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00:00A 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.
00:15Oh, 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.
00:50What are we thinking? Is it going to rain?
01:00Well, if it doesn't, it'll be good for the plants.
01:10Hello there. Hello there.
01:11First to arrive with a project for bike restorer Tim Gunn is Gary Reid from Hastings.
01:18Look at this.
01:19His hefty heirloom tells of tradition and tragedy on England's south coast.
01:26Nice bike.
01:27This is my dad's old butcher's bike.
01:29A butcher's bike?
01:30Yeah.
01:31It used to have like an advertising board on here.
01:33And as you can see, it's got a carrier on the front.
01:35Oh, yes.
01:36And then you'd put a box on there with meat and everything.
01:38And then he would take it out and deliver it.
01:40He did it when he was a lad, back in the early 50s.
01:43In Hastings, that's where he was born.
01:45And what's your dad's name?
01:46Jimmy.
01:47How long was he a butcher's boy for?
01:48Only for a couple of years.
01:49Later on, he worked in the fishing industry.
01:50He became a fisherman.
01:51After a while, he then became a boy ashore, which he doesn't go out in the boat anymore.
01:57Right.
01:58But he just stays ashore.
01:59He helps the boats up the beach with the winch and everything.
02:02And then he sells fish in the daytime on the stall until the boats are ready to come back in.
02:07Is your dad still with us?
02:08No, he passed away in the storm of 87.
02:10Oh, that's awesome.
02:11It was a very strong storm, that was.
02:13I remember it very well.
02:14Yeah, it affected Hastings in a big way.
02:16It was like a hurricane.
02:17In October, 1987, winds topping a hundred miles an hour battered the south of England
02:25in the worst storm to hit the country since 1703.
02:30Its widespread destruction caused 18 deaths.
02:35And unfortunately, that's the day that your dad went out to work.
02:38He was on the beach then, trying to help some of the boats get further up past the waterline
02:43so they couldn't get battered and washed away because the sea was really rough.
02:46And a shed blew over and killed him.
02:50No way.
02:51Yeah.
02:52Wow.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Devastating, yeah.
02:55Because he was only 49 at that time.
02:56Was he really?
02:57Yeah.
02:58And then my dad decided to have a bike race.
02:59Right.
03:00Up at this place called Crown Lane, which is like a little steep hill in the old town.
03:05Yeah.
03:06Because what happened to my dad in the 70s, he had the bike in the pub down there and a
03:10few of his friends said, oh, I bet you're 10 bob.
03:12You can't ride up Crown Lane there sitting on the saddle.
03:15Because if you're usually going uphill, you tend to stand up.
03:18Yeah.
03:19And then try to put all your weight in it.
03:20So what one of his friends did, he put the 10 shillings on the back of the saddle.
03:24So he sat on it.
03:25Obviously, if he lifted off, it would have come out.
03:28But he went all up the hill and he won the 10 shillings, yeah.
03:31So his mate said, oh, let's have a bike race for charity to commemorate it.
03:35The first one was in 1988 and it's still going now.
03:38That's brilliant.
03:39You start at the bottom of the hill.
03:41Because you're sitting on the saddle and it's quite a heavy bike, a lot of people take
03:45quite a while to get going.
03:46Yeah.
03:47And everyone has a go and cheers everyone on.
03:50So how many people have actually ridden it?
03:52I suppose every year we get about 120 people riding it.
03:54So nearly 4,000 people.
03:56It looks like 4,000 people have ridden it.
03:59Look at the state of the tyres.
04:00Yeah, yeah.
04:01We decided to retire because it was getting too difficult to use and dangerous.
04:06The crank down there has got loose, so it wobbles about a bit.
04:10You do get a bit wary of whether it could slip.
04:14And then also the steering has gone a bit shaky as well and the brakes are not 100%.
04:19We really want to get this bike back in the race.
04:22I've got a bit of a challenge in front of me, but we'll give it a go.
04:25And I'm looking forward to it.
04:27Thanks a lot.
04:28We'll see you soon.
04:29Okay, thanks.
04:30Bye.
04:33It might look like an uphill challenge, but I'm sure you'll be able to get it done.
04:36We'll make it race ready.
04:37There you go.
04:38Good luck, Tim.
04:40What a story.
04:54I've seen quite a lot of these delivery bikes over the years and I've never heard of one being used for racing before.
05:01It's a robust bicycle, but 4,000 people riding it is going to take its toll on the bike itself.
05:07It's fairly apt now.
05:09We've got thunderstorm going on at the moment and I feel a bit daunted by the whole project.
05:15The cranks have obviously got an issue.
05:17One of the cotter pins is loose or is broken.
05:19The handlebars and the brakes work, but they don't necessarily work very well.
05:25I can also see here the tubing for this carrier on the front here.
05:30It's come adrift.
05:31My task is to make sure that it's structurally sound and safe to ride.
05:37I've got to start actually taking it apart and see if we can get it back to where it should be.
05:43It would be lovely to be able to put a replacement advertising board inside here.
05:48So that needs making.
05:50Oh, there's some more thunder.
05:51Wow.
05:55It feels a bit ominous.
