing that I need to do is to actually remove the emblem.
11:46So in order to do that, I've stitched a very small backstitch all the way around the edge.
11:54So I'm now stitching a second line, so that will stop that fraying or any of that stitching coming undone.
12:02And I'll be left with a very narrow channel, and that is where I will need to cut.
12:07So this is an incredibly important part of the shirt that I need to retain in as best condition as is possible.
12:37This isn't a great feeling.
12:42One slip, and I'll be cutting those embroidery threads.
12:47Actually makes you really nervous.
12:50Which doesn't help, because I need to kind of stop shaking.
12:53So I finally removed all of the white elements and the emblem, and secured all of the raw edges with some net ready for dyeing.
13:19So if I was to just add this shirt straight into the dye, the fibres may not take the dye up readily, and that would result in it being very patchy.
13:30So I'm heating up the water to 40 degrees, and I'm just going to leave it in there so that all those fibres can relax.
13:37Once that has happened, I can take the shirt out, and then I can have the dye.
13:41Right, that's done now.
13:56So that's ready to come out.
13:59Looks like a very relaxed shirt.
14:01Right, now the most exciting part, I'm going to add the dye, this beautiful red colour, and it's all going in.
14:17So it's now time to commit and dye this shirt.
14:30I obviously have got some concerns, particularly the front, where all the colour loss is.
14:42Those fibres are really fragile, so the dyeing may be a little bit too much for it.
14:47So I won't be fully happy until it's all out and all dry, and hopefully still in one piece.
14:54Manwar Hussain has travelled from Southampton, counting on silversmith Brenton's ingenuity to repair an ornate family treasure.
15:12Hi there.
15:13Hi.
15:14Hello there.
15:15What do we have here?
15:16This is a traditional Punjabi hookah, a smoking device from Pakistan, and it belongs to my late grandfather.
15:22He loved me, and I loved him, so it's very sentimental to me.
15:25I've kind of seen these before, but nothing as intricate and amazing as this.
15:29Yeah.
15:30I presume it's missing a few parts.
15:31Yes.
15:32There's a cone pipe that sits just on top of there.
15:35Okay.
15:35It's quite long, and you'd also have an item that sits on top of this cone here, which is called a chillum.
15:42It's made of clay and metal to support it, and that's where the tobacco would have been sat or burning.
15:49As you can imagine, they would rotate this and pass it around so everyone could smoke it.
15:56What was your grandfather's name?
15:58His name was Ghulam Farid.
16:00He was from India originally.
16:02Okay.
16:02And then moved over to Pakistan, and he became a farmer.
16:07And what was his life in Pakistan like?
16:09It was a very good life.
16:11He lived on his own produce, from sugar cane to wheat to rice.
16:16Self-sufficient.
16:17Self-sufficient.
16:18There must have been some sort of secret.
16:19I mean, he lived to 107.
16:21That's a ripe old age.
16:22Yeah.
16:22Wow.
16:23What was your relationship like with your granddad?
16:25My relationship was very precious.
16:27I loved going to visit him.
16:29I went every year since I was a kid.
16:31My first time I visited Pakistan was probably when I was about six.
16:35And I remember sitting with my granddad for the first time.
16:37There was lots of love.
16:38I felt safe.
16:39I will never forget that.
16:41He used to wear a turban, and he used to take his turban off and put it on me.
16:45He was very pure, very truthful, and thoughtful person.
16:49So you remember, as a child, your grandfather using it?
16:54Yeah, very much.
16:55I think this is probably more important to him than a lot of other personal belongings.
17:00Yeah.
17:00Yeah, his companion.
17:02After the funeral, I was adamant that I would find it.
17:05I remember seeing it and recognizing it straight away.
17:07Finding the hookah was like finding a piece of my grandfather.
17:11Brought back all those memories with my granddad.
17:14It sounds like he absolutely loved this,
17:15but I can see this bit of damage going around the outside edge.
