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The Repair Shop Season 15 Episode 1
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00:00Oh dear.
00:01Bringing the broken.
00:03I don't know where to start with this.
00:05Back to life.
00:06Wow.
00:08It's stunning.
00:10Wow, fantastic!
00:13I think it's just amazing.
00:16Yay!
00:17Welcome to the Repair Show.
00:30Today, joining the cobbler, the shaker, and the table leg maker, Steve Fletcher is admiring the barn's first assignment.
00:41No cheer, come and have a look at this.
00:45Wow, this is something.
00:47It is, isn't it?
00:48I love things like this.
00:51This miniature marvel comes courtesy of ex-coal miner John Wiltshire from Hollywell in North Wales.
01:00Hello, sir.
01:01Hello.
01:03So, John, this is an amazing model.
01:06It sure is, it sure is.
01:08It was built by my grandfather in 1904.
01:13It's amazing. What is it?
01:14Well, this model is a model of a coal mine.
01:17When you turn the handle, all these used to turn, and them shafts would go up and down.
01:24So where was the handle then?
01:26It was just there. Can you see a little hole?
01:27I can see a little hole, yes.
01:29Oh, my word.
01:29There was, like, a crank.
01:31Yeah.
01:31It went over there, and it was housed over here.
01:33Yes.
01:34John, what was your grandfather's name?
01:37His name was John Joseph Wiltshire.
01:40So why did he make it?
01:42Because he hurt his back, and he couldn't go down the pit anymore.
01:46In them days, it was very dangerous, yeah.
01:49Very, very bad conditions, you know.
01:51There was accidents all the time.
01:53And so he just took to making models.
01:57Did you end up going down the mines?
01:59I did, sir, yes.
02:00I did.
02:01I went down the mine in the very, very early 70s to 1994.
02:06That's a long time.
02:08Yeah.
02:09Was it scary?
02:10No.
02:11It's dark.
02:12It's dirty.
02:14But I just loved the camaraderie.
02:17You're watching your mates back, you know.
02:19I think that's when I realised it.
02:21I'd coldest in my veins, you know.
02:24Tell me a bit about your grandfather.
02:26What was he like?
02:27Oh, he was a lovely old boy to me.
02:30He used to tell me stories.
02:32I always remember that.
02:35Fantastic fella.
02:37When I was told that he was coming to me in the will,
02:41I was elated, you know, really.
02:43It's an honour, isn't it, to have this?
02:46I run a little museum.
02:48I am all sorts of mining artefacts.
02:50And, of course, this little beauty was pride of place.
02:54And was it working then?
02:55It was working, yeah.
02:56It was working fine.
02:58But then it started sticking, you see.
03:01I went to a model maker.
03:03This guy says, we'll fix it for you.
03:05Yeah.
03:06So when I went to pick it up,
03:07the mechanism had gone.
03:10When you turned, you know, gone.
03:12That's very unfortunate.
03:13Oh, flippin' that guy.
03:15I guess because this is a one-off,
03:18your grandfather wouldn't have done drawings of the mechanism.
03:22He would have just done it as he went along.
03:24No, that's what he'd do, you know.
03:26Oh, Steve, he'd be so brilliant.
03:28My brain is whirring at the moment,
03:30just thinking about the cages going up and down.
03:33But I'm probably going to have to sleep on that one.
03:36What is the plan for the model if I can get it all working?
03:39It will go in pride of faith in my museum
03:44to keep all the memories of mining alive, you know.
03:48And this will be, you know, the crown on it.
03:51I'll see what I can do.
03:53Thank you so much for bringing it in.
03:55See you, my dear.
03:56See you soon.
03:57Bye-bye.
03:57See you again.
03:58Thank you very much.
04:05Steve, where on earth are you going to start with this?
04:08Do you know what?
04:08I've no idea.
04:09I've got to try and get my head into John's grandfather's head
04:14to work out what sort of mechanism it would have had.
04:17Well, there's certainly a lot to do with the paint surface
04:20and just getting this cleaned up a little bit, actually,
04:23but not too much.
04:24Let me know when you want me to come in
04:26and do the work on the surface.
04:28Might be somewhere.
04:29Well, OK.
04:41This is incredible.
04:45I'm slightly worried because I've got to design
04:50and make a complete new mechanism underneath
04:54that's going to drive everything.
04:56I've got to turn that motion of turning the handle
05:01to raise and lower the cages.
05:05Yeah, there's a lot to think about here, actually.
05:14As Steve minds his imagination,
05:17Will Kirk is awaiting the arrival of Sarah Kelly
05:20and her daughter, Laura.
05:24Something, isn't it?
05:25Yeah, thanks.
05:25They've come from Belfast
05:27with an earloom that inspired a family vocation.
05:33Hi there.
05:34Hello.
05:34Welcome to the barn.
05:35Thank you very much.
05:37This is lovely.
05:39This is a writing box, right?
05:41It is.
05:41As far as I know, it's a Victorian writing box.
05:43So if these panels sort of sit like that...
05:46That's right.
05:47And then this is the surface that you write your letters on.
05:50Yeah, that's right.
05:50It belonged to my grandmother.
05:54She was given it by...
05:56It would have been her fiancé, I think, at the time.
05:58Okay.
05:58My grandfather.