05:57I'm working on Jimmy's bike and hopefully he's happy with what I'm doing.
06:18From a traditional push bike to international motorsports.
06:22Are you a bit of a petrol head?
06:24You like your cars, don't you?
06:25I like my cars.
06:26I'd love a bike to tinker with in Gary.
06:28Now you're talking.
06:30Counting on shoemaker Dean to save a much prized possession, Paddy Brockerton from Belfast,
06:36who's come with son Gary.
06:39Hi, welcome to the barn.
06:40Hello.
06:42Hello.
06:43Great to be here.
06:44I've brought my father's motorcycle racing goggles.
06:47Wow.
06:48I like them.
06:49Such a nice shape.
06:50Yeah.
06:51Where did your father get them?
06:52Well, the British Motorcycle Road Racing Club held a meeting at Brooklands at Weybridge in 1935.
07:01Brooklands was a special track and it was a massive event.
07:06He won the race and lapped it over 100 miles an hour.
07:09Wow.
07:10In the 30s.
07:11That is quite an achievement.
07:13So with that, he won the Brooklands Gold Star, which signified 100 miles an hour up records.
07:19Yeah.
07:20And as far as we know, he's maybe the only Irish rider ever to win a Gold Star.
07:25That's incredible.
07:26Mm-hmm.
07:27And these were provided by a sponsor.
07:29Wow.
07:30Wow.
07:31What was your dad's name?
07:32George Brockerton.
07:33So where did your dad's love of speed start then?
07:35Well, he went into the First World War as a 17-year-old, as a dispatch rider.
07:41And they had to run the gambit of bombs and gunfire.
07:46But that didn't bother my father.
07:48He enjoyed that.
07:49That was part of his make-up.
07:51So presumably, after the First World War, his life was still very motorbike heavy.
07:55Very much so.
07:56In 1928 and 1929, he won his class in the Ulster Grand Prix.
08:00And he rode in the Isle of Man TT in 1934, one of the world's most famous road races.
08:07The Isle of Man TT itself is a terrifying race.
08:10Well, it is.
08:11That's why you get the adrenaline, right?
08:12Oh, yes, yes.
08:13Growing up as a kid, though, did you used to go to these meets as a family?
08:16Oh, yes.
08:17It was very much a family affair.
08:18And we knew lots of people.
08:19My dad was a big man.
08:21And I had an even bigger personality.
08:24He was great fun to be about.
08:26He knew everybody, and everybody knew him.
08:28He must be very proud.
08:30Oh, very.
08:31Very proud.
08:32And this gives me the opportunity to sort of show my pride in him.
08:37He passed away 60 years ago this year.
08:40OK.
08:41I guess you were quite young at the time then.
08:42Yes, well, it was early, 21, 22.
08:47Oh, bless you.
08:48I'm very sorry that the boys did.
08:50Yes, well, I never met him, so my memories of him are sort of photographs.
08:55My granny's house, the trophies.
08:58And I can just imagine him doing those sort of crazy speeds with those goggles on.
09:02I think my father wore them on her forehead more than he did on her eyes.
09:05Yeah, just to look cool.
09:07Of course he did.
09:08Yes.
09:09The Brooklyn's win for him was a star performance.
09:13And it was his most cherished possession.
09:15I would like to have them in a presentable shape.
09:18I'll do my very best for them.
09:20It was good luck.
09:22Take care.
09:23Bye-bye.
09:26What a guy.
09:27Different breed of person to do that.
09:29Unbelievable, yeah.
09:30Yeah.
09:31Where are you going to start?
09:32Yeah, I have no idea whatsoever.
09:34Well, let me know if you need a hand.
09:35Yeah, I will do.
09:36Definitely.
09:37Well, to be able to work on something with such history and beautifully crafted is quite a privilege, really.
09:59As with many repairs, things weren't as they first appeared.
10:04I really thought when I first looked at these that this red part was leather.
10:08And it's not.
10:09It's just what appears to be like a latex rubber pad that has been painted red.
10:15I'm a bit flummoxed, really, by how to go about this.
10:20As I look, I can see the iPads were stitched through.
10:23But the pad has come really, really brittle.
10:27So there is no way, really, that I can put that back on there and work with it.
10:32So I need to think of a way to make a new eyepiece for the right goggle that is flexible and nice and soft,
10:40but can be stitched through as well.
10:42Firstly, I'm going to tackle the metal work.
10:45It would be nice to remove some of that oxidation and tarnishing and really see that metal shine under me.
10:52All the while thinking about that elusive iPad that I need to make.
11:02As Dean ponders how to tackle the goggle's unexpected latex,
11:07Tim is still grappling to take apart the butcher's bike that's been ridden into the ground.
11:14Well, that was quite an effort to get those out.
11:19The bike has been dropped on its side and basically bent this side of the handlebar up.
11:24So if you look, this is the way they should be.
11:26That one's flat. That one's pointing upwards.
11:30The next stage now is to straighten it.
11:32I'm going to apply some gentle heat to this particular area here and then I'm hoping that I can bring this tube back round again.
11:44I'm hoping that that's got it nearly to where it should be.
11:57I'm very pleased with that actually.
