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00:00On all new salvage hunters
00:03With almost 60 years combined experience
00:06Three leading antique and salvage dealers are joining forces
00:10From West Wales, country house connoisseur Alistair Dryborough
00:14Loves the traditional
00:16Sorry about that, isn't it?
00:18It's nice, Welsh, handsome
00:20Don't try to sell it to me
00:22No, I'm not trying to sell it to you
00:24Edinburgh based dealer Vicky Knott has an incredible eye for interiors
00:27I just think it's ever easy
00:29I just think that's brilliant
00:31In London, Shere Khan Yamakcha is a devotee of retro design and industrial salvage
00:37Sourced from all over Europe
00:39These were made by gents of Leicester
00:41And 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
00:49And that's why these last forever
00:51Together they're travelling the country
00:54On the hunt for the very best antiques and decorative salvage
00:58This time
01:06As a loot and dye and bleach works
01:08Shere Khan and Jay discover mistakes can be costly
01:12Sorry, it's ripped there, I bought it
01:14We'll add that to the pile
01:16In Hampshire, Alistair and Shere Khan find out value is subject to artistic licence
01:21There's something about this
01:23It's probably my favourite bit of art
01:25That's going to become expensive
01:27No, no, no, no, no
01:29And at a Southport amusement park
01:31There's two designs for the price of one
01:33I like that open sign
01:35It should have closed on the other side
01:37Ta-da!
01:39Based in North London
01:41Dealer Shere Khan Yamagja and Brother Jay specialise in industrial salvage and vintage lighting
01:49And other items that appeal to customers with an eye for modern design
01:53Me and my brother have been very lucky
01:55We've been able to get into some old factories, old workshops, old train stations
02:01And we've been able to save some amazing lighting and furniture
02:07They were designed perfectly
02:09They were designed to do a job
02:11We don't see them as relics of the past
02:13Because they were designed and made in such a way that they're future proof
02:17While Shere Khan concentrates on buying, Jay restores items in his workshop
02:22The best part about my job is I get to work on all these old industrial lights
02:28They were made in the 1920s, 30s
02:30They were so well designed
02:32Knowing they're going to last another hundred years or so
02:35Just gives me pure joy
02:38Both share a love for finding and rescuing items rich in history and character
02:47On the hunt for forgotten gems, Shere Khan and Jay are heading out of London to Luton
02:53Once famous for the production of hats and an eponymous van
02:58For over two centuries the hat industry flourished here
03:02Fashioning everything from straw bonnets to bowlers
03:05Today the boys have been invited to look round an old factory that's having a clear out
03:11We're going to meet John
03:13You know John's part of a family
03:15That since the 18th century they've been in Luton working with milliners
03:21And in the hat trade
03:23As they're like family run business they've been in it for such a long time
03:28Yeah
03:29They've probably got so much stuff
03:30Yeah, yeah
03:31That, you know, the stuff that we buy or stuff that we could use
03:34Yeah, and it's always good coming to places like that
03:38So do you know why Luton vans were made in that shape?
03:44I don't know why but I'm sure you're about to tell me
03:46Yeah, I am about to tell you
03:47So Luton vans were made in that kind of high shape
03:51Because Luton being famous for the hat trade
03:56They invented a van which has got the high top so they can stack up the hats high
04:02Yeah, hence it was called the Luton man
04:04There you go
04:05We're going to have to Google that
04:06Why do you need to Google it?
04:09You don't need to Google it, I've just told you
04:11By the 1930s Luton firms were producing around 70 million hats a year
04:19But changing fashions and foreign competition took their toll
04:24Today, Barford brothers dye and bleach works is the last of its kind in the UK
04:30Its skills preserved by fifth generation dyer, John Horne
04:36My family connection with the hat trade started in 1823
04:41And I joined the company in 1976
04:46We are dyers for the millinery trade basically
04:49We only specialise in goods for the hat industry
04:53I've dyed hats for celebrities
04:56I've dyed hats for royal family
04:58Lady Di, she was a great wearer of hats
05:01And she did enormous things for the industry
05:04There's very few people in the country
05:08Who can actually do what we do here
05:11We also die for Europe, America, even China
05:16But the industry has changed
05:19We don't use a lot of the stuff that we used to use
05:22And consequently, it might as well go to a better home
05:25And have a second life from being stored here
05:31You must be John?
05:33I am indeed
05:34Sheikhan
05:35Nice to meet you
05:36Nice to meet you
05:37Lovely to see you
05:38Can you do one side?
05:39Yeah, sure
05:40I'll show you what
05:41You lead the way
05:42Show what we're doing
05:43Okay
05:44So this is our dye yard
05:45It's like a sauna in here, John
05:47Yeah
05:48This is ribbons being dyed
05:50Ah
05:53And these are going to be used for the ribbons around the hats and stuff?
05:55Yeah
05:56Yeah
05:57Okay
05:58So this is our blocking room
05:59Oh wow
06:00After we've dyed it, we've stiffened it
06:03Give it some body
06:04And then it can go onto the hot moulds
06:06Okay
06:07And then the edges trimmed off
06:08And then that's the start of it
06:09Yeah
06:10Yeah
06:11This machinery's old
06:12Yeah, Victorian most of it
06:13Victorian?
06:14Yeah
06:15I mean, in its heyday, how many people would work here?
06:17When I joined there was, I think it was 56 staff, I think
06:2156 staff
06:22Yeah
06:2350 years ago
06:24Yeah
06:25And now?
