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00:00have been brought back to life that reveal so much about who we are and where we're from
00:08it's like it's brand new but there's so much more out there let's do it that's not yet made it to
00:15the barn this is amazing so the team are hitting the road i just love getting up close and personal
00:22with the objects and we're going to get a glimpse into some amazing heritage crafts i cannot wait
00:27on a unique adventure oh yes this is terrifying to join forces with expert crafts people
00:38whoa if we don't point these joints moisture is going to penetrate on their most ambitious
00:43restorations yet to think every day you come up this is your office wow it's big keeping heritage
00:50crafts alive keep going keep going it's getting hot in there on precious restorations
00:57around the country i can't even imagine what it looks like there's a legacy here that needs to
01:03be protected
01:04this time will and dom are in the south of scotland on the road again oh i love scotland i know it's
01:17beautiful isn't it bringing a beloved landmark back to life this is quite scary you can really see now
01:24how the weather has got to the wood will cooks up a plan to restore a rusty family heirloom how many
01:31meals were cooked on this pan oh my mum would cook mints and stew eggs in the morning must have been
01:38thousands keep going yep all the way all the way go go go go and he's put under pressure that's it
01:44learning the traditional craft of rush seating i didn't realize it actually literally comes like this
01:50i do find it hard to pronounce a lot of the places that we're visiting well names like kukubri where
02:03we're heading now say again kukubri just rolls off the tongue for you doesn't it yeah nothing like how
02:08it's spelled in dumfries and galloway in the southernmost part of scotland kukubri is a coastal
02:15town on the river d apparently it's a sort of seaside artist town kind of like st ives in cornwall
02:23st ives is beautiful if kukubri is anything like that i can't wait to see it yeah
02:26from the late 19th century kukubri became a hub for painters and craftspeople many of whom became
02:35central to scotland's art history but before then fishing was key to its identity and economy
02:42and even today kukubri is one of the busiest ports in the uk for scallop fishing i've been
02:49invited up here to help restore a wooden sculpture right positioned in the harbor looking out at sea
02:55as a memorial for sailors lost at sea really it's a special thing it means a lot to the community
03:01at kukubri harbor dom's meeting louise liddell from the fisherman's mission to find out more about
03:09the sculpture and why it means so much to the town would you tell us a bit about this beautiful
03:15sculpture it's a sculpture of mother and child looking out to sea it's looking straight out to
03:19the harbor and it reminds people of the risks that the fishermen go out to sea experience every day
03:26and it also shows that the families back here left waiting are also affected by the fishing and think
03:32well i really hope my husband my brothers you know come home tonight wow it's a big symbol of
03:39that fear and hope and all of those emotions that go with all of the family it's not just
03:45the people that are out on the boats it's the families that they've left behind
03:48this tightly knit coastal community has suffered several fishing disasters in 1985 five crew lost
03:57their lives when the scallop trawler marie l sank in the iree sea in 2000 another trawler the solway
04:05harvester sank off the isle of man during a fierce storm the seven strong crew never returned fishing is
04:14one of the most dangerous jobs in the uk anything can happen the risk is really high so this statue is
04:22not for one particular tragedy this is a similar this is for general fishing just to say the mother
04:28and child want their loved one to return home um and they're just longing to hope that they're going
04:33to be safe and they will return home how long has the sculpture been here the sculpture has been here
04:38i think 32 years 32 years it's been outside in the elements outside and the elements exposed to all the
04:44rain the winds snow and ice that we get in scotland and that looks like it's starting to take its toll yes
04:50yes the eight foot tall sculpture was carved in 1994 by artist charlie easterfield when she lived in
04:59the town it's made from green oak the freshly cut wood is soft and easier to work and was always
05:08designed to weather naturally but over the years the memorial has suffered from the formation of algae
05:14and black spot the community wanted back to its best and there's a deadline we're actually having
05:23our second national fishing remembrance sunday this sunday coming so it would be fantastic for it to be
05:28restored ahead of that special day so that that's this sunday yes that's this sunday down here at this
05:36memorial so we haven't got a statue i completely get it i understand how important this is to the local
05:41community and i'm very pleased to say that i've got a brilliant team of experts that are going to help
05:46to get this looking its best thank you very much it'll be very much appreciated by everybody in
05:51kirkubri and help is close at hand in the form of repair shop expert rich fraser hello don rich how are