12:12It just needs a few more tweaks and then I'm ready to work on the rest of the bike.
12:18Tim has asked me to make a board to fit inside the frame for the bike that he's working on to commemorate Jimmy.
12:34This type of carrier bike, it's a butcher, a baker, or even a candlestick maker.
12:40Their company would have been advertised on this panel board.
12:45The bulk of the work is in this wooden template.
12:48This fits inside the bike perfectly.
12:51Now I've got my design drawn on there.
12:53I just need to cut it out and open my can of paint.
13:08Charlotte. Hello.
13:09I've got a bit of a problem with these motorcycle goggles.
13:12Oh, wow.
13:13I thought there was leather, but they aren't.
13:16I think, given that this one's just so hard and brittle, it probably is latex because that's kind of what happens with age.
13:23I should be able to make you a whole new one and then you can sew it back on and they'll be good to go.
13:27Really? It sounds so simple.
13:29No, it's not simple, but...
13:31That would be a life saver, thank you so much.
13:33No problem.
13:35With the dried up eyepiece of the motorcycle goggles safely in the hands of expert in plastics and rubber, Charlotte,
13:43paintings conservator Lucia is taking in some new scenery.
13:48A depiction of vanishing rural life, it's especially important to Amanda from Powys in Mid Wales.
13:57Hello.
13:58Hi.
13:59Hi.
14:00This is a very interesting painting.
14:01It's lovely, isn't it?
14:02Yes.
14:03Yeah.
14:04Really very tranquil.
14:05We think it's of a mountain called Epint, which is in Mid Wales.
14:10Epint.
14:11Epint means haunt of the horse because there always used to be lots of horses up there.
14:16We found it in an attic in a house that we bought on the outskirts of the Epint.
14:21What a thing to find in an attic.
14:23It says on the bottom last of the gathering.
14:25So gathering is when livestock is gathered off a mountain, which is done four or five times a year by the farmers for lambing, for shearing and for selling as well because it's their livelihood.
14:37And the last gathering could be the last time the stock was ever gathered off the mountain.
14:45Following the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the War Office urgently required vast open areas to train the armed forces in artillery and gunfire.
14:56With land in mid Wales fitting the bill, families from 54 farms in the Mount Epint area were given just months to leave their homes and way of life.
15:09The area remains under the control of the Ministry of Defence.
15:15I think there was about 200 people altogether who had to move their whole life really.
15:21And I'm guessing we're talking about generations of family in the same spot.
15:25Yeah, my father-in-law was a farmer. He would have known lots of families who had to be displaced, start their lives again in new communities.
15:33Yeah.
15:34Nobody was able to go back. The sheep are, there's about 90,000 sheep.
15:38So is it still cordoned off then by the MOD?
15:41It is, yeah. Farmers and the MOD, they've learnt to work together.
15:45My husband is a fourth generation of the farming family. He takes sheep back and forth from the Epid. My two sons do as well. They've got their own flock.
15:56And do you still participate in the gatherings?
15:58Not personally, but they do.
16:00They do.
16:01And that's why we're so interested in the painting because there's history behind it.
16:06You're not kidding. This is fantastic.
16:08We don't know what's going on here.
16:11There's something underneath there. Could that be restored?
16:14Yeah, I can see that something's being painted out there, but that paint kind of looks like the same paint as here, so I'd have to look closely at it.
16:21That seems a curious thing to do because I think it's like the link, isn't it, between that side of the stream and this side?
16:27Yes. It would be lovely to see what's going on under the fuzzy bit and to be able to share it, you know, with people.
16:34That know the story.
16:35That know the story and are still involved in the community.
16:38Fantastic. I'll see what I can do.
16:40That would be great. Thank you.
16:41Bye.
16:42Bye.
16:43This is an absolutely fascinating painting. It really has captured a moment in time.
17:00It's quite an amazing composition, actually.
17:02You know, we're getting this movement of horses coming down the mountain.
17:06They obviously understood what was happening in this landscape, and I think that's really thrilling.
17:10There is some damage along the edges. I will consolidate them, but they're not the priority at the moment.
17:16This area, which Amanda pointed out, there's definitely something under there, because look, you see on this knee area, this green is going over onto his suit.
17:26So it is a later edition paint, but I have to work out if it's soluble.
17:30So first things first, I'm going to surface clean the whole painting with my cleaning solution here, which is basically distilled water with a drop of ammonia, which just breaks the surface tension and allows the water to lift the surface dirt off.
17:45Look at that. We've got a little flecks of yellow coming through. This is going to clean so fantastically well.
17:52Absolutely. The best surface dirt I've seen in a long time.
18:06It's a nice red.
18:07What are you looking for, Bev?
18:08I'm just admiring your pigments.
18:10Oh, they're gorgeous, aren't they?
18:11Amazing.
18:12I might borrow this green, if that's right.
18:14Yeah, of course.
18:15Lovely. Thank you.
18:16Charlotte's nearly ready to start the complex process of creating the goggles replacement eyepiece.
18:26Latex isn't really a sculptable material.
18:30I can't really get a block of it and just kind of carve it and sand it.
18:34To capture all the detail that is in this eyepiece, I need to sculpt it out of something else.