06:26Now there's three of us
06:27Three
06:28Wow
06:29Big strong machines
06:30Big strong machines
06:31You know, they're like
06:32Over a hundred years old
06:33Victorian Edwardian machines
06:34And they are still using them to make these beautiful hats
06:38And I'll ask them
06:39I'll say
06:40Are there modern versions of these machines?
06:41And he said
06:42Yeah, you can get modern versions
06:43But they don't do the job as good as these ones
06:46Just goes to show you
06:47Old is gold
06:48Old is gold
06:49So there's bits and pieces in here, maybe, you're interested in
06:54Jeff, is that actually?
06:57They're little short chairs
06:59They were ones that children used to weave straw plait on
07:03These short-legged stools once served the local craft of straw plaiting
07:09A process by which wheat straw was hand-braided and woven into hats and other textile garments
07:14A relic of a bygone industry, Shere Khan thinks these pitch pine stools
07:19Made from offcuts and scraps by local workers
07:22Could be worth around 125 pounds each
07:25Do you know what kind of money you would want for these?
07:29I don't know, make me an offer
07:3140 quid each
07:33Mmm, make it a bit more
07:3645
07:38Here, go on then
07:40Yep
07:41Shake his head
07:42Excellent
07:43As a deal
07:44That's a good start
07:45Yep
07:46Get the ball rolling
07:47Scratch-built things have a bit of a soul to them
07:50And also with these ones, you can see how the people working in this factory were sitting on them
07:56You can see where they've worn out certain parts of it
07:59All of that makes for great character
08:01This is quite an interesting little thing
08:04When they used to weave straw plait, they used to put it in a skein
08:08Can you remember if you held your wool out for your grandmother and she used to wrap it round your arms
08:14Yeah, yeah, yeah
08:15So the skein of straw would go over the top
08:18And then it would go to the little sewing machine over there
08:21Okay
08:22And it would unwind the skein of straw as it was being stitched into a bonnet
08:27That's very nice, but I just saw something else
08:29Could you see?
08:30Oh, I know what you saw
08:31Oh, I know what you saw
08:32Ah, yeah
08:34It's an adjusting one
08:39I buy and sell a lot of stools
08:42These ones, really nice, chunky, oak seat on them
08:46The legs can be extended
08:48They've got little bolts on them
08:49So you can extend them to the height that you want
08:51They've got maker's marks on them that I can't quite make out
08:54What would you want for this?
08:56I think I've got another two somewhere, too
08:58If you're interested in those
08:59All right, let's find them
09:00We'll put it together
09:01Yeah
09:02We'll do a job lot price
09:03He says to us, there's a few more
09:05So when he says that, we say to him, we'll do a job lot on the prices
09:08So we carry on trying to find a few more
09:10It's another one, isn't it?
09:11Is it the same one?
09:12I think it's the same, mate
09:13Yeah
09:14Yeah, it's the same one
09:16Isn't it, yeah?
09:17Same room
09:18Oh, no, no, it just needs the thing inside there
09:22It's got, yeah
09:24The top's all right as well, isn't it?
09:27That's got a cover on it
09:28Sorry
09:29It's ripped now, I bought it
09:31Yeah, we'll add that to the pile
09:34Anything you found there?
09:39Yeah, one minute
09:40It's an old clock
09:42It's dead, but
09:43The mechanism's not in there
09:45No
09:46I would say that's the late 1800s, early 1900s
09:50Normally those top clocks, you wind it up
09:53And then once it's wound up, there's a pendulum
09:56And you swing the pendulum
09:58But all of that is gone, there's nothing left in there
10:01So I'll put a high quartz movement in there
10:05So it'll be battery operated
10:06And yeah, it's going to look nice when I'm finished with it
10:09Ten pounds?
10:11Yeah, I'm sure that'd be fun
10:13Yep, fantastic
10:14Well, my brother looks at stuff logically
10:16He works out pricing in his head
10:18The work that he has to put into it
10:20What can be fixed, what can't be fixed, what's going to cost a lot of money
10:23That's why it's good to go out with my brother
10:26There's some more of those
10:27Oh, two
10:28There's a maker's mark on this one
10:30Ah
10:31SS
10:32So we found the last two
10:35So we've got four of these stools now
10:37One of them, we can clearly see the maker's mark
10:41It's a company called Sankey Sheldon
10:43As we suspected, these are British-made industrial stools
10:47These adjustable stools date from the mid-20th century
10:51And were produced by Sankey Sheldon
10:53A former giant of British metalworking
10:55They're in need of restoration
10:57But with the solid provenance they come with
11:00Once complete, Shere Khan thinks they could be worth around £190 each
11:06So, we now have how many? Four?
11:08Four
11:09Mm-hmm
11:10What will you want for four?
11:12Erm...
11:1360 quid each
11:15Always on the lookout for lost relics to rescue and restore
11:26Brothers Shere Khan and Jay Yumukja
11:29Are in the traditional hat-making centre of Luton
11:32Trawling an old dye works
11:34There's some shereys, old
11:36Yeah, Victorian most of it
11:38Fifth-generation owner John is having a clear-out
11:41And Shere Khan and Jay have found top-quality industrial stools abandoned in various rooms
11:47We now have how many? Four?
11:48Four
11:49Mm-hmm
11:50What will you want for four?
11:52Erm...
11:5360 quid each
11:55Yeah?
11:56Yeah
11:57I'm 60 quid
11:58Nice
11:59Lovely
12:00Thank you
12:01Not much work needs being done on these
12:02Bit of a clean
12:03Once that's done, they will picture really well
12:05Usually, people take them in pairs
12:07But we will price them individually
12:09So if someone wants, they can take a single one as well
12:12There's a few old baskets up here
12:14What were these baskets being used for?
