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Angus Ashworth: Yorkshire Heritage Hero - Season 1 Episode 5 -
Birdsall House
Birdsall House
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00:00Secret stately homes, a priceless part of our heritage, and now some are throwing open the doors.
00:06Wow, I like it already.
00:08To auctioneer and country house connoisseur Angus Ashworth.
00:11You walk in here, you cannot not be amazed with it. It's sort of a visual overload.
00:16He's on a mission to help save these historic houses for the nation.
00:20More than 200 have vanished since the war.
00:23They've just bulldozed. People couldn't afford them. They were lost forever.
00:26He'll be hunting through lofts and cellars.
00:29Oh, I've spotted something.
00:31Let's see, look, look, armour.
00:33There's the armour.
00:33Here's the armour, yeah.
00:35For forgotten treasure.
00:37Look at that.
00:37Look at that, bad boy.
00:39This is like a dream for me.
00:41It's quite a mess for me.
00:42I don't think I can do anything with the toilets.
00:45To raise cash to help fund renovation or repairs.
00:49It's a battle, you know, something goes wrong every day.
00:52Something significant breaks every week.
00:54And the upkeep's enormous.
00:56He'll be diving into life.
00:59As a weekend houseguest.
01:01And occasional butler.
01:04All right, cheers.
01:06Arriving in style.
01:08It's beautiful from up here, isn't it?
01:09It gives you a real perspective.
01:11To experience a lost way of life
01:13in some of Yorkshire's most stunning stately homes.
01:17OK, here we go, Angus.
01:24OK.
01:29Angus and Pilot James are in the air again
01:32over the rolling Yorkshire walls.
01:34I'm afraid the catering is not very good on board, but it's right today.
01:39Also, the heating is terrible, but the air conditioning is very effective.
01:42Their destination today is Birdsell House in North Yorkshire.
01:47There's been a stately home on this site since the 1500s.
01:52Birdsell, incredible sport, surrounded by the farmland.
01:55It's a huge farming estate.
01:58Birdsell House is the Grade 2 star listed home of Lady Cara Willoughby,
02:02her husband James, their three children, and a menagerie of peacocks.
02:08I think James has known this house since he was a boy.
02:13I was very much aware that I didn't know the house as well as he did.
02:17It was quite daunting coming in.
02:19Well, Cara and I moved here in about 2018,
02:22after my grandparents had passed away,
02:24and started using the majority of the house for more commercial purposes.
02:27In the 19th century, this house existed as a country escape for its owners.
02:34All posh dinners, parties, and dancing.
02:37But today's owners live here all year round.
02:41When we moved into Birdsell,
02:44there'd been no family with young children living here for 90 years.
02:48So there was a bit of an adaption to do.
02:50It's a big house with a big character,
02:52so it took a little bit of time for us all to find our way
02:56around the house and how we could make it into a family home.
03:00Cara and James have invested heavily in the future,
03:04with a very unusual addition to the house.
03:07Today, Birdsell is one of the only stately homes in the country
03:11that boasts its own nightclub.
03:13We've really tried to create a variety of different types of events
03:18so that we're attracting a huge different number of people.
03:21In today's world, you know, this house has to wash its own face.
03:24Cara has even brought back dancing to Birdsell's ballroom,
03:30recently hosting a night with a star from television Strictly Come Dancing.
03:35Well, obviously, there's an enormous amount to do
03:37to keep the show on the road.
03:40You've got to find a way of making it sustainable financially.
03:44Oh, God, it's like trying to drag a donkey up a hill.
03:49Right, there we are.
03:50Angus is staying for the weekend to see just how this unusual venue works,
03:55and he's offered to have a hunt for any unwanted items
03:59that can go off to auction.
04:01I mean, it is incredible, isn't it?
04:03I mean, Birdsell Estate is vast.
04:07I expect it takes a lot of upkeep, but I can't wait to see inside it.
04:11Angus has met Cara and James before,
04:15but being a weekend guest is a first.
04:18Hi, Angus. Morning.
04:21Another bumpy landing.
04:23Morning. How are we doing?
04:24Good. Nice to you.
04:25Hi.
04:26Hello, how are you?
04:27Oh, very well, thank you.
04:28Very well.
04:34Welcome to Birdsell.
04:35Wow.
04:38So, what a room.
04:41Yeah.
04:41So, this is the main entrance in.
04:44Birdsell's first owners were the Sotheby family,
04:47who went on to set up the auction business.
04:50In 1729, the Willoughbys married in,
04:53and it's remained in this family ever since.
04:56We've got a busy weekend planned.
04:57Right, wonderful.
04:59It's a classic Georgian house with perfect symmetry and proportion.
05:05On the inside,
05:07Birdsell boasts one of the largest collections
05:09by a certain English cabinetmaker,
05:12including Angus's bedroom for the weekend.
05:16Cara, wow.
05:19So, this is a bed by Thomas Chippendale
05:23that we thought you might enjoy to stay in.
05:27I can honestly say I've never slept in a Chippendale bed.
05:32I mean, that is absolutely incredible.
05:34They're the first for everything.
05:37Chippendale is widely regarded
05:39as Britain's greatest cabinetmaker.
05:42This bed is rarely used,
05:44which is not a surprise,
05:45as one recently sold at auction
05:47for a quarter of a million pounds.
05:49The marble fireplaces, the furniture.
05:53A Chippendale bed.
05:55It's just ridiculous.
05:56En suite.
05:57Beautiful furniture throughout.
05:59I mean, even the little things.
06:00Things that, you know, pale into significance
06:03alongside the Chippendale bed.
06:04Nice Canton Famille Rose Bowl there.
06:06You know, lovely oil paintings.
06:08And, yeah.
06:10Spot on.
06:12Absolutely spot on.
06:13This is lovely.
06:21But there's no time for Angus to put his feet up.
06:24He's needed downstairs.
06:26While the furniture is an important part of Birdsell's history,
06:30Cara is banking on the future.
06:33And there's a new part of the house she's especially proud of.
06:37Oh, wow.
06:40This wasn't the servants' kitchens I was expecting.
06:43To help Birdsell make money,
06:45a new space had to be found
06:47to allow guests to let their hair down.
06:50This is a country house with its own nightclub.
06:54So this is the old kitchens
06:55that were put together in 1873 for the house.
06:59So we have weddings up in the house, as you know.
07:02We've been doing that for seven years or so.
07:04But it became difficult where to dance in the evenings
07:07because of the historic fabric of the building.
07:10We didn't want to wreck it.
07:11So this area wasn't doing anything.
07:13And why not then make use of it?
07:16Make it make some money,
07:17help keep the upkeep of the place going.