06:01you doing good to see you again rich is a specialist heritage stonemason lime plasterer and conservation
06:08builder traditional skills which should help this time-worn sculpture where there are many more storms
06:15this sculpture is so important to local community right and weather has taken its toll as you can see
06:22there's huge old cracks in the wood and some of the stonework at the bottom makes me a little bit
06:26nervous so yeah i think cleaning the oak prior to restoring it is going to be uh an essential part of
06:33the process we're at a crucial point in time here where the wood is so dry it needs some oil the only
06:40way we can get that absorbed into it is to remove the dirt and organic growth that's on it right so
06:45it can be absorbed and if we come further down there's so much organic growth between the stones
06:50there might be some issues the pointing some of the stones might be loose so we want to clean that up a
06:55little bit to to see the full extent of the problems that we're dealing with okay so before you can even
07:01think about starting any repairs she needs a clean she needs a clean yeah absolutely how do we do that
07:07well very carefully i think we go in at first with brushes to see if we can remove some of the dirt and
07:13grime gently without using any chemical my mind would go straight to a pressure washer no no it can cause
07:19irreversible damage and the dirt and organic growth will come back twice as fast oh really yeah yeah yeah
07:24opens up the surface texture and it gives habitat for the dirt and the organic growth to become
07:32re-established okay so i'll leave the pressure washer for cleaning my van leave off nowhere near this nowhere
07:37near this with a careful conservation plan in place dom and rich are preparing for the first stage of the
07:45statue's restoration while will's out on the road seeking inspiration he's looking for a treasured heirloom
07:54for the team to bring back to life in the barn 120 miles to the northeast in kincardine
08:02on the firth of fourth lindsay raymond has just what he's looking for
08:07hi lindsay hi so this is it this is the frying pan yeah this is the family heirloom it's been in
08:16the family for over 70 years and it means so much to all of us and i would love to get it back to the
08:23original state that's some serious fine yes i think it possibly came for grandparents but it's my childhood
08:31you know my mum and dad used this to cook for eight kids sounds like a busy household with a family of
08:38ten yeah there'd be sort of constant cooking there it was it was non-stop who did all the cooking i think
08:43my mum mostly because my dad was working he was a plumber although he was a chef in the army in egypt
08:51although i now think maybe it was the chief dishwasher you know what i mean because he loved washing pots
08:58he would always be at the sink washing the dishes and this one never once did it have one bit of rust
09:04in it because it was like the pan that my mum and my dad used all the time you know i mean i've never
09:09seen anything like this before that's some heavy duty kitchenware yeah and it never left the cooker
09:16it was always on the cooker how many meals for the family do you think were cooked on this pan oh my
09:21mum would cook mints and stew eggs in the morning must have been thousands didn't get used a lot are
09:29your parents still around no no the two of them's passed away yeah about a decade ago what were their
09:34names billy and jesse billy and jesse they were together from maybe 65 year now do you always
09:41remember this being clean absolutely like it never had any rust on it yeah black and smooth it was black
09:45and smooth what has happened to this frying pan yeah i've been left outside as a gate stop was that
09:51you no it wasn't me no it was my brother it lay out in his garden for maybe about five years i tried
09:58to clean it up so i've tried vinegar bicarbonate soda i've tried sandpaper i know i know but that was
10:07i was just i've tried so many different things and nothing worked why do you want to get this cleaned up
10:12as a major part of our childhood because it was the pan that my mum used for everything she just
10:17cooked everything in it to anyone else it's a frying pan but actually there's the memories of
10:23your dad and your mom yeah absolutely what would it mean to you to have this fit oh i can't wait
10:28honestly i can see myself taking it away on my camping trips really i definitely want to cook
10:34if we can get all the rust off and get this nice black and smooth for you what's the first
10:38dish you're gonna cook a fried egg sandwich definitely yeah that's what that's what i want
10:44why that meal because again i think that was what we had as kids so that should take you back to your
10:49childhood yeah yep absolutely right i'll get this down to the barn and i'll see you very soon yeah thank
10:55you cheers as will prepares to head south with the pan that's it in cucumber right and that'll do
11:07at the sculpture lift up and spin that up so we just want a slight lean inward so we'll just check
11:13from the side rich makes sure that dom's on the level is that the safety squid that is a safety squid
11:20yeah yeah okay we're good up you come okay
11:30right first things first admire the view surely that's the first thing to do
11:37right so we'll get some gloves on first rule in conservation work gotta look cool at all times oh
