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00:00On all new salvage hunters, with almost 60 years combined experience, three leading antique and salvage dealers are joining forces.
00:10From West Wales, country house connoisseur Alistair Driverer loves the traditional.
00:16Sorry about that, isn't it? It's nice. Welsh, it's handsome. Pine, tavern, settle.
00:20Don't try to sell it to me. No, I'm not trying to sell it to you.
00:23Edinburgh-based dealer Vicky Knott has an incredible eye for interiors.
00:27I just think it's ever easy.
00:30I just think that's brilliant.
00:31In London, Shere Khan Yamakja is a devotee of retro design and industrial salvage sourced from all over Europe.
00:39These were made by gents of Leicester, and it's a general post office one.
00:43While his brother Jay restores items back to life.
00:47There's nothing to rust, nothing to go wrong, and that's why these last forever.
00:52Together, they're travelling the country, on the hunt for the very best antiques and decorative salvage.
01:00This time...
01:05Look at this place. Oh, wow.
01:08In London, brothers Shere Khan and Jay find a pumping station workshop that's a blast from the past.
01:14This is the only Victorian one left, with all its original machinery in it.
01:17He's speechless. He loves a good workshop.
01:20At a country estate in Kent, Alistair discovers a case with connections to Wales that ranks with the best.
01:27WA Foxpit, your grandfather.
01:29Yeah.
01:30One of the founding officers of the Welsh Guards.
01:32And showing Shere Khan around his home turf, Alistair is all in a spin over a remarkable survivor.
01:38So that's come from your father's fam?
01:43That's right, yeah.
01:44Two or three generations back.
01:45Yeah.
01:46Yeah.
01:47In North London, brothers Jay and Shere Khan Yumakja have built a reputation in the capital
01:58as outstanding dealers in industrial salvage, vintage lighting and retro design.
02:05Sourcing authentic and original stock means finding locations with a fascinating past.
02:10Places they can scour to find rare, surviving items their customers will love.
02:15We are very fortunate that we get calls to come and check out old factories, old mills,
02:22old workshops, because it's in those places, it's under all that dirt, under all that dust,
02:27you find the pieces that you will never find anywhere else.
02:31You have to go for it, because the items on offer, they're gold dust.
02:35That's the treasure.
02:36Today, the brothers are making the short journey to West London, where beside the River Thames,
02:48they've been given access to an historic landmark and marvel of 19th century engineering prowess.
02:54We're going to the Water and Steam Museum today, Jay.
02:58Nice.
02:59Richard has invited us.
03:01It's a Victorian industrial building, it's a museum.
03:05Who knows what they've kind of, like, collected up there.
03:07Stored and hoarded away.
03:09Stored and hoarded away.
03:11Invitation like this.
03:12No other dealer or trade has ever been there before.
03:14It's all going to be new stock that no one's ever seen.
03:17Nice.
03:19Around 12 miles upriver from central London, the Grade II listed Kew Bridge connects the famed
03:25Botanical Gardens with the industrial heritage of Brentford.
03:29And today, the suburb is home to a remarkable testament to the Victorian age of steam power.
03:35Overseen by head engineer Richard Albanese.
03:43The London Museum of Water and Steam tells the story of London's water supply history.
03:49This site first opened in 1838 as the Kew Bridge Water Works, and it's one of the first
03:54in the world to provide clean drinking water.
03:58I joined the museum in 1980 as a child, really, and as a volunteer, and fell in love with the
04:03place, and I've been here ever since.
04:05For over 50 years, we've been collecting objects and bits of equipment and machinery from all
04:11over London.
04:12We've got too much stuff.
04:14We do need to get rid of some of it.
04:16We're a charitable trust, so any money we get via donations or payments will go back into
04:21the coffers.
04:22Hey.
04:23Hi, Rich.
04:24How are you doing?
04:25I'm Jay.
04:26Nice to meet you.
04:27Very nice to meet you.
04:28Impressive place you've got here.
04:29You like it?
04:30Really.
04:31That's good.
04:32These are like industrial machines, yeah?
04:33They were made to do an industrial job, but look how beautiful they are, honestly.
04:36I mean, someone didn't just design a machine to do a job.
04:40They also designed something with aesthetic beauty as well.
