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00:01A remarkable workshop of wonder.
00:03This is amazing!
00:06Home to experts of every kind.
00:09Thank you!
00:11Together, they revive beloved belongings.
00:14Oh, get an idea of it.
00:16This is amazing.
00:17This is absolutely brilliant.
00:19Bringing both the items...
00:22This looks like it's seen much better days.
00:26And the memories they hold.
00:30It's him.
00:31You ready?
00:31Yeah, yeah.
00:32I'm ready.
00:33Back to life.
00:38Wow.
00:39It's amazing.
00:41They are stunning.
00:44I like it.
00:47Welcome to The Repair Shop.
01:03Good morning.
01:04Good morning, David.
01:13First to arrive at the barn is Bobby Williams from Surrey.
01:17Bobby, hi.
01:18Hi.
01:19Welcome, come on in.
01:20The keen sportsman needs help from Dom and the team to get a very special possession,
01:27match fit.
01:28Is this your chair?
01:29This is my power chair.
01:30Slightly different to any other chair that I've seen though.
01:33What's this for?
01:34This is specifically for power chair football.
01:37What is power chair football?
01:38It's just playing football in an electric wheelchair.
01:42It's kind of the basics behind it.
01:44You score goals and you pass the ball around.
01:47It's just a little bit smaller, less players.
01:49So the bumper at the front, that is how we hit the ball.
01:53You can drive straight into the ball.
01:55A lot of the passing you spin into it.
01:57The side of the metal hits the ball.
01:59You're using these edges.
02:00Yeah.
02:00So it's all, basically all of it gets used and a lot of bumps as you can see.
02:04I can tell.
02:05Yeah.
02:05This looks like it's had quite a life.
02:07Definitely.
02:08Yeah.
02:08When did you first get into football then?
02:10It was always a passion of mine to play like football growing up,
02:14but I've got Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the older I got with this disability,
02:19your muscles deteriorate over time.
02:22But I will still do everything I can to try and compete with my friends in football
02:26as much as I possibly could, but it was tough.
02:29And then one week, one of the parents said,
02:32there's this Aspire wheelchair football club.
02:35I was like, oh, yeah.
02:36Now you're talking.
02:37Yeah, sign me up.
02:39And then I went along in my standard wheelchair.
02:42Like the one you're in now.
02:43Yeah, like the one I'm in now.
02:45And they attached a tyre and it was just,
02:48you would hit the ball on the tyre and just drive with it.
02:51I kind of like the ingenuity.
02:52I was there straight in the team.
02:54Like there's nothing to stop me now.
02:55Yeah.
02:56It really was incredible.
02:57How old were you at this stage?
02:59I would have been 15 or 16 at the time.
03:01So when did you get this chair then?
03:03Around, it was 10 years ago.
03:05Do you remember the day when this arrived?
03:07Yes.
03:07First match with it?
03:08Yeah.
03:09Yeah.
03:09It took a while to get used to it because it's so much more powerful.
03:13I was like, oh my God, it's like a Ferrari.
03:16Like how am I meant to control it?
03:17And then to be able to win trophies and be the best at something.
03:21Like it's just incredible.
03:23I couldn't dream it up better, honestly.
03:25That is amazing.
03:26So are you still playing now?
03:28No, I've retired this year actually.
03:29And I've been doing some courses to start my coaching journey.
03:33So you're going to be back part of the team, but as a coach this time?
03:36Yes, as a coach.
03:37So why do you want to get this repaired then?
03:39I want to be able to give it to the club and like someone can try it out.
03:44Someone who comes along can get in it and have a go.
03:47And then that'll be it.
03:48They could be the next big thing.
03:49Yeah.
03:50But it's not really in the working condition for anyone to actually be able to compete.
03:55The dents and bumps and the wheels, everything about it is just struggling.
04:01The motors on it have had so much wear and tear.
04:04Like when I would first go to training and I would spin, it would like squeak.
04:07It was only when I'd warm up a bit that it would start working.
04:10Oh, I see.
04:11Thank you so much for trusting us with this chair.
04:13I promise you we'll get it match ready once again.
04:16Thank you so much.
04:17Let me grab the door for you.
04:18Great.
04:35There is a lot of work here to get this ready for a match.
04:40I'm going to have to strip it all the way down to deal with this, the paintwork.
04:44I want to powder coat it.
04:45It's a really hard wearing finish, which is going to last importantly.
04:49I've also got all of the cushions, the backrests, the seat cushions, the armrests.
04:53They're all worn out and need replacing.
04:56Most of the cosmetics I can manage, but underneath this seat base is a lot of wires.
05:04David Burville hopefully will give me a hand.
05:06I just need to completely dismantle the entire chair down to its individual components.
05:11Then I can take it away to be blasted and powder coated, which is very exciting.
05:16I do love a road trip.
05:30Brothers Pete and Eric McCready have travelled from Aberdeenshire,
05:34but it's a symbol of a Glasgow love story that needs Rebecca's textile expertise.
05:43Hi, welcome.
05:44Hello.
05:45Good to see you both.
05:47What have you brought in for us today?
05:48We've got this flag, speedway flag, that used to fly above the referee's box
05:55at the White City Stadium in Glasgow, the home of Glasgow Tigers speedway team.
06:00Dad was an Ashfield Giants speedway supporter, which rode at the Ashfield Stadium in Glasgow,
06:07and Mum was a Glasgow Tigers speedway supporter, which rode at the White City Stadium.
06:12And one evening in 1951, Dad and his friends decided to visit the White City to see the speedway,
06:19and Mum and her friends were there anyway as regulars.
06:22So this went on for a couple of weeks.
06:24My Mum was 16-year-old and my Dad was 19-year-old, so they were teenagers.
06:29OK.
06:29And Dad then popped up the courage and asked Mum out on a date.
06:33Oh!
06:35So that was the start of it at that time.