12:16They were used in the ribbon room
12:18They're still solid
12:22Hmm
12:23They are
12:24How old are they roughly?
12:25I would have said they're certainly older than 50 years old
12:28They were here when I got here
12:29What would you want on these?
12:31John?
12:32What kind of price?
12:34I don't know
12:3640 quid each
12:37If I said
12:39If I take five
12:40If I take five
12:41For 150
12:42Would you accept that?
12:44170
12:46Okay
12:48Yeah
12:49Five for 170
12:50Good
12:51I think they'll be alright
12:52If you can petrol station jet wash
12:54Yeah
12:55Give them a quick one
12:56My brother's answer to cleaning things is always
12:59Let's use the jet spray
13:01Anything
13:02Doesn't matter
13:03A pair of jeans
13:04Car
13:05Pot
13:06Jet wash
13:07Because it's easy
13:08But I reckon that's going to be like
13:10Nice warm water
13:11Brush
13:12And a bit of soap
13:13They'll come up sparkling
13:15So this is where we used to do all our maintenance for pipe works and steam machinery
13:22And
13:23Oh wow look at those
13:24They're just full of engineering stuff, pipe fittings and bits and pieces
13:30Went into the old workshop and straight away there was these like metal cabinets
13:37I just love them and I think I gave it away
13:40Oh would you be seeing any of them?
13:42Yeah I don't know what I do with the contents but you can have five of them if you like
13:47And what would you want for them?
13:49Well I think they're quite valuable because I've never seen anything like them to be fair
13:55I think they're about 200 quid each
13:58If I said to you 600 for four
14:02700
14:04Because I think they're really quite nice
14:07They're so nice
14:08They are
14:09Shake the man's hand
14:10I should have kept quiet
14:12I know, I know
14:13Do you know what?
14:14We need to start playing our poker face and it'll be better
14:16I don't play poker
14:17Shake the man's hand, 700 for four
14:19Yeah
14:20Alright
14:21Okay
14:22Thank you very much John
14:23Thank you
14:24And we'll be going in my workshop
14:25Oh really?
14:26They're just so nice
14:27I love them
14:28Once I've cleaned them up
14:29There's not a lot of work to be done
14:31Because I still want to keep some of the rust on the inside
14:34And also just to say, you know, show how old it is
14:37We'll make a tidy sum on them
14:39Right, do you think you're done?
14:41Yeah, I'm done in here
14:42I'm happy with them
14:43So you're going to have to start moving those
14:47Clear them out
14:48And then move them to the van
14:52Perfect
14:53Wonderful day
14:54Wonderful gear
14:55I think we're both very very happy
14:57Out of the buys today
14:58The Sankey Sheldon stalls
15:00Very good profit in those
15:02The middle cabinets
15:03What can I say?
15:04They are awesome
15:06They're cool
15:08And yeah, I can't wait to get them back
15:10He thinks he's going to keep one
15:11I am keeping one
15:12For me, in my workshop
15:14To afford it, you can keep it
15:15You hate keeping one
15:16Some of the things I've forgotten that they were even there to be honest
15:22You walk past them every day and you don't really notice them anymore
15:27Greatly appreciate you allowing us into having us
15:30Thank you very much
15:31Thank you very much for coming
15:32It's been a pleasure
15:33Thank you very much
15:34Lovely to meet you
15:35You too
15:36I hope you've got some reasonable things that you can pass on
15:37Yeah, yeah, fill the van
15:38We might be back for more
15:39That'd be great
15:40Thank you very much
15:41Cheers
15:42Bye
15:46Good day today?
15:47That was a good day
15:48It turned out really well
15:49It did
15:50Some nice
15:51Got some nice gear
15:52Very very nice stuff
15:53And
15:54Jeeves
15:55I need a cup of tea
15:57No respect man
15:58Seriously
16:00Shere Khan and Jay aren't alone in their passion for sourcing lost relics and giving them a new life
16:06Based in West Wales
16:08Dealer Alistair Dryborough specialises in traditional country furniture, unusual signs and folk art
16:14And he's always on the lookout for rare pieces of distinction
16:18I love items with history, with character
16:21And that's what my customers have grown to expect from me
16:25And that could be anything from an enamel sign to a Welsh dresser
16:28And as a dealer, you've got to look everywhere
16:31Living in rural Wales, there's a lot of remote cottages, hill farms
16:35But things turn up sometimes where you least expect them to
16:39Like this great example of a 19th century stick chair
16:43Turned up in a 1950s house within Aberystwyth
16:46It just goes to show that these lost relics can turn up anywhere
16:51And you've got to look everywhere for them
16:54Alistair has arranged a visit to a seaside location
17:00For which he's teaming up with Shere Khan
17:02While Shere Khan loves vintage retro and Al loves tradition
17:06They both share a passion for rescuing authentic items with a fascinating history
17:10And their destination offers the opportunity for both
17:14Today
17:16We're going to Southport Pleasureland
17:18To meet the owner Norman
17:20OK, by Pleasureland
17:22You mean like a funfear or amusement park?
17:24Yeah, at one point it was hot, wasn't it?
17:26Everybody wanted Fairground Art
17:28And it didn't even have to be old
17:30And everyone wanted it
17:31Yeah, but now it's like everything
17:32It goes round, doesn't it?
17:33Yeah
17:34So it's got to be good stuff today
17:35Yeah
17:36It's got to be stuff with age
17:37And I was just going to say like
17:39You driving me around today, right?