04:43Am I right in believing that the pumps here used to provide water to the whole of London?
04:47Yes.
04:48This was a waterworks and pumping station site.
04:50The big engines that you haven't seen yet supplied water to London.
04:54Okay.
04:55The engines in this room we've brought from other sites and preserved and got working again.
04:58Okay.
04:59It's incredible what they've done.
05:00You look at that machinery, there's metal and wood and just industrial muscle.
05:05It's all there.
05:06Wow.
05:07You're looking at one of our oldest steam engines here for pumping drinking water.
05:12And this engine was installed brand new in 1846.
05:15Okay.
05:16The steam pushes the piston down, that pulls a beam down, and then at this end it lifts
05:21up this massive iron weight behind you, and then the weight would descend by gravity to
05:25pump the water to central London.
05:27Oh, wow.
05:28It is absolutely incredible, isn't it?
05:30It almost is like a temple, doesn't it?
05:32It's one sort of temple to worship.
05:34It's just so great.
05:35It's awesome.
05:36It is awesome.
05:37As a dealer, it's very, very rare that you get an opportunity like this.
05:44This is a really massive one.
05:46No dealer has ever been invited before.
05:49We're the first ones that's going to get to have a look, so, you know, we jump on chances
05:53like this.
05:54This is our boiler house building.
05:56Okay.
05:57So, there are items in here that we can potentially...
05:59There's a few bits and pieces, yes.
06:01A few bits and pieces that we can try to prize out.
06:04We should be finding lighting, stalls, benches, you know, industrial cabinets, signs.
06:10Obviously, they've got a museum here, so we appreciate not everything's going to be for sale, but,
06:16you know, we are going to try and we're going to push to buy.
06:18It's not a GPO, no post office one.
06:21That's nice.
06:22That is nice.
06:23Would that be for sale, Richard?
06:25That could be, yeah.
06:26I'm guessing these were made by Gents of Leicester, and it's a GPO...
06:31Yeah, general post office.
06:32Yeah, general post office one.
06:34You go to any big train station, you go to some of the old factories, you'll always find
06:40the old Gents clocks, and they're very desirable.
06:43They sell really well.
06:44Do you know what you would want for something like that?
06:47I'm guessing 60.
06:49Shake your hand at 60.
06:52Fantastic, okay.
06:54All of these are really good looking things.
06:57Those two are the most special.
06:59They're power station gauges.
07:00They're really big in diameter.
07:02You won't get those anywhere.
07:03Yeah.
07:04I've got an idea, yeah?
07:06Because these hands, they look quite nice.
07:08And I know it's not a clock.
07:10I could chop them.
07:11But it can become a clock.
07:12I could chop them and somehow...
07:14And somehow make an hour hand and a minute hand.
07:18They look like the old, you know, the early 1900s industrial clocks.
07:22They've got these really nice hands on them as well, with the crescent and the little
07:26arrow.
07:27Everything is perfect about them.
07:28For me, I'd hang them on the wall like a painting.
07:30Yeah.
07:31Just look at them as they are.
07:32How much are you asking for them?
07:33I'd be looking at 200 each for those.
07:36And do we know where they're from?
07:38We cleared out an electricity board power station museum.
07:43And age-wise?
07:44Probably about 1900, 1910.
07:47So, he doesn't want us to spoil them.
07:49I understand where he's coming from.
07:51You know, they are beautiful as they are.
07:54However, I feel this is in the realms of horology, so I could be persuaded to turn these
07:59into clocks.
08:00If I said to you 300 the pair, would that be taking the mick?
08:03It would be.
08:04I'm sorry.
08:05Absolutely.
08:06I'm not going to back down on this one.
08:07All right.
08:08200 each.
08:10There's one thing down here that I've seen.
08:13This.
08:14Where is this from?
08:16They were fitted onto workshop equipment.
08:18It's a company called Mekalek.
08:19They used to make them in London.
08:20Did they?
08:21Yeah.
08:22They originally started off in London, then moved up north.
08:24Mekalek's are very famous, like 1930s.
08:27In terms of English industrial lighting, my top three.
08:31Doug Dills, Wally Groff, Mekalek.
08:34Just very, very quality made, very utilitarian.