06:00I know he gave it to her before we were married
06:02because he put her name on it.
06:04So Dolly McCormick was my grandmother.
06:07My grandmother died in 59.
06:11My mum had it all her life until she died, and she died in 1993.
06:15Was your mum quite a writer then?
06:17Yeah.
06:17My mum was known as Kay Kennedy.
06:19She left school when she was only 14,
06:21went on to become a journalist,
06:24really just through force of character,
06:27which sums my mum up.
06:29And then she worked her way up to becoming an editor
06:34of one of the papers called The Ulster Star.
06:37And she was one of the first woman editors in Northern Ireland,
06:42which I'm very proud of.
06:44That's amazing.
06:45It was amazing.
06:46And she was quite an exceptional woman.
06:49Yeah.
06:49She did very hard-hitting news stories
06:52at a difficult time in Northern Ireland.
06:55She was right on the front doing that.
06:57But she also met all sorts of celebrities.
07:01Did she?
07:01Yeah.
07:02She got to know Johnny Cash quite well.
07:03Yeah.
07:04Roger Moore, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Bee Gees,
07:10you name it.
07:11She was well-respected and well-admired.
07:14What she achieved for a woman with very little formal education
07:18who just really had a love of words.
07:22Granny really was a trailblazer,
07:24and so it's really important for me to say that
07:26and to talk about Kay Kennedy
07:28because she broke so many boundaries.
07:32I'm a journalist because my grandmother was a journalist.
07:35She would have brought me into the offices
07:36whenever I was, like, a toddler.
07:38My grandmother was definitely my hero.
07:41Being the writing box,
07:42it's all about that link to the craft of words
07:44and to, you know, to tell in those stories.
07:47But in its current condition, it doesn't really do justice.
07:49Exactly.
07:50Yeah, I mean, it's a bit of a sad wreck at the moment,
07:53and it would be really nice if it's not quite so sad.
07:56Yeah.
07:56Looking.
07:57The fact that it's a writing box,
07:59and writing is so important in our family,
08:02this sort of encapsulates that.
08:05You know, linking back through all of those generations
08:07of, you know, my family and the women in my family
08:10keeps that legacy alive.
08:13Yeah.
08:14I'm going to take very good care of this
08:15and get it worthy of a journalist again.
08:18Thank you so much.
08:19I'll see you very soon.
08:20Bye-bye.
08:21Bye.
08:21I've got to devise a mechanism
08:36that makes the cages go up and down,
08:39alternately, like this.
08:40Oh, God, that's complicated, isn't it?
08:42I thought about rack and pinion,
08:45and I don't know what your mind would come up with,
08:47because you're very mechanical.
08:49I'd go with cams,
08:50but, again, it's distances, travelling,
08:55and all this sort of thing, yeah.
09:06Now, this is a great box.
09:09It's a real shame that this is in the condition that it's in.
09:11It doesn't really reflect Kay's work,
09:13and she sounded like a real powerhouse
09:15in the world of journalism.
09:17You've got two compartments,
09:18one at the top, one at the bottom,
09:19and it would have been held together
09:21by sort of one piece of leather on the inside,
09:24but I'm hoping Chris can have a look at that.
09:28This box gives you the illusion
09:30that it's made out of solid walnut.
09:32There's actually pine on the core on the inside,
09:34and a very thin amount of wood will be veneered onto the surface.
09:39When it gets damaged around the edges,
09:41it looks not very nice.
09:43I'm going to start off by removing the surface dirt and residue.
09:46The solution is made up of a bit of turps,
09:53a bit of meth,
09:54and a few other ingredients.
10:00Well, it's cleaning up really well.
10:02Once I've finished the other side of the box,
10:04then I can start on the repairs.
10:05While Lucia begins restoring the paintwork
10:23of the model mine...
10:25The thing with acrylic paints,
10:27you have to move really quickly
10:28because they dry really quickly.
10:29Steve has been racking his brains
10:33on how to create the missing mechanics.
10:37I think I've now come up with a plan
10:40of how to drive all of the mine,
10:43and I've split it into two different sections.
10:46I've got this crank arm that I've made.
10:49We'll have various pulleys on,
10:51and that's going to drive the grinding wheel,
10:55saw bench, and the air pump as well.
10:58Now, the tricky bit then comes in stage two
11:01for the lifts and cages.
11:04To start with, what I'm going to do
11:05is just fit the pulleys onto this shaft,
11:10which is the same sort of pulley
11:11as I see used in my construction set
11:16when I was a kid.
11:17So I just need to now pop the pulley belt into place.
11:21I've got a mirror in there
11:23just to help me see what I'm doing.
11:26Otherwise, I'm just feeling in the dark
11:27a bit.
11:34Good.
11:35It's gone on really well.
11:36Let's see if it works.
11:41Brilliant.
11:42I'm really chuffed with that.
11:57All working absolutely as it should do.
12:00But that is the simple part of this repair.
12:05I've now got to turn my attention
12:06to getting the lifts to work.
12:08I'm now working on the part of the mechanism
12:33that will drive the winding wheels
12:35to lift the cages up and down.
12:38One of the things that makes this mechanism
12:40not straightforward is that I'm turning
12:42a sort of radial movement
12:45into an up-and-down movement.