18:39So I'm going to sculpt out of wax-based clay and then use that dummy eyepiece to make a mould and cast the final piece in latex.
18:48I've got my card template, so I just need to get it in the shape and then I can start sculpting it so that it conforms to the shape of the original eyepiece.
18:58I'm really happy with the shape of the new eyepiece.
19:26I'm really happy with the shape of the new eyepiece.
19:29It matches the original really, really well.
19:31The only problem is, at the moment, it's a bit too smooth.
19:34So I'm going to be using a texture stamp that I made of some cracked paints so that it matches the original eyepiece.
19:41The clay is currently a little bit too hard to be able to take the texture from the stamp.
19:46So I'm just going to heat it up very briefly with a blowtorch to get just the surface a little bit softer.
19:52I'm just pushing the texture stamp into the clay.
20:08That's imparted a really lovely texture.
20:11I'm going to continue that kind of all the way around the eyepiece.
20:15And once I'm happy with that, I can make my mould and then I'll be able to cast the final piece in latex.
20:20With the butcher's bike from the 1950s now full of wood,
20:48Tim's about to employ a suitably old school method for his next fix.
20:55The front carrier was actually the structural bit of the bike that carried the meat for Jimmy and his butchers round.
21:02There's lots of joints that have come adrift and they need repairing.
21:06And there's a big hole here which has opened up.
21:10Originally the bike was braised together.
21:12All of these joints have actually been assembled with brass.
21:16Brass will actually flow really lovely and produce a nice clean joint.
21:21So the first job is just to patch up the hole.
21:23So what I'm going to do is I'm actually going to just braise a little washer,
21:27which I've turned into a little curved patch.
21:30It will hopefully look like it's always been there.
21:34It's a way that I prefer because it's an old traditional way of doing it.
21:39I'm just dipping my brass rod in some flux.
21:42It's an acid effectively.
21:44And basically once it's mixed with the flame and the brass, it helps the brass flow.
21:49It helps it capillary into the joint.
21:52You can start to see the brass seep underneath the washer and you end up with a nice joint.
21:58I'm going to fill in the central hole now.
22:01So basically turn it from being a washer to being a patch.
22:08Once that's cleaned up with a file, I want to know that there's a hole there.
22:13Doing traditional sign writing like this is a bit of a love of mine.
22:22I'm by no means a sign writer, but I just enjoy doing this.
22:26I really am quite envious of the craftspeople of yesterday who would jump up the ladder,
22:32be outside every shop front on every high street, would have had their sign painted like this with a brush.
22:37That's how things used to be done. I think it's beautiful.
22:40The race is on one day in the year, which obviously will cause quite a stir.
22:46It's going to be a busy time, but for the rest of the year,
22:49there's going to be a constant reminder to anybody that sees it about Jimmy and his memorial race.
23:10I've made the mould and having a look at it, it's picked up all those fantastic details that I had on the sculpt,
23:17all those kind of creases and everything that will make it kind of in keeping with the original.
23:22Now I can bring the two parts of the mould together and just pour in the latex
23:26and that will kind of bond everything together as one piece.
23:29That's the mould all secure and ready to pour some latex in it.
23:48When making moulds, it's really hard to tell whether you've captured all those details
23:55and you don't really know until you've cast the part.
23:58So I won't know how good the mould is until this is dried.
24:01With the surface dirt now lifted from the painting of the last gathering,
24:11Lucia started to tackle the areas that had been hidden.
24:17I've taken off this overpaint layer of this landscape at the back
24:21and it's just revealed more of the original landscape.
24:24But I'm starting on this big shadowy lump of overpaint by this figure.
24:30I don't know what's going on under here, I don't know why anybody would have blocked it out,
24:34but hopefully I'll be able to open all that up and we'll find out what's hidden.
24:38I'm just softening this paint there here.
24:41I can see it's actually lifting up some of the paint.
24:46If I go in with a scalpel, I should be able to feel those edges.
24:54And it comes off just in small areas.
25:00Oh, it's really great, this is really starting to come out.
25:04Whatever's under here is slowly being revealed.
25:08And I'll tell you something, it's never not thrilling.
25:12Nerve-wracking, but thrilling.
25:15Tim's also making progress in his quest to make the butcher's bike safe for riding.
25:29So I've cleaned and repaired all of the things that were wrong with this bike.
25:34Now it's the exciting part of putting it all back together again.
25:39The cranks that the pedals go on are held on with what's known as cotter pins.
25:44And it's a very old fashioned way of fitting cranks to a bicycle.
25:48This is the original cotter pin.
25:51As a comparison, that's a brand new one.
25:53So as you can see, the difference.
25:56Eventually, if someone was going to ride it, particularly uphill, that is going to break.
26:00So a brand new one is going to solve the problem.
26:04So to fit the cranks, it basically attaches everything together.
26:08So this little fitting here is key.
26:11So now the cotter pin is loosely fitted.
26:14I'm going to use this lovely tool here, which is very ancient.
26:17It's actually a cotter pin press.
26:19And the purpose of this basically is to push the cotter pin further in
26:23to allow me to get a nut and a washer on the other side.