17:18Yeah, I'm assuming that he fixed that himself
17:22because he probably wouldn't have trusted anyone else with it.
17:25And taking care of it was something that was very important to him.
17:28But you still want your grandfather's little repairs to show.
17:31They're his signature, aren't they?
17:33Absolutely.
17:34If Brenton can fix this to you, what is the plan for it?
17:37The plan is to keep it as an ornate piece.
17:39It's not intended to be used.
17:41It'd mean that I've got a piece of him with me
17:43and something that I can hold and hand over to my son.
17:47I'm looking forward to it.
17:49We'll see you very soon.
17:50Thank you. Goodbye.
17:51Bye-bye.
17:51Bye-bye.
17:56Have you ever worked on something like this before?
17:57No.
17:58It is really cool, isn't it?
18:00Very ornate.
18:02Right, I'll let you get going.
18:03Okay.
18:03See you in a bit.
18:03Munawas hookah is in quite a sorry state,
18:19but the workmanship that's gone into it is fantastic.
18:24I believe, looking at the colour of this metal,
18:26it's made of nickel,
18:28and you can see the different colours.
18:29You can see the copper decoration,
18:31the brass decoration.
18:32When it's polished up,
18:33it's going to look stunning.
18:35Munawas said there was a bowl that went on here,
18:38so although this is not going to be used,
18:41I'm going to have to design that.
18:42I'm going to have to make the metalwork for the burner
18:45and some sort of tube for sucking on.
18:50When Munawas was demonstrating this,
18:53I noticed it was a bit wobbly when it's going round.
18:57So first thing I'm going to do
18:58is try and get this bearing off the bottom.
19:04This bearing is very rusty,
19:07so I'm just putting some penetrating oil on the thread
19:09to hopefully make it more easy to undo.
19:14Oh, wow.
19:15I can't believe that came off so easily.
19:17That is fantastic news.
19:20So let's see what's going on in here.
19:24Oh, gosh.
19:27This is unbelievable.
19:30This is the bearing from a bicycle wheel
19:33that made that turn round,
19:34and I love that, absolutely love that.
19:37So this bearing is quite wobbly.
19:40So I'm just going to see
19:41if I can get this working a bit better.
19:49Chris is turning his attention
19:51to the covers of the Bible.
19:53What I now need to do
19:57is construct a template of the cover,
20:00and it has these yap edges,
20:02named after the very famous William Yap,
20:05who was a bookbinder and publisher,
20:08and he mainly bound Bibles.
20:10I haven't bound a yap edge for five or six years,
20:13so it's slightly rusty,
20:15but it is an exciting thing to do.
20:28That's a template cut.
20:29You can see what it's going to look like,
20:31and eventually those are going to get pulled over.
20:33Next, I have to cover the template with leather.
20:36The first thing you notice with this leather,
20:40as opposed to the leather of the Bible,
20:42is it's a lot thicker.
20:45There's going to be a degree
20:47of paring the thickness down to a level
20:49so that there's no lumps and bumps.
20:51It's like trying to peel an apple all in one go,
20:57and that was a tour,
20:58so I'm quite happy with that.
21:01So I just need to go around
21:02and pare this leather down to the right thickness,
21:04and then I can glue the template on.
21:06Whoa.
21:33Whoa.
21:36The leather's been all paired.
21:40The template's been stuck to the leather
21:42and created new outer covers.
21:45So what I need to do now
21:46is blend the new leather I've got with the old leather.
21:51The original has got a stamped grain on it,
21:54so it produces uniform effect.
21:57That doesn't happen with the natural grain.
21:59To put a grain on,
22:00I'm using a brass tool that is hot.
22:03It's almost like branding the leather.
22:06On the front side of the tool,
22:14it's just a pattern.
22:18You can see the difference already
22:20up against the original.
22:23I think it's going to look absolutely fantastic.
22:26And when that's done,
22:28I can start mounting the originals
22:30back onto the new cover.
22:39So do you always work in a workshop?