08:40Founded in London in the 1930s, Mekalek were known for their innovative 360 degree joint
08:47design and multi-arm articulating lamps.
08:50This early example of their two-arm design, complete with original brass fittings, has
08:55the patina of 90 years of wear and tear, making it a sought after piece of British industrial
09:00design.
09:01Once cleaned and rewired by Jay, Shere Khan thinks it could be worth around 435 pounds.
09:09How much are you asking for this?
09:11I know what I want to pay, but how much?
09:13I would think, really, 120.
09:18I'll give you 100.
09:20How much more.
09:21How much more.
09:22You're watching.
09:23The last year.
09:24Two.
09:25The last year.
09:26So.
09:27What's this?
09:28The last year.
09:29Two.
09:30The last year.
09:31Shere Khan and Jay are in West London, where they've been invited to a majestic Victorian
09:34pumping station.
09:35It almost is like a temple, doesn't it?
09:38Like, some sort of temple to worship.
09:40on the hunt for rare surviving items from the station's historical industrial heyday
09:46they're haggling over an original 1930s work lab how much are you asking for this i know what i
09:52want about how much 120 give you 100. okay thank you michaelic labs to me they're beautiful you
10:04know they were built to do a job now they're all out to retire they're just a part of our history
10:10and we have to keep them going so yeah i'm gonna clean it up rewire it but keep the yellow
10:16richard is that something like that for sale that sign oh well spotted yeah that could be
10:27cyclists dismount on walk no power assisted cycles or motorcycles allowed 50 quid 65. go on then i'm
10:35not gonna argue with you richard today it's hand painted onto metal from the style i'm guessing
10:421950s maybe 60s um but just really nice oh look at this place i think your workshop's good jay oh wow
10:54oh he's speechless he loves a good workshop it's like an untouched part of the building amazing i
11:02can move in i can move in there spend all my time happily just working away in there you won't find
11:10a better workshop anywhere in london than this one this is the only victorian one left with all its
11:16original machinery in and it's all belt driven from line shafting mounted up in the roof and when i started
11:22here we used to use these machines for restoring the big steam engines it's amazing anything for
11:27sale in here there could be we want to open this building back up to the public and we haven't had
11:31visitors in here for many years you go into that victorian workshop there's mechalex on the walls in
11:37situ you know they're there to do their job if richard said you can have it all we would have taken
11:42all of them cabinets tables lights we could clear that workshop i've made a kind of a little pile over
11:48there of potential items right have a look at that there's a green box there we could get that back
11:56in i think the tools i'd probably want to keep but the box i could let that go there is a few pieces
12:05there for sale kind of old um wooden boxes and things like that one of them a really nice green one
12:12the color is just perfect what would you want for the box 65 45 53 50. all right i mean these not
12:25quite sure what these are but that's for measuring very specific machine tools they're measuring gauges
12:32i can just imagine on someone's desk a lot of our customers is very male dominated or people buying for
12:39their husbands or boyfriends you know people with classic cars um people who are into automobiles so
12:45it kind of fits in with the kind of stuff we sell anyway boys toys what would you want for the pair
12:50make me an offer if i said 50 the pair 25 each could you go to 30 each yeah go on okay deal all right
12:58uh and there's a little kind of tray thing here distressed i think yeah a fiver you can have it for a
13:04fiver do you want that for take it for a five go on then we'll take it for a five okay deal all right
13:10that's the best buy of the day bargain you see that will go into my brother's workshop just the
13:15storage it's all going to help the museum as well five quid happy days um i think we've seen everywhere
13:22to buy so um my brother can load the van and we can have a cup of tea fantastic you're doing business
13:28with you thank you very much we've bought stuff that he's salvaged from other power stations and
13:38and other other factories all of it great honest perfect stuff never been seen by the antiques
13:46trade before perfect what a lovely day richard absolutely amazing day today take care every minute
13:52of it it was pleasure so much fun honestly especially seeing the workshop and it's nice to meet people who
13:58work in workshops as well thank you thank you thank you have a nice day absolutely amazing in there
14:07it was really what you see from the outside and then when you go inside two completely different
14:14worlds it's like the tardis i know and we got a really good haul out of there some really nice stuff
14:22while jay heads back to north london with a haul of rare items ready to find new homes
14:27shere khan is continuing his journey he's linking up with friend and welsh dealer alistair drybra
14:33who specializes in weathered and worn antiques