26:26So as I pull this lever, you can see the cotter slowly move into the crank.
26:34So that's as far as in as I can get it.
26:38Now I've got a lovely long piece of thread on this side.
26:42And that allows me to fit this washer and nut on the end.
26:50So that's now locked on solid.
26:52It's not going anywhere.
26:53Now this is back on the bike.
26:55I'm excited to continue on.
26:57We're putting the rest of it back together.
26:59This is great.
27:06We're starting, I'm starting to see something in here.
27:10The little bit that I've uncovered seems to suggest we've got another one of these lovely
27:17Welsh sheepdogs, rather like the ones down here.
27:20I mean, we've got a little paw here, here and here and a black body, but it's starting to look like a dog.
27:27This is really exciting.
27:29This has been an absolute labour of love and I am thrilled with the fact that we've got this little dog back on the scene.
27:40I mean, it's been hidden for many, many decades.
27:55Right.
27:56Here we go.
27:57Oh, look at that.
27:58I think it's going to come off beautifully.
28:02Oh, look.
28:03It's got a little black nose.
28:08Honestly, these little revelations in front of your very eyes, it's absolutely a privilege to do this.
28:20He's a very handsome dog and I think he's the leader of the pack.
28:27Apart from a few losses in this area, I honestly don't know why this dog was painted out.
28:34It's absolutely fantastic.
28:36And it makes the picture, as far as I'm concerned.
28:38That is the dynamic centre of the picture.
28:41So, it's really brilliant.
28:44As Lucia continues to reveal the hidden delights of the painting's Welsh landscape,
28:50Tim's almost finished restoring the butcher's bike from the south coast of England.
28:56So, it feels brilliant to get these handlebars and these brakes back in the bike.
29:01It has been an absolute privilege to work on this, considering how many people have actually ridden it.
29:08So, that's the front brake working perfectly.
29:11I'm really pleased with that.
29:12The rear brake needs setting up.
29:14There's a few more bits and pieces that need putting on the bike, the saddle, the pedals,
29:18and then it's ready to go back to Gary.
29:21Once ridden by a young butcher's hand as he delivered meat around town,
29:28this carrier bike was then furiously pedalled by thousands of locals racing for charity over the years.
29:36Gary has returned to see if his dad's bike is safe to ride up the hill in Hastings once again.
29:45Hi Gary, welcome back.
29:49Hello Gary.
29:50Hello there.
29:51Nice to see you.
29:52How are you feeling?
29:53A little bit nervous, maybe, but hopefully delighted.
29:57Now, this was a well-used bike.
29:58Yeah.
29:59And it's seen quite a lot of action.
30:00Yeah.
30:01Over 100 people have been on it every year, so.
30:02It's a lot of people.
30:03Over 3,000.
30:04I can tell.
30:05There's a lot of bent and broken bits on it.
30:06That's why I've come here, because I really wanted to get it back in good shape,
30:10so it can carry on, hopefully, for another 37 years at least.
30:13Would I like to see what Tim's done?
30:14Yeah.
30:15Oh yeah, definitely.
30:16Come on, Tim.
30:17Come on then.
30:18Okay.
30:19Oh, wow.
30:20Looks almost brand new.
30:26Can I touch the pedals?
30:29Yeah.
30:30Wow.
30:31He's really inspected it, Tim.
30:34He's going for it, isn't he?
30:35Wow, that's good.
30:37Brakes are working.
30:40Wow, that's really nice.
30:42Oh, lovely bit of sign writing, I know.
30:44That's great.
30:45Yeah, well, that was Dom that did that, so.
30:47Yeah, that's good.
30:48Thanks a lot.
30:49It almost fills fast already.
30:51Yeah, it's lovely.
30:54Fantastic.
30:55Now, we don't have a hill, but we do have a nice little area outside the barn, so.
30:59Oh, great.
31:00I can give it a go.
31:01You can give it a go?
31:02I can't wait.
31:05Right, let's get the door.
31:11Hey.
31:12That is off.
31:14Look at that.
31:17He's a racer up by heart, isn't he?
31:18He's quite quick as well.
31:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:20Do you know what?
31:21It's so rewarding to see all my hard work being used by someone and just being enjoyed.
31:34The little bell's ringing as well.
31:37It's brilliant.
31:38It's brilliant.
31:39How was that?
31:40It was great.
31:41It feels nice and firm, nice and safe.
31:43Just putting my hands on these bars now.
31:45I just feel that rush of adrenaline.
31:46It's going to be great to take it back now and get on with the race for next year.
31:50Fantastic.
31:51You're going to win.
31:52I can feel it.
31:53Oh, there he is.
31:54Oh, hey.
31:55That is off.
31:56Must be hard on that gravel.
31:57Yeah.
31:58I never thought I'd see my dad's bike like this again and it looks really in top condition,
32:09so hopefully it's going to last a few more years now.
32:12It symbolises my dad's legacy that he had of riding this carrier bike around in Hastings
32:17and also the race just keeps his memory going.
32:20I think there'll be a lot more people this year that are going to want to ride on it.
32:34Next, a project in need of Will's carpentry skills.
32:39Hi there.
32:40Hi.
32:41Hello.
32:42Oh, lovely.