22:41No, quite often I work on the street,
22:43so I'll be screen printing onto windows
22:44or up ladders and things like that.
22:46That's why I wear colourful socks,
22:47because it stops people walking into my...
22:49We know what to get you for Christmas then.
22:51The next socks is the win.
22:53Yeah.
22:53The results are in for Rebecca's efforts
22:58to restore red to the iconic football jersey.
23:02Well, the shirt is all dry now,
23:04so this is the actual true colour
23:06that I'm left with.
23:07I think that's pretty much spot on.
23:10I can still see the paint stains.
23:13And actually, you know,
23:14it's a record of the history of the shirt.
23:16I think considering all of the limitations,
23:19it's come out really well.
23:20Right, so now I've got the colour sorted,
23:23I'm now going to have a look at the number five.
23:26This was originally stitched on with a zigzag,
23:30so as well as stitching it into place,
23:33it also sealed the edge of this number five.
23:37So my challenge is to try and get my needle
23:41to go into the same holes as was originally used,
23:47and that's going to be quite difficult on the machine.
23:50I'd much prefer just to hand-stitch everything into place,
23:54but that's not how it was originally done,
23:57so I'm going to rise to the challenge.
24:05I need to take this really slowly.
24:07Oh, I can breathe now.
24:31That first line has gone in really nicely.
24:34I can see the zigzag stitching,
24:36and it's nice and secure as well.
24:38I've got to just make sure the rest of it goes all right.
24:41I really like this bicycle bearing.
24:55I've sprayed some lubrication and then put some grease in there,
24:58so it will work.
25:01It's a bit noisy, but it's not too rattly.
25:03The base, where it's nailed onto this piece of wood in the bottom,
25:07is loose, and these nails are all rusty.
25:10So I'm going to remove the nails
25:12and replace them with modern screws
25:15to hold this plate tightly onto this piece of wood.
25:18I'm going to try using the original holes.
25:23I'd rather this made a little bit of noise
25:26and was original
25:27rather than having a swishy, fancy new bearing.
25:33So now I can put this back onto the base
25:35and see what it turns like.
25:39There we go.
25:40And that's hardly got any wobble at all in it there,
25:45and it'd be making a similar sort of noise
25:47to when Munawar's grandfather used it.
26:06I'm designing a chillum,
26:08which is the bowl and the burner
26:11to go on top of the hooker,
26:13and Munawar said there was some metalwork on there.
26:16I've managed to acquire a clay bowl,
26:19and I'm going to clad it
26:20with some intricate metal design.
26:23The first thing I'm going to do
26:24is cut some strips of metal.
26:38I've cut my pieces of metal,
26:44and now I've got to bend a ring
26:45which will go around the top of the clay bowl.
26:49And I'm going to use a slip roller
26:51which bends the metal
26:53through these rollers
26:54to a perfect circle.
26:59So that's made a bend,
27:00but obviously not a circle.
27:02I'm going to have to tighten this roller up
27:03to make it a tighter curve.
27:06It's a matter of trial and error.
27:08It's best to make the curve slightly tighter each time
27:11rather than make a really tight curve
27:13and make it too small.
27:14I'm really happy with that.
27:22That fits onto the clay bowl.
27:24Then I've got to make another ring inside it
27:27which sits on this base
27:29which is the base of the burner.
27:32A lid which then fits on top of that
27:34which stops the smoke going everywhere.
27:38So I'm going to solder this up first.
27:44Before Chris can glue the Bible's original leather
28:05onto the new covers
28:07he must separate it from its backing.
28:10I need to split these front covers.
28:13This is exceptionally thin.
28:16It's going to be exceedingly difficult
28:18and the moment has come to see
28:21if I can actually save this.
28:28And I can see just as I'm going along
28:31there's a layer of glue
28:33and it could have been some sticky tape
28:35that was down there.
28:36So that might pose a problem
28:38for my scalpel blade to get underneath there.