12:48I'm just going to make this crank arm.
12:52I'm just going to make this crank arm.
12:52If someone turns the handle,
13:22the crank handle turns this little wheel here which then turns this big wheel and moves the
13:30rack one way or the other and I'm really hoping that my final calculations are correct so that
13:37there's the right amount of up and down movement for the cages if not then I'm in a spot of bother
13:46did you ever have a favorite toy as a kid I have a little um pig he's called porky oh porky pig and
14:00he had a little girlfriend called poor cat oh here to see plastics and toy restorer charlotte abbott
14:09is jackie harris from barrow and fondness with a beloved family treasure hello
14:16so who do we have here this is rose board she belonged to my mom she's about 75 years old we
14:25think and given to my mom when she first went to live with her adoptive parents gosh what was your
14:31name my mom was called myra she died in 2016 so nearly nine years ago mom lost her dad when she
14:38was about seven um and then her mom when she was about nine her mom had a brain tumor and knew that
14:45she was really poorly so she tried to find a home for all the nine children before she died oh my
14:51goodness nine yeah seven of the children went to live in ireland with an aunt there and then my mom
14:58and my mom's sister my auntie mary lived in barrow with families that she knew that could look after
15:04them wow so overnight my mom lost a mom of siblings and a home that is just tragic isn't it it is really
15:13tragic yeah wow i mean she'd never met the family before yeah before she went to live with them
15:19but i also know that she was loved there yeah and she was happy there so my mom was really really
15:25lucky to have that family she was looked after like like their own yeah and what were her parents
15:31like so your grandparents yeah yeah violet and walter they were lovely they just loved my mom
15:36yeah and obviously wanted to get a doll yeah it's a lovely welcome gift really she'd never had a doll
15:43before oh so she really treasured rosebud yeah for her whole life obviously oh yeah she did yeah and
15:51when she was really poorly the week before she died she just asked that me and sister would look
15:54after rosebud for her oh wow so what was myra like as a mom she was a really loving mom it was a
16:01lovely family home that my mom created really because she'd lost her own and we were her world
16:06yeah my dad and my sister and me yeah best mom ever yeah oh that is lovely what do you think when you
16:12look at rosebud oh i think of my mom straight away do you absolutely yeah she was a real support from
16:18the moment she's always used to sleep with her and even when she got married she took her to
16:22a new home with my dad and then she just sat on this little wicker chair in my mom and dad's bedroom
16:27and that's where she's sat since i've known her i mean i know she's been loved so much that she's
16:33falling apart yeah has she always been in this condition as you can remember as long as i can
16:38remember yeah i've never known her with any legs and my dad was married to my mom in 1965 and he said
16:44that oh she never had legs then either what would you like me to do legs hopefully yeah a really
16:51wonderful thing to have back a head secure as well the head's been taped on all her hair is quite
16:58matted and there's not much hair i'd love to see how my mom at first received her but she's still
17:05got a gorgeous face she does she's still got a rosebud lips lips yeah yeah which is how she got her name
17:09from her rosebud lips oh and the lovely blue eyes and what's the plan for rosebud if she's restored
17:15well she'll go back to my dad's little wicker chair in his bedroom and then she'll get passed on
17:20through the generations as a family heirloom and the story will be told rosebud is a very safe hand
17:28i know you'll take really good care of her thank you and thanks for looking after her no worries thank you
17:33you can tell that she's been wearing something that's been sleeveless because her body is this
17:54lovely shade of peach whereas her arms are faded quite substantially so it would be nice to get her
17:59call her back to how she was oh bless her she's lost most of her hair as well what is left is
18:06pretty matted i need to make her a new wig
18:09that is going to be the hard bit it's just making two completely brand new legs i don't know what they
18:18look like but i think before i tackle this i'm just going to start taking her apart so i can see
18:25how much repair is needed
18:26the safe is really stuck
18:34i'm inclined to think that it is a ceramic composition i'm going to start rebuilding this missing piece
18:47as charlotte works on rosebud's broken body wills already stripped the writer's box back to its bare bones
19:12it might look quite dull at the moment but once i've finished all my woodwork i'm going to spruce
19:17it up with some french polish the cleaning has really brought out the areas of damaged veneer
19:23my plan is to remove the damaged areas and replace them with a fresh section of veneer
19:29this is actually off in the old writing box as well i always keep spare bits of veneer in case i need
19:34them it's time for me to remove this old glue and old bits of wood easily with this very small chisel
19:41here that's why i have so many different chisels because they all have a purpose
19:46i'm going to start off by cutting a bit of a curved shape to blend in well with the grain and the
19:54pattern in the wood you want it to sort of end up blending in with the surrounding area you don't
19:58want it to stick out like a sore thumb that is a really good fit right all i need to do now is
20:06cut that section out and stick it on the box
20:08well that's now glued in place i'm going to let that fully dry once it has i can trim off the
20:32excess veneer and move on to the next patch
20:38oh that looks perfect to me the only thing that doesn't look perfect at the moment is the
20:54leather so i'm going to speak to chris and see if he can help
20:57hey chris oh my goodness slight bit of damage there to say the least now it's really important