17:41Yeah
17:42It's like being on a fairground, right?
17:43Yeah
17:48At the end of the 18th century
17:50The fashion for healthy sea bathing
17:52And the building of the Leeds to Liverpool Canal
17:54Turned Southport from a sleepy coastal village
17:57To a thriving tourist hotspot
17:59In 1907
18:01The White City Amusement Park opened
18:03One of the first in the UK
18:05It was renamed Pleasureland in 1922
18:09When the park was moved
18:10In the early 2000s
18:12Fire destroyed some of the rides
18:14But a huge renovation is now underway
18:16Guided by a man with entertainment in his bones
18:19Norman Wallace
18:24My great-great-great-grandfather
18:26Was here in the 1880s, 1890s
18:29I'm the sixth generation
18:30And I'm very lucky to have that history
18:32And those ancestors
18:33You know, what I do
18:35Much of it is
18:36Comes from my ancestors
18:37And my father and my grandfather
18:39Have educated me
18:41And taught me things about the industry
18:43We've got all sorts of rides here
18:45Dodgems, waltzers
18:46The British favourites
18:48We're going to rebrand
18:50And there are a number of items
18:51That we've put to one side
18:52Because they were too good to skip
18:55And there isn't enough space to keep it
18:57So it's best to bring in the new
19:00Let someone else have the advantage of it
19:02And upcycle
19:03And hopefully someone else will get the benefit in the future
19:05Norman
19:07Norman
19:08All right lads, what's new?
19:09I'm all right Norman
19:10I'm Shikhan
19:11How you doing?
19:12Nice to meet you
19:13Can we have a look inside?
19:14You can
19:15What are you looking for?
19:16Anything particular?
19:17Whatever we kind of like
19:18It's just
19:19There's nothing in particular
19:20When we see it
19:21When we see it win well
19:22Okay cool
19:23Like that
19:24That's a lovely sign
19:25Like that
19:26I don't sell a lot of fairground art or rides and stuff like that
19:31But signage
19:32I buy a lot of signs
19:34And I'm just hoping there's going to be something here right from the start
19:37Or you know from the 30s from the 40s
19:40Modern stuff not really into but if I can get something old today
19:43That would be great
19:45We're changing the name this year
19:47Actually rebranding
19:48It's going to be Wallace's Adventure Coast
19:50Okay
19:51Instead of Pleasureland
19:52Yeah
19:53So how long has it been called Pleasureland for then?
19:55It's since about 1922
19:57My great great great grandfather had the carousel which was over there
20:00And then in the 50s my grandfather and my father were inside
20:04Oh
20:05But I haven't been here all that time
20:06Okay
20:09Okay
20:10So here we are
20:11So this is the engine shed
20:13Yep
20:14A few signs and bits and pieces that you may be interested in
20:18I like those Norman
20:19That open sign
20:20So do I
20:21Do you?
20:22That's bad news then
20:24Can I climb over there and have a look at them?
20:26Yeah get over
20:29So it should have closed on the other side shouldn't it?
20:31I'd have thought
20:32Turn it around
20:33Then er
20:34Closed?
20:35Absolutely right
20:36So would these be up for sale then?
20:38Yeah
20:39Yeah?
20:40Everything's for sale
20:41Oh nice
20:42Just if you've got enough money that's all
20:44Hey
20:45Hey
20:46We go into the engineering shed
20:47Straight off
20:48Load of signs all down the left hand wall
20:51They're hand painted
20:52These signs were purposely made for here
20:55This is an iconic place that we're in today
20:58So to buy something that's been purposely made for here
21:01It's come from Southport Pleasurelands
21:04That's a great listing for the website
21:07Right, so there's one, two, three
21:10And then there's two there she can
21:12And that miniature railway possibly
21:14And that...
21:15Does it say pier station is it?
21:16Yeah
21:17Pier station
21:18Open 1911
21:19Closed 1948
21:20Because that was the other station
21:22There was a station between the ones that we have now
21:24Ah, okay
21:26That one
21:27Single sided?
21:28Yeah, single
21:29Really amazing signs, you know, all about the railway
21:34Closed, open
21:35There's one there that says only staff beyond this point
21:38And then there's a really nice keep this workshop tidy one
21:41My eye is on that workshop tidy one
21:43That's the one that I really want
21:45These signs that vary in age
21:48Once served the lakeside miniature railway ride
21:51The oldest 15-inch gauge in the world
21:53Built in 1911 and still running today
21:56Hand-painted, decorative and original
21:58These are genuine relics of British seaside resort history
22:02And Al thinks this set of nine could be worth around £900
22:08So how would you want to do this then?
22:09I'll tell you what I'll do
22:10Right
22:11Anything...
22:12You give me for these
22:15I'm going to donate to all the Hay Children's Hospital
22:17Really?
22:18Yeah
22:19Okay
22:20So
22:21Think kindly upon me
22:24Pressure's on
22:25You'll probably want one or two of these, wouldn't you?
22:27Yeah, well look
22:28You go for it
22:29Yeah
22:30I'm with you on it
22:31And then whatever I take
22:32We'll just split it between
22:34We'll sort it out between us after, yeah?
22:35Yeah
22:36Who's having what?
22:37That's it
22:38Okay
22:39Five hundred quid
22:44Five hundred quid
22:45In Southport, Al and Shere Khan are trawling for lost relics
23:01Among the sheds of an amusement park with a long history
23:05How long has it been called Pleasureland for then?