14:38they've received an invitation to visit an historic private estate in kent and with many storage areas
14:44to search through and a wide range of items up for grabs it promises rich pickings
14:50today we're gonna see a guy called andrew fox pitt the family unknown yeah in the equestrian world and
14:58they live in a really nice big country house country farm okay just outside canterbury i don't think
15:07we're gonna be going into the house okay he's got barns and he's got about 10 containers ah full of but i'm
15:15i'm assuming it's all stuff they don't need in the house anymore they've stored away yeah surplus
15:20things so we're really fortunate today to be very fortunate yeah to be doing this mate
15:27just 10 miles from canterbury knowlton estate spans over 1900 acres of kent countryside
15:34at its heart stands a quintessentially english 16th century house surrounded by farmland
15:39outbuildings and numerous storage containers preserving the estate's legacy is andrew fox pitt
15:51this estate goes back probably to the doomsday book we as a family moved here in about 1900
15:57the main challenge here is financing it we've commercialized every aspect of the business to be
16:03able to to preserve and conserve for the next generation so the main house we do as corporate
16:09retreats and the ultimate house party or the multi-generational family gathering we have vacated
16:15the rooms of a lot of the furniture and they have ended up in shipping containers in various barns
16:21around the farm and it's a shame really to leave it languishing in a container morning andrew hi there
16:29how are you very well thanks for coming down i'm alistair good to see you thank you for having
16:33here andrew shikhan hi there very nice to see you welcome to knowlton and what this all this good
16:39stuff you're going to find today it's all here is it it's all here and hidden in different places
16:43brilliant so we've got about 12 containers to look in all of which the stuff has come out of the houses
16:48so there's a lot there fantastic nothing thrown away nothing thrown away yeah right should we have a look
16:54yeah let's go and have a look go in the van yeah today it's a privilege you know it's a big thing
17:01when you're an antique dealer and you get invited into a country house there's nothing better just a
17:09short drive away on the estate's farm is a series of shipping containers which hold a collection of
17:14family relics stored away for generations a place like knowlton court you know it's 16th century
17:21it's like a little village okay it's not just one house there's outbuildings there's 10 bedroom
17:25houses on the estate so yeah i'm really excited so we're having a look in these containers okay okay
17:33which way left or right go to the right
17:41right there you go trunks galore okay
17:44okay whoa so that's my grandpa's welsh guards welsh guards w.a. fox spit
17:53he's born an angle see that's nice isn't it yeah stuff like that you you want to keep don't you with
17:57your grandfather i tell you what let's pull things out and you can say yes or no we'll get a bundle out
18:03here is it oh all these are full too are they old uniforms and i assume so
18:12it's a long day we're going to be here a while i think don't we huh
18:19you can buy a french tank i've bought a few wooden tanks in the past and they always seem to sell
18:26okay there's a lot of collectors for them this one the scale was good so this has come from the main
18:33house then andrew is it oh yeah so this would have been here for years then oh years and years
18:37yeah for the tank enthusiast yeah there's many of those probably dates the 1940s it's french and
18:46what i liked about it it was encased in a crate okay so that tank meant a lot to somebody years ago
18:55then you can see the internal workings there's lids to lift up and inside you can see the engine and
19:01every time you look at it something different appears two nice items there for those two because
19:07i'm buying the case just for that yeah 80 quid well for the pair yeah for the pair my grandfather would
19:16be most upset you're offering him 40 quid for the case i'm offering him 70 pounds for the case and 10
19:21over the time what what do you want what are you start things off today the case has got to be worth
19:31over 100 quid isn't it wooden blanket boxes cases they've had their day okay people use them for
19:37coffee tables or it's just a uh decorative piece now but you've it's sentimental value to you isn't it
19:44you know well to be fair we're not going to use that case sat in the container what if i give you 150
19:49them for the two because the name's good isn't it your name's good i'm very flattered it is i'm
19:55i'm giving you 100 for the case yes i'm 50 for the tank now are you yeah well i think we have to
20:02look at see what else is there because that's not really it's not really could be a tough day today
20:06mate yeah when you come to a family house there's a lot of things of sentimental value here it's worth
20:1240 quid maximum in that condition but it's his grandfather's you know he's never going to sell
20:20it to me for 40 pounds so it's 200 to pair and we got a deal 200.