21:09to keep as much of this leather as possible because that's where the history is that tooling
21:13is absolutely lovely do you think you could try to replicate that i'll give it a go brilliant
21:20thanks chris thanks a lot mate thank you
21:21lucia is applying her fine art finesse bringing a miner's miniature world back to life steve's done
21:36a great job making these cages that go up and down and through the hole in the floor of the model
21:41and now it's my responsibility to make them look original old parts
21:47i'm happy with the collar match it's just the actual surface finish it just needs a bit more
21:54distressing might get a hammer and bash it a bit horrify steve
22:00it's good
22:04i've sketched out the dimensions of what i think rosebud's leg would have roughly looked like
22:20having seen a lot of dolls over the years you start to get a sense for how they probably would
22:24look the next stage in this is i'm going to make a framework out of wire mesh and this allows me to
22:31make rosebud's leg quite hollow and nice and light like her arms and a torso are
22:36it does seem to be perfect shape it's just a rough template
22:41so this is a two-part poxy putty
22:48you get the two equal parts of it mixed together and after a couple of hours they go hard
22:55so the first layer is gonna just cover everything and then the next layer i can go in and sculpt all
23:03the nicer details i'm gonna use this dowel as like a point that i can push against
23:10when i was younger i used to love playing with clay i would i really like making food so i'd make
23:22like three course meals out of clay i'd like roll loads of little peas and i'd make little pasties
23:28and he's always been into sculpting and making things like this
23:32so
23:38so
23:42so
23:44so
23:54all these bits and bobs are working but then the cages are going to go up and down as well
24:08how do you work that one out then
24:11you are just enjoying yourself far too much
24:24I'm going to put in a nice little rounded heel I'm again using a two-part epoxy
24:38I'm just using a little sculpting tool I actually have a weird collection of things that aren't
24:55really sculpting tools that I use like I've got a metal chopstick that I think is great
25:00the ends of pencils and paintbrushes and things like that
25:08that is really starting to look like a leg
25:16I just need to leave to cure and then next stop is making the satin leg
25:22applying his bookbinder's art to a writer's box
25:37Chris sits about repairing the torn leather interior
25:41the problem with this box is this joint
25:45it's very badly warped
25:47when you close it the gap just gets bigger and bigger
25:51the leather is getting pulled and that's why it's broken along there
25:55I would like to put some supporting cloth and a new piece of leather
25:59and eventually stick the original down
26:01the problem I've got is will it rip once I've put the cloth in place and the leather
26:08and I won't know that until I get to that point
26:12it's always a nice feeling doing collaborations
26:28and it's a really traditional when it comes to writing boxes
26:32for a cabinet maker like Will to team up with a bookbinder
26:36goodness
26:39it's raining out there cats and dogs
26:41immersive experience
26:50it really is
26:52wow
26:54I am so pleased I'm in here
26:56not out there
26:57ok I'm off
26:59so that's the leather in place
27:05I'm really happy with that
27:07now I just need to leave to dry
27:09and then I can see whether it's going to work or not
27:11and if it doesn't
27:12well
27:14I'll have to come up with a plan B
27:15now it's the moment of truth
27:29is it going to split when I close
27:31and all my hard work
27:33so far will be wasted
27:34it didn't
27:43what a relief
27:59so now I know Laura and Sarah can open and close this
28:03with ease
28:05it's all as the young people would say
28:07gravy
28:07so now I can start sticking the original leather down
28:11and then I can start thinking about
28:13retouching and retooling the missing pieces
28:16so I'm really happy all the original now has been stuck down and dry
28:43and now I need to retool
28:46and put back in the missing bits of gold
28:49this is 22 or 23 carat gold
28:52I've had some tools made of the exact pattern
28:55and to do that I've taken a rub in
28:58and you send it off to a fantastic company
29:00that can reproduce a tool for me to re-gold the missing area
29:05so the gold's now in place
29:12and now I'm going to tool it with a hot tool
29:14so that looks really good
29:40I just need to do it to the other side
29:43and then I can blend the old and new leather together
29:46it's taken hours of mind-bending pondering
30:05planning and production
30:07but Steve's vision for the model mind
30:10is about to be realised
30:12I've got all of the pieces of the mechanism made
30:18so I'm just going to assemble it all
30:21oil it all
30:22and then it's all going to be ready to pop into the mine
30:25and fingers crossed
30:27hopefully it'll all work
30:29I've really enjoyed doing all of this so far
30:33actually having to reinvent
30:36what I thought John's grandfather may have put in
30:39I'm just going to connect one of the lines up
30:57to see whether it all works
30:58and lifts one of the cages
31:00that's coming up
31:08all right
31:08that's going down there
31:09oh that's really good
31:14that's working absolutely true
31:17everything is working
31:20exactly as it should do
31:22I just need to get the other three cages in place now
31:26and yeah I can play with it a bit longer then
31:30once the prize exhibit in a mining museum
31:38this detailed model of a working pit
31:42had fallen into disrepair
31:44and the internal mechanism had been lost
31:47for John
31:50the model is a reminder of his enduring connection
31:53to the tradition of mining
31:55but most poignantly
31:57to his grandfather
31:58who crafted it
32:00hello John
32:02hello
32:02I wonder what you've got in there
32:04how are you feeling about being here today John?
32:09I'm excited here really
32:10and I'm looking forward to what Stephen has worked his magic on you
32:15have you done any magic Steve?