32:43Right.
32:44Let's get it in the barn.
32:47That's so cool.
32:48Come in, come in.
32:50This nautical treasure belongs to sisters Lindsay Skinner and Karen Price from Breeston in the East Midlands.
32:59Wow.
33:00Look at this.
33:01So this is Puffin.
33:02This is the boat that our dad made for us when we were little.
33:05So it was my birthday.
33:06I was two years old and he was there waiting for me in the garden.
33:10And I immediately went and got my favourite teddies and sat with them on the seat.
33:15A little seat lifts up.
33:16Oh, that's really sweet.
33:17So we could put little things in there and we put our teddies in there and we'd sit in there and we'd go off on our adventures.
33:23We'd fill it with grass cuttings as well and make nests and stuff.
33:26We would.
33:27When dad built Puffin, he worked at the bus repair works and that's where he made Puffin on his lunch hour using bits of scrap that he found around.
33:38That's really clever.
33:39So would this be like the panel from the side of a bus then?
33:42Quite possibly.
33:43Does it look like bus flooring on the inside?
33:45Yes.
33:46It could be.
33:47What was his name?
33:48He was Geoffrey.
33:49But he hated that.
33:50So he was only ever known as Geoff.
33:52As Geoff.
33:53Sadly, he passed away 12 years ago.
33:56I'm sorry to hear that.
33:57He was always there for us, wasn't he?
34:00Yeah.
34:01Always dependable.
34:02He was so capable, so able of making and fixing things.
34:07Dad built us other things.
34:09So we built us a sand pit, a slide, a swing.
34:12I'm so jealous.
34:14I cannot believe that.
34:15We were the luckiest kids.
34:16Puffin's just a real key part of our childhood and then he was kept safe in the shed until we had our children and then he's come back out again.
34:25And they've been playing with Puffin as well, which is lovely to see.
34:28And as much as we've tried to look after him and take care of him, another 10 years of being played on and the weather have now taken their toll.
34:37So he's just had to stop in our mum's garage for now.
34:41The kids can't really play on him.
34:43What would you like me to do with this?
34:44All the seat, the bottom, the top.
34:48It's all a bit spongy in places.
34:50Well, that's spongy.
34:51That's underneath.
34:53This is spongy and creaky.
34:56Should have wheels.
34:57Right, so you've got one there.
34:59Well, I've got two.
35:00One and a half.
35:02Lovely to see it restored to a point that, you know, it can be played on just the same as we did when we were kids and see all the bits back on it as it should be.
35:12Puffin is granddad's boat to the children.
35:15Yeah.
35:16He never met his grandchildren and it's that tangible link to him that they wouldn't otherwise have had.
35:21My little boy is three.
35:23He loves playing on it.
35:24He keeps saying, why don't we have Puffin anymore?
35:27And he's like, well, we need to get him fixed.
35:30I will do my very best to keep as much of your dad's signature work there, but also make it strong and sturdy enough for kids to play with.
35:39Brilliant.
35:40Thank you, Will.
35:41That's fantastic.
35:42I'll see you soon.
35:44Bye-bye.
35:45Bye-bye.
35:47This is such a great boat.
36:02I wish I had something like this as a child.
36:05At some point, damp's got an end and I think that's where the majority of the damp has taken place.
36:11The bow, this is not salvageable at all.
36:14That's delaminating.
36:16The dashboard is broken and crumbling away.
36:23The seat panel here is breaking away at the hinge on the back.
36:28Thankfully, the majority of the solid wood can be saved.
36:32All the metal looks like it's in pretty good condition, but the bow, the floor and the seat are going to have to be replaced.
36:46Charlotte's removed the latex eyepiece from the mould she made to help Dean with his repair of the motorcycle goggles.
36:59Charlotte, how are we getting on?
37:01Yeah, it's all done.
37:02It's incredible.
37:03It's nice and bendy this one.
37:05So clever.
37:06So you think that'll sew in okay?
37:07Yeah.
37:08Take a needle and thread, right?
37:09It's nice and strong, a bit of flex.
37:11Should go in nicely.
37:12There we go.
37:13Thank you so much for your help.
37:14Oh, you're welcome.
37:15All right, mate.
37:16See you later.
37:17See you in a bit.
37:18It's kind of blown my mind actually how accurate it is to the original.
37:26I need to now paint it red to match the other one.
37:30I will paint the original as well.
37:33There's a lot of cracking on there where it's worn away.
37:36So if you can paint that back red, what that's going to do is consolidate everything and just stop it deteriorating further.
37:43Now I'm going to do the new one first.
37:46The good thing about latex is it will take acrylic paint quite well.
37:51That's actually going on really nicely.
37:53Now Charlotte's done an incredible job with this texture.
37:56And as I'm putting the paint on, it's really showcasing that.
38:00And once it's dry, I can get on with the tricky task of sewing it back into the frame.
38:16...
38:26Though he's had to rebuild the rotten parts of little boat Puffin, Will's making sure her character won't be lost.