20:26alistair and shir khan are at a private estate in kent on the hunt for remarkable items that have
20:42survived across multiple generations there you go trunks galore okay to get the ball rolling alistair is
20:49offering over the odds for a rare pair of items 200 the pair and we got a deal 200. okay just to
20:59get the day going go on right thank you very much wa fox pit your grandfather yeah born a welshman
21:06in anglesey right one of the founding officers of the welsh guards got to the dizzy heights of major
21:10general having fought in both both world wars brilliant it's steeped in history after speaking to
21:18andrew i can build up a story and that's the pull of coming to estates like this fresh stock nobody has
21:26seen it before here we have four more containers more containers right there you go right uh more cases
21:37i'll tell you what i've seen i've seen something nice can i have a look at this too yeah yeah we need
21:42to get this lamp out of there it's missing a massive piece it's a standalone light isn't it yeah but
21:49there's a piece missing here oh i want to be careful man i got it have you got it under there yeah just
21:56hold it i'm holding it yeah all right watch you don't fall off there no i won't that glass is can you
22:02see the ripples in it yeah is there so it's missing a door on both sides and it's missing the door here too
22:10isn't it it's a shame isn't it it's a shame it's lovely it's very elegant the glass terrarium that's
22:15a good thing i think it's victorian and date very well made it's for growing your plants the humidity
22:23inside it remains the same and when i wiped it a little bit you could see it was old victorian glass
22:30you got that little ripple in it by the mid-19th century terrariums had become a symbol of victorian
22:37sophistication wealthy households filled their interiors with elegant glass cases showcasing
22:43colorful exotic plants with its original lead frame and hand-blown glass this example has survived
22:50around 150 years and remained virtually intact once sympathetically restored al thinks it could be worth
22:57up to 500 pounds right so while he's breaking stuff in there 100 quid that was quick wasn't it huh no
23:05messing about on that one no no there you go it's a lovely thing it's not an expensive fix that one
23:12that i think is probably my buy of the day it's good this would be actually really nice if it was done
23:18but it's just way too much work how would it have hung then so there's chains would have hung from here to a
23:24ceiling rose and a and a bulb would have gone straight into it it's very arts and crafts it's
23:30brass it's um it's a victorian stained glass usually they had these hanging in the hallway it's very
23:36damaged one whole side of it is broken so it's going to need re-soldering but it is something very
23:43very special how much you want for it what about 100 quid i'm going to shake your hand at 100 quid and
23:50then we're going to give it a go oh my brother is not going to be happy with me seriously this is
23:57ticking all the boxes it's something my brother can repair luckily none of the stained glass is
24:02actually broken there's a few cracks on the bottom stained glass which can easily be glued together
24:07and then put back into place what have you seen i don't know just over here i've just seen some stuff
24:14oh easy it's all right i'm on the edge have you found anything interesting i may have
24:20i might have found a nice little mirror here oh yeah the wing's broken is it i know but i've got
24:25the other way uh we're in the final containers now and it's really enjoyable put that outside as well
24:31alistair let me have a look at that it's quite funny too watching shere khan clambering over things
24:35i'm not used to that i mean there's not a lot of money in that honestly it's it's it's just the
24:40mirrors aged a bit and i like it because the birds carved and bought a few carved birds recently 65
24:47i was gonna say 100 so i'll meet you in the middle at 75. go on then 75. go on then all right it's a
24:53really nice convex regency mirror i've had similar larger ones of these the wing luckily it's a clean
25:00break so when you put it back together no one's even going to be able to tell the convex mirror
25:04itself it's honest wear that will help the price do you want to bring this out into the sunlight or
25:09yeah let's get that out yeah let's have a look at it there's a region it's western anatolia
25:15um place called mula it's distinctive style killing from there andrew honestly i'm going to
25:20give you one price because i know my rugs this is turkish is western turkey um 75 pounds and that's
25:27a good deal on this yeah fair enough yep i'm not going to be using it so anytime soon that's
25:33that's a good deal it's very hard now to get good killings uh from anatolia this one the pattern and
25:40the color everything is right it will sell today's been really really good you know we're in an amazing
25:50location okay in a beautiful setting we've made contact now could be coming back in in six months