06:38So that's where they met?
06:39Yes.
06:40At the track?
06:41At the track.
06:42As rivals?
06:42They met at the stadium, yes, as rivals.
06:45How much do you know about the flag?
06:47What happened was a decision had been made to build the M8 motorway through the middle of Glasgow,
06:53believe it or not.
06:54Right.
06:54And unfortunately, White City Stadium was on the road of this new motorway.
07:00Oh, no.
07:00They had to demolish White City.
07:03So Dad worked in the shipyards just close by, and one of his lunch breaks,
07:08he just walked up just to look at the track and look around,
07:11and he actually bumped into the Tigers' promoter, Trevor Redmond.
07:16And the flag was flying and he said to Trevor,
07:18Oh, Mr Redmond, you can't leave the flag there for a demolishing crew.
07:22And he turned to Dad and he says,
07:24Well, if you can shimmy up that flagpole, you can have it.
07:27And up he went.
07:28No way.
07:29Yes, yes.
07:30And unfortunately that's why the rips, because he tore it off.
07:32In desperation.
07:33He took it off the flagpole.
07:35And that flag has been in our household since the late 60s.
07:39Mum passed away when she was 80, and Dad passed away when he was 93-year-old, you know.
07:4493.
07:44So for us as a family to have parents for so long in our lives is fantastic.
07:50Do you feel a responsibility in a way now it's in your care?
07:53Oh, absolutely.
07:54Absolutely.
07:55Because it's like the family heritage memories.
07:59It's got some creative repairs on here.
08:03Are these, is this your handiwork?
08:05Unfortunately not.
08:06Unfortunately not, sorry.
08:07We do feel that at some point Dad's handiwork were the staples.
08:12I love the staples.
08:13That's kind of how I'd fix a piece of fabric.
08:15Yeah.
08:15Staple it back together.
08:16And was your dad a bit of a stitcher?
08:19That, we have absolutely no idea where the stitching came from, unfortunately.
08:23No.
08:23How do you see this being restored?
08:26It needs to show its age.
08:27Yeah.
08:28It came from the 40s, you know, so it needs to be that.
08:30I completely agree.
08:31I agree.
08:31It's more preservation.
08:33Yes.
08:34Yes.
08:34Preserving what's here.
08:35Stabilising.
08:36What's the plan for the future?
08:37We're going to present it back to the Speedway team.
08:40That's where we want it to be preserved so that all Glasgow Tigers and any visiting supporters
08:44can see it and hear about the story.
08:47Perfect home for it.
08:48Yes.
08:48We'll do the best we can.
08:50Yeah.
08:50Well, thank you very much.
08:52And look after it.
08:53Oh, I will.
08:53Don't worry, we will.
08:55Okie doke.
08:56See you later.
08:57Bye.
08:57Bye.
09:16So I'm just having a look at this great flag.
09:19I really like it.
09:21However, it has got a little bit of damage and actually the more I look at it, the more
09:27I can see it's got quite a few holes.
09:31There's a couple of areas of darning.
09:34The red thread's been used.
09:35So the first thing I'd like to do is to actually wash it.
09:40And by doing that, I can rehydrate the fibres so they should feel much softer.
09:45Hopefully, some of this staining will come out.
09:49It is a fragile textile.
09:51So what I'd like to do is give it a full support, a nice new bit of fabric that will
09:55go underneath and support the whole flag.
09:58I'd like to colour match it so that it will not only support the flag, but it will visually
10:03infill all of these holes.
10:06Before I do that, I must remove some of these staples.
10:10So my concern with getting these staples out is that I'm going to cause more damage.
10:16It's quite an open weave.
10:18It's quite thin.
10:19And actually, these are really beefy staples.
10:22I just might end up with a bit of a hole.
10:24So it's just a case of just trying to sort of bend back those little arms and get them
10:31out nice and cleanly.
10:33I think I'm going to be here a while.
10:35I just need to take it steady.
10:44To help the football power chair's metal frame withstand the rough and tumble of future
10:50matches, Dom is calling on some specialists.
10:54Hi.
10:55Morning.
10:55How are you doing?
10:56Not too bad.
10:57Yourself?
10:57First stop, Jed for grit blasting skills.
11:01I need some help.
11:02This is a part of a power chair.
11:04Typically, I would paint it, but I know how this is going to be treated.
11:09So I think powder coating will be a better solution.
11:12Yeah, definitely.
11:13It's going to be more durable than what's on there at the moment.
11:16So what's the process?
11:17We strip it all back as stage one, back to bare metal and start again from scratch.
11:21The bits of that size we can get in a hand cabinet like that size and strip it down
11:26with compressed air and crushed angular steel.
11:32It's almost like sandpaper.
11:33Yeah.
11:34Okay.
11:34Well, lead the way.
12:05It's done.
12:06There we go.
12:07Just like that.
12:08Yep.
12:09We just need to do the same as that to all of the other parts of the chair.
12:12Yep.
12:12Not a problem.
12:24With the metal strip bare.
12:26Hi, Don.
12:27How are you?
12:27It's on to polyester powder coating with John.
12:30That's the first item I'm going to do.
12:32It's hard wearing and will last up to ten years.
12:36Ten years.
12:36Maybe more.
12:37So this is similar to my spray gun?
12:39Or not?
12:40No.
12:41It's got air, but this is worked with electricity.
12:45So this is electronically charged?
12:48Yes.
12:48But only very, very, very low.
12:50Okay.
12:50And that's what makes the powder stick?
12:53Yes, it'll make the powder go anywhere.
12:54There.
12:56This is very exciting.
12:58I can't wait to see this.
13:03That is brilliant.
13:08That is so cool.
13:13It's incredible how, because of that electrical charge, it wraps around.
13:17It sticks.
13:18But it's just a dry powder.
13:20Yep.
13:21Absolutely.
13:22Can I have a go?