23:07It's since about 1922
23:09My great-great-great-grandfather had the carousel which was over there
23:14And they've discovered a hoard of hand-painted signage from the fairgrounds' historic railway ride
23:21Five hundred quid
23:23Seen is it for you
23:24Okay then
23:25And all that's going to go to all the Hay Children's Hospital
23:27Yeah
23:28Okay?
23:29Okay, I'll give you a shake
23:30All right
23:31Thank you very much
23:32Lovely
23:33All of the money that we pay for these signs are going to go to a hospital
23:38So me and Alistair say, look, we'll buy these together
23:41We'll split the bill
23:42Yeah, five hundred pound, nine signs
23:44It's a no-brainer, isn't it?
23:46These type of handwritten signs
23:47There's so many places that they can go into
23:49From retail to residential houses
23:52People love them
23:55Anybody like beef burgers?
23:56Beef burgers, that's a good one
23:57Oh, that's another one
23:58That's another one
24:01So has that been a part of a door or something?
24:03It's been part of a flap that lifts up
24:05Right
24:06So that would lock in there with the two shot bolts
24:08And that would lift up
24:09And then hook up on the top
24:10And go up again
24:11Yeah, on a vendor's thing and that, yeah
24:14That's quite nice, isn't it?
24:15Yeah, there's nice colours on there
24:18What do you want for that, Norman?
24:21It was fifty quid
24:22Fifty quid?
24:24You didn't want that, did you?
24:25No
24:26Sure?
24:27You have it
24:28Although I do like a good beef burger
24:29I do
24:30Beef burgers, fifty pound
24:32Good price
24:33Once it's cleaned and photographed correctly
24:36And given its provenance, where it was from
24:39It's a hundred and fifty
24:41Do you like that?
24:42It's nice
24:43It's striking, isn't it?
24:44Yeah
24:45The red to the trains
24:46To the trains
24:47I didn't notice that on the way in
24:48But it's different on the other side, is it?
24:49Have a look
24:50Yeah, on that side, I think it just tells you
24:53The South Pole miniature train station
24:55Yeah
24:56You were being observant, weren't you?
24:58I'm very observant, I understand
24:59I'm very, very observant
25:00Is that part of the revamp?
25:02Is that going?
25:03Yes
25:04What were you on for that?
25:05Well, I can't be the buyer, I'm the seller
25:07You make me an offer
25:08Erm
25:09200 quid
25:11220
25:13Thank you
25:15Can't argue over 20 quid
25:17No
25:18Definitely not
25:19Lovely
25:20No, that is nice
25:21Huge sign
25:22It's quite fresh
25:23It's been over-painted throughout the years
25:25Under it is the original sign
25:27To the trains
25:29It's just eye-catching
25:30So
25:32These are very nice
25:34This is a piece of art
25:36By a man called Fowl
25:37Fred Fowl
25:38His work is very well known
25:40And this is from a
25:41From a helter-skelter slide
25:43And it says slip and slide
25:47Is it something you're into?
25:49Right?
25:50Have a look at it
25:51Norman pulls out these two amazing signs
25:54Hand-painted
25:56Really big
25:57You know
25:58Proper sized things
25:59You could cover a whole wall in them
26:01Just the colours in them
26:02The text
26:03Everything about it
26:05They were just so beautiful
26:08Probably dating from the 1970s
26:10This is the work of iconic showman artist
26:13Fred Fowl
26:14Drawing on popular comic book art
26:16And futuristic 3D lettering
26:18Fowl is credited with bringing traditional fairground art
26:21Into the 20th century
26:22Shere Khan thinks this lost relic
26:24From the master of the genre
26:26Could be worth around 1,100 pounds
26:29The art is really nice on it
26:31Would 500 buy them?
26:33600 would
26:37Shake a 550
26:40Go on then
26:42All he's gonna need is a good clean
26:45They're gonna photograph really well
26:48You know, put something next to it
26:50Just so that people can see the size of it
26:52Selling something that big
26:54You need to find someone with the space for it
26:56When the right person does come along
26:57And they've got the right space in their house
26:59They've got the right space above their bed
27:02Slip and slide
27:03It's gonna look amazing
27:04It's really vibrant isn't it?
27:06Yeah
27:07Well that was part of it you see
27:08What people forget is that
27:10Fairgrounds were the place where people went to
27:13For the vibrancy and the colour
27:15Yeah
27:16That's great mate
27:17It's got nice wording as well isn't it?
27:18Yeah
27:19Slip and slide
27:20Yeah
27:22Meeting Norman today was great
27:24You know he's dedicated to this business
27:29He's putting his heart and soul into it
27:31It's always a gamble you know
27:33When you come to places like this
27:35It's not like a table and a chair
27:37People always want tables and chairs
27:39But when you come into
27:41Sort of fairground attraction
27:43Like this
27:45You've got to be a little bit picky
27:47In the way you buy
27:48You've got to find the stuff
27:50That's just that little bit older
27:52And we did
27:53We found some really good stuff today
27:54Stuff that's been here from the beginning
27:57Some of it
27:58Thanks for having us
27:59All right good stuff
28:00It's been an absolute pleasure
28:01Thank you very much
28:02Thanks for having met you
28:03Thank you very much
28:04See you next time
28:05Well that was all right wasn't it?
28:14That was good
28:15Very good
28:16You bought some nice signs
28:17All of them hand painted
28:18Yeah
28:19The set of signs we bought together as well
28:22And they're all
28:23What's good about them
28:24So they've got history
28:25Yeah
28:26You know when we go to selling them
28:27Yeah
28:28You can say they were from here
28:29Yeah they're from there
28:30Yeah so we need to split them now
28:31Yeah
28:32And I know what you're going to say
28:33I know what one you want
28:34The workshop one?