25:57time to buy more it's been a really good day it's been great thank you very much andrew much appreciated
26:03i enjoyed seeing you really enjoyed it thank you very much i've enjoyed meeting shere khan and
26:09alistair they do very much like different things i'm delighted what they've uh bought today is gonna
26:16get it get a rerun if you like in life um they've been sat there for decades and i think both shere khan
26:22and alistair have got some great items that once restored will be fantastic in their new homes
26:30you've had a busy day you've got your hands dirty i always get my hands dirty
26:34no you don't man look at you look at you you're covered in dust yeah some good buys as well for
26:38both of us i mean you bought some stuff that i can really see in your shop yeah that's what makes
26:43it good isn't it we all like different things yeah yeah two happy men very happy
26:48with some great finds in the van alistair and shere khan have one more visit lined up
26:56they're heading to carmarthenshire in south wales home to a long established factory with royal
27:01connections located in a place steeped in industrial heritage and welsh rural traditions it's a call that
27:08ticks the boxes for them both today we're in ammanford ammanford we're going to see chris okay corgi
27:16socks they have the royal warrants so they make socks for the king they make socks for the king
27:21nice yeah they must be exceptionally good quality i reckon they're the best yeah yeah they're welsh mate
27:27corgi that's a welsh dog isn't it yeah didn't the queen yeah yeah few corgi they can be vicious little
27:32things yeah in the 19th century small-scale farming in the amman valley was overtaken by coal mining
27:40founded in 1892 corgi hosiery supplied socks to local miners and over the years the company gained
27:49many prestigious clients a proud holder of a royal warrants for over 35 years and run by the same
27:55family for five generations today the business is led by managing director chris jones
28:00it was my great great grandfather who started the company in 1892 so my sister and myself run business
28:12out so we took over from dad they were fifth generation at corgi we're known for our socks
28:18but in addition to that we make you know cardigans sweaters hats scarves over the years we've made
28:24socks for a lot of celebrities my grandfather made a pair for eisenhower we've made socks for elton john
28:31and for king charles i started coming down here probably when i was about seven or eight uh i used
28:36to get given jobs like collecting all these these cones when they run out of yarn eventually got put on
28:42a machine and let me run a machine so i've always loved working in the business morning hi there how you
28:48doing chris how are you doing chris chris i'm alistair okay it's i'm shir khan nice to meet you
28:52hi what a place yeah there's not many factories like this left as it became cheaper to make abroad
28:58they closed down yeah because we've really kept niche and we make something that nobody else makes
29:03yeah are you still using the old machines then too a lot of the old machines yeah some of the original
29:09machines 130 year old 130 year old machines still in use wow when you come to a family run business
29:16you know that they're putting their heart and soul into it you know it's gone back generations
29:22the sentimentality is high and they want to keep it going things tend to stay in-house
29:29we might find items from when this place started are you handy with these machines yourself then or
29:34i can i can use some of them yeah yeah yeah you've got no problem making a sock there they take me a
29:38bit longer than these girls yeah brilliant and of course you've got the royal warrant we've had that
29:42for about since the 80s so he's wearing your undergarment he wears our socks here brilliant it's
29:48very rare that they will open the doors to traders like us so we're very privileged to be able to come
29:54here my father was a gentleman's tailor he came to this country as a skilled worker so i remember
30:00the factories back in the early 80s in east london i've got kind of like a nostalgic memory to all the
30:07hustle and the bustle of the of the factory workers look at all the um sock bowls yeah so wow look at
30:12those good color on them man what are they made of pine i think they like peach pine yeah something
30:17we need but we do have some spares i quite like them could i have a look at a few more yeah these are
30:21a bit newer them ones are they some of them are yeah yeah there's some new ones some old ones yeah these
30:26are the older ones and they're all different sizes obviously yeah yeah um would you let 10 go so five
30:32pairs yeah do that yeah so the socks are made and they put over wooden molds just simple bits of
30:39wood shaped like a leg but there's something about them but the older ones have got a better color
30:44you know king charles his sock could have been on that mold you've got to buy them for the history