13:23Do you mind?
13:23Yes.
13:24I'll go with a smaller bit.
13:25Okay.
13:26Hold it in your hand like this.
13:28You can either go up and down or round and round.
13:32There you go.
13:33Yep.
13:34All right, let me have a look.
13:35How was that?
13:37Toss?
13:38Perfect.
13:39Yes.
13:48So what happens next?
13:50I'll take this to the oven and cure them.
13:51I'll leave you with that and I've got to head back to the bar.
13:54Come on.
13:54I can't wait to see how that all turns out.
13:56Right on.
13:56It looked magnificent.
13:58I'm sure.
13:59Thank you so much.
14:09Back at the barn, Debbie Lee has arrived from Southend-on-Sea in Essex.
14:14She has two tiny treasures that could spell double trouble for master goldsmith, Richard
14:21Tom.
14:23Hi there.
14:23Hiya.
14:24Hello.
14:25Welcome.
14:26What are we looking at here?
14:28This is a set of charms that belonged on a necklace that was my mum's and these are all charms
14:34that were on a bracelet for myself made by my dad from cutlery out of my mum's cutlery drawer.
14:41Knives and forks and spoons?
14:43Wow.
14:43Yes.
14:43Really?
14:44Yeah.
14:44That's incredible.
14:45Can you do that, Rich?
14:46Is that possible?
14:47I've not made them out of stainless steel before.
14:50They are unbelievable.
14:52Incredibly intricate.
14:53What was your dad's name?
14:54His name was David Robert Wackett.
14:56Was he a jewellery maker?
14:58No, he was an engineer.
15:00He started out as an apprentice doing various jobs and became what they call a bench fitter,
15:05which I believe is an engineer that fixes machinery.
15:08At work, he was always tinkering making things in his break times.
15:12And this is what he made?
15:13Yeah.
15:14He would go off and make a charm.
15:16How old are they?
15:17I got that bracelet when I was about seven years old, so quite a long time ago, 48 years.
15:22I really like the fact that he made one thing for your mum and one thing for you.
15:26Yeah.
15:26And you got matching charms as well.
15:27It looks like the duplicates are smaller presumably on yours and bigger on hers.
15:32Yes.
15:33I mean, they are so beautifully made, so intricate.
15:37And what you've got to remember about steel as opposed to silver or gold, it's not quite as malleable.
15:43So where things are shaped, he's probably going to have to have carved that rather than bent it.
15:47I look at them with the thought how clever he was at using the things he had.
15:52He was born in 1922 and it was save everything you had.
15:55What was he like as a dad?
15:57Oh, he was brilliant.
15:57He was a brilliant dad.
15:59I could go to him with anything that was broken and he'd be like,
16:02right, come on, let's go and find something, brass, metal, wood, whatever.
16:06That was his little apprentice.
16:08He died about six years ago at the age of 97.
16:1297?
16:13Wow.
16:14When I was about 11 or 12, I didn't understand the skill that had gone into making that.
16:19And, of course, they weren't soldered on, they got pulled, it got broke.
16:23So as it broke, I took the charms off and I wore them on my clothes and then I lost
16:29some.
16:30I was like, Mum, Mum, and I'd lost some of mine.
16:33I wanted the ones off of hers and then I lost some of hers.
16:37How many charms have been misplaced now?
16:40From Mum's, there is a boot, there is a guitar and the letter J for her name, Joyce.
16:47And from mine, there is the cutlery across, the key, the guitar and a letter D.
16:55Have you got any of your mum's cutlery left that could possibly be used?
16:58Yeah, I do have some of hers indoors that might be able to be used.
17:02That'd be great.
17:03Yeah.
17:03How's it going to feel to you to have these both restored and be able to wear them again?
17:07To be able to wear it would be the legacy that my dad and the bracelet deserved.
17:13Well, they're in their right hands.
17:15We'll see you very soon.
17:16Lovely.
17:18Thank you both.
17:18Bye.
17:19Thank you, Debbie.
17:22These are amazing, aren't they?
17:40These charms really are absolutely fantastic.
17:45It's quite mind blowing to me that someone whose job wasn't even making small pieces of
17:50jewellery like this has actually managed to make these out of stainless steel cutlery.
17:54And what he's done is he's scaled each of the items down so they're both identical,
17:59but he's just made a bigger one for Debbie's mum and a smaller one for Debbie.
18:03And I'm just glancing across at them here and just wondering what parts of cutlery I could be using to
18:10make these.
18:10I can see here that I've only got one cross.
18:13Now, looking at that cross, I would say it was most likely that that was made out of the prongs
18:18of a fork,
18:19but bigger items like the boot, which I know I've got to replace, you know, that's quite a large block.
18:26And what I can't do with steel, which I can do with gold, is I can't melt it down.
18:31I've got to actually find something that is big enough for me to carve back.
18:35So, just going to need to now take all of these from the broken parts of the chain
18:41and then try and work out a plan for remaking these.
18:52David, how are you doing?
18:54Hello mate, you all right?
18:55Yeah, I'm good, I'm good.
18:56I'm also hoping that these are good.
18:58Oh, well.
18:59These are the motors and gearboxes from Bobby's power chair.
19:01Oh yes, yeah.
19:02He did mention that the batteries are tired, but he said when he first turns on the chair at the
19:07start of the game,
19:08the gearboxes are a bit sluggish.
19:09Would you have a look?
19:10Yeah, no problem at all.
19:11I'll open them up, have a look and we'll see where we go.
19:13You're a star.
19:14Okay mate, no worries.
19:15See you mate.
19:21Rebecca has made progress with the Speedway flag, but she's barely finished the first lap.
19:28So I've successfully removed all of the staples, and I've just put some temporary net over these splits,
19:35just to hold everything together, because actually they're quite fragile now.
19:38So I'm thinking about washing the flag, but before I can do that, I just need to test to see
19:45if these fibres are colour fast.