28:41Yeah, it's going to be tense all the way along.
28:45Oh, a result!
29:02I'm really happy I can breathe.
29:03It's a real result.
29:04So the original covers now are all split
29:07and these can be remounted on the new covers
29:09that I've made.
29:10So the original covers now are all split
29:12and these can be remounted on the new covers
29:13that I've made.
29:14It's going to start feeling and looking like the original Bible.
29:20It's going to start feeling and looking like the original Bible.
29:25It's going to start feeling and looking like the original Bible.
29:40The cover's now completely dry
29:55and now a really nice part is to create yap edges
30:00and to do that it's a very simple job of manipulating these down
30:07using this piece of paper
30:09and by wrapping this paper around the text
30:13I'm keeping the board totally flat
30:16and the paper is pulling it into place, creating the yap edge.
30:20And once I unwrap it, it will stay there.
30:24It's just like magic.
30:25I suppose I could be on the Royal Variety Show with this trick.
30:31This Bible has survived so much
30:33and by reinstating these yap edges
30:35it will survive for many generations to come.
30:48It's almost full time for Rebecca's repairs to the football shirt.
30:53So I've stitched the emblem back into position
30:57but where they've got the little stitching line
31:00all the way around the edge
31:01I'm just covering that now with a very fine cord
31:05so that you should just focus on the emblem
31:08and the shirt as a whole.
31:09So I've just got to stitch on the rest of the cord
31:12and then this shirt can be reunited with Sarah
31:15and I'm really excited to see what she thinks.
31:18This shirt was worn by Ronnie Cope
31:21in the 1958 FA Cup final
31:24just three months after the tragic Munich air disaster
31:28but sunlight had faded the vivid red
31:31so familiar to the Busby babes.
31:33Look at that.
31:35Hello.
31:36Oh, you are good.
31:37Wow.
31:38Sarah is hoping for a shirt more befitting her father's memory
31:42and everything he and his teammates experienced.
31:47Sarah, hi.
31:48Hi.
31:48Welcome back.
31:50Thanks for having me.
31:51How have you been since leaving the shirt with us?
31:53Good.
31:53Just excited to see what you've done to it, Rebecca.
31:56Because when I left it, it was pink
31:57and I don't think Man United red is pink.
32:01No.
32:01No.
32:02Well, you ready to take a look?
32:04Yeah, I'm ready.
32:05Yeah.
32:06Yeah.
32:06Oh, my word.
32:18Wow.
32:19That's unbelievable.
32:22That's Man United red.
32:24Yeah.
32:24Not pink.
32:25Yeah.
32:25It's amazing.
32:26Thank you very much.
32:27It's brilliant.
32:29Still got the paint marks in
32:31so that makes me smile a little bit
32:32because that's where I found it.
32:36It's lovely.
32:37I can't thank you enough, honestly.
32:39It's going to mean the world to us all.
32:41So what's the plan now, then?
32:43Now the shirt is looking its best again.
32:45I'm going to take it home.
32:46I'm going to show the family
32:48and then back on the wall.
32:50Hang on a second.
32:52But not in sunlight.
32:53Not in sunlight.
32:54No.
32:54I've got a spot in our hall
32:56that there's no windows.
32:57Great.
32:59Definitely not in sunlight.
33:00Good.
33:01Good.
33:01You're amazing.
33:03Absolutely amazing.
33:04Well, your father was amazing.
33:06I think this is a very fitting tribute
33:08to clearly an amazingly talented man.
33:10He was.
33:11He was.
33:11He'd be so proud.
33:13He'd be so thankful to you, Rebecca, as well.
33:15It's just marvellous.
33:17Yeah.
33:19So glad to have it back.
33:21It symbolises his achievement
33:23and what he went through
33:25getting to the final.
33:27He achieved something through adversity
33:30and it just means everything to us.
33:32Yeah.
33:36How did you get started in your career, David?
33:45I was lucky enough to do two apprenticeships,
33:48one in church organs and one in mechanical organs.