32:17have you done some magic as well?
32:19what are you hoping to see?
32:24if I get them things working there
32:26it'll come to life again then
32:29you know
32:29and what will that mean to you?
32:32it'll mean the world
32:33yeah it'll mean the world to me
32:36would you like to see it?
32:39oh yes please sir
32:40oh my god
32:59Steve
33:06Steve
33:06Steve
33:08Steve
33:09he all come out
33:10oh we'll have to go now
33:11which is Welshwell
33:13thank you very much
33:15from the bottom of my heart
33:16absolutely praise
33:19oh my god
33:27Steve
33:30he's a brilliant mate
33:32absolutely brilliant
33:34is this how you remember it?
33:38better than I remember it
33:39you know
33:40absolutely
33:42fabulous
33:43Lucia has done all the painting work
33:47that has needed to be done
33:48thank you my dear
33:49oh it's been
33:50an absolute treat
33:52yeah
33:52you've done a fantastic job
33:55I mean this is
33:56bit made in 1904
33:58and I bet it'll be going now
34:00for another 120 years
34:02this has been
34:03an absolute honour
34:05to work on
34:06not just for you
34:08but for all of the mining community
34:10thank you so much
34:12I am feeling ecstatic
34:18to tell you the truth
34:19what a job
34:20that they've done on that
34:21brought all the memories
34:23flooding back
34:24you know
34:24my grandad would be so proud
34:27he's going from here
34:29straight to the museum
34:31the community would be
34:33very very very pleased
34:35yes to see
34:36this thing that was
34:38created in 1904
34:40I'm still going
34:41oh it's brilliant
34:43from mines
34:59to megastructures
35:01Tilly Newnham
35:02has a mighty piece
35:04of British engineering history
35:05for the attention
35:07of paper conservator
35:08Angelina Bacallaro
35:10hi there
35:14hello
35:14welcome welcome
35:16please take a seat
35:17thank you
35:18what do you get
35:19that's interesting
35:20so this is a drawing
35:22it's an original
35:22engineering drawing
35:23of a design
35:24for the Humber Bridge
35:25wow
35:26my god
35:27this is amazing
35:28is this all
35:30drawn by pencil
35:31I believe so
35:32wow
35:32so tell us a bit more
35:33about it
35:34so this was a drawing
35:35that was owned
35:36by my grandfather
35:37but it actually
35:38dates back to 1930
35:39what was your grandad's name
35:41Bernard Wax
35:42the detailing's
35:43absolutely amazing
35:44was this drawn
35:45by like an artist
35:46or
35:46no it was drawn
35:47by Sir Ralph Freeman
35:49Senior
35:49he was a civil engineer
35:51in the trade
35:52of building bridges
35:52he was commissioned
35:53to come up with a design
35:54either for a bridge
35:56or a tunnel
35:56to cross the
35:58Humber estuary
35:59linking the industrial
36:03heartlands of Lincolnshire
36:04to the docks
36:06at Hull and beyond
36:07with a bridge
36:07took decades
36:09of planning
36:10and building
36:11but this original
36:13multi-span design
36:14was never realised
36:1630 years later
36:17government decided
36:19they wanted to
36:19potentially invest again
36:20so my grandfather
36:21was approached
36:22and he was given
36:23this drawing
36:24by the firm
36:24as a
36:25here's some inspiration
36:27here's what we designed
36:28previously
36:28so how long
36:30did it take
36:30for the bridge
36:31to be built
36:32so it actually
36:32took 10 years
36:33in the end
36:33and was opened
36:34finally in 1981
36:35the Queen attended
36:37to open it
36:38with Prince Philip
36:39wow
36:39we have pictures
36:40of my grandfather
36:41meeting her
36:42and eventually
36:43he was awarded
36:44an OBE
36:44for his contribution
36:45with the bridge
36:46that's amazing
36:47and his grandpa
36:49still with us
36:49no I'm afraid
36:50he died in 1990
36:51he's just fondly
36:53remembered
36:53our family
36:54generally view
36:55the bridge
36:56as that legacy
36:56that stands of his
36:57that keeps us
36:58connected to him
36:59yeah I bet
37:00we call it
37:00Grandad's Bridge
37:01do you
37:02yeah so if we
37:03drive under it
37:03we say hello
37:03Grandad
37:04oh my god
37:05that's so sweet
37:05I took my daughter
37:06to see it
37:07about 4 or 5 years ago
37:08it's quite sweet
37:09so I've got pictures
37:10of me at a similar age
37:11to her in front of the bridge
37:12so it's a very emotional
37:14connection for us
37:14to Grandad's Bridge
37:16it's part of the story
37:18of how he came
37:19to build the bridge
37:20he did
37:20it's something
37:21we will always cherish
37:22as a family
37:23and want others
37:24to know as well
37:25because we're so proud
37:26of what he achieved
37:27it's a one of a kind
37:29I can't wait
37:30to get my hands on it
37:31thank you
37:32we really appreciate it
37:33we'll see you very soon
37:34thank you
37:34thanks a lot
37:34I am so amazed
37:51by how much detail
37:54this drawing has in it
37:55however there are quite a few issues
37:57on the paper itself
37:58first and most obvious
38:01is this difference