11:43i see okay perfect so let's have a little brush to see what's going on god there's a lot of dust
11:51coming off isn't there there's a bit of iguana oh rich this is quite scary the more we're brushing you
11:59can really see now up close how the weather has got to the wood yeah the sky facing elements of the
12:06timber have opened up significantly they're eroded they're dry and it's all these cracks
12:14the rain and the weather is just going to go straight in there the surface dirt and organic
12:19matter is still heavenly stained we want to get that off some of these stains on her arm and her
12:24hand there they're not going to come off no matter how much scrubbing we do with the brushes
12:28they are not going to come off these brushes we need to introduce a different method
12:33i want to bring in a steam cleaner we have a superheated water steam cleaner 150 degree
12:41temperature at low pressure will actively soften and remove the surface pollutants
12:47and it'll inhibit them coming back so fast as well because it kills organic growth at the root amazing
12:52yeah it's really good having begun the restoration using his least invasive cleaning methods rich now
13:00needs heavier equipment round your heads giving dom time to learn more about the sculpture and what
13:07it means to the community close to the harbor he's meeting donna mcknight can i ask what your connection
13:14is to the sculpture as as a local i lost my father when i was very young i was only five months old he
13:19went down in a a fishing troller the mariel um in 1985 when you lose someone at sea you never have that
13:28closure you don't have you don't get to bring them home you don't get to put them at rest that's so
13:33true i didn't even really appreciate that they are well people say they're lost at sea they they
13:38literally are yeah you just don't have that person to bring home and i think that's what a lot of
13:42families and loved ones struggle with it's quite powerful isn't it that you were left with your mum
13:47which is literally mother and child mother and child that's what the sculpture is depicting yeah certainly
13:53the mariel there was um there was four mothers that were left with their babies at that time out
13:58the five men there was two ladies that were pregnant and two that had just had their children so it's
14:03also when a tragedy happens something awful happens it doesn't just affect the loved ones it affects the
14:09whole community everybody feels that everybody remembers that time that you know they didn't come back
14:16what's it going to mean to you to have the sculpture repaired it's going to be great to to see it
14:21restored um for that connection to my dad and where i would come and remember him and the rest of
14:28the men it'll be great to see it sit back in its its glory and it's important that it stays here
14:34definitely definitely but don's leaving the next phase of the sculpture's restoration
14:40enriches expert hands because he's needed back in the barn
14:48restoring lindsay's rusty cast iron pan will require all his metalwork expertise and experience
14:56i think electrolysis would be the perfect solution for this this is a process that fascinates me it works
15:02so well for situations like this where it's got this layer of surface rust and bits of remnants of old
15:08cooking food and all sorts for dom's plan to work he needs a plastic box some lids and a battery
15:17charger the electrical current once i've turned on this car battery charger will be trying to jump
15:23from the pan to these electrical points outside here these steel bars a piece of rust or a piece of
15:29baked on egg won't stop it and it will burst it and break it away from that cast iron surface but
15:35importantly won't damage the cast iron to do this i need to completely submerge the pan into warm water
15:47okay i'm going to put some dilute some soda crystals into the water now that's going to make it an
15:54electrolyte helping electrical current pass through it the beauty of this electrolysis is that it won't
16:00affect the surface of the cast iron all i want to do is remove the rust and remove the baked on grime
16:06that's on there hopefully there's no damage or old repairs that would be such a shame but there's only
16:11one way to find out that's to let the electrolysis do its thing this fizzing that is a good sign that
16:20the electrolysis is starting to work over time all of the rust and dirt will be transferred from the pan
16:27to these four posts that i've got around the edge i just need to leave that now to do its thing
16:37back in kukubri open starts rich is ready to resume work
16:45his steam cleaner is fired up and he's starting with two test areas on the wooden sculpture
16:53and the stone plinth okay this is perfect so i can see it's really effectively taking off the
17:02ingrained dirt and organic growth but no damage at all to the surface of the timber it exposes the beauty
17:09of the grain look at the texture and that it's amazing and stonework really effective at taking the
17:16organic growth same stone before and after successful test sample let's get the access in
17:32come on there it is that is superheated water at its best
17:37so the cleaning has unearthed another treasure we can now see the cut of her dress off the shoulder
17:51i've never seen that before coming down her arm we've got all this texture and variation of the