33:50Wow.
33:50I just served the one.
33:51It's still time.
33:55Arriving to put David's broad skill set to the test,
33:58a sister and brother, Lee and David,
34:01from Huddersfield.
34:04Hello.
34:05Hello.
34:05Hi.
34:06Hello.
34:08Wow.
34:09What have we got here then?
34:10This is an automaton watch and clock maker
34:14in his own little shop.
34:16He's got like a clockwork type mechanism.
34:18Almost like a little robot.
34:19The whole thing actually moves.
34:21It does.
34:22And it sat in the window of our father's shop
34:25who was a watch and clock maker
34:27and antiquarian horologist in Bradford.
34:31And it brings back a lot of memories of my dad.
34:34It does kind of look a bit like dad when he's younger days.
34:37What was dad's name?
34:39David William Graham.
34:41Same as mine.
34:42Good name.
34:43Yes.
34:44So the shop that this was in,
34:46how long was he there for?
34:47About 28 years.
34:49Wow.
34:49That went into the shop window in 1971.
34:53That basically drew people to the shop.
34:55There was a queue around the shop.
34:57Really?
34:57On a Saturday morning,
34:59I'd stand and look at it in the window
35:00with all the other kits.
35:02What was your dad's shop like?
35:05Lots of ticking and occasional chiming noise.
35:07Yeah.
35:08There were a few times I went into the shop
35:10and I thought, where is he?
35:12He went on the floor because he dropped something.
35:15Oh, yeah.
35:15Couldn't find it.
35:17Nobody move.
35:18Yeah.
35:20And sometimes he'd be so busy at his desk,
35:22he'd actually look at you with his eyeglass in.
35:25Yeah.
35:26It was quite funny.
35:27He was a character and a very caring man.
35:31Yes.
35:31I'm very much missed.
35:33Yeah.
35:33I received it a couple of years before my dad sadly passed away unexpectedly.
35:38And, er, sorry.
35:40That's okay.
35:43So, I do feel very privileged.
35:45Does any of it work still?
35:47No.
35:48Alas, he's not in working order.
35:51Within here are the cogs and machinery that make him move and all the pieces of string are up inside his coat.
35:59Oh, wow.
36:00Make his head bend down and his arms lift up.
36:03And I think with so much wearing and being used in the shop window, the cogs, I think they need replacing.
36:10It's very, very important to me.
36:12Yeah.
36:12When I see him working again, I'll be viewing him, like seeing him in the shop window outside, and seeing my dad inside in my mind, working.
36:23I can't wait to get started, I must admit.
36:25Oh, thank you.
36:27Take care.
36:28Goodbye.
36:29Bye.
36:29Bye.
36:33Have you worked on anything like this before?
36:35Not quite like this, but other automatons, it's going to be an incredible thing to work on.
36:40Over to you.
36:41Okay.
36:42Automatons of any kind never cease to amaze me, and this one, the detail is just incredible.
37:01The whole interior of the little shop, there's no actual damage that I can see.
37:06The casework looks a little bit tired, so I'm going to give it a bit of a spruce up.
37:10There aren't letters missing, so I'm going to have a look at getting these replaced.
37:17The worrying part is the mechanism.
37:19Ah, now that's quite interesting.
37:28We've actually got three cams connected to the motor, and then there's three levers, so that means that he's actually got three movements on him.
37:39You've got one arm, you've got one arm, the other arm, and then his head feels a little bit stiff, so something's obviously jammed up there.
37:48I can see the cam wheels are very warm, so I definitely need to replace those, and really, I just need to strip this down, get this mechanism out, and then I can test the motor through, get rid of all the grease and muck that's built up, and then I can get onto the camshaft, which actually operates his movements.
38:10So, it's looking promising.
38:21I'd like to come and have a look.
38:23Yeah, I thought you might like this.
38:24Great, isn't it?
38:25It really is good, and do you know what?
38:27I'd really quite like that in my shop as well.