30:49100 quid go on then 100 quid 100 yeah done we'll pick them out after yeah yeah we'll pick them out
30:56okay like to have a look at this yeah please yeah ah missing its draw missing its draw yeah have
31:11you got the draw i think that's long gone yeah look at that that that right how how is a table like
31:16this ended up here you know it's just probably been in a corner for the last 30 years uh just been
31:23used to put socks on top of it it's a lovely it's a really old welsh table that it's nice there's a
31:29table very welsh and the paint on it's to die for but it's missing a draw for sale yeah yeah um
31:38um make you a cheeky offer because the money is 50 quid
31:53alistair and shir khan are in carmarthenshire south wales visiting a factory that makes socks
31:58fit for a king are you handy with these machines yourself then i can i can use some of them yeah yeah
32:04searching for items that have withstood the test of time alistair has spotted a rustic welsh table
32:09with the kind of wear he and his customers love make you a cheeky offer because the money is
32:1550 quid god because the door's missing yeah that's fair yeah that's okay thank you to create a draw
32:22easy enough but to replicate that paint to match it up with the rest of it it's going to cost 150
32:28pound but a draw on that table but it's got to be bought have a little look in the workshop
32:36somebody's busy at work yeah that's my dad is it yeah that's uh yeah dad he's not called dad he's
32:44called hugh so how are you doing hugh alistair nice to meet you hugh shir khan looks like a brother
32:50doesn't look like a dad yeah yeah i can't deny him uh so he's got you working today is he
32:58well i've started coming back and doing a bit of restoration work so if anything goes wrong with
33:02these machines you're the man it's like a roman pickaxe and you know highest paid member of staff
33:08then yeah yeah yeah he's looking to his right all the time oh no i've spoiled a couple of things
33:14no it's the stall yeah yeah logo on it yeah it's ever talk 20s that is yeah yeah would this be for
33:24sale yeah all right the ever talk stall is the archetypal british industrial version of the german
33:30roac stalls color on it is beautiful still got its green still got its emblem oak top fantastic it's a
33:37really good size it's not going to take long to sell there's something else i'm interested in
33:42are those drawers yeah i saw them yeah are they for sale they would be yeah they look like a cotton
33:48that's probably what they were yeah okay little copper handles on them i've seen these before
33:53sometimes they have a advertising name at the back this one didn't someone could put jewelry in
33:58that that it would be a fabulous for someone's collection of watches it's a beautiful thing i know
34:03what i usually pay for them when i get them so i'm just going to i'm going to give you a price 175 for
34:07both 200 for the two 175 is good for me 180 go on 180 will show hard to deal with i know i know
34:19it is a handsome piece just the glass needs changing the wood needs cleaning and and that's
34:23it that it'll photograph so well it'll go straight online and it will not hang around
34:28so it's a little uh factory shop we we sell the socks at a discounted price okay what's that behind
34:36the door there then so we're not quite sure what that is tell you what i love that why have you got
34:44something like this in here then can i put it on there behind the door is something that's very me
34:52yeah very welsh very rustic uh very vernacular possibly used for some kind of washing process
35:03maybe the washing of cotton but what it is it's just a great tabletop fruit bowl imagine that on a
35:10rustic table in an old cottage i appreciate those things is that for sale it is i'm gonna make you an
35:18offer for that 150 pound yeah it didn't even knock me up huh thank you thank you very much i love it
35:27just the way it's been crudely made and the way it's been uncut under there yeah i just think it's
35:34a great thing that's 200 years old it was made for a purpose it was made with heart and soul
35:41they're not to be chucked away they're not to be dismissed they're good honest things if i'd have come
35:47here today and just gone away with that that would have made my day good day mate yes you've done
35:55very well exceptionally well i've done well yeah you've done all right yeah hi guys chris i found
36:01out what that's for have you how did you find that out i spoke to my father so in the farm when they
36:09have to spin the one yeah then they'd use this that slots in there ah that will go on there and
36:18you can you can adjust the size and then you spin the yarn would spin around wool spinning has been a
36:25part of welsh life for centuries although the process was industrialized in the 18th century
36:31many families continued to spin yarn at home with spinning wheels and wool winders commonplace in welsh
36:37cottages thoughts would be made in the swansea valley around 1820 this wheel is crafted from
36:43pine and ash rare and collectible alistair believes this remarkable survivor could be worth around 450