17:56natural oak that was hidden under all the grain the cleaning has been really effective but it's not
18:02completely stripping the timber so she's not like new we've not removed any of her character
18:09so now we're working on the masonry i've turned up the pressure in the steam cleaner it can be much
18:14more aggressive than i was with the timber
18:21the steam cleaner has been really effective at removing the lichen off the surface of the stones
18:25but there's still quite a lot in the heavy depths and recesses it is really stubborn i have to pass over
18:31several times and at quite close proximity also these depths and recesses have got hunger they really
18:37are asking to be filled with mortar i really didn't think i had to repoint this but the problem
18:44is if we don't point these joints moisture is going to penetrate into the core the structure and potentially
18:49cause a collapse can't have that repointing the plinth will take time and after cleaning the sculpture
18:59will need to be coated in oil to preserve it for rich there's plenty of work still to be done
19:10but elsewhere in the barn dorms forging ahead with the restoration of lindsay's iron pan
19:20some time has passed and the clear water that i had the saucepan in has turned into a swamp
19:26that is a really really good sign you can see this orange rust color that has been caused by all of
19:31the rust that was on the iron pan being pushed away and now it's all floating in the solution
19:36so i think it's about time i have a look
19:41oh wow oh look at that you can literally see where the electrolysis process has pushed away all of these
19:51flaky bit oh look at that it's perfect absolutely perfect peeling away like an old layer of paint
19:58but it's not that is just years of oil and grease that's been baked onto the surface the iron underneath
20:06all of this dirt wow is really clean literally shiny oh i'm going to give this a scrub this is going to
20:15come up well the electrolysis has done really really well in no time at all but there are still some
20:26stubborn areas so i think i'm going to change that solution refresh it all clean everything up and give
20:31it one more go see if it can remove these last stubborn bits while don scrubs the pan before a second so
20:44at the sculpture rich has to remove the old crumbling mortar from the plinth if i had a hammer
20:53hammer in the morning it's a time consuming job hammer in the evening so rich is getting a helping hand over
20:59this land from local stonemason dougie swan so i think we need to get our chisels in knock the stones
21:06off you can see how there's a slope going into the core what we'll do is we'll put a ring of mortar on
21:11all the way around we'll place them ever so slight run off to the front we want to keep a slight air
21:16gap and not enough that folk can poke rubbish in it absolutely aye okay with the old pointing raked out
21:26time to prepare for the new okay now we're ready for mixing we've got two types of sand sharp sand
21:37and building sand i'm going to mix one one i've got my line
21:43which is appropriate for the hard stone and the cement mortar which was used to construct it
21:47mix dry until i've got a nice uniform consistent color this is perfect i don't want to add too much
21:58water to make it too wet so we're just going to place the mortar into the voids we're making sure
22:07we've got enough mortar present that we can work with later the recess point is a modern finish but it
22:15poses a vulnerability so why would you leave the surface finish recessed rich is filling the gaps
22:24with mortar so there's no chance of water getting in it may look less elegant but makes for better
22:32preservation so the first pass we get contact the second pass we bring it to fullness
22:39until now the glorious weather has helped the statue's restoration progress at pace right i'm going
22:49between your hands do you didn't move all right cheers pal that's it away you go but now it's a
22:56hindrance threatening to dry richie's fresh mortar too quickly i've protected it with a little bit of
23:03hessian and some plastic film which i'll remove maybe in about an hour's time once it's firmed up
23:08a little bit and i'll put a surface finish on it with a little scratch perhaps a light brush
23:14time for a cup of tea
23:20in the barn lindsay's pan has now had its final soak in dom's electrolysis bath and it's spotless
23:30this is a massive success story for electrolysis look at it the pan is looking so much cleaner
23:37so clean you could almost eat off of it well actually to be fair not quite yet because the
23:44electrolysis has unfortunately uncovered one area which i'm a bit concerned with i can see the handle
23:51it wants a bit more of a bend it's trying to spring out and that rivet is giving way there's already
23:56movement there i can actually physically move the handle i just need to grind this rivet off remove
24:01that clear the hole out i might give this handle a bit of a tweak i might warm it up and just bend
24:07it over slightly just to close this gap up to just neaten it up a bit put a new rivet in there hammer it
24:12over once that rivet's installed we should be good to go
24:22now if i just punch that down it should just fall through and the handle should be released from the
24:28actual pan now i've got the handle actually separated if i pull it into position you can see
24:34how sort of distorted it is it's just the wrong shape i think what i'm going to do is heat up a