38:30Just needs two pairs of glasses.
38:32Wait, yeah, and take his hair off as well.
38:35In order to shape a new part for the hookah, Brenton is making the most of some kit that's not part of his usual silversmithing gear.
38:52Dom has very kindly said I can use his mini English wheel, a metalworking tool that was made for the aircraft and car industry for making curved panels, and I feel it will be ideal for doming the lid to my coal burner for the hookah.
39:16And what this does, it's got a curved wheel on the bottom, and a flat wheel on the top, and it slowly bends the metal into that curved shape.
39:26That's quite a nice curve now.
39:28I can do this a little bit more, then it'll be ready to solder onto the other part of the lid of the coal burner.
39:34I can do this a little bit more, then it'll be ready to solder onto the other part of the coal burner.
40:04I think that looks really good.
40:10Just got to put the burner in, see what that looks like.
40:14The lid.
40:17That's just how I wanted it to look.
40:19Although this is not going to be used, I'm going to drill some holes in the top to make it look authentic.
40:24David has the wheels in motion to coax the watchmaker at Tobiton back into action.
40:39I've turned my attention to the cam wheels.
40:42A cam wheel is actually responsible for making the little figure move.
40:49So, all these little pits and troughs on this wheel equate to his arm going up and then his arm going down.
40:58These cams have had a lot of wear and tear.
41:03And you can see the outer edge is original shape.
41:08But where the little levers have been running, these pits and troughs have almost worn down flat.
41:13In order to make the new cam wheels, I'm going to use these as a pattern.
41:21So I can screw that onto this little jig that I've made.
41:27And then I'm just going to use some brand new plastic material that I've cut to the same width.
41:36So now I've got the original and I've got the new blank on the top.
41:43So this is all a little bit new to me, but in theory, this is just like cutting a key.
41:50I'm following the lines on the cam using a special router bit.
41:57And then it should cut away the plastic of the new blank wheel.
42:02So we'll see what happens.
42:06So we'll see what happens.
42:36Well, that went a lot better than I expected.
42:46You can see that the lines are actually to the same dimensions as the original.
42:51So that means he's really going to be moving as he would have done.
42:55I've just got the other two to do and then I can actually start reassembling him.
43:06Chris is agog to see if the new cover of the interment camp Bible has worked out as planned.
43:17A bit of an eager beaver just to unwrap it.
43:20Wow.
43:21It's perfectly formed.
43:30perfectly formed yap edges offering that protection, the very precious text that obviously gave Florence
43:40Mildred all that support and comfort.
43:44The final thing I've got to do is remount the original spine fragments and then it's ready
43:50to go back to Laura and Judy.
43:59This precious book was a great solace to a mother and her children as they suffered in an interment camp in China, but the brutal conditions took a toll on the family and the book alike.
44:12Looks amazing, Chris.
44:16Let's hope they like it too.
44:18Judy and daughter Laura are back, hoping for a better future for this symbol of hope to Mildred
44:25and Florence, Judy's mother and grandmother.
44:28Hello.
44:29Hello.
44:30Nice to see you again.
44:31Nice to see you too.
44:32How are you?
44:33Excited.
44:34Yeah.
44:35Excited.
44:36This Bible represents my mum and my nan's legacy really.
44:42and what they went through, their strength, their endurance, and hopefully this book could survive a little bit longer too.
44:50Are you ready to see it?
44:52Yes, please.
44:53Yes, please.
44:59Oh, wow.
45:00Oh, gosh.
45:06Is that the same one?
45:12It's amazing.
45:17You're a very talented man.
45:22Oh.
45:23Everything that was there, I saved.
45:30This is how it would have looked.
45:32Yeah.
45:35It's something my nana would have held.
45:40And, obviously, it meant a lot to my mum and her sister in camp, giving comfort when things were so bad.
45:54And we've got it back in one piece that we can hold it.
45:58It's a lesson that not all is lost.