19:48I don't want the red running into the white.
19:50So to check whether the colour is fast, I need to replicate the washing process, so I need to wet
19:57the fibres.
19:57So what I'm going to do is put some blotting paper under the area that I'm testing.
20:02So this will absorb the water, and just drop a little bit on.
20:08I'll do a couple of little areas, because the dye may have varied.
20:13Just weight that down.
20:15So if these colours bleed, I sort of have to rethink my treatment.
20:30So let's see what's happening under here.
20:35Oh, that works okay.
20:36That's good.
20:37So I'm just going to have a look at the other corner.
20:41Oh, that's interesting.
20:46So I've got some red on this.
20:49That's a bit disappointing.
20:51Actually, it's on the bottom as well.
20:53It's definite red, but there's two lines.
20:56Yeah, so that's not great news.
20:58The actual fabric of the original flag is colourfast.
21:03However, the threads that have been used for the repairs are the source of any dye bleeding problems.
21:09This area here, which has a lot of the darning, is sitting right between the G and the L.
21:15So those lovely white letters.
21:18And I don't want this lettering to end up pink.
21:21So I've taken the decision to remove this darning from this area here.
21:26The positive is that it will actually allow this part of the fabric that's puckered to sit down nice and
21:33flat.
21:34And then I can also position the G and the L.
21:36So that will sit as it should be.
21:39I must say it doesn't feel that great.
21:42You know, I'm unpicking all of these stitching.
21:45And this is going to look worse before it looks better.
22:02The frame of the power chair now has its durable powder coating, so Dom can add Bobby's latest team colours.
22:11And David is applying his many talents to the chair's electrics and mechanics.
22:17I've got everything just connected at the moment, so I can give it a little bit of a test.
22:21So I'm just going to see what happens.
22:27So we've got rotation, that's good.
22:30That means that the actual control circuits are good.
22:33The motors are working, that's good.
22:36But Bobby did mention that they were a little bit sluggish to start with.
22:42Now that may be because the grease in the gearbox has just gone a little bit sticky.
22:46So I'm going to open the gearbox up and check it and see what the state of the grease is,
22:51replace it if I need to.
22:56So that's sliding apart now.
22:58So that is actually the gearbox.
23:02So I can see there's some grease.
23:04Probably the original grease.
23:08I'll just get rid of that big dollop of grease first.
23:12That really is sticky, that grease.
23:15It's almost like bubble gum.
23:18So it's no wonder that it was actually sticking the gears.
23:21That really is horrible stuff.
23:24So I've got a bowl of degreaser.
23:26And what I'm going to do is I'm just going to literally brush off the grease from the gearbox.
23:37That's not even fully degreased yet.
23:39And already just spinning that, I can feel that that's so much freer.
23:45So I'm now going to put some nice new grease on.
23:48So this grease is a much lower viscosity than the previous grease.
23:54So a little bit more liquid.
23:57It means that it will spread around a lot easier.
24:00So it's going to be a lot better for getting the power straight away rather than waiting for the motors
24:09to warm up.
24:19Richard now has the essential material he needs to recreate large charms for the necklace and scaled down versions for
24:27the bracelet.
24:28Now, Debbie was kind enough to send me in some of her mother's cutlery.
24:32I'd like to try and use as much of Debbie's mum's cutlery as I possibly can so as to keep
24:37the integrity of this project.
24:39And if I look here on the base in between the handle and the blade of this knife, I've got
24:45quite a nice little plump bit here and here, which would be brilliant for making this part of the boot.
24:52And then for the guitar, I'd like to make use of this part of the prong here, which will act
24:59as the fretboard.
25:01And then I can cut my outline of my guitar from there.
25:07And that should also be a really good piece of metal to cut out the D and the J for
25:12the little letter initials.
25:14Debbie sent me a reference picture here.
25:17It's a classic Spanish guitar.
25:18What I've done is I've reduced the image down on a copier to this little fella here.
25:27And then, just as a pure reference for outline and size, I'm going to affix this to this area of
25:34the fork.
25:35Then I'm going to cut round it and that should be my guitar.
25:43Oh dear.
25:46It really is tar-hole metal.
25:49Working with precious metals, it's like cutting through butter compared to this.
26:04All right, that was a lot of effort cutting that one little guitar out.
26:09I now need to drill the sound hole.
26:11Pop a little black marker on there.
26:18Now I'm going to attempt to drag this all the way up the fretboard to simulate a string.
26:33Hey.
26:35There you go.
26:36One finished guitar.
26:37Vice charm done.
26:39Many more to come.
26:52Having removed the stitching that threatened to cause colour bleeding on the flag,
26:57Rebecca can use water and detergent to treat decades of soiling.
27:03What I'm going to do is push the sponge down.
27:06So that sort of pushes the detergent in.
27:09And then the action of releasing the sponge kind of sucks it all out.
27:14It's an old flag, so it is fragile.
27:17And if I would be sort of scrubbing away, rubbing those textile fibres, that's going to cause more damage.
27:23Quite methodical.
27:25I need to sort of make sure that I'm working across the whole flag.
27:29Any stain removal or major dirt removal, I won't be able to see until the flag is dry.
27:37So that's the whole of the surface has been sponged.
27:41So I'm just going to let that sit for a little while.
27:43Then I'll rinse it to make sure I remove all of the detergent.
27:47And then I will pin it out to dry.
27:53The football power chair consists of hundreds of parts.
27:57So Dom and David have joined forces to reassemble it.
28:02I know this is all built so well, so solidly, but I can understand why.
28:07Some of the amazing matches that Bobby's played in.
28:10Yeah.
28:10Just needs to last, doesn't it?
28:12Absolutely.
28:13Shall we put the front section on?
28:14That is quite a lump, isn't it?
28:15Yes.
28:17Don't scratch the paint now.
28:18No, no.