38:02of colour
38:03the middle side
38:04actually is much lighter
38:05than both of the edges
38:07something that is
38:08quite interesting
38:10is all of these losses
38:12this is a very very
38:14typical damage
38:15caused by silverfish
38:16silverfish are not fish
38:19they are little insects
38:21that live in the damp
38:22dark places in your home
38:24and they love
38:25eating paper
38:26these really small
38:29black dots
38:30on this side
38:31of the paper
38:31some bug
38:34has left
38:35their droppings
38:36on it
38:37which is lovely
38:37we call this frass
38:39I love the name
38:40I don't like
38:41how it looks
38:42it needs to be removed
38:43rosebud
38:55a 75 year old doll
38:57is heading for a fresh
38:59new look
39:00as charlotte addresses
39:01those tresses
39:03I don't want to glue
39:05the hair directly
39:06to her head
39:07that wasn't how
39:08her wig was originally
39:09there was fabric there
39:10and the hair was sewn
39:11to that
39:12so I'm going to be
39:12following that process
39:13let's see
39:16if this fits
39:17I managed to clean
39:19rosebud's hair
39:22and there is some
39:23of it here
39:24that is in good
39:24enough condition
39:25that I can integrate
39:26this into the wig
39:27looking at rosebud's
39:28original wig
39:30I can tell what
39:30style of hair she had
39:31she's got the parting
39:33kind of running
39:34all the way along
39:34but no hair was here
39:36this tells me
39:37that she had a hairstyle
39:38that would have
39:40come down like this
39:40and then been in
39:41little plaques
39:42I managed to source
39:45some really good
39:46replacement hair
39:47this is sewn together
39:48and then I can then
39:50sew that
39:50onto the wig cap
39:51it's great to be able
39:54to take rosebud
39:56back to how
39:57she was originally
39:57because Jackie
39:58has never seen her
39:59with beautiful pigtails
40:00well
40:18job done
40:19yes
40:20no
40:21what kind of trickery
40:25is this
40:25and it opens
40:26so I feel like a child
40:28on Christmas Day
40:28and it's not even
40:29my box
40:30no
40:30this is unbelievable
40:32how have you
40:33drawn those two
40:34together
40:34well
40:35if I told you
40:36I'd have to kill you
40:36oh god
40:37don't do that
40:37I'm still needed
40:39to polish the box
40:40yeah
40:40and it's going to look
40:41great
40:41I think it will
40:42have fun
40:42thanks for having
40:43cheers
40:43it's been dirty work
40:52for Angelina
40:53cleaning the creepy
40:55crawly calling cards
40:56from the rare
40:57engineering plans
40:59this looks really
41:01much fresher now
41:03and especially now
41:04that all of the
41:05frass has gone
41:06from this side
41:07unfortunately
41:08there's quite a bit
41:09of tape
41:09it creates stains
41:12that are sometimes
41:13impossible to remove
41:15the best way
41:16to tackle
41:17tapes like this
41:19is to use
41:20a little bit of heat
41:21reactivating
41:23the adhesive
41:24on the tape
41:25oh there we go
41:29fantastic
41:30it's all very moving
41:31oh
41:32ah
41:36woof
41:37done
41:38once I remove
41:47as much of the residue
41:49as possible
41:50then I will
41:51start preparing
41:52the drawing for washing
41:53I am washing
42:20the Humber Bridge
42:23drawing
42:23it's so yellow
42:24and so discoloured
42:26it might look
42:27quite scary
42:28that I'm introducing
42:30water to paper
42:31but paper is
42:32surprisingly
42:33strong
42:34if it's not
42:35handled too much
42:36and should
42:37allow any discolouration
42:39to be absorbed
42:40through it
42:40and allow the drawing
42:42to start cleaning
42:43well
42:47I think this is already
42:48a really really good sign
42:49that the blotting paper
42:50is starting to work
42:51allowing the discolouration
42:53to come through
42:54I've got to paint
43:08quite a lot of limbs
43:10so I'm going to make
43:11quite a lot of paint
43:12making this kind of flesh
43:14tone
43:14it's mainly a balance
43:16between red and yellow
43:18sometimes with a little bit
43:20of blue
43:20to kind of cool it down
43:22and matching to her face
43:25because
43:25well that's the bit
43:26of rosewood
43:27that Jackie remembers
43:28so it makes sense
43:29that the rest of it
43:30would be the same colour
43:31as well
43:31Chris and Will
43:44are rewriting
43:45the future
43:46of a writer's box
43:47that once belonged
43:48to Kay Kennedy
43:49one of Northern Ireland's
43:51pioneering
43:52female newspaper editors
43:53I'm now applying
43:56a really thin coat
43:58of shellac polish
44:00to show off
44:00that beautiful walnut
44:01and I'm also going to
44:03add an extra little touch
44:04so Kay's name lifts
44:05on in the box
44:06the once tattered
44:14and battered
44:15writer's box
44:16has inspired
44:17four generations
44:18of women
44:19from original owner
44:21Dolly
44:21through trailblazing
44:23reporter Kay Kennedy
44:24to Sarah
44:26and journalist
44:27daughter Laura
44:27this box