28:35Yeah
28:36All right
28:37I'll take the workshop one
28:38And then I'll give you the choice of all the rest
28:41Any others you can choose next
28:43All right
28:44Thanks mate
28:45Are you going to give me 500 quid for that one?
28:47While Shere Khan has been busy in Southport
28:53Brother Jay has been sorting through the haul of items from Luton
28:57Bought for just ten pounds
28:59The old Barford Brothers factory clock is missing all its works
29:03So he's going to give it a new life
29:05We're going to try and remove the hands carefully
29:08Without any damage
29:10The hands are brass
29:13Some people like to polish the hands getting back to brass
29:16But I'll keep them as they are
29:18Because it tells the age and where
29:20Right
29:22Right
29:23Okay
29:24The face of the clock
29:25I'm just going to give it a little brush
29:30So most of the flaky bits come off
29:32That's the original paint over the years
29:35As it's like coming away from the face
29:39I always like clocks original to how we found them
29:45And how they look
29:46So I won't respray it
29:48I won't repaint it
29:49I'll just leave it as it is
29:51Right
29:52That's sorted out
29:54So now we're going to apply the wax
29:57I'm using wire wool
30:01What else the wire wool does with the wax is
30:07If there's all the little bits of grime in there
30:10It's going to pick it up and move it along
30:12Give it a nice little shine
30:16You can see all the little nooks and crannies in the woods
30:22Still showing its age
30:24Lovely
30:25With the original mechanism of this relic lost
30:28Jay plans to fit a modern quartz movement
30:31But there's a problem
30:33So at the moment
30:34The hour hand doesn't fit on the new mechanism
30:37Too big basically
30:39So I'm going to adjust that
30:41So it fits the hour hand
30:43And then the same again with the minute hand
30:46The face and the hand
30:48Is where the character of the clock is
30:50If I mess this up
30:51I hope this is going to go well
30:53But if it doesn't
30:54Alright that's it
30:55That clock's going on the shelf
30:56It all
30:57All rise on this
31:10Needs a little bit more
31:13The original had a square fitting in
31:20Where this one is circled up
31:22So I'm just trying to file the edges
31:24So it sits in there
31:36Nice that's it
31:38Right
31:40That's done
31:41Once connected to the new mechanism
31:44Jay needs to test
31:45Whether the hour hand still moves correctly
31:47In relation to the minute hand
31:49So when it's at 12
31:51The hour hand is
31:54On the 3
31:56Or on the 2
31:57Or on the 4
31:58So it's all aligned
31:59I normally test from 1 to 6
32:03I'm happy with that
32:10Now we're going to slowly put it
32:12All back together now
32:17Restoring old clocks
32:18Old lights
32:19I would say
32:20Is the best part of this job for me
32:23One it takes me away from
32:26It takes me away from
32:28Everything else
32:29And then as you are restoring it
32:31I just love to like
32:33Know if this clock could talk
32:35All the things
32:37All the stories
32:38It could tell
32:39Knowing that it's lived
32:41A really long life
32:43And hopefully it's going to carry on
32:45Back on the road
32:51Jay's brother Shere Khan
32:53Is still out in Al's van
32:55Heading south
32:56To the county of Hampshire
32:57Al has set up an appointment
32:59With a dealer he knows
33:00Who has a reputation
33:02For discovering fascinating lost relics
33:05So
33:06Pete Noah Valentine
33:07Yeah
33:08Are you familiar with him?
33:09I know him from like
33:10Social media
33:11Instagram
33:12Yeah
33:13So I do follow him
33:14I've never met him
33:15But you never bought a bean from him
33:16I've never bought a bean
33:17I've dealt with him
33:18Okay
33:19He's always at the fairs
33:20He's always rushing around
33:21Buying
33:22You always see Pete right
33:23In a fair
33:24Carrying something
33:26Really good under his arm
33:27Okay
33:30200 years ago
33:31The Hampshire village of Milford
33:33Lay inland
33:34But coastal erosion
33:35And village expansion
33:37Meant that by 1900
33:38Sea and village were so close
33:40That the name was altered
33:41To Milford on sea
33:43Today
33:44Today
33:45The stock of Noah Valentine
33:47Is stored in a former grain shed
33:49A vast collection of unique finds
33:52And lost relics
33:53Opened by appointment only
33:55It's run by dealer Peter Hall
33:57Walls
33:58Walls bought and sold all my life
34:01And then the antiques came in
34:03About 20 years ago
34:04And then became a full time job
34:06About 15 years ago
34:07Personally I love advertising
34:09But anything decorative
34:11Anything of good scale
34:13And country house furniture
34:15Which at the moment seems to be
34:16Very in vogue
34:18Alistair definitely
34:19There's a couple of signs
34:20That I think would be interested
34:21Shere Khan
34:22Not sure
34:23He does more mid centre
34:24I think
34:25But there's a couple of bits
34:26That hopefully
34:27We'll be interested in
34:28Oh yeah
34:29You alright mate?
34:30How you doing alright?
34:31Very well Shere Khan
34:32Nice to meet you mate
34:33How you doing Pete?
34:34We have mate
34:35You alright?
34:36This is your place
34:37It is mate
34:38Come on in
34:39Thank you
34:40Wow
34:41It's like an airplane hangar in here
34:42Yeah
34:43That's nice Pete isn't it?
34:44That's gorgeous
34:45So is it like a little stable
34:46In a country house?