36:50pounds so that's come from your father's father's fam that's right yeah so two or three generations
36:59back yeah yeah thank you that's amazing do those parts come with it then should we discuss that over
37:07a coffee yeah yeah nicer mate thank you very much
37:13what a great thing it's always good to ask people people hold history in their heads people hold stories
37:19now i can take it home and i can pass that on to somebody else it's welsh it's historical
37:28and it's brilliant great thank you very much great to meet you chris thank you very much much
37:33appreciate it thank you take care cheers mate thanks bye-bye today at corgi hosiery amazing it's just
37:40great to see you know an historical welsh company thriving you know just to witness that with your
37:46own eyes brilliant it's a real testament to chris and his family it's a good day mate good day it was
37:55good day that yarn spinner yeah yeah that's got it all hasn't it that's me all over mate i'm so glad
38:01right you don't like things like that that little drawer glass top drawer yeah i wanted that that's
38:08nice that is nice and it's an easy fix mate yeah you could even do that you don't even have to give
38:13that to your brother i don't have to but you know yeah i know you know everyone should do their own job
38:18uh alistair yeah yeah you do your job let me do mine
38:31after a week of rare finds one standout piece that's in need of careful restoration has landed
38:36in jay's north london workshop my brother bought this back and he said he wants it all original he
38:43wants all the original glass everything as is because it's all handmade glass
38:47so he wants me to put the broken glasses back together and then put them back into the
38:54lead where it's falling out of but the first thing is putting this rim back on there it is a good
39:03piece it's got a bit of history to it and once i've got it up and running it's going to be stunning
39:12before securing the brass frame jay must first remove previous crude resin repairs
39:17without damaging the original solder when you're soldering you have to make sure it's clean
39:24if you've got any of the resin remaining it's not going to attach itself to the metal it's going
39:28to attach itself to the resin what's really amazing is for a lamp of this age about 100 years old all
39:38the original parts are still here although it's had many repairs over the years but all its original
39:44parts are intact and survived
39:50the joints are resoldered
39:54right nice and sturdy get in there
39:57so here i'm applying some autosol with 00 wire wool it just cleans it up gives it a nice polish but it
40:10doesn't take too much away
40:15that's all done that's looking pretty good
40:18pretty solid next is to sort the glass out this is not one of my normal resto jobs this is my first
40:36attempt or first go at working with stained glass
40:40using glass glue and an additive jay delicately pieces the broken stained glass back together
40:47apply the additive which makes it dry a little bit quicker
40:57i've never done something like this it gives me the chance you know
41:01to go research look it up how it's done what i need and yeah i just i just find the challenge exciting
41:08you know
41:12my brother wanted to keep the original glass
41:17because you can see all the little seeds in there the waves of it with the restored panes cleaned
41:24reloaded and secured jay begins final assembly so this is the bottom half first nice and easy
41:38all seems to be sliding into place properly
41:50last piece
41:51there we go
42:02not bad all we need now is the chain and the lights
42:10serkan
42:11what do you think that's fantastic innit what a fantastic job that's perfect man and even like
42:21the there's a few cracked ones you stuck those in yeah yeah yeah that looks that looks perfect
42:26for the next time please more communication before you buy things like this
42:30just trust my vision when i found that that is what i envisioned fantastic job
42:38with period chains and a new light fitting the victorian stained glass hall lantern shines once again
42:44so great week out with my brother at the steam and water museum in brentford we had a great day there
42:56found some amazing stuff especially the brass measuring gauges you know looking like early 1900s
43:04very privileged getting access to knowlton court all the storage there you know you're looking at a
43:09family that never throws anything away picked up that amazing lantern my brother's done a superb job
43:15on that world-class restoration you know made all for a really good week
43:22corgi socks with alistair alistair was so excited about his wool spinner
43:27it's exactly what he looks for you know right down his street so perfect we've got this kind of
43:32unspoken rule between us country house furniture i leave to him mid-century and industrial he leaves
43:39to me and the gray area in between kind of like signage and handwritten stuff we share the spoils
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