07:20And it seemed like a great space to develop.
07:22Well, it looks like it goes on.
07:24Yes, shall I show you a few more bits?
07:25OK.
07:28So these were the old kitchens.
07:31My word, look at it!
07:32Look at it, this is incredible!
07:36With a glitter ball.
07:37This is the old oven.
07:39I know people are going to get up on there to dance on it.
07:41This is incredible!
07:42I mean, you wouldn't know from the outside.
07:43You've got, I mean, it's basically a nightclub.
07:46You know, it's quite fun.
07:47No one would expect when they come to the wedding
07:49that it's upstairs, it's grand, it's formal,
07:52and then they come downstairs.
07:53But then you've got all the original features,
07:55which I absolutely love.
07:56I am seriously impressed.
07:59This is incredible!
08:01I can only begin to imagine how much this has cost.
08:05So it's a huge investment.
08:06And you know, of any investment, there's a risk.
08:09They've got to get people here.
08:11You know, this is the sort of venue
08:12you would expect to see in the centre of London
08:13or Leeds or a big city.
08:15We're not.
08:16So you've got to get people here,
08:18and it's got to pay for itself.
08:19I hope it does.
08:30With the old kitchens now the new nightclub,
08:33Cara's got her eye on other spaces
08:35that are currently unused.
08:38These stables once were full of horses.
08:41Today they're full of junk,
08:42and Angus has offered to start the clear-out
08:45to see what could go off to auction.
08:49Right, let's have a look in here.
08:51Wow!
08:53I love these buildings.
08:55I've seen them very well.
08:59Right, there may be some bits in here.
09:02Wow!
09:02Cara's brought me down to the stables,
09:04but, you know, the stables and the stables.
09:06I mean, it is vast.
09:08And you can imagine this back in the day, you know,
09:10in the 19th century, in the 18th century.
09:12I mean, it would have been a hive activity.
09:14All these buildings full of horses
09:16and all the people servicing the horses,
09:18it's incredible.
09:19The stalls that would have had horses
09:21don't have horses,
09:22and the filth of the stuff that they've moved from wherever.
09:25Where do we put it?
09:25Put it in the stable.
09:26It's time for Angus to get stuck in.
09:30And organs.
09:32That organ came out of the servant's wing.
09:34What do you think about that?
09:35They are one of the hardest things to sell.
09:39I mean, lovely,
09:40even with the provenance of it coming from here.
09:42In the 19th century,
09:44every fine home had a pump organ.
09:47Today, Angus knows you can't give them away.
09:51I'm seeing if it still works.
09:53No, it's not ballowing up.
09:58Organs, sadly,
09:59they're just a thing of the past.
10:01They're big, they're heavy,
10:02they take up a lot of space.
10:04It's that dark furniture
10:05that people, generally speaking, don't want.
10:07So, yeah, I can't see them ever coming back.
10:12This organ has played its last tune.
10:15Angus is going to have to work much harder
10:17to fill his country house auction.
10:19There's a few chairs in here, quite nice.
10:21OK.
10:21That little one there.
10:23And there's probably a few in there
10:24that we could do something with.
10:25OK.
10:28They're quite pretty, aren't they?
10:30They are pretty.
10:33Deeply unfunctional.
10:35Yeah, pretty but unpractical, yeah.
10:37There's a nice little sort of Georgian one there
10:40with sort of faux bamboo frontlets,
10:42which is always quite a nice look.
10:43And then there's all various cane-seated ones.
10:47Is there a market for that sort of thing?
10:49Um, you know, it's not huge,
10:52but I think pretty little chairs,
10:54a couple of them,
10:54little sort of like bathroom chairs,
10:56that sort of thing.
10:56So I think, you know,
10:58we could find a home for them.
10:59You know, in the back of the stall,
11:01there's just mountains of chairs.
11:03I mean, stacked up, stacked up.
11:04They're all of a similar ilk,
11:06cane-seated,
11:07sort of what we'd call a bedroom-type chair.
11:09You know, not huge amounts of money.
11:11The gem, though,
11:12is the little Georgian chair.
11:13It looks a bit rough,
11:14but those little faux bamboo legs on it,
11:17I think that's the little sleeper among the chairs.
11:20Individually,
11:22these chairs might not be worth much,
11:24but together,
11:25they could fetch several hundred pounds.
11:29Angus has put together a mix of 30 chairs
11:31to go off to auction.
11:33Not a fortune,
11:35but it's a start.
11:36Expert auctioneer Angus Ashworth
11:50is spending the weekend
11:51at Birdsell House
11:53helping owners James and Cara Willoughby.
11:56I don't really want to stand on the boxes.
11:58No, I think you'll go through them.
11:59He's searching the outbuildings
12:01for things he can sell at auction,
12:03and he hasn't finished yet.
12:04It goes on and on, Cara, doesn't it?
12:07Yeah, absolutely.
12:09Well, you might find something in this one.
12:10OK.
12:12I've got this.
12:13What on earth is this?
12:15So this is a table
12:17that held a massive pestle and mortar
12:19in the Victorian kitchens.
12:21That's right.
12:22Left this out.
12:23So I've got the pestle and mortar.
12:25Right.
12:25So you'll need this to put the pestle and mortar in?
12:28Nope.
12:28I've already got it in something else,
12:30but this is what it did use to go in.
12:33You know,
12:33we go to the next door,
12:34and straight in,
12:36before we can even get it in,
12:37there's this table.
12:39Very sort of estate-made country house.
12:42You know, definitely downstairs use
12:44rather than upstairs.
12:45Big, solid, painted legs
12:47and this scrub pine top.
12:49This table made on the estate
12:51would have housed a huge bowl or mortar
12:54for grinding herbs and nuts.
12:57Cara thinks it's ready for the bonfire.
12:59Angus thinks it's ready to make money.
13:02It'd be very easy to just say,
13:04get rid of it, it's rubbish.
13:05You know, Cara's items are going to get rid of it.
13:07But you've just got to have a little bit of vision.
13:09Okay, in its current state,
13:11you think,
13:11clean it all down,
13:13wax that top up,
13:15maybe sit something in it,
13:16a sink or something like that.
13:17It's the character,
13:18it's the history.
13:19It's come out of Bird's Old House.
13:21Look at all that amazing history.
13:22And you can have that in your house.
13:24I think it's got a lot of character.
13:26Okay, I'm not sure how you're going to get there.
13:28So, over to you.
13:30I'm going to try and surprise you with that, okay?
13:32I'll sell that.
13:34What else is there?
13:35Right.
13:39Another organ?
13:43There's all sorts in here, isn't there?