46:03Oh, it's just brilliant.
46:05Brilliant.
46:07It's been an utter pleasure, and it's now yours to take home.
46:11And we will take good care of it.
46:16We can't thank you enough.
46:18Bye-bye.
46:19Bye.
46:23Well done, Chris.
46:24That was fantastic.
46:25Thank you, David.
46:26I think they were pleased.
46:27Yeah.
46:28Yeah.
46:29I could not believe it was the same book.
46:31It's just fantastic.
46:34It's a little piece of them, and it's a bit of history, and it's our family's story.
46:39And we can keep that story going now, and all in one piece.
46:54With the automaton's mechanism reassembled, and new cam wheels ready to roll, David can reconnect them to the watchmaker's moving parts.
47:04These strings are actually the link between the motor mechanism and the little man.
47:10So as the cam turns, it'll push those down, pull the little man's arms and head, and get him working.
47:19I'm doing his left arm first.
47:22He's got two little holes that go through the metal.
47:25The string is actually threaded through one hole, and then it comes out of the other.
47:30But the problem is getting that through both those holes is not the easiest of things.
47:45All right, that's gone through.
47:48Once I've got all three strings in position, then I can actually tension him and work out where his arms are going to go.
47:54You're looking at me?
48:09Yeah!
48:11I've been observing you, you see, because I've got to get the movements right, you see.
48:17So I'm just, you know, I'm just checking that I'm getting it right.
48:21OK, so if I start doing this...
48:23That's perfect, that's perfect.
48:25Right, I'll remember that, I'm going to do it.
48:26LAUGHTER
48:43A little bit tricky, this.
48:44I've got to get these tensioned just right.
48:47Too loose or too tight, and he's not going to have a nice natural movement.
48:51It's a moment of truth, I'm going to put some power through it and we'll see what happens.
48:56I'm just hoping that everything works after so many years of not working.
49:03So, here we go.
49:10Yay!
49:11That's the first time for a long time that he's worked.
49:16You can really see the variation in the cams and his head's coming up to a nice height.
49:24He's going down to a nice height.
49:26So now I'm just going to reassemble the final bits.
49:29Then I can actually start looking at the exterior and then he's ready to go back to Dave and Lee.
49:34Now the hooker's old and new metal work is gleaming, Brenton has turned to making the trims look equally smart.
49:49To finish the bowl off, I used some red whipping twine and that is to match the red whipping twine that I found on the top of the tube here.
49:58I've managed to acquire a new pipe for it, but the pipe is a bit dull in black.
50:05Because we've got the blue twine on here, I'm going to add some blue twine to the pipe to make it look like it belongs.
50:13So I'm sure that the pipe that Munua's grandfather used would have had some sort of decoration on it.
50:22And I'm hoping I'm being true to that pipe that was originally on it.
50:27It's just a matter of taking my time, keeping a good tension and eventually I'll get there.
50:34The hookah was a constant companion during Gullam Farid's life in rural Pakistan, but heavy use and time had left it broken and dull.
50:49No way!
50:52Bit different, isn't it? Like a magician!
50:55I'm really pleased, it's come up so well.
50:57Now Munua hopes he can display it as a memento of the grandfather who meant so much to him.
51:05Hi.
51:07Good to see you. Good to see you too.
51:10How have you been?
51:11I'm just really excited to see what you guys have done.
51:13This represents my granddad and it means the world to me.
51:17I might not be able to see him again, but I'll be able to at least have his best friend with me.
51:24His best friend, I like that.
51:25That's nice.
51:27Shall we have a look?
51:28Absolutely.
51:34Oh wow.
51:36I can't believe it.
51:47I can just see my granddad.
51:52He'd be so happy.
51:55It's absolutely stunning.
51:57Oh, he actually moves as well.
51:59Wow.
52:00I can still, I can really feel him that he's here and he's actually smiling.
52:07Wow.
52:09I'm really lost for words.
52:11I think your granddad would be very proud of you for getting this restored.