38:36won't be lost well I've replaced the bow of the boat and the base of the boat with new plywood
38:42and it's so much stronger I have also managed to retain a panel on the inside where the seat is
38:50that must have been the flooring of the inside of the bus or something like that and I really
38:55want to keep this because it's a great nod to Jeff's work this is where they would spend so
39:00much time sitting down letting their imagination run wild so I'm going to pop this back in
39:06that slotted into place I'm pleased I managed to save that I like the original top of the seat
39:18that is breaking away and I know that Lindsay and Karen wants their children to play with this
39:23so I've used that as a template and I've cut out a new seat now I've got two kids
39:29and this is really going to inspire me to make something quite similar and just fixing it up
39:36kind of gives me that same bit of excitement that Jeff must have had when he bought this home oh yes
39:43very smooth that's very nice and there's enough space to put all your teddies in I just need to
39:49add on the last bits of trim that I can turn my attention to the dashboard
39:52to reattach the eyepieces to the motorcycle goggles shoemaker Dean is about to take a needle
40:06to latex now although I am sewing which is a very familiar technique to me I do it almost daily
40:12Charlotte has only made one eyepiece for me to go with so I really have to get this right and hope
40:20that nothing goes wrong I'm going to do a saddle stitch on this which is one piece of thread and
40:27two needles and they pass each other through the same hole creates a very very strong stitch
40:34so far it's going well I've got five stitches in but they're in nice and secure and as I pull it
40:47tight it's not cutting through the latex which is really quite a relief so it's just a case of being
40:54really patient and really slow I'm not trying to rush a result
41:00paintings restorer Lucia is ready for her next steps on the last gathering
41:15I'm at the point now when I finish the cleaning and removing all the overpaint I'm now going to
41:21concentrate on the crack in the paint here and that was completely covered over with overpaint
41:26and then there's a real really bad ding in the bottom which I will also treat and I'm going to do
41:31that by flowing in some of this special adhesive it's an acrylic this is actually a really tough
41:38adhesive as well so it should hold it in place really quite nicely the moisture in this adhesive
41:46we'll soften all the fibers shrink them a little bit the whole thing will pull together and it will
41:52go nice and flat when it's under weights okay so let's get things in place I need the release paper
42:00line it up at the edge put this piece on top
42:05okay so I can leave that to dry I'm going to turn it round and do the same on the bottom part
42:14and once everything's in place when it's dry the next phase is going to be a brush coat of varnish
42:19and retouching the little areas of scuffs and dings that are across the painting so yeah it's good
42:25to replace the next rotten part of puffing will's taking inspiration from the original maker well I've
42:43tried to separate the steering wheel from the dashboards and everything's just started to break
42:49away my hands ah we are beautiful Jeff was so resourceful when it came to making this I love
42:57the fact that this steering wheel is actually it looks like kind of like an old fire extinguisher
43:02something like that but to a child it is a steering wheel well now that I've got that off it's time to
43:09make a new dashboard now I've got a bit of a plan up my sleeve not only am I going to make the new dash
43:16out of solid wood so it doesn't delaminate I was kind of thinking I could add like a compass to the
43:22left and a speedometer to the right I'm going to use my trusty laser engraving machine so laser that
43:30detail in place I'm working out a couple of designs here I'm going with like an old-school compass design
43:38for the left and for the right-hand side I've got a speedometer yeah here I go
44:08hey Tim did you ever used to have a toy like this when you're growing up I didn't have a boat but I
44:18actually had a pedal car that my dad found in the scrap bin really yeah my dad did it out for Christmas
44:23and I came down Christmas morning and it was there sitting with a little dashboard just like you've
44:29printed off there and it was the best toy that I've ever had and my girls now use it amazing
44:35thanks to the artistry of both Charlotte and Dean the repair of the motorcycle goggles is nearly sewn up
44:44the goggles have gone back together really really well so fulfilling to see him come to this stage
44:50now moving on to the strap it's kept its elasticity which I'm really happy about so now I can get these
44:58back on the goggles and they are ready to collect I've really really enjoyed working on these it's
45:06it's so different to what I would normally do that's hooked in there really nicely they look fantastic
45:20champion motorcyclist George Brockerton wore these goggles at the peak of his racing career but time
45:27saw them hit the skids looking good you pleased yeah really they look so smart well done thank you
45:35George's son Paddy has returned with his son Gary to see if this precious memento of his dad is back to
45:45its glory days hello welcome back guys hi guys back to the bar yeah nice to see you again yeah how are you
45:53feeling well excited excited because I have such a connection with my father's achievements and these
46:02are always the most important thing to him yeah do you want to take a look well you ready I suppose we have to
46:11do you want to take a look well I think that's amazing wow thank you you're very welcome
46:33thank you so welcome I thought actually these were leather yes yes on first look and then realized
46:52they were kind of a latex rubber yeah yeah so I had to call the lovely Charlotte in to help me that's a
46:58great job well it's brilliant job that's wonderful it's quite clear to us how proud of your father you
47:05really are yes he left a real legacy that we're very proud of I can see how emotional my dad is because
47:13obviously he was so proud of his dad but I have to say I'm just as proud of my dad as uh as you were of