13:44Do you mind if I, uh...
13:46I'm just going to...
13:46Another organ?
13:51Okay.
13:52Well, these two painted,
13:58sort of Victorian pine side tables are right.
14:00And the table underneath it looks okay.
14:02We've got two white painted tables at the back.
14:04One's better than the other.
14:05It's original,
14:06albeit somebody's gone over it
14:07in the white gloss,
14:09which happened a lot during periods.
14:11Single draw, but it's still usable.
14:13It's just a handy little table.
14:14We're not talking huge amounts of money.
14:16Angus is convinced
14:17there's something special
14:18beneath the paint on these tables.
14:20And they should sell well.
14:22Especially with their aristocratic provenance.
14:25Okay, a few bits out of there.
14:27Okay, watch out for this.
14:28Yeah, yeah, that's a prize piece, that.
14:30Oh!
14:31Oh, I've spotted something.
14:33Oh, you?
14:33Okay.
14:34Yeah.
14:34What have you seen?
14:36Um, this car, right?
14:38I think this is the old kitchen's table
14:42that the equivalent to Carson and Mrs Hughes
14:45sat at every day.
14:46The prep table in the middle of the kitchen.
14:50This is wonderful.
14:51This huge estate table.
14:52You can imagine it in the kitchen,
14:54in the sort of servants' quarters.
14:56That scrub pine top.
14:57Very basic, crudely made.
14:58You know, this is rough.
15:00This is the downstairs, not the upstairs.
15:02But weirdly, the downstairs stuff's more commercial
15:05than the upstairs now.
15:06So I'm afraid I think this is probably
15:08too historically attached,
15:10I think is probably the word.
15:11I totally get that.
15:12Yeah.
15:13It's wonderful, but it needs to stay with the house.
15:15Well, if we ever do, I'll let you know.
15:18You know, all the stories,
15:20the history that's happened around that table
15:22is phenomenal, isn't it?
15:23And it should stay with the house.
15:25My job's not to take heritage away.
15:27Something like that needs to be looked after
15:29and find somewhere on this estate for it.
15:32Angus has almost finished hunting
15:34when he suddenly spots something rather special.
15:38Darling in wood, York, nice.
15:44Don't break it.
15:45No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
15:47That needs rewiring, doesn't it?
15:51It's got its pendulum,
15:53so it needs a wire for its striker.
15:55Um, probably a big oval.
15:57This wall clock is from a time
16:00when staff in the house didn't have watches.
16:03This clock and its bell
16:05would have been central
16:06to the lives of everyone here at Birdsall.
16:09Kara wants this to stay.
16:12That clock, interestingly,
16:14um, came from the old Victorian kitchens
16:17and I would love to get it mended.
16:19And I know where it went
16:19and I've got photographs of it,
16:20but it doesn't work anymore.
16:23Kara quite rightly says,
16:24you're not having that,
16:25we want to put it back
16:26in where it would have been in the house.
16:29You know, you need to know
16:30when to call time, don't you?
16:31So, um,
16:32I think if we can get that restored,
16:34do a really good job on that
16:35and make that a feature piece,
16:37wonderful.
16:38So that's an idea for you?
16:40I can get that.
16:42I can get that sorted.
16:43We'll have that running.
16:44OK.
16:45Darlingham Wood began making clocks
16:47in York in the 1820s.
16:50They are still sought after by collectors.
16:53Although this one is not worth a fortune,
16:55it is almost priceless to Kara
16:57with its connection to the house.
17:00Angus' challenge
17:01is to get this clock working again.
17:04The lads will be coming back
17:05to gather a few bits up
17:06that we can sell a lot of items
17:07that are going to stay with the house.
17:09So we're going to get the clock sorted,
17:10there'll be enough money
17:11in the items that we're selling
17:12to pay for that
17:13and that is a result.
17:15You know, it's refunding
17:17the estate funding restorations
17:19to continue.
17:21A few times a year,
17:23Birdsall opens its doors
17:25to paying visitors
17:26who come to look at the house,
17:28the artwork
17:28and, of course, the furniture.
17:32Hi, Angus.
17:33Hi, Kara, are you all right?
17:34Good, thank you.
17:35Good.
17:35I've got a job for you.
17:36Right.
17:37But first of all,
17:37can I get you to put that on?
17:38Yes, I certainly can, yeah.
17:40And then,
17:42please, can I get you to chop those up?
17:46Before the First World War,
17:48this kitchen would have been buzzing with staff.
17:51Today, it's just Kara
17:53and she's got guests coming any minute.
17:56We have got the Furniture History Society.
18:00Excellent.
18:00And they have come from all over the world.
18:03And normal for you to be preparing all the lunches?
18:06Yes, yes.
18:08There's no risk for the wicked around here.
18:10Part of the deal
18:12is a lunch made and served
18:14by Lady Kara herself.
18:17On the major day,
18:18we've just got quiches and salads
18:19because it's a nice warm day.
18:20So, luckily, it's not too heavy duty.
18:23Excellent.
18:24I suppose that you just
18:25have to get mucked in with everything then.
18:27Yes, yes.
18:28I mean, someone asked me what my job was once.
18:31And so I wrote about 365 different roles
18:34in tiny, tiny writing,
18:35including chief driver,
18:39sous-chef, head chef,
18:41duster.
18:41You know, you write it all in.
18:42Yeah.
18:43Because your job is so varied around here.
18:45But there's no time to waste.
18:47The historical furniture tour
18:49is about to arrive
18:50to look over Birdsell's priceless collection
18:52of Chippendale furniture.
18:54And, of course,
18:56none of that is for sale.
18:58So, welcome.
18:59Welcome to Birdsell.
19:00Today, I'm going to show you
19:01all the way around.
19:03And then I'm slightly
19:04going to leave the furniture to you.
19:06Lady Kara just gets stuck in.
19:08She's running around,
19:09carrying boxes,
19:10doing the lunches.
19:12I think that's
19:13what estate life is.
19:14Lunch first, I think.
19:16Come in and have some lunch.
19:17It's not just about the house.
19:19It's everything.
19:19It's the bigger picture.
19:20You know, it's the furnishings.
19:21It's the ground.
19:22And it's wonderful
19:22to have these people
19:23travelling from all over the world
19:25to come and see
19:25the fantastic piece of furniture in it.
19:27Yorkshire furniture, Chippendale.
19:29Before these guests
19:30can get their hands
19:31on Kara's Chippendales,
19:33it's time for lunch.
19:34How are you finding lunch?
19:36Delicious.
19:37Good.
19:37Is there any particular
19:38that you find delicious?
19:39I think the quiche are fabulous.