28:19Right.
28:20I've got this side.
28:21It's really, it's more akin to a race car.
28:23It's going to be a winner.
28:24Oh, absolutely.
28:25It's going to be a winner.
28:30This power chair enabled Bobby to pursue his passion for football at the highest level.
28:37But wear and tear had left it sidelined.
28:45Now he hopes it will help a talented youngster at the club where he now coaches to achieve their sporting
28:52dream.
28:54Bobby, hi.
28:55How are you doing?
28:55You okay?
28:56Yes, very good.
28:56So how have you been feeling since leaving your power chair with me?
29:00There's a big kind of empty gap in my shed.
29:03Yeah, it's been a bit odd.
29:03Yeah.
29:04In not being there, but I kind of see it as an exciting thing for someone else.
29:08Knowing that if I can just make it a bit easier for someone and just help their career,
29:11I could coach them to win something in my chair.
29:13Yeah.
29:13That's a pretty crazy thought.
29:15It's amazing.
29:16It's quite a special story, actually.
29:17Are you ready to take a look?
29:18Absolutely.
29:27Oh my god.
29:29Oh my god, that is unbelievable.
29:32That looks newer than it did when I got it.
29:36I can't remember the last time I saw it like this.
29:38Wow.
29:39That is so impressive.
29:41I don't know how you've done that, if I'm honest.
29:44Wow.
29:44That's crazy that someone, like, I actually played in that for that many years,
29:48and seeing it like this is incredible.
29:49And with the colours and that is, yeah.
29:51I mean, it's seriously so cool.
29:53It's been one thing taking it apart and rebuilding it and getting it working again,
29:57but do you fancy having a go?
29:58Absolutely.
29:59I haven't played in a while, because I've been on my coaching journey.
30:02Okay.
30:02But now I've seen it like this, I can't wait to get back in it.
30:04Well, I can help there, because I've arranged for a few of your friends to come down from your team.
30:08Here they come.
30:10Hello!
30:15God, they are quick.
30:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:17That's the least of it.
30:20Are you ready to give it a go?
30:21Yeah, let's go.
30:22Can't wait.
30:23Come on then.
30:28I'm going to be so bad.
30:33Oh, no!
30:34Playing in the chair again, it felt weird at first.
30:37I haven't played for such a long time.
30:39But yeah, it felt cool.
30:41It felt nice.
30:43Oh!
30:44There's power on this.
30:46Someone's going to be very lucky to be able to have this.
30:49Oh!
30:49Oh!
30:50Come on, Bobby!
30:53Yeah!
30:54Yes!
30:55Come on!
30:56Goal!
30:58Still got it.
31:00Never lost it, mate.
31:21I've got to go over thebound town.
31:22Having cleaned the fragile speedway flag, Rebecca's focus is now on returning it to strength.
31:29I need to dye a piece of fabric that I can then use as a support to put behind the
31:35whole
31:35of the flag. I need to dye that to the correct red because I'm going to be using scarlet
31:40and brown. I need to bring up the temperature gradually to 90 degrees. It will give the
31:55dye the opportunity to get into those textile fibres.
32:06Do you know what, I love being here with you because you started off working on organs and now it's
32:11anything.
32:12Absolutely anything. Are you so versatile?
32:15Well I'll try, yeah.
32:18Counting on David's versatility, Sarah Weir from Harrigan with a family treasure
32:24that's provided years of fun.
32:27Hi there. Hello.
32:29Oh, this is great. It's wonderful.
32:32Now I've seen a few of these before but I can never remember what they're called.
32:36It's a bagatelle game.
32:38I was going to call it a tagatelle but I think that's a kind of pasta as well.
32:40I think you might be right there.
32:42Whereabouts did you get it from?
32:43We inherited it as a family from my great uncle Dick who had it from 1936. He gave it to
32:51us in the 60s. He didn't have any children. My father and mother had three children and so he gave
32:58it to us.
32:59Perfect gift for a family with kids.
33:01Oh, exactly, yeah. Any child can play it. You don't really need any skill.
33:06Now, aren't there usually ball bearings or something like that to go with?
33:09There are ball bearings. We've lost quite a few over the years. You have a stick and a ball bearing.
33:15So you line the ball up in here and then you push it either as hard or as gently as
33:21you like.
33:22And then the ball goes flying around here.
33:23It goes round, bounces off the nails. The aim is trying to get it down to the bottom where the
33:29highest scores are.
33:31Yeah.
33:31I see.
33:32I've seen five generations play on this board. In 2017 I had my father playing who was nearly 90 and
33:41then I had my grandson who was 10 months old.
33:44Who got the highest score out of the two of them?
33:46Probably my father, I think. Yeah, yeah. He was a bit more controlled than my grandson.
33:53What's your first memory of it?
33:54When I was a child, eight, nine, when I first started to play on it, my mum was very, very
34:01keen on traditions.
34:03My brothers and I, we were all adopted, all from different families, into the Chapman clan.
34:08And it was really important, she said, that we were made to feel like we belonged.
34:13We go to church, we have lunch, the washing up has to be done and then the bagatelle board comes
34:19out.
34:20My grandson, Rupert, is autistic, so he would really prefer to be sat by himself somewhere.
34:26Yeah.
34:27But then when this comes out, he wants to come and have a go.
34:31That's lovely.
34:31You can't ask for any more than that really, can you?
34:34That shows the draw of it.
34:35It just brings everybody together.
34:38Yeah.
34:38Is it quite competitive?
34:40Yes.
34:41Only the person that scores the highest at Christmas gets their name recorded on the back.
34:46Let's have a look at the markings on the back.
34:48That's one there at 38, that's my great-uncle Dick, right.
34:52This one, John C, that was my father, he had a good run then.
34:57This is me.
34:57Oh, well done.
34:592021, I actually managed to get my name on it for the first time.