24:40section of this handle here and just bend the end over so it matches the profile of the pan
24:52the actual pan is cast which means it's very strong but the handle has been forged
25:00which means it's much more malleable
25:08i want to bend this as little as possible worst thing i could possibly do is bend it too much then
25:15have to bend it back and then back again the more times you bend it you end up with fatiguing the metal
25:19and it can snap i want to just be able to just sneak it down just enough perfect that is clamped exactly
25:26where i want it now i just need to find a rivet that fits in that hole and get it riveted in place
25:42that has gone so well i'm really pleased most importantly that handle is nice and secure
25:49following the profile of the pan now the handle is in place once it's cooled down
25:54i can think about seasoning it which is a critical step to be able to use this pan safely again
26:01so at the moment this is just bare cast iron so for cast iron pans like this you need to season them
26:08that involves me giving it a bit of a massage moisturizing it rubbing in this oil all over the
26:14surface the oil that i'm using is flax oil it's very similar pretty much a food safe version of linseed oil
26:21i'm putting it on quite thick now rubbing it around making sure the oil gets in everywhere and by
26:26applying it to the surface and baking it on multiple times building up this as a layer
26:31will make this perfectly suitable to cook food on
26:39in the scottish borders will's on a mission seeking out more traditional crafts to celebrate
26:46he's visiting a furniture company based at the hugo burge foundation who are reviving an endangered
26:54skill hey rich hey well good to see you this workshop is great thanks these are great is this a small
27:04version of what you're making then yeah so that's a rush seated chair so the seat is woven from rushes
27:08that we harvest ourselves from uh british rivers okay but the seats you're making are slightly bigger than
27:13this slightly bigger than that yeah richard platt and sam cooper produce rush seated chairs to designs
27:22that were established in the early 1900s but before the rush seats can be woven the chairs have to be
27:31built where you at now with the chair that you're making i'm just finishing up fitting these slats to
27:37the back here do you want to have a go yes please all right so what is the process here what exactly
27:43we're doing so we're just making this end bit here fit in this hole here so we're going to use this draw
27:48knife and just take off uh this little corner here so you could brace against here yeah um so just brace
27:59with your foot against there yeah we sort of shaving it like that yeah
28:02if you try with more like a slicing motion so yeah don't take it from from here yeah come across
28:10like that oh i see
28:14yeah spot on why do you use this traditional technique it's basically not been improved upon
28:20since it was developed really and the draw knife is just a really efficient tool so what part of the
28:26chair is this for them so this is the backslat it's what your back rests against when you're sitting in
28:30the chair right so we're just gonna put it in the slot and then give it a little tap with a hammer
28:34you can be pretty aggressive with it give it a really yeah go on hit it
28:42so now we're just going to assemble the rest of the chair
28:44okay
28:59not a pleasant noise for a second i thought you broke something but actually is that just like the
29:03friction of having such a tight joint yeah that's correct so the tenons here are actually just over
29:08the size of the mortise that we're putting them in we orientate the spars in a way that means that
29:13we're going into the end grain uh harder than we're going into the side grain so we're not going
29:17to split the joint but we can force them in that hard i'm learning so much today that's such a clever
29:22idea but i mean that is a well-made piece of furniture or anyway so far it's a well-made ladder isn't
29:28it yeah that's right yeah that's why they have their uh their name the ladder back chair there you go
29:33mm-hmm that's quick yeah
29:46that good yeah great i thought that split the wood for a second no no so you and sam are the last two
29:53rushed seat makers in the whole of the uk yeah there's no one making rush seated chairs that are
29:58brand new in the uk other than us so how did you become a rushed seated chairmaker then in 2018 my
30:05mentor lawrence neil hadn't passed on the craft and this craft was about to die out basically with his
30:11retirement so he got funding to teach myself and sam to be rushed to chairmaker so that we could take
30:17over when he retired and you did yeah yeah yeah keep going yep all the way all the way go go go go go
30:30keep going that's it
30:36now they never go together exactly square straight away so
30:40they require a little bit of of tweaking a little bit of tweaking so hold on i've just realized it's
30:49now become a chair yeah absolutely so the last thing now is uh just to put the seat in it basically
30:54yeah i'm gonna catch up with sam and see what he's up to cheers
31:02hey sam hey will how you getting on yeah not too bad i've probably got an hour or so left of this
31:07chair yeah well i've seen rush chair seats i didn't realize it actually literally comes like this