19:40Is it the quiche?
19:41Are you responsible for this?
19:42No, no.
19:43I'm sorry.
19:44What are you responsible for?
19:45Well, the pomegranate.
19:47Oh, I love them.
19:48Oh, thank you.
19:48And that's a lot of work,
19:49pomegranates.
19:51After lunch,
19:52it's time to get down
19:53to business.
19:55Picture-wise,
19:56we've got
19:56fillet riding balls,
19:58one, two, three, four, five,
20:00all commissioned by the family
20:01of their sporting horses
20:03and their sporting hounds.
20:05The owls above the doors
20:07are 1588,
20:08the owl being the family crest.
20:10There's one item
20:11that's getting
20:12quite a lot of attention.
20:14This is Chippendale's
20:15original book,
20:17The Gentleman
20:18and Cabinet Maker's Director.
20:20Today,
20:21it's probably
20:22the most valuable
20:23furniture catalogue
20:24in existence.
20:25So,
20:26I didn't know
20:27Cara had
20:28Chippendale's directory.
20:30I mean,
20:30this is...
20:31Yeah,
20:34the holy grail.
20:35So, for me,
20:36I'm more excited
20:38about the book
20:39than the table.
20:40Some people
20:41might shoot me for that,
20:42but that is like
20:44the holy grail
20:45of furniture design
20:46and design book.
20:48Incredible to see
20:49an original copy.
20:51I mean,
20:52the table's lovely as well,
20:53but the book
20:54is the creme de la creme.
20:56But I think
20:56the most important things here
20:57are these two
20:59Chippendale commodes
21:00that we've taken out.
21:01They normally live
21:02under perspex,
21:02so we've taken them out for you.
21:04Some of the guests
21:05have flown across
21:06the Atlantic
21:07to be here.
21:08They're incredible art,
21:09though.
21:09Yeah,
21:09that handle
21:10is a typical
21:11Chippendale handle.
21:12These are super ambitious,
21:14both because of the form
21:15with these very
21:16exaggerated
21:17C-scroll supports,
21:19the turning here,
21:20the lushness
21:21of the lacquer panels,
21:22how the scenes
21:23are super vivid.
21:25It's a bit like
21:26a sort of detective
21:26problem, isn't it?
21:27It is.
21:28That is exactly
21:29what it is,
21:30because cabinet making
21:31is no different
21:32than handwriting.
21:32Like,
21:33you recognize
21:33someone's style
21:35just from the subtleties
21:37of what they do.
21:38I know they'd never be sold,
21:39but if they came on the market...
21:40With something like this,
21:41you just don't know
21:42because the market
21:44will decide
21:44and the collectors
21:45are always there
21:46for this type of thing.
21:47Yeah.
21:48And they're exceptional, aren't they?
21:49Yeah, yeah.
21:51Quite often,
21:52I talk about, you know,
21:52Antings Furniture
21:53and the market
21:54not being good for it,
21:55but the good stuff,
21:56there's always a market
21:57for that
21:57because this is
21:59the top of the top.
22:01This is the best
22:03you'll get in the world ever
22:04and it's the biggest name
22:06in furniture.
22:08I mean,
22:09obviously,
22:10it's never going to come
22:11on the market,
22:11but if it did,
22:13who knows?
22:13I mean,
22:14we're talking huge amounts of money.
22:15The furniture tour
22:16may be nearly over,
22:18but Cara has lots more
22:19to show Angus
22:20on just what it takes
22:22to run a house
22:23like Bertel.
22:24Auctioneer Angus Ashworth
22:39is enjoying
22:40a privileged invitation
22:41to one of Yorkshire's
22:42finest country properties,
22:45Bertel House.
22:46The owner, Cara,
22:48is keen to show him
22:49how the upkeeper
22:49on a property like this
22:51is never-ending
22:52and very expensive.
22:55That's where you've got the, um...
22:56Starting to, uh,
22:58get a bit tired.
22:59So I think we need
23:00to replace that bit
23:01and then all that sill
23:03and then that sill
23:04and the one at the end.
23:06Right.
23:06The estate has
23:07hundreds of windows.
23:09The programme of repair
23:11and replacement
23:11is constant.
23:13The way of eating
23:14a whole elephant
23:14is one bite at a time
23:16and I think it's the same
23:16with the house.
23:17You just start with one window
23:19and go on to the next.
23:20And I don't think
23:20we'll get them all done
23:21in our generation,
23:22but we can try.
23:23You know,
23:24when you walk around
23:24and you just stop
23:25and pause
23:25and look closely,
23:27you can see the odd cracks
23:28here and there
23:29and you've got to keep
23:30on top of it
23:31because they soon
23:32fall into rack and ruin
23:33and you only need
23:34one generation
23:34to not pull their socks up
23:37and then you're
23:38in big trouble.
23:39all the replacement windows
23:41are now made on site
23:43so the estate workshop
23:44has been called
23:45into action.
23:47So Angus,
23:48this is the joiners workshop
23:49so everything
23:50that we need to repair
23:52all the buildings
23:53are made here
23:54and this is Simon.
23:54Wonderful.
23:55How do you do?
23:56You all right?
23:56Good, good.
23:57Looks like a hive
23:58of activity we've got
23:59going on.
23:59Absolutely.
24:00Adrian's busy.
24:01Yeah.
24:02So what do we do here?
24:04We make windows,
24:05doors,
24:06gates,
24:06anything you can think
24:08of we make it in here.
24:09A hundred years ago,
24:11this workshop
24:11made the kitchen furniture
24:13including the table
24:14Angus found
24:15in the stables.
24:16Today,
24:17it's making windows
24:18all year long.
24:20We're just de-nibbing
24:21ready for a first coat.
24:23They've had a rough sand
24:25so it's just a case of
24:27with this wire wool
24:29go with the grain
24:30and just sand it
24:32till it's like
24:33a baby's bottom.
24:34Wonderful.
24:35It must be satisfying
24:37when you see
24:38that finished product
24:38and the windows
24:39reinstalled.
24:40Oh yes.
24:41Yeah.
24:41Yeah.
24:43Yeah,
24:43without a doubt.
24:44So how many of these
24:46have we got to do?
24:47Well,
24:48you're fortunate
24:49in that this is
24:50just one window.
24:51I mean,
24:51that must be
24:52quite nice
24:54to all pass again.
24:55Oh it is.
24:56Yeah,
24:56yeah.
24:57Hield your satisfaction.
24:58I think,
24:59you know,
25:00it's incredible
25:00we've got this
25:01whole team
25:01that just worked
25:03tirelessly all year round
25:04to maintain this property
25:05and that's what people
25:07just don't see,
25:07you know.