47:21yours so um you know it's it's just such a great thing but we have these are fantastic well I have no
47:27goggles to leave you well me too well you do now you do now thank you you're welcome thank you both so much
47:36I was very proud of my father and his achievements and uh they'll be passed over to Gary and his brother
47:49Stephen and they'll cherish these in the future I have no doubt yeah
47:54Will is on a roll restoring puffin the homemade boat well I'm now looking at the wheels one of them
48:10has broken into pieces and the other one is still together but incredibly brittle now I could buy new
48:18plastic wheels but I think in the spirit of Jeff I thought be really nice to turn some out of words
48:25I found a nice bit of teak here takes great because it has lots of natural oils in it so it'll be better
48:31in the elements outside
48:48I'm using my turning tools here to start to get that nice wheel profile it's quite a simple shape
48:58but I think once it's all turned in it's going to look really quite sweet
49:18Will's asked me to make a cushion and a flag for the puffin boat so I've sourced this really fun puffin
49:29fabric of course keeping in with the theme and what I've done is I've also sourced an orange which is
49:36what I'm going to pipe the edges of the cushion with the fabric's going to complement the boat perfectly
49:41and it's going to look super fun
49:43well that's my first wheel done and I have to say it looks really smart so much better than the
50:00plastic wheel and actually more in keeping with the boat that Jeff made that's one down one more to go
50:11it's time for Lucia to make her final retouches to the Welsh landscape painting
50:25I'm going to start on the dog this area is the most damaged area there's a lot of little abrasions
50:33where the dog has been partly rubbed out the little bit of retouching is going to hopefully
50:38really reconstruct that whole figure of the dog I'm mixing dry pigments with synthetic resins
50:46I'm going to go straight into the body of the dog and just start dotting in the losses and try and
50:54bring the dog to life I've loved working on this painting it's always a delight to find a missing
51:03part of it and it really sort of makes the composition complete once all that's done and
51:11I've done all the rest of the damage be ready to hand back to Amanda I'm very excited about that
51:17this artwork immortalizes a ritual that was carried out by a thriving farming community before they had
51:28to give up their land but painted over and left and aloft it was only telling part of its tale
51:36from a farming family herself Amanda hopes it can continue to honor those who came before her
51:44how great to see you again and you how are you feeling Amanda excited it had this patch
51:51that was covered over I'm hoping we'll find out what was underneath it are you ready to see it
51:58definitely yeah
51:59oh wow oh and another dog
52:17that was that was underneath another oh look at the colors of it
52:23it's lovely thank you so much it's it's wonderful yeah so detailed isn't it I know I know I'm just
52:34pleased to be able to share it with people and the wonder for me is that you're actually following in
52:40the footsteps of these guys in the modern world our boys are in their 20s now they're going to be
52:45gathering again this weekend so it's a really rich heritage really proud of it it's just lovely it's
52:52brilliant thank you so much it's been a pleasure really has good I'm thrilled to bits with it
52:58brilliant thank you I'll get the door for you thank you okay
53:02Lucie has done just an amazing job of the painting so excited to be able to show it to
53:12people and you know what it represents to our family and our community the local people who who
53:20gather the hill we can keep the legacy of the epents and and of the gathering for a long time to come
53:27the restoration of the good ship puffin is almost complete well I've just finished putting the wheels
53:42on and the woodwork looks very light here everything that I have replaced looks very light so I'm gonna
53:48pretty much rag some stain onto the surface and it's gonna help tone it down now I always love this
53:59part of any job the finishing and this really shows off all the hard work it's been a pleasure to
54:06inject fresh life into this boat and sort of preserve those memories for Lindsay and Karen once this is dried
54:15I'm going to seal everything with an external varnish which is going to protect the wood then it's ready
54:21to go back to Lindsay and Karen
54:22exposure to the dam meant this much-loved boat fashioned from scraps arrived more shipwreck than ship
54:36shape sisters Lindsay and Karen have returned with their children Toby Quinn Josh and Charlotte to see if
54:44their dad's clever creation is fit for more pint-sized play hello come in come in who's excited me me yes
54:58what are we hoping to see today puffin oh so you know what's underneath there yeah okay who's ready to see puffin
55:09well I am yeah kids you ready yeah three two oh I feel quite overwhelmed oh my goodness look at this oh it's already getting in
55:30uh yeah I like you to see it stuff back like that dad will be blown away yeah really
55:44it back like that dad would be blown away you really would the hinges back on the car and the
55:51seat opens again the secret compartment my treasure again yeah oh that's an amazing cushion
55:58with the puffins on as well son as has done a great job at making the cushion and the flag as
56:03well and it was my pleasure i had great fun oh thank you thank you so much it's beautiful north
56:09east and south oh look at this josh what do you think of the boat all right good job i think it's
56:18amazing it's puffing but better do you know what it's been a pleasure to work on it thank you so
56:23much for bringing it in thank you so much well it means so much to our family what you've done
56:29if you grab the door i'll wheel it out okay
56:31dad never got to meet his grandchildren and it's so amazing to see that something he built for me
56:43and karen can be now be part of their childhood they've got memories now that are to do with
56:50granddad it's granddad's boat it's our puffin boat i'm looking forward to playing on it and we can
56:58play pirates with josh i love it if you have a treasured possession that's seen better days
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