34:47Well it's
34:48Yeah it's folk art
34:49I think
34:50I presume it's probably a one off
34:51I think Swedish
34:52Or definitely European
34:54Yeah
34:55But the way it's built
34:56I think it's
34:57It's actually a lovely original paint
34:59And of good scale really
35:00It's just the colour
35:01The paint
35:02It's got that really crusty
35:04Dry
35:05Paint to it
35:06It's very very folky
35:08And it's very very me
35:09Got to be what?
35:1019
35:11Turn of the century is it?
35:12I was going to say
35:131900s
35:141920s
35:15I would have thought
35:16I buy a lot of folk art
35:18I buy a lot of houses like that
35:20They're a slow burner
35:21But they look great in the shop
35:25What have you got on that?
35:27To you?
35:28250
35:29250?
35:30250
35:31250 with the horse then yeah?
35:32250 yeah
35:33It's yours mate
35:34Thank you
35:35Thank you
35:36Thank you
35:37Thank you
35:38Thank you
35:39Thank you
35:40Thank you
35:41Thank you
35:42Hell of a mix
35:43You just buy across the board
35:44Yeah we just try to buy a bit of everything
35:45Those pheasants up there
35:46They're from Aberystwyth
35:47Are they?
35:48100%
35:49That's Hutchins of Aberystwyth
35:50I'm a bit of a geek with taxidermy
35:51150 quid
35:52150 quid
35:53150 quid
35:54Can we get it down?
35:55Yeah
35:56Coming from Aberystwyth
35:57Coming from Aberystwyth
35:58Hutchins was a local Victorian taxidermist
35:59He operated on an industrial scale
36:00Surprises any animals left in the town
36:01But the quality of the town
36:02But the quality of the horse is a little bit
36:03It's a little bit
36:04Yeah
36:05Hell of a mix
36:06You just buy across the board
36:07Yeah
36:08We just try to buy a bit of everything
36:09Those pheasants up there
36:10They're from Aberystwyth
36:11Are they?
36:12100%
36:13That's Hutchins of Aberystwyth
36:14I'm a bit of a geek with taxidermy
36:15150 quid
36:16150 quid
36:17150 quid
36:18Can we get it down?
36:19Yeah
36:20Coming from Aberystwyth
36:21Hutchins was a local Victorian taxidermist
36:24He operated on an industrial scale
36:27Surprises any animals left in the town
36:30But the quality of his work was exceptional
36:33And I've had hundreds of cases over the years
36:36In the 1860s, James Hutchins set up as a taxidermist
36:40In Al's hometown of Aberystwyth
36:42And is now considered to be among the greatest practitioners of the art
36:46This early example doesn't have the more sought after glass sides
36:50But birds command a high price
36:52Having built up the relevant customer base
36:54Al's confident he could sell this for around £450
36:58150 quid
37:00Yeah
37:01For two pheasants
37:03Yeah
37:04Cheers Al
37:05Got to take it home, haven't I?
37:06Yeah
37:07Taxidermy, I've got a real passion for it
37:09But it's got to be Hutchins
37:11And it's got to be old
37:12Peter, you know the light up there?
37:14Yes
37:15Can I have a look at that?
37:16Yeah, I'll get it for you
37:17Oh, the bottom's missing
37:19Yeah, yeah
37:20Bottom's missing
37:21Alright
37:22Unfortunately
37:23Designed by a very famous designer
37:25Peter Brennans
37:26Yeah, Peter Brennans
37:27Yeah
37:28It should actually have this kind of like white diffuser there
37:30They're beautiful when they're done
37:32I've got one
37:33How much you want for that?
37:3450 quid has this missing
37:35Yeah
37:36It's got the original chain on it as well
37:38If you can find a diffuser
37:39Yeah
37:40Put it back together, rewire it
37:41What are you looking at then?
37:42800 quid
37:43Really?
37:44Yeah
37:45Let me show you around then before I change my mind
37:47Yeah
37:48Unfortunately the bottom is missing
37:50Doesn't matter, I'll still buy that
37:52I'll buy them all day long
37:53I'll buy pieces of them all day long
37:55I got that for 50 quid
37:57So if I get the other piece for 50 quid as well
38:00That's a good bit of bunce
38:02Can I just have a look at this as well?
38:04Yeah, yeah
38:05I love that
38:06It's really nice
38:07I love that
38:08Do you know what?
38:09Most of the stuff I sell is very functional
38:11Okay
38:12But this, there's something about this
38:13Bearded men waiting around and
38:15I'll be honest with you
38:16That's probably my favourite bit of art
38:18Oh, that's going to become expensive
38:19It's just getting shot through the roof
38:20No, no, no
38:21It's viable
38:22I think it's Irish
38:23And it could be to do with the poverty
38:25It's a lovely thing
38:26Isn't it?
38:27I think it's, yeah
38:28What's the damage?
38:29It can be 250
38:30250?
38:31Yeah
38:32I'll take that 250
38:33Thank you
38:34Lovely thing
38:35So that painting isn't my usual thing
38:36But I really like the look of it
38:37I did see it's 1917
38:39So that's a good bit of age on there
38:41But yeah, it just caught my eye
38:43So what I have got, Alistair, that you might like
38:46Right
38:47Is this here
38:48Campaign chest
38:50Right, do you want to know a story about that?
38:52It used to be yours
38:53It was mine
38:54Do you know what? I thought you were going to say that
38:55It was mine
38:56I sold it to probably a mutual friend of ours
38:58But I had that out of a house in Pembrokeshire
39:00And you sold it to someone
39:01Sold it to a very good friend
39:02And that's going to cost a lot of money now
39:04I bet I can sell it back cheaper
39:07Something wrong here, isn't there?