25:08But go back
25:09100 years,
25:10200 years,
25:10300 years,
25:11that's what would have happened.
25:13They were self-sufficient
25:14and the whole estate
25:15would have provided,
25:16they would have had workshops,
25:17they would have had this.
25:18I think that is the great thing
25:19about estate life.
25:20It is that wider community
25:23and,
25:24you know,
25:24a big employer,
25:25an important employer
25:26and the staff stay here
25:27for lifetimes.
25:28Angus is on his way
25:33to meet one such
25:34member of the staff
25:35who's lived
25:36and worked
25:37at Birdsall
25:37all his life.
25:39Well then,
25:43Richard.
25:44How are you, Angus?
25:45You all right?
25:45Yes,
25:46here you are.
25:46Yeah,
25:46yeah,
25:47grand,
25:47grand.
25:47I've been sent down
25:48to give you a hand.
25:50That's fine.
25:51Yeah.
25:51That's fine.
25:52Sarah said I've got to earn
25:52my keep.
25:53Oh,
25:53yeah.
25:54Well,
25:55I'm just gathering
25:55some logs up
25:56for the party tonight.
25:57Oh,
25:57right,
25:57well,
25:58I'd best get it loaded up.
25:58Now you have to give us
25:59a hand.
25:59Yeah,
26:00yeah,
26:00I'm here to work.
26:01Can you do it?
26:02I'm here to work.
26:03Yeah.
26:03Yeah,
26:05it's a fantastic sport,
26:06isn't it?
26:06Yeah,
26:06it's brilliant,
26:07absolutely brilliant.
26:09Richard is the estate
26:10gamekeeper.
26:11Today,
26:12he's preparing
26:13for a party
26:14in the new
26:14nightclub.
26:15I started
26:16when I was 15
26:17on that work
26:19experience scheme
26:20thing,
26:21and then I got
26:22took on full time
26:23at 16.
26:25Right,
26:25so how many years
26:26is that then?
26:28That's 56 now.
26:30I love it.
26:32Absolutely love it.
26:33Look,
26:34job.
26:35Look,
26:35people I work for.
26:36You couldn't want
26:37a better people
26:38to work for.
26:39Me,
26:39uh,
26:40my father worked
26:41for him,
26:41my dad.
26:42Yeah.
26:43On the farming side.
26:44My granddad
26:46worked for him
26:46on Woodside,
26:48so I'm third
26:48generation.
26:50Blubber neck.
26:51So,
26:52they've been good
26:53to us
26:53and we've been
26:53good to them.
26:55In a few hours,
26:56the old kitchens
26:57will open their
26:58doors as a nightclub,
27:00and just like
27:00this building,
27:01Angus has had
27:02to smarten up
27:03as well.
27:04There's a bar
27:04over there.
27:05Yeah.
27:05Oh,
27:05that sounds good.
27:06And we need
27:07you to start
27:08making some
27:08cocktails for tonight,
27:09please.
27:09The guests
27:10arrive fairly shortly,
27:11so if you could
27:12go and do a bit
27:12of a practice one
27:13with Jules,
27:14then we'll see
27:15you in a minute.
27:16Okay,
27:17brilliant.
27:17I will do.
27:18Just enough time
27:19for Angus to learn
27:20tonight's signature
27:21cocktail,
27:22the Birdsall
27:23Country Garden.
27:25Jules,
27:26is it?
27:26Good evening.
27:26You're right.
27:27I've been sent
27:28to be your helper.
27:29Right,
27:30what do we do?
27:31First things first,
27:32so it's going to be
27:33a tall drink,
27:34so one gas up top.
27:36We're going to be
27:36shaking this cocktail,
27:37so we're going to
27:38be using a two-piece
27:40tin,
27:40and then three
27:43ingredients,
27:43gin,
27:44elderflower liqueur,
27:46fresh elderflower.
27:53Beautiful.
27:56Wow.
27:57I'm going to start
27:57drinking those at home
27:58from now on,
27:58you know.
27:59Yes,
28:00so we've now just
28:01got 80 more to do.
28:02Right,
28:03I'm going to have to get
28:03quicker on the shaking,
28:04aren't I?
28:04Yeah,
28:05OK.
28:05Well,
28:06I think I've got it.
28:06I've got the mechanics.
28:07Practice makes perfect.
28:12Many country houses
28:14host weddings and parties
28:15to help pay the bills,
28:17but few boast
28:19their own nightclub.
28:26Good evening.
28:27Hello.
28:27Evening, ladies.
28:28Hello.
28:29Some drinks here for you.
28:30Thank you very much.
28:32By day,
28:34Richard's a gamekeeper.
28:36Good evening.
28:36Are you all right?
28:37Yes, very well.
28:37How are you?
28:38Very well, thank you.
28:39Straight down there
28:40and enjoying.
28:40By night,
28:41he greets the guests.
28:43Bertil has changed
28:44a lot in his lifetime.
28:46What was it like?
28:48Storage.
28:49Yeah.
28:50Blaster was off walls.
28:52They've done an amazing job.
28:53They've done an amazing job.
28:55And it's been done nice.
28:57Yeah.
28:57It's been brought back
28:58to life.
28:59Yeah.
28:59That's the main thing.
29:00It's been brought back
29:01to life from being
29:02well with our boy.
29:03Cobwebbed.
29:04Yeah.
29:05Being left
29:05to be nothing.
29:07Yeah.
29:14Today's been great,
29:15you know,
29:15right the way through.
29:17Traditionally,
29:17the backbone economy
29:18of these houses
29:19was farming and agriculture.
29:20That's got harder and harder
29:22and the revenues are less
29:23and they've got to look
29:24at other resources.
29:26And actually,
29:26entertainment,
29:27but they've done it
29:27so well here.
29:28and I've never seen
29:30anywhere quite like that
29:31and I think it is unique
29:33and I think they've,
29:34here at Birdsell,
29:35they've got it spot on
29:36and even the peacocks agree.
29:38Yeah.
29:38Yeah.
29:38The day might be drawing
29:44to a close,
29:45but Angus has got
29:46a rather important appointment
29:48in his bedroom
29:49with one of the best beds
29:51ever made.
29:52As hard as the day's been.
29:59So I'm going to have to
30:00sleep in probably
30:02one of the most impressive beds
30:03in the world,
30:05you know,
30:05made by Chippendale.
30:07Okay,
30:08for most people,
30:08you might not get
30:09how special that is,
30:10but to sleep
30:11in a Thomas Chippendale bed,
30:13it's up there.