35:02That must have been quite a big thing to get your name on the back of the box.
35:04Oh, yes.
35:05There's no prize.
35:06Just the honour of having it and knowing that you're the best.
35:10Yeah.
35:11What are your concerns with it?
35:13Well, first off, if this part here gives way, then the balls are just going to go flying all over
35:20the floor.
35:21We've survived with, like, the nails being bent, but it would be a much truer game, I think, if they
35:28were up there.
35:29There's a nail missing here as well.
35:31Obviously, the numbers are getting harder and harder to see.
35:34I just want the fact that it will be stable enough so that everybody can still carry on playing it.
35:42When you come back, could you bring some of the balls and the stick with you?
35:45I can.
35:46I didn't bring them with me because I didn't want you to be distracted.
35:51Well, with this one, yeah, I can see that.
35:53So, yes, I will bring them back and I'll challenge you to a game.
35:57Leave it with us and we'll see you soon.
35:58Right.
35:58Thank you very much.
36:00Bye.
36:03This is great, isn't it?
36:04Oh, brilliant.
36:05Well, the quicker you fix it, the quicker we can get played.
36:07I can't wait.
36:08Cheers, mate.
36:22Well, what a wonderful thing this is.
36:25But unfortunately, all those years have taken their toll on it.
36:29The main visible damage is this side piece.
36:33I'm going to have to have a think about how I attend to that.
36:37The other thing was that these little transfers,
36:40a lot of them, you just can't read them or they're gone completely.
36:44So I think I'm going to have to have some new ones made.
36:49The pins, the majority of them are there,
36:52but they're just rusty and dirty.
36:54So those I'm going to clean up.
36:56There are a few which are missing,
36:58so I think I'm going to have to make some new ones.
37:01So the first thing I'm going to do is remove all the pins
37:04and then I can actually start looking at the woodwork.
37:18I've attached the support fabric to the flag
37:22and it's worked really well
37:24and I'm really pleased with the final result.
37:26So now I've just got a few details that need addressing.
37:31This number four has lost a lot of its white fabric.
37:35So what I'd like to do is just fill this area in
37:39so that it's a solid number four.
37:42I'm going to use a large piece of fabric,
37:45stitch around the four where the missing fabric is
37:50and then I'm going to trim off the excess.
37:53And this is very much in keeping with the way
37:55the numbers were done originally.
38:00That's pinned in place.
38:01I can stitch around the inside edge of the number four.
38:05If I do little back stitches,
38:08which means I'll go in and out, in and out,
38:10but my stitch will go back on itself.
38:12So I'll end up with a continuous line of stitching.
38:16That will not only hold the fabric in place,
38:19but it'll also prevent any fraying of this fabric.
38:24So I've just got to work my way around
38:26the whole of this outline,
38:28just sort of feeling my way along
38:30until this patch is securely in place.
38:34Oh, I hope this works.
38:42The next thing I'm going to do
38:44is trim off the excess fabric.
38:47I need to be a little bit cautious
38:48because obviously I've got the original flag underneath,
38:51so I need to make sure I don't actually cut that.
38:57OK.
38:58Well, that's holding, so that's good.
39:02And actually, I think just a few little more snips
39:05and that will just neaten that edge up
39:07so it's great when the plan comes together.
39:29David has come up with a way to stabilise the fractures
39:32in the side rail of the bagatelle
39:34while concealing his repair.
39:37Basically, I'm going to use a piece of veneer
39:40and I'm going to splice that into the original wood.
39:44I'm going to cut a channel into either side of the brake
39:47and then that will allow me to insert a new piece of wood veneer.
39:51So it allows me to use the original wood,
39:54but it will give it that strength back again.
39:58The only downside with that sort of repair
40:00is that I've got to remove all of this old wood
40:04so that I can actually get to it and cut it nicely.
40:10That's the first bit off, so that's good.
40:13And then...
40:17Right.
40:18So that's come off.
40:21I think somebody had actually tried to glue that on.
40:23So now that's apart,
40:24I can see the middle layer of the veneer
40:27and that's the one that I want to actually renew.
40:30So the first thing I need to do
40:32is cut into this section.
40:37So what I'm doing is
40:39I'm just cutting up through this middle layer.
40:42I want to probably go about 30mm into each side
40:48and then that will give me a nice gluing area
40:53and enough material to actually make a really good strong joint.
40:59OK, so that's actually cut deep enough
41:02and so now what I can do
41:04is cut a corresponding slot
41:06into the small piece that marries up to it.
41:10So, just...
41:17So those slots are now cut.
41:19I've got some veneer here.
41:21Now, this is actually beech wood.
41:23The original is made from birch.
41:26Beech is just a little bit stronger
41:28and I'm just going to try that in there
41:30and actually that fits really nicely.
41:34And once that's glued together,
41:38I can feel already
41:41that that's going to bring that strength back
41:44into that side rail.
41:45So that's really good.
41:47So now I can do the same to the other sides
41:50and glue them in place.
42:01It's been tough going recreating the missing charms from cutlery
42:06and now Richard's tackling one of the trickiest.
42:10Just carving away here on this part of the knife
42:14in order to make the bigger boot.
42:16And just for comparison,
42:18we've got the original one there that David made.
42:22So I'm just trying to copy all of the contour
42:25and the detail as much as possible.
42:27So to get the main shape of the boot,
42:29firstly, I cut the top off of here with a diamond disc
42:33and now I'm using some quite heavy-duty files here,
42:39certainly a lot more heavy-duty
42:40than I'd usually use in jewellery,
42:42to start to get the detail in here.
42:45I'm just curving the back part of the boot here.
42:53What are you up to?
42:54I am making some charms
42:57out of stainless steel cutlery, believe it or not.
43:01So unusual.
43:02Where do you start?
43:04With some very sharp files.
43:07And that's a boot.
43:08That is indeed.
43:09That's all been made to the top.