44:29continues to inspire
44:31hi there
44:34come in
44:34come in
44:35hello
44:35lovely to see you
44:36both again
44:37it's lovely to see you too
44:38Kay was a very important
44:40lady in both your lives
44:41yeah
44:41she was an absolute
44:42tribulizer
44:43and she deserves
44:44to be remembered
44:45with the kind of
44:47reverence
44:48that you know
44:49that she deserved
44:50and she earned
44:50in her lifetime
44:51are you ready
44:52to take a look
44:53I think so
44:54yeah
44:54okay
44:55here we go
44:56oh my goodness
45:00oh it's beautiful
45:05oh well
45:05it's absolutely beautiful
45:07I want to get it open
45:11I'm like
45:11yeah
45:12let me open it
45:13okay here we go
45:15oh
45:17oh
45:18oh wow
45:19absolutely gorgeous
45:23absolutely beautiful
45:24this is the original
45:25isn't it
45:26uh-huh
45:26it looks like
45:28it's healed
45:29itself
45:29doesn't it
45:30I cannot take
45:31all the credit
45:32Chris
45:32our bookbinder
45:33he's actually
45:34retained the original
45:36surface
45:36but he's somehow
45:38managed to
45:38as you say
45:39heal
45:39yeah
45:40the join line
45:41it's really beautiful
45:42it's such a lovely
45:43tribute
45:44well I know that
45:45as people pass away
45:46keeping their name
45:47going
45:48it's important for you
45:49yeah
45:49oh
45:54oh
45:54oh
45:55that's lovely
45:57oh that's so lovely
45:59oh that was so thoughtful
46:01well as you know
46:02I was like
46:03say her name
46:04say her name
46:04and there she is
46:06Kay Kennedy
46:06and she's so important
46:07and that's just such a beautiful
46:10way of honouring her
46:11it's been great
46:13to be able to keep
46:14Kay's name alive
46:15thank you
46:16thank you so much Will
46:17it's a pleasure
46:17right it's over to you
46:18absolutely beautiful
46:19thank you
46:22thank you so much
46:23bye bye
46:23bye
46:24I'm feeling very happy
46:31I'm feeling proud of my family
46:33both past and present
46:34it's important that people
46:36should know who
46:37Kay Kennedy was
46:38she was right there
46:40in the forefront
46:40as well as
46:42covering some of the
46:43hardest times
46:44in Northern Irish history
46:45and I think that we should
46:47honour powerful Irish
46:48Irish women
46:49and for there to be
46:50one of those in my family
46:51I've got to champion
46:53her name
46:53and keep that flame alive
46:55with the Humber Bridge plans
47:15now clean and bright
47:17Angelina can tackle the tears
47:20I am using wheat starch paste
47:24it has really good age properties
47:26it will not discolour
47:28and it will not break down
47:29over the years
47:30this repair tissue
47:40has very very long fibres
47:43and it makes it extra strong
47:45I will just trace
47:47I will just trace
47:48trace the shape
47:49of the repair
47:50with my water pen
47:52so all I need to do
48:00is just apply it on
48:02beautiful
48:05beautiful
48:05don't worry
48:24I'm not making breakfast
48:25I just finished
48:27with the support
48:28of all of the tears
48:29and all of the losses
48:30and now I'm thinking
48:31the best way to do
48:32my infills
48:33cellulose powder is
48:35like powdered paper
48:37that when it's mixed
48:39with some methicelulose
48:41or an adhesive
48:42it creates a paste
48:43and it will effectively dry
48:46just like paper
48:47however
48:48this is so white right now
48:50and if I want to avoid
48:52retouching too much
48:53I think the best way to do it
48:55is toast it
48:57toasting the cellulose
48:59will help it become
49:01a little bit browner
49:02it's pretty much like
49:03toasting bread
49:04this is starting to get brown
49:07now
49:07this is lovely
49:08all I need to do
49:11is just allow it
49:11for a few minutes
49:12to cool
49:12and then mix it
49:13with my methyl cellulose
49:15and apply it on my losses
49:16this is very exciting
49:18looks a little bit darker
49:25but as it dries
49:27it should lighten up
49:29what I need to do
49:32is just continue
49:33working my way
49:34through all of the rest
49:35of the losses
49:36and then hopefully
49:37at the end
49:37we will have a much more
49:39unified image
49:40of the Hummer Bridge
49:41with Rosebud's head
50:03shoulders
50:04knees
50:05and toes
50:06all painstakingly restored
50:08Charlotte's ready
50:09to bring her back to life
50:11I've got this
50:12really long string of elastic
50:14really nice and boiling
50:16the tension all looks
50:28great inside
50:28but I think the final test
50:30is
50:30can she sit up
50:32oh
50:34well she can
50:35just getting her back
50:36together again
50:37is amazing
50:38yeah
50:40to be honest
50:41I'm a bit overwhelmed myself
50:42Jackie has never seen
50:43Rosebud in one piece
50:45and it's just going to be
50:46so wonderful
50:46for her to experience
50:48Rosebud like her mum did
50:49I need to
50:50fit her a wig
50:51and then I'll dress her
50:52in some kind of
50:53period appropriate clothing
50:54Rosebud