31:13doesn't it yeah we harvest them ourselves we go and cut these in river arrow every summer make sure
31:19we cut them after they flower and then it will grow back from the same patch of river the next year we
31:24can keep cutting year on year why is rush such a good material for this it's got a really nice outer
31:30layer which is really strong and fibrous and then a spongy layer inside which will compress down
31:35on its own one rush is actually fairly weak but when you put two or three together it becomes
31:39amazingly strong and a rush seat will last for 30 or 40 years before it needs to be replaced if you
31:44want to grab hold of the rushes here keep hold of them just so we're trying to keep everything under
31:48tension as we go you've got these three rushes which have come through from the previous strand
31:52and we're probably going to need to add one more new rush in so if you grab me another rush we're
31:57just going to have to add one into this strand here so for a new one i'm just going to pop it
32:01in between those three and the seat tuck it under and then i can pinch those rushes together and just
32:09start twisting at this point i'll hand it over to you okay so you're going to be use your right hand
32:15you're going to pinch at the start of your twist and your left hand to twist it first and how tight
32:20does the twist need to be not that tight so you're aiming for sort of almost a 30 degree twist that you
32:24can see here so yeah that's about like that and then yeah follow up pinch with your spot on yeah
32:29doesn't even need the instruction oh so it's tiring work it's quite a physical job actually
32:36especially when you're doing a chair this sort of size the amount of tension you need to put into
32:40it it's a lot more than you think it's something i've come to love when i started a chair this sort
32:46of side took me about two and a half days nowadays i've got it down to about four hours now this is
32:51a traditional skill right yeah how do you stay with the modern times so part of that for us is just
32:57make sure we're innovating a little bit first thing was adding color like this sort of chair
33:00and adding painted chairs puts them in a slightly more modern setting another thing is adding new
33:05designs so we've got a couple of them we've been working on i can show you one if you like perfect
33:16whoa so yeah this is one of our newest designs this is the canopy chair this is something we wanted to
33:22take it in a much more contemporary direction but still using a lot of the heritage skills that we've
33:27learned from our other chairs just with a more modern twist this is really great so you're really
33:33moving these skills into the future yeah absolutely we're we're trying to make sure that this craft
33:38doesn't just survive but it thrives in kukubri the restoration of the sculpture is proving to be a
33:49real community effort with the wood cleaned and the stonework repointed richie's part of the fix is
33:57complete taking over for the final stage of the process is local carpenter james campbell today we're here
34:05to get some coats oil on this it's going to be a mix of danish oil and tops it doesn't seal it the
34:12way a varnish would seal it it allows it to breathe it allows it to do its own thing the idea is that the
34:17mix will soak in just to bring the green oak back to life there's still a lot to be done so dom's hot
34:25footed it back to kukubri to help out jim how's it going happy to do yep good to see you this is looking
34:32fantastic it's getting there isn't it brilliant yep richie's steam cleaning has worked wonders
34:38hasn't it it definitely has yep yep you can see so much more of the detail now even in the light from
34:43here you can see that almost looks like the original chisel marks which is what we've found out from some
34:50of the locals that remember when charlie was chiseling away at this she allowed passers-bys and
34:57locals to have a shot at the chiseling so it's very it's been quite important to us not to sand away
35:03at this or anything and just allow a bit more of a natural finish to that really yeah so charlie
35:10actually let the local community come over and have a go yeah i love that it's no wonder that this
35:16sculpture means so much to the people of the town it not only commemorates their loved ones lost at sea
35:23they helped to create it so what's the next job next job is we continue with oil and we've got the
35:31first coat on already and we're now ready for the second coat it's just soaked it up isn't it yeah
35:36yeah wow the wood was just so dry absolutely how many coats do you think it's going to need it's
35:41at least three at least as quick as i'm putting it on it's just soaking up yeah that's what we found
35:54the idea of the sprayer was it would soak as far into the timber as possible and then a wee bit of
35:59detail with the brush like what you're doing you know the little nooks and grannies yeah yeah when's
36:03the last time this has been done we think it was roughly 20 years ago it was actually my dad that
36:08oiled it at that point yep so i am now back taken over from him that's so nice is it not
36:15next generation coming along looking after the same sculpture that's right that's oh that's beautiful
36:21we just need to do a good job it's good we are good job while dom gives the sculpture a final coat
36:29of protective oil will is heading back to kincarden with lindsay's frying pan