39:08That is something wrong
39:09That just doesn't make sense
39:10This is just stuff going around to traders
39:11Yeah
39:12There's a famous saying
39:13They say
39:14How do you make an antique dealer worth 1 million?
39:17Give him 2 million
39:18That's just the way it is, isn't it?
39:20Yeah, yeah
39:21What can you sell that back to me for then?
39:23I can sell that back to you for 580
39:25Actually, I think I sold it for a round about that
39:28I remember what I gave for it
39:29I gave three for that originally
39:31God, that was a good buy
39:32That's a good thing
39:33That's a good thing
39:34Well, sort of a campaign
39:35These are campaign
39:36Really rare things
39:37Make great taxidermy stands
39:39Or, er
39:40Originally, again, when they were in the field
39:43Would have put their enamel wash bowl
39:45Okay
39:46For when they were shaving
39:47And then when they were on manoeuvres
39:48Ah, it comes apart
39:49It comes apart like that
39:50All faux bamboo
39:52Great
39:53To be honest with you
39:54Honestly, I saw them
39:55Because what it is
39:56I've got these two really nice
39:58Old, er
40:00Ottoman urns
40:01Copper ones
40:02Characterised by exceptional quality
40:05And ingenious design
40:07The heyday of campaign furniture
40:09Was during the expansion of the British Empire
40:11In the 18th and 19th centuries
40:13Collapsible by design for easy transport
40:16This pair of matching wash stands
40:18Date from around 1880
40:20And would have provided home comforts
40:22For commanding officers in army camps
40:25With some sympathetic restoration
40:27Shere Khan thinks they could be worth
40:29Around 440 pounds
40:31So I can do, er
40:34220 of the pair
40:36110 quid each
40:38You spotted them first
40:41Square them up at 200
40:43200 quid will ever do
40:45I'm a bit gutted
40:46I didn't buy them, no
40:47Yeah
40:48Do you know what?
40:49What made me notice them
40:50Is these bits
40:51These little brass caps
40:52They're lovely
40:53I did notice those
40:54As we were coming down
40:55I did notice those
40:56But yeah, when he pulled them out
40:58I just, I just had to go for them
40:59They were really nice
41:01And if you like campaign
41:03Here he goes
41:04I've also got a nice campaign chair
41:06As it happens
41:07Do you reckon that fabric's original then?
41:09It's gotta be, isn't it?
41:10100%
41:11100%
41:12Yeah, original
41:13Again, faux bamboo
41:14Does fold
41:15Really, really, really nice iron work on it
41:17Probably a captain's chair
41:19It is incredibly comfortable
41:20I like that there, mate
41:21Yeah, it's lovely
41:22Imagine two wash stands either side now
41:24Yeah, staring at a campaign chest at the same time
41:26I'm not buying this, Pete
41:27I'm not buying it
41:28But I might buy this
41:29How much is this?
41:30How much is this?
41:31That can be
41:32150
41:33Gotta shake his hand at that
41:35Yeah
41:36I think that's probably the cheapest campaign
41:37No worries, mate
41:38Thank you
41:39That's really good
41:40I love that
41:41It's got history
41:42It's well made
41:43It's ebonised
41:44It's got the faux bamboo
41:46It's everything
41:47A piece of campaign furniture needs
41:50Today's been really good
41:56Pete's, he's a hard worker
41:58You can just tell, you know
42:00The masses of stock he's got
42:01The variety of stock he's got
42:03The one that got away
42:05But I mustn't beat myself up over it
42:07Are the pair of campaign stands
42:09You know, Shere Khan's got them now
42:11And great, you know
42:12He'll do well on them
42:13But I wish I saw them before him
42:15In terms of selling really quickly
42:19It's gonna be the stands
42:20But I think my favourite thing is the painting
42:23I think I'm getting into kind of like art now
42:26And when it sells
42:28It's gonna be even better
42:29Because I'm gonna make a nice bit of money
42:30Today was really good
42:34He's a really nice guy
42:35Yeah
42:36Very, very nice guy
42:37He was good
42:38He was fair as well with the prices
42:39I was gutted when you bought those campaign holders
42:43Did you really see them?
42:44Honestly, I saw them
42:45Did you?
42:46I saw them
42:47I did
42:48But that chair's made up
42:49Yeah
42:50Definitely
42:51Yeah, it was nice
42:52I love things in old paint
42:53And that's just got it
42:54Yeah
42:55Enjoyed today?
42:56Yep
42:57It's been a good day
42:58It's been a very good day
42:59You'll have to do it again soon
43:00We will
43:01Definitely
43:02Yep
43:03So what week it's been?
43:07With my brother
43:08We went to Barford Brothers
43:09Centuries old milliner in Luton
43:11Where we found lost relics from Britain's industrial past
43:15The lovely cabinets from the early 1900s
43:18And that wonderful clock that my brother found
43:21Really nice to see Pete
43:23Found some really beautiful decorative items from him
43:26Campaign furniture
43:27I mean who would have thought that you're going to find them in the back of a warehouse
43:31And at Pleasureland
43:33An amazing fairground artwork done by Fred Fowle
43:37I never ever thought I'd go and find something of that quality there
43:42Amazing
43:43Some lovely buys that hopefully will sell very very quickly
43:57Since the sea is falling around
43:58Me
43:59Learning
44:01People
44:02Come
44:03And
44:04Thanks
44:05I'm
44:20They are
44:22Come
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