43:11Oh, it makes total sense,
43:13cos that's the handle.
43:14That's it.
43:15You've got such an odd brain
43:17to be able to see that in a...
43:19..in a knife.
43:20A knife to boot.
43:29I've now got to the point
43:31where I need to carve away
43:33just inside the boot top here.
43:36Again, I'm working with a different material here.
43:38I'm going to have to use something
43:40with a little bit more strength.
43:42I'm going to be using this hand drill,
43:45which I've borrowed off Steve,
43:46with a diamond-tipped burr.
43:48Hopefully that's going to do the trick.
43:52This metal-upon-metal grinding sound,
43:56whilst my ears are quite used to it,
43:58feeling a little bit sorry
43:59for everyone else in the barn at the moment.
44:09I've got the angle I want,
44:11now I just need to cut it off the handle.
44:29Rebecca is approaching the finishing line with the flag
44:33and Dom's helped to prepare it for a future on display.
44:37I come with gifts.
44:39Oh, wow!
44:40Oh!
44:42I've made the frame.
44:43That's beautiful.
44:44To keep the flag safe.
44:46Oh, thank you.
44:47That is really, really nice.
44:50You're welcome.
44:50It's all done.
44:51How are you getting on with the flag?
44:53Great.
44:53I've just got to finish stitching it to the board.
44:56Yeah, and then I'm done.
44:57I'm getting into the frame.
44:58Can I have a look?
44:58No, no, no, no.
44:59You can have a look when I'm finished.
45:01OK.
45:02OK.
45:02Yeah?
45:02I'll wait.
45:03You can.
45:06This flag flew above the heads of two young people
45:10who shared a passion for Speedway
45:12and then for each other over 70 years ago.
45:16But this symbol of their love was tattered and fragile.
45:21Wow.
45:23Is it all right?
45:24Oh, my goodness.
45:26Oh, it looks so good.
45:28You must be so pleased.
45:29I am.
45:30Yeah, it's come up all right, isn't it?
45:31Oh, I love it.
45:32Clean hands.
45:33Oh, sorry.
45:34OK, OK, let's get it covered.
45:36OK.
45:39Now their son, Eric, hopes it will live on
45:42as a testament to their love.
45:45Hello.
45:46Hello.
45:46Welcome back.
45:47Thank you for having me back.
45:49More nervous now than I don't know when
45:51I've ever been as nervous as this.
45:53Maybe my wife having children.
45:54I don't know whether it's that.
45:55Really?
45:55Wow.
45:56Very nervous.
45:57When we handed it over, it was in an office state.
46:00So I'm just anticipating of waiting to see
46:02what's behind that cover.
46:04It's not my flag.
46:05It's not Peter's flag.
46:06It's mum and dad's flag.
46:08Do you want to take a look?
46:09Yes, please.
46:10Let's do it.
46:11Yes, please.
46:13Ready?
46:18Oh, my goodness.
46:22Isn't that sick?
46:26Oh, God, you're getting...
46:35That's beautiful.
46:36That is unbelievable, Rebecca.
46:40Look at the number four.
46:42It's been restored.
46:43Where'd the staples go?
46:46Yeah, I did remove those.
46:49It's amazing.
46:50It's the same flag.
46:51Yeah.
46:52What we plan to do is to give that back to Glasgow Tigers
46:54for them to show in new Tigers supporters.
46:58Yeah.
46:59And at the heart of that story...
47:00It's my dad.
47:01It's your dad and your parents.
47:03Yeah.
47:03Oh, Jesus.
47:05I can't believe it.
47:06Thank you very much for that.
47:08I hope you enjoy it.
47:09Take care.
47:10Bye-bye.
47:13Rebecca has done an outstanding job at that flag.
47:16Just unbelievably happy for my dad, for my mum, and for the family.
47:23Dad was never a hugger.
47:25We would hug Rebecca when he saw who she'd done to his flag.
47:40David has turned his attention to the pins,
47:43which guide the ball on the bagatelle.
47:46So I've now managed to clean up all the old rusty pins
47:49and straighten them up,
47:51but I'd got some that were missing,
47:54so I want to recreate the original style.
47:58So I'm using this panel pin,
48:02which is the right diameter,
48:04and then I'm going to try and put a nice dome on that.
48:09I'm just going to introduce some heat with a little gas torch
48:12and get that nice and hot.
48:14And then once that's red hot,
48:17then I can just use a hammer
48:19and start to actually shape that over a little bit.
48:29I might need several goes.
48:31The metal doesn't retain the heat very well.
48:35So as I'm tapping it with the hammer,
48:39I'm trying not to actually bend the top of the nail over.
48:49So that's actually starting to flare out a bit.
48:53Certainly from the diameter of the original,
48:56it's taking a little bit of time,
48:58but it is actually making progress.
49:01This is definitely a test of patience doing anything like this.
49:06So that's actually looking really good.
49:08Just going to red hot that and then quench it,
49:11just to harden it again.
49:14So that, that actually looks reasonably close, I think.
49:19I'm quite pleased with that.
49:20So I'm just going to spray paint all of them
49:23and then they'll be ready to put back into the board.
49:55I'll take out a little bit of time.
49:55After his struggles, Richard is taking a moment to admire his charming creations.
50:01But his final task awaits, ensuring that they never get lost again.
50:07Originally, these charms were just joined straight onto the chain itself via an open link,
50:13which means they were never sealed.
50:15And the weight was pulling down and meant the chain was going to open.
50:18And it was just inevitable that the charms would get lost.
50:21So I want to do everything I can to ensure that that doesn't happen again for Debbie.
50:27I'm actually going to go over each of the jump rings with my laser welder and just tack them shut.
50:31That means that there's no way that these are ever going to come off.
50:38This charm necklace and bracelet were a symbol of a man's love for his wife and daughter.
50:44But they'd long been missing many of the charms that demonstrated his extraordinary talent.