30:15It's the morning
30:29after the night before
30:30and it's Harriet's job
30:32to tidy up
30:33with a bit of help,
30:34of course,
30:34from Angus.
30:36Right,
30:36so what have we got to do?
30:38Okay, so I'd like you
30:39to clean the dance floor,
30:40please,
30:40if you give it a good mop
30:41and get into all the corners
30:41and then I'm just going to go
30:42round and wipe all the surfaces
30:44and make sure there's no marks
30:45and everything
30:45and then we're all set.
30:47Once,
30:48the Birdsall Estate
30:49had 17 members
30:51of house staff.
30:52Now it survives
30:53with a small,
30:54dedicated team
30:55led by operations manager
30:57Harriet.
30:58This is the bit
30:58people don't see,
30:59isn't it?
31:00Absolutely,
31:00yeah.
31:02This is the after bit,
31:03yeah,
31:03yeah,
31:04yeah.
31:05We all do multiple roles,
31:06a bit like Richard.
31:07He does multiple roles
31:08within the estate
31:08and we all work together.
31:10It must be a real community.
31:12Absolutely,
31:12a great team.
31:13We all really enjoy
31:14working with each other
31:15again.
31:15It's great.
31:16I mean,
31:16that's a testament
31:17to the estate,
31:17isn't it?
31:18That,
31:18I mean,
31:18people like Richard
31:19who's been here
31:19well,
31:20his whole life.
31:21Yes,
31:21yes,
31:22exactly.
31:23With the nightclub
31:24clean and ready
31:25for its next big night,
31:27Angus's weekend
31:28at Birdsall
31:29is nearly over.
31:31Do you know,
31:31this weekend
31:31has been incredible.
31:33You know,
31:33I was expecting
31:34to see lovely things,
31:35but it's an amazing estate.
31:37Lady Cara and James,
31:38wonderful,
31:39but the contents
31:40of this house
31:41is unbelievable.
31:43In every room
31:43you go into,
31:44it's like,
31:45wow,
31:45wow,
31:46wow,
31:47amazing.
31:48Actually,
31:49there's not many houses
31:51with finer contents
31:52than this.
31:52You know,
31:53the best of the best.
31:54I mean,
31:55I will probably never
31:56in my lifetime
31:57sleep in an original
31:59Chippendale bed.
32:01But that's it.
32:02The weekend's come to an end.
32:03You know,
32:03I'll sign the guest book
32:04and say my farewells
32:06and back to the day job.
32:12Well,
32:12thank you very much
32:13for the most amazing weekend.
32:15Not at all.
32:15Thank you for all your help.
32:17Well,
32:17that's all right.
32:18Yeah,
32:18I know.
32:18I've enjoyed it.
32:19It's been a fantastic weekend.
32:21It's been a pleasure
32:21having you here
32:22and letting you
32:23have a look
32:24at what we do.
32:25It's been wonderful.
32:25Good luck on your trip as well.
32:27I'll get the chocks away
32:28and off I go.
32:29Lovely to see you.
32:29See you.
32:30Bye.
32:30Bye.
32:31Angus has sent a van
32:36to collect everything
32:37he's found.
32:39Every item needs
32:40to be catalogued
32:41and photographed.
32:42The auction needs
32:43to make top prices
32:44if the clock
32:45from the old kitchens
32:46is to ring out
32:48once more.
32:49Angus has staked
32:50his reputation
32:50on saving this piece
32:52of Yorkshire heritage.
32:53So what do you think
33:09of this, Tim?
33:10It's a lovely clock,
33:11isn't it?
33:11Oh, it's beautiful.
33:12Yeah, it's got...
33:13The broken clock
33:14from the old kitchens
33:15has arrived
33:16at Angus's Restorers.
33:18Got a little bit
33:19of carving missing
33:20as well here.
33:21Oh, yes.
33:22The curls missing.
33:23There.
33:23The same this side
33:24as well.
33:25Right.
33:26OK.
33:26Oh, yes.
33:27There's just that piece
33:28missing there.
33:28Yes.
33:29Oh, that should be
33:30easy enough to carve.
33:31I notice this bits
33:31are loose as well,
33:32this moulding.
33:33Oh, yeah.
33:35The issues with it
33:36have happened
33:37because it's been
33:39kept somewhere
33:39really damp.
33:41So the movement's
33:42quite rusty.
33:43All the steel
33:44inside the movement,
33:46that's all quite rusty.
33:48And it's very,
33:48very dirty as well.
33:50The first job
33:51is to replace
33:52the missing
33:52mahogany scroll
33:53from the cabinet.
33:55What I'm going
33:56to do here
33:56is a silhouette
33:57of the piece
33:59that's missing.
34:04So I'll just draw
34:05around the edge
34:07of where the piece
34:09originally was.
34:10Yes, it fits fine,
34:19does that?
34:21Yes, that should
34:22carve around nicely,
34:25should that?
34:26Yeah.
34:27This edge here
34:28will flow nicely
34:29into that edge there.
34:31While the cabinet
34:32is recarved,
34:33the clockwork
34:34itself needs
34:35to be repaired.
34:36Time stood still
34:37on this clock
34:38decades ago.
34:39It's Matt Kittel's
34:41job to see
34:41if he can make
34:42the bell ring out
34:43once more.
34:44So this is a
34:45particularly good
34:45example of a
34:47dial clock.
34:48It's got a bell
34:49which is very unusual
34:50for a passing strike,
34:52which we'd assume
34:53was to help
34:54the staff.
34:56It's just a regular
34:57reminder what time
34:58it was.
34:58You know,
34:59if you're being
34:59tired, you're getting
35:00the breakfast ready,
35:01off you go,
35:02you can hear it,
35:03you can let rip
35:04with the bacon
35:05and eggs.
35:06Every piece
35:07needs to be cleaned,
35:08polished and oiled.
35:10And once reassembled,
35:12Birdsall will have
35:13its own clock back.
35:14One of the unusual
35:15things about it
35:16is this engraved
35:17piece on the back
35:18and that enabled
35:20them to set up
35:20what time the passing
35:22strike was going
35:23to go off.
35:24You can just imagine
35:25the servants having
35:26a little tinker,
35:26try and get on
35:27five minutes early.
35:28And finally,
35:30the bell is the
35:31one part Matt
35:32isn't going to
35:33restore.
35:33As a general rule,
35:35we don't clean
35:35the bells.
35:36We want the sound
35:37to stay the same
35:38as it did
35:39the last time
35:40it was heard,
35:40so 50, 60 years
35:42ago.
35:42And let's just
35:43try it.
35:47Ah, beautiful.
35:49That's going to
35:49sound great
35:50back on the clock.
35:54Over at Kirby
35:55Moorside.