36:38today is an exciting day because i'm meeting up with lindsay again i've got a lot of surprise for
36:43lindsay i have found the perfect camping spot and i know that lindsay loves camping so it'd be great to
36:49take the frying pan outdoors and put it to good use i'm very excited to get the frying pan back and i just
36:58can't even imagine it getting back to what it originally looked like i hope i don't start crying and i
37:05know it's just a frying pan i'm going to keep it well seasoned like my mum and dad did and i'm never
37:10going to use it as a gate stop
37:20lindsay nice to see you again nice to see you will how are you feeling yeah i'm really excited to see
37:26it you know it's quite emotional do you remember what it looked like when i came to the club yes and
37:30it was a bit of a disaster it was just complete rust completely fully rust it's very rusty it was
37:35very rusty i mean it had been used in the kitchen for so many years and it sounds like your dad did
37:40a great job of keeping it clean yes you know it was always used seven days a week uh my mum during
37:45the week my dad at the weekend making scottish breakfast what are you hoping that dom's managed
37:49to do for you i don't know i can't even imagine what it looks like i honestly don't i just don't know
37:54should we see yeah please here we go oh my god oh it's beautiful oh it's lovely look at that
38:05centerpiece in my kitchen now yeah honestly it's absolutely it's wonderful compared to what it was
38:13it's it's amazing you pleased you better believe i'm pleased i i just can't believe how nice it is
38:19i'm going to invite all the family on a sunday morning to my house and i'm going to make the
38:24traditional scottish breakfast that my dad used to make you know with a square sausage beans eggs
38:30black pudding everything you know one of the other reasons why i brought you here to this specific spot
38:35is because i know you love being outdoors yes and cooking outdoors so i thought now that this has been
38:40restored let's put it to the test oh right okay oh i didn't expect that no all right yeah let's do it
38:47yeah yeah one for you thank you well i've got some eggs here thank you oh wow oh that sound yeah
39:03perfect right here we go you ready i'll maybe need a bib because they maybe they'll spill down me
39:10thank you thank you hopefully i don't get egg on my face or yolk on my chin but
39:24it's nice it's nice it's lovely wee bit of sauce if i had whiskey with me i would raise a toast to
39:31dom's hard work yeah me too but instead we'll just raise a sandwich raise a sandwich yeah well done dom
39:36well done dom thank you thanks
39:41i'm just so happy to get the pan back i'm just delighted i felt quite emotional because it did
39:47take me back to my childhood you know like watching my mom cook all the meals
39:51i just can't believe dom has done such a good job you know that it's now usable and i am i'm feeling
39:58delighted i am i'm over the moon i'm over the moon
40:12across the country in southwest scotland in kakubri the statue of the mother and child is ready for
40:20unveiling hello everyone thank you it has been such a pleasure seeing the community come together
40:34to restore this sculpture i have had such an amazing time here everybody that i've met has
40:39been so welcoming so thank you very much are you all ready to see it come on then
40:57louise liddell from the fisherman's mission organized today's ceremony louise are you pleased
41:03yes it's amazing you've done such lovely work to it and you've restored it back to what it was
41:08expected to be in its original state within the community everybody will be really chuffed with
41:12it it's lovely dougie i know that you helped us with this restoration so is it quite nice to see
41:20it all complete now it's absolutely wonderful to see it complete and it was quite a pleasure
41:25to actually work on the monument very proud very proud today we gather to honor the memory of the
41:32many fishermen who have been lost at sea over the years their absence is deeply felt
41:38by family and loved ones and their legacy endures through the generations
41:44this sculpture embodies the profound sense of hope and the ever-present fear
41:49that today might be the day that boat does not come home
41:55it really was a touching and very moving service today it's really poignant around kakubri and to be
42:01able to have this kind of gathering and with people to be able to remember this the fishermen
42:08i've seen it mature over the years and having seen it today it's good it's going to continue
42:16in good health for the future the sculpture is an integral part of the community and it stands
42:22prominent at the very front of the harbor the work that domine and the team have done with the
42:26sculpture is really really good it's brought a new lease of life to it it looks really lovely
42:31and it's going to stand there proud for another 30 40 years hopefully just from the minute i've
42:37turned up i have been surrounded by people that are willing and keen to get involved and help out
42:42this is why we are coming on the road to help people with projects like this it's an absolute honor
42:48to be part of it it's been a really special day if you'd like to see more fantastic fixes and
42:57restorations search bbci player for the repair shop on the road
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