50:51Rich.
50:53You have been busy, haven't you? That's amazing.
50:55Thanks, mate.
50:58Debbie has set her heart on honouring her dad by ensuring these unique pieces of jewellery are worn again.
51:07Hi, Debbie.
51:08Hi.
51:08Hi.
51:08Welcome back.
51:09Hiya, thank you.
51:10Now, these charms have been the talk of the town.
51:14Do you know what?
51:14I still can't believe that your dad actually made them.
51:16I can't believe it either.
51:18Now, it's going to be the chance to be worn all the time, hopefully.
51:21What your dad did for you was truly a one of a kind.
51:24Yeah.
51:24Truly.
51:25He just loved making things.
51:27Are you ready to take a look at what Rich has done for you?
51:30Yes, very, very ready to look.
51:31You ready?
51:32Yes.
51:32Are you excited?
51:33Yes.
51:34All right, Rich.
51:35Let's go.
51:37Here we go.
51:39Oh, my goodness me.
51:43Oh, my God.
51:49Oh, my God.
51:52Oh, I can't believe it.
51:55Look at the D.
51:56Oh, that is fantastic.
51:59And the guitars.
52:01Oh, my God.
52:02And on mums, you've made the boot.
52:06You are so clever.
52:09Not as clever as my dad, but...
52:11No, indeed.
52:13Absolutely amazing.
52:15It's shining back at me.
52:17I'm just dazzled.
52:19I've never been together like this before.
52:22And that just looks right.
52:26Yeah, am I allowed to try on?
52:28Of course.
52:33There we go.
52:34You think that is amazing?
52:36Look at that.
52:40Wow.
52:41I'm not normally stuck for words, but I am actually stuck for words.
52:46Thank you so, so much.
52:47I can't stop looking at it.
52:49Yeah, I'm kind of shaking now with it, so very, very special.
52:52I think they look great.
52:54And do you know what?
52:54They are made to be worn, so many more years of wearing for you.
52:58Thank you so much again.
53:00It's been a pleasure.
53:01Bye.
53:02Bye.
53:02Bye-bye.
53:06What Richard's done is just beyond words, really.
53:11Dad would be absolutely blown away.
53:13I'm just feeling over the moon.
53:14I'm absolutely ecstatic.
53:26David has brought the bagatelle's components up to scratch to withstand future contests.
53:32Now he's ensuring that it's looks measure up too, with a coat of French polish.
53:38I'm going to start at the bottom of the frame and then work my way around.
53:41It's a little bit cold in the barn today, so that can cause me some problems with French polishing.
53:47What can happen is you get what we call blooming, or the polish will go a sort of a milky
53:53colour.
53:53So what I'm going to do is I'm just going to use a little tiny heater, just to put a
53:58little bit of warmth on the surface, once I've actually put the coat on.
54:06So that's looking really good.
54:07I'm really pleased with that.
54:09It's not bloomed, which is marvellous.
54:11So I'm just going to carry on with the rest of the woodwork, and then I can actually start thinking
54:18about putting some pins back in.
54:28This bagatelle had played a central part in family get-togethers for some 90 years, and enthusiastic use had left
54:37it decidedly battered.
54:39David!
54:40It almost looks brand new!
54:42Yeah!
54:43I hope she likes it.
54:45Its custodian Sarah has high hopes that it's now robust enough for many more friendly family competitions.
54:53Hello.
54:54Nice to see you again.
54:55Yes, and you, and you.
54:56I'm excited.
54:58I've seen five generations play on this so far, and I'm hoping that the next five generations will be playing
55:06on it.
55:07Are you ready to see?
55:08I am.
55:08Yeah?
55:09Yeah.
55:09Okay, great.
55:10Great.
55:15Oh, my goodness, look.
55:17Oh, gosh.
55:20Oh, that is fantastic.
55:22Wow.
55:24Wow.
55:24All the nails.
55:26Absolutely superb.
55:27Oh, I can't stop grinning.
55:30Oh, I can't stop grinning.
55:30All the numbers.
55:31Look at them.
55:32Oh, I won't need my glasses on to read those.
55:35I'll be able to just see it.
55:37I've never, oh, I've never, oh, I've never, oh, I've never, oh, I've never seen it look this good.
55:40Oh, I've got the side all restored there.
55:43Oh, thank you.
55:43Oh, that is just fantastic.
55:45Oh, my family will love it.
55:47Absolutely love it.
55:48When we last saw you, there was promise of a game.
55:51Did you bring the sticking balls with you?
55:54I think I might have done.
55:55Yes.
55:57Here we go.
56:03No way.
56:05Look at that on your first go as well.
56:07125.
56:08Your turn.
56:11Right, come on, Dave.
56:12So, here we go.
56:17Oh, 35.
56:1935's good.
56:20Right.
56:22No pressure.
56:24Oh.
56:25Oh.
56:28Oh.
56:29Oh.
56:29Oh.
56:29Oh.
56:30Oh.
56:31Well, 15's slightly underwhelming, I'll be honest.
56:34Well, it was a good effort.
56:35Oh, my word.
56:37It's addictive, though.
56:38It is.
56:39How did it feel to play?
56:40Wonderful.
56:41Yeah.
56:41Absolutely wonderful.
56:42Hopefully, when I'm 90, I'll still be there pushing my stick.
56:46Thank you very, very much.
56:47You're very welcome.
56:49Bye-bye.
56:50Bye-bye.
56:50Bye-bye.
56:53It's like a different game.
56:54It's like having it brand new.
56:56I'm hoping that the future will be as long as its past has been.
57:00So, another 90 years.
57:02My grandchildren will remember me and remember my parents playing with them.
57:08So, just a way of creating really, really great memories.
57:16If you have a treasured possession that's seen better days and you think the team can help,
57:21please get in touch at bbc.co.uk and join us in the repair shop.
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