35:56We've got the
35:57country house sale
35:58with Birdsall's
35:59items in today
36:00and they haven't
36:01got a lot.
36:02Well, actually,
36:02it looks a lot
36:03because there's
36:03like a whole
36:04car park full
36:05of chairs.
36:06Individually,
36:06they're not that
36:07great.
36:07However,
36:08there's one
36:09really good
36:10sleepy chair
36:11that we've
36:12slipped in
36:12with the others
36:13and I think
36:14people will
36:16buy the locks
36:16of that.
36:17The two
36:17washstands,
36:19I think whatever
36:19we get for them
36:20is a bonus.
36:21But the lock
36:22actually I really
36:23want to sell
36:24is the mortar
36:25stand because
36:25Kara pulled
36:27her face when I
36:27said I can sell
36:28that for you.
36:29She's like,
36:29well, I was
36:29going to burn
36:30it.
36:30You can't sell
36:31it, Angus.
36:31I'm like,
36:32I can,
36:32I can.
36:34I just hope
36:35it sells.
36:36Well,
36:36I'm going to be
36:37very embarrassed.
36:38But it's a good
36:38thing.
36:39You know,
36:39I rate it,
36:40put a nice top
36:40on that.
36:41It's going to
36:41sell well,
36:42that.
36:43It's the day
36:43of the auction.
36:44So we move
36:45on to this
36:45lovely collection
36:46of country
36:47house furniture.
36:48Birdsall only
36:49has a few
36:50items in the
36:50sale catalogue.
36:52Angus hopes
36:52there's enough
36:53to pay for
36:54the clock
36:54restoration.
36:55one.
36:56Now we're
36:57on to
36:57Birdsall
36:58House,
36:58home to
36:59Lady Cara
37:00and James
37:00Willoughby.
37:01Been in the
37:01family since
37:021729.
37:03This is the
37:03first lot.
37:04Look at that
37:04there.
37:05Look at all
37:05those chairs.
37:07These recital
37:07chairs and one
37:09of them a nice
37:09sort of Georgian
37:10elbow chair
37:11nestling in the
37:12middle of them
37:12there.
37:12And we can
37:13start this lot
37:14at, well,
37:14we can start
37:15them at 100
37:16pounds.
37:17At 100 pounds,
37:18I'm bid for
37:18the lot.
37:19110,
37:19I'm bid.
37:20110,
37:20120.
37:2130 chairs
37:22came out
37:22of the
37:22stables.
37:23Many were
37:24purely decorative.
37:26But there
37:26was one Angus
37:27thought the
37:28trade might
37:28like.
37:29180,
37:29190,
37:30200.
37:32There's a
37:33Georgian chair
37:33in there.
37:34A lot of
37:35the little
37:35ones aren't
37:37that saleable.
37:38We've put a
37:38sleeper in among
37:39them.
37:41There's one
37:42chair in there
37:43that they're all
37:43fighting over.
37:48Angus is
37:49banking on
37:49these chairs
37:50selling well
37:50if the clock
37:51is to be
37:52restored.
37:53480.
37:53At 480.
37:54Go do 500.
37:54500 on the
37:55serum if you
37:56want them.
37:56At 480.
37:57Easy live.
37:58At 480 then.
37:59Don't mistake
37:59it then,
37:59I'm selling
38:00then at 480,
38:01500.
38:03That's the
38:04clock fixed.
38:05That's good.
38:06Good.
38:06At 600
38:07pounds now.
38:07At 600
38:08pounds then.
38:09I'll have to
38:09hurry you
38:09now.
38:10At 600
38:10pounds.
38:11At 600
38:12pounds.
38:12Don't mistake
38:12it then,
38:13it's 600
38:13for all
38:13the chairs
38:14then.
38:15It's a
38:15mixing up
38:16but sometimes
38:16different.
38:18Gets you
38:18more.
38:20That's good.
38:20It's a good
38:20result.
38:21Next up,
38:22it's the
38:23mortar and
38:23pestle table
38:24that Angus
38:25has staked
38:26his reputation
38:26on.
38:27Thank you
38:27very much.
38:28Slot 1260,
38:29Birdsell House
38:30again.
38:30This needs to
38:30sell well
38:31because I
38:31told Lady
38:32Cara that I
38:33could sell
38:33this and
38:34she didn't
38:34believe me
38:34she was
38:34going to
38:35burn it.
38:35so no
38:37pressure.
38:38Good
38:38thing.
38:40Really
38:40good
38:40thing.
38:41Lovely
38:41thing.
38:42And we
38:42can
38:42start
38:43it
38:43at
38:43100
38:44pounds.
38:44Yes.
38:46Told
38:46her it
38:46to sell.
38:47At
38:48110,
38:49thank
38:49you.
38:50At
38:50110,
38:50120,
38:51130,
38:52140,
38:53150.
38:54Cara
38:55was going
38:55to burn
38:56it.
38:56No,
38:57150
38:58pounds
38:58it is
38:58in the
38:59room
38:59then
38:59at
38:59150.
39:01At
39:01150.
39:02Don't
39:02mistake
39:02it
39:02then
39:02at
39:02150.
39:03In
39:03the
39:03next
39:03bid
39:03it's
39:03160.
39:04No,
39:04at
39:05150
39:05I'm
39:05selling
39:06them
39:06to
39:06150.
39:08Excellent.
39:09Excellent.
39:16It's
39:16older.
39:17And
39:17finally,
39:18the
39:18last
39:18lot
39:19from
39:19Birdsell
39:19is
39:20the
39:20pair
39:20of
39:20small
39:21pine
39:21tables.
39:22This
39:22might
39:23be
39:23a
39:23little
39:23bit
39:23harder
39:23these
39:24two.