51:05Rosebud was gifted
51:05to nine year old
51:07orphan Myra
51:08by her newly
51:09adoptive parents
51:10over 75 years ago
51:12hoping to see
51:15her mother's
51:16childhood companion
51:17Hall again
51:18Jackie is back
51:19accompanied by
51:21her dad
51:21Ron
51:22hello
51:24hello
51:26hi
51:27lovely to meet you
51:30how are you feeling
51:31excited
51:32yeah emotional
51:34yes
51:35she sits in a wicker chair
51:37in our bedroom
51:38next to Teddy
51:39and Teddy's lonely
51:40oh
51:41yeah
51:41so what are you hoping
51:43that I've done
51:44giving her her legs back
51:45that would be a big thing
51:47for me
51:47and just
51:48just to see how
51:50my mum first saw
51:50around the day
51:51that she was given
51:52to her
51:52are you ready
51:53shall we do it
51:55please
51:56oh
52:03oh
52:03oh
52:04hard to recognise her
52:12oh my gosh
52:13look
52:14oh she's amazing
52:15look at her hair
52:16why
52:17oh
52:17oh look at her dad
52:20hey look at these feet
52:21relax
52:22and she's sitting up
52:25and she's sitting up
52:25like we've never seen her
52:26sitting up
52:26oh
52:28oh look at her dad
52:31yeah
52:32oh
52:33she can move her legs
52:34and everything
52:35how did you do that
52:37you are so clever
52:38yeah
52:39yeah
52:39holding Rosebud now
52:43what's going through your mind
52:45my mum holding her
52:47yeah
52:48yeah
52:48just my mum's face
52:49when she first saw her
52:50and just
52:51she was comforted by her
52:52didn't she
52:52oh
52:53my mum would be
52:54absolutely over the moon
52:55Charlotte
52:55thank you
52:56I wish she was here
52:59oh yeah
53:00she looks brilliant
53:02doesn't she
53:02a million dollars
53:05honestly
53:06thank you Charlotte
53:07Rosebud symbolises
53:16my mum's
53:16and family's story
53:18that we just want to be able to pass on
53:20and tell
53:20forever
53:21and now we can do that
53:23now we've got Rosebud
53:24in one piece
53:24Myra
53:27would never have expected
53:29to see a hole again
53:30so
53:31today's quite a big day
53:33she
53:33you know
53:35I find quite touching
53:37yeah
53:38the Humber crossing drawing
53:49is no sturdy
53:50but the repairs
53:51have left some gaps
53:52to bridge
53:53I'm going
53:55super
53:56super soft
53:57with the pencil
53:57because I don't want it
53:59to be a very
54:00very
54:01distinct
54:02and sharp line
54:03there we go
54:05first line in
54:06Tilly is incredibly
54:09proud of her grandfather
54:10so now
54:12the drawing
54:12has been conserved
54:13and treated
54:14the family
54:15will be able
54:16to appreciate it
54:17without having
54:18to take a trip
54:19up to Hall
54:19to just see
54:20the real thing
54:21the Humber Bridge
54:27may have been
54:28a triumph
54:29of British
54:29engineering
54:30built to last
54:32but these
54:33original plans
54:34were showing
54:34all of their
54:3595 years
54:37oh Angie
54:41do you like it
54:43that is amazing
54:44where's the rip
54:46where indeed
54:48you're clever
54:49aren't you
54:50for Tilly
54:53the drawing
54:54is a reminder
54:55of her grandfather
54:56his achievements
54:57and the
54:58Prode family
54:59legacy
54:59they still
55:00celebrate
55:01generations
55:02later
55:02hello
55:04hi again
55:04welcome back
55:05good to see you
55:06have you been
55:08excited to come
55:08back
55:09yeah I have
55:10I'm so intrigued
55:11to see
55:11how it's looking
55:12now
55:13we really
55:14cherish the memory
55:14of my grandfather
55:16it's just part
55:17of the whole story
55:18of how the Humber Bridge
55:19came to be
55:20and it's something
55:20we're so proud of
55:21as a family
55:22would you like to see
55:24what I've done to it
55:25then
55:25love to
55:26oh right
55:26wow
55:34that's amazing
55:36it looks so beautiful
55:39I'm really glad
55:41so lovely
55:41it looks loved
55:46wow
55:49what do you think
55:54of when you look
55:55at the drawing
55:56to build a bridge
55:57it blows my mind
55:58and you know
55:59it's still standing
55:59how incredible
56:01is that
56:01to have achieved
56:02this
56:02and that's always
56:04been a real source
56:05of inspiration
56:05my parents will be
56:08over the moon
56:08to see it
56:09thank you so much
56:11like this means
56:12so much to us
56:12so thank you
56:13for all your work
56:14on it
56:14let me give you a hand
56:16let's go
56:19I'm feeling so impressed
56:25with the final outcome
56:26it's really nice
56:28to have another
56:28connection to my
56:29grandfather
56:30it can continue
56:32to be appreciated
56:33by our family
56:34and stay part
56:35of that pride
56:37that we have
56:37in the bridge
56:38if you have a
56:47treasured possession
56:48that's seen
56:49better days
56:50and you think
56:50the team can help
56:51please get in touch
56:53at bbc.co.uk
56:55slash
56:56take part
56:56and join us
56:58in the repair shop
56:59next time
57:14you
57:18and
57:19and
57:21you
57:24and
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