52:16I hope he is.
52:18I absolutely love it.
52:20I can't wait to get it home.
52:22I hope he brings up loads of conversations.
52:24I can talk about my granddad and how much of a great man he was.
52:26So yeah, Brenton, I cannot thank you enough.
52:29You'll be part of that history too.
52:32I really enjoyed doing it.
52:33I'll get the door for you.
52:39See you later.
52:42I'm just so happy.
52:44I can take this home now and we can celebrate his life.
52:47Years and years of memories and those memories will live on.
52:50Absolutely stunning work.
52:56The workings of the automaton are back in fine fettle.
53:07So David's final task is making sure its appearance is also up to scratch.
53:12I'm just starting to look at the watchmaker's sign.
53:18This was done with what appear to be vinyl letters.
53:22I've had various ones printed onto sticky back vinyl and I've actually got a perfect match there.
53:32I think everybody of my generation and older remember some sort of automaton in a window.
53:39I can remember there being one in the local butcher's shop.
53:44It was fascinating, absolutely fascinating.
53:45Hopefully he's back to how Dave and Lee remember him when they were kids in their dad's shop.
53:54I can't wait for them to see him.
53:56I've just got the T and the W to do and then give it a final polish.
54:02This automaton took pride of place in the shop window of a Bradford watchmaker, captivating customers and his children.
54:13But wear and tear saw it grind to a halt.
54:16My son.
54:17Oh David, how is he?
54:19I'm fine.
54:21Not you, him.
54:22He's doing very well actually, yeah.
54:23A symbol of their much loved father's craft and of their childhood, Lee and David are hoping to see it in action once again.
54:35Hi.
54:36Hello.
54:38How are you doing?
54:39Nervous.
54:40Nervous.
54:41Yeah.
54:42Wondering how it's all going to be and very exciting.
54:46I've put it on social media related to Bradford and its history.
54:51And I've had a lot of really, really lovely comments from people that remember my dad.
54:58And of course of the little man in the window.
55:01So it's been very heartwarming.
55:03Well, I feel like now might be the moment.
55:07Are you ready?
55:08Yes, please.
55:15Oh, wow.
55:17Look at that.
55:19Oh, he's beautiful.
55:23Well, that's the first thing that you see, is the name.
55:27And then inside, he looks like he's going to be busy.
55:30Oh, I love it.
55:32It looks good, doesn't it?
55:33It looks really, really good.
55:36And what about working?
55:38That'll be the fun part.
55:39Yeah.
55:40Shall we do the honours?
55:41Oh, yes, please.
55:43Yes, please.
55:45Oh, yeah.
55:47Oh, my God.
55:50Oh, yeah.
55:56Oh, my God.
56:00He just looks absolutely lovely.
56:06Brilliant.
56:07It's just so magical.
56:10Oh, my goodness.
56:14You've got the movement.
56:15It's just wonderful, you know?
56:18He'd be happy with that, wouldn't he?
56:19Yeah, he would.
56:19He'd be thrilled to bits with that, yeah.
56:23You've done a marvellous job.
56:25It really has been an absolute honour to work on it.
56:27I've taken him home with me now, aren't I?
56:29In spirit.
56:31Thank you very much.
56:32Thank you very much.
56:33You're very welcome.
56:34Take care, aren't you?
56:35Bye.
56:39Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
56:41Worth all those hours.
56:42It was, definitely.
56:43Time for a cup of tea, haven't you?
56:44It is, yeah.
56:45I am feeling very, very excited to be taking it home.
56:50I brought loads of memories back.
56:53I just couldn't take my eyes off it then.
56:54Oh, Dad would feel absolutely thrilled that I've still got it.
56:58Obviously, it meant a lot to him, so I think he would be very pleased.
57:03If you have a treasured possession that's seen better days, and you think the team can help,
57:13please get in touch at bbc.co.uk slash techpark, and join us in The Repair Show.
57:20We'll see you next time.
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