39:24Please
39:25start
39:25me
39:25at
39:2530
39:26pounds
39:26for
39:26the
39:26lot
39:26please
39:2630
39:27is
39:27bid
39:27thank
39:27you
39:27at
39:2730
39:28pounds
39:28at
39:2830
39:29pounds
39:29I'm
39:29bid
39:29thank
39:30you
39:30at
39:3032
39:3035
39:3138
39:3240
39:32pounds
39:33on
39:33line
39:3342
39:3345
39:3548
39:3548
39:36pounds
39:37at
39:3748
39:38pounds
39:38for
39:38the
39:38two
39:38at
39:3948
39:39then
39:39a
39:40good
39:40lock
39:40then
39:40at
39:4048
39:40the
39:41gavel
39:41rising
39:41at
39:4148
39:42thank
39:43you
39:4348
39:44pounds
39:4436
39:45Great
39:46I'm delighted
39:47okay
39:47Birdsell
39:48didn't have
39:48a lot
39:48of stuff
39:49but
39:49we wanted
39:50to raise
39:50enough
39:50money
39:51to restore
39:51that
39:51clock
39:52to put
39:52it back
39:52in its
39:53rightful
39:53place
39:53and
39:55we've
39:55done
39:55that
39:55on the
39:55chairs
39:56that was
39:57the sleeper
39:57that we
39:57thought
39:58would do
39:58well
39:58the
39:59more
39:59to
39:59stand
39:59you
40:00know
40:00I
40:00just
40:01really
40:01wanted
40:01that
40:01to
40:02sell
40:02because
40:02I'd
40:02put
40:02my
40:03neck
40:03on
40:03the
40:03block
40:03the
40:07following
40:08day
40:08Angus
40:09is
40:09on
40:09the
40:09road
40:10again
40:10so
40:11I'm
40:11just
40:12heading
40:12back
40:12to
40:12Birdsell
40:13and
40:13it's
40:14going
40:14to
40:14be
40:14great
40:14to
40:14have
40:15a
40:15catch
40:15up
40:15with
40:15James
40:16and
40:16Cara
40:16we've
40:17had
40:18the
40:18auction
40:18which
40:19did
40:20really
40:20well
40:20chairs
40:21sold
40:21really
40:21well
40:22I
40:22sold
40:22the
40:22table
40:23that
40:23Cara
40:23didn't
40:24think
40:24I
40:24could
40:24sell
40:24and
40:25we've
40:26generated
40:26enough
40:26money
40:26that's
40:27actually
40:27paid
40:27for
40:27the
40:28restoration
40:28of
40:28that
40:29wonderful
40:29clock
40:30it's
40:30had
40:33the
40:34birdsell
40:34and
40:35I
40:35haven't
40:35seen
40:35it yet
40:36Cara
40:36hasn't
40:36seen
40:36it
40:37yeah
40:38good
40:39to be
40:40back
40:40you've
40:42had
40:42a
40:42delivery
40:42there
40:43should
40:43be
40:44yes
40:44yeah
40:44good
40:47it's
40:47arrived
40:49so
40:50exciting
40:51yeah
40:52but I'm
40:53really pleased
40:53and it's
40:54all been
40:54done
40:55really
40:55off the
40:56proceeds
40:56from
40:56the
40:56auction
40:56great
40:57I didn't
40:58think
40:58we'd
40:58make
40:58that
40:58much
40:59well
41:00I've
41:00got some
41:00good news
41:01for you
41:01how the
41:01auction
41:01went
41:02actually
41:02so
41:03the
41:03chairs
41:03did
41:03600
41:04good
41:05oh my
41:05goodness
41:05that's
41:05far more
41:06than I
41:06thought
41:06they
41:07would
41:07that's
41:07exciting
41:07well
41:08yep
41:08to be fair
41:09they did
41:09a bit
41:09better
41:09than what
41:09we
41:09thought
41:10so
41:10that's
41:10good
41:10so
41:10that
41:10really
41:11helped
41:11and then
41:13can you remember
41:14the pestle
41:15table
41:15yes
41:15the one
41:16I was
41:16going to
41:16get rid
41:16of
41:16yeah
41:17and I
41:17said I can
41:17sell that
41:17and you
41:18looked at
41:18me
41:18like I
41:18had
41:18two
41:19heads
41:19yeah
41:19got
41:20150
41:20quid
41:21for that
41:21did
41:21you
41:21yeah
41:22told
41:22you
41:22yeah
41:23so
41:25yeah
41:26in total
41:26you made
41:27798 pounds
41:29wow
41:30which
41:30you know
41:30not a huge amount
41:31but
41:31no no no
41:32it's impressive
41:32for what it was
41:33because I was
41:33really going to
41:34put that in the
41:34skip
41:34yeah
41:35with pestle
41:36table
41:36and it's
41:36covered
41:37restoring a bit
41:38of heritage
41:39see that's what
41:39it's all about
41:40so
41:40best time of
41:41look
41:41see if you're
41:42happy
41:42that's amazing
41:45that really is
41:46amazing
41:46so it's all
41:48been cleaned
41:48they've
41:50sympathetically
41:50sort of
41:51restored
41:51so that
41:51they've
41:54touched up
41:55the hands
41:55and the name
41:57York
41:57and this
41:58has all been
41:59re-carved
41:59because this piece
42:00that was
42:00missing
42:01yes it was
42:02totally
42:02we couldn't
42:02find it
42:03in the
42:03so they've
42:04carved that
42:05to match it
42:05in
42:05so it's
42:06completely
42:06as it
42:07should be
42:07I can't
42:08tell which
42:08is the
42:08old
42:09and which
42:09is the
42:09new
42:09they've
42:09done a
42:10brilliant
42:10job
42:10so that's
42:11the original
42:11and this
42:12is the
42:12clock
42:13they used
42:13every single
42:14day
42:15to run
42:15their lives
42:15by
42:15you know
42:16it should
42:17be back
42:17in here
42:17shouldn't
42:17it
42:18you know
42:18last
42:19orders
42:19you'll
42:19hear the
42:20bell
42:20everything's
42:21functioning
42:21now
42:22look
42:22the old
42:28kitchens
42:28will soon
42:29host its
42:30next event
42:30with the
42:31clock
42:31back in
42:31its
42:32rightful
42:32place
42:33Angus's
42:34work
42:35saving
42:35a small
42:35piece
42:36of
42:36Yorkshire
42:36heritage
42:37is
42:37complete
42:38it's
42:39wonderful
42:39to be
42:39back
42:40at
42:40Birdsall
42:40and
42:41bring
42:41the
42:41clock
42:42back
42:42and
42:42Cara
42:43is
42:43absolutely
42:44delighted
42:44I'm
42:45really
42:45pleased
42:45with it
42:45they've
42:45done
42:46a
42:46fantastic
42:46job
42:47but I'm
42:48also
42:48pleased
42:48because
42:49this
42:49is
42:49where
42:49it
42:50belongs
42:50it
42:50was
42:50made
42:51for
42:51these
42:51rooms
42:52in
42:52the
42:52downstairs
42:52kitchens
42:53that's
42:53where
42:53it
42:54started
42:54life
42:54and
42:54that's
42:55where
42:55it's
42:55back
42:55now
42:55and
42:55it's
42:56going
42:56to
42:56stay
42:56there
42:56and
42:57that's
42:57how
42:57it
42:57should
42:58be
42:58that's
42:58history
43:20the
43:27so
43:28and
43:30and
43:30the
43:31and
43:33so
43:36You
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