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The Repair Shop - Season 16 Episode 4
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00:00A remarkable workshop of wonder.
00:03This is amazing.
00:06Home to experts of every kind.
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?
00:32Yeah.
00:32I'm ready.
00:33Back to life.
00:36Oh, wow.
00:39It's amazing.
00:41They are stunning.
00:44I like it.
00:47Welcome to the repair shop.
00:59There was a time I used to walk you to school and now we're walking to work together.
01:03This lovely spear with you.
01:05Oh, that's so sweet.
01:13I'm no builder, but needless to say, this looks like it's seen much better days.
01:19Yeah.
01:20I mean, I've done up old buildings and I don't think any of them were as bad as this.
01:27No.
01:29Looking to put Steve Fletcher's building experience to the ultimate test is Dawn Shrides from West
01:36Sussex.
01:37This must be yours?
01:38It is, absolutely.
01:40What are we looking at?
01:41A ruin.
01:42Yes.
01:43No, this is a watermill.
01:45Okay.
01:45That my father built in 1996.
01:49Okay.
01:49He put it all together to go in front of our family home to replicate the red brick work
01:55of the house.
01:57Every little brick he made by hand.
01:59Individually?
02:00Individually.
02:01He wanted it to be a working watermill and obviously the years of it sitting on the ground
02:07outside, the weather had gotten to it.
02:11I bet it was glorious when it was first built.
02:13Absolutely.
02:14What was your dad's name?
02:15My father's called Brian.
02:17Was he always creative?
02:19Yes.
02:20As a teenager, he was an apprentice carpenter and he was always building extensions, porches,
02:28archways.
02:29Constantly on the driveway, there was a pile of sand.
02:32Oh, right.
02:34So my sisters and I and cousins, we would play with toys in the sand and that's just how
02:39I remember him with old clothes on, digging sand, tinkering away in his shed at the end
02:46of the garden.
02:46So he had lots of projects on the go all the time then.
02:50Yes, sounds like you, Steve.
02:53What was it that inspired your dad to build this mill?
02:57Having built the big family home and the extensions, I think it was the next project for him.
03:01I can remember it sitting there and we went in the front door.
03:03This matched in very nicely with the red bricks of the house.
03:06And I only ever saw it as a little house.
03:08And yeah, so he wanted it to be a working water mill.
03:13His intention was to put it in an underground chamber so that the water mill would turn.
03:19He died in 2014 and mum downsized.
03:22And in the move, it actually took four people to lift it and transport it.
03:28And they put it down on the driveway and there it sat for the last four years.
03:33So having lived in those houses with all the extensions, she's now moved into a bungalow.
03:39There's nothing around her that reminds her of him.
03:42And this is so important because he's touched every single piece of this.
03:51He's crafted this.
03:53And she looks out her front window and sees this deteriorating.
03:56It's just so sad to see.
03:59So to have it brought back to life for the family, for mum, just be amazing.
04:06Just to see it put back together and whole again, I think is almost, we can't even think of that.
04:14I will do my absolute best for you and your mum.
04:19Thank you so much.
04:20Bye-bye.
04:20Bye-bye.
04:23What an amazing creation, Steve.
04:25Where do you think you're going to start?
04:27I don't know.
04:28I can see everything needs worked on.
04:31Absolutely everything.
04:32Yeah.
04:33Well, you're a very brave man.
04:45It's a long time since I've done any building work.
04:49It looks like a real old building.
04:52And that's one of the beauties of this model.
04:55So I need to retain that.
04:57I'm going to have to get a frame made to put the whole of the building on so that it's
05:05completely stabilised.
05:07The roof is absolutely just falling apart.
05:11And I've got to start from afresh and make a new roof.
05:16I've got lots and lots of sections of the brickwork and even some single bricks.
05:22And I'll have to think about making some more bricks.
05:26But I won't know until I start putting things back together whether I've got all the parts or not.
05:32And it'll be really nice if I can get the water wheel actually turning with some water going over it.
05:39The first thing I'm going to do is just clear the decks and start taking some of the rotten parts
05:46away.
06:04Nice shirt, Brenton.
06:06I like it.
06:06You do like a good shirt.
06:07I do, yeah.
06:08Where is it?
06:09Like a greyhound?
06:10It's a lurcher.
06:11It's a lurcher.
06:15Next to arrive into the barn, Simone Williams from West London.
06:20She's hoping Brenton can bring back the sparkle to a unique piece of carnival history.
06:26Hi.
06:27Hello.
06:29This looks really interesting.
06:30What are we looking at here?
06:32You are looking at a headdress that was made by my father, Vernon Fellows Williams.
06:38He was a founding member of Nightingale Carnival.
06:40Was this in like the 60s?
06:42Yes.
06:42The very first carnival was in 1966.
06:45And then in 1980, my dad started Genesis, a carnival band.
06:50And this was one of the first headpieces he made.
06:54He was a born Trinidadian.
06:55And Trinidad is the home of Carnival.
06:58And all of that came out in his work in the costumes as well.
07:01Did your dad play an instrument in the band?
07:04No, he wouldn't play.
07:06He gave up the drumming when he started making costumes.
07:10Yeah.
07:10That was his love.
07:11Was this a full-time job?
07:12No.
07:13He had a business as well.
07:14And he would do this in the evenings and weekends.
07:16And my mum used to help.
07:18She had a job in the NHS and would come after work and come.
07:21And everyone pitched in after work.
07:23So we really didn't sleep much.
07:25That's real dedication.
07:26Huge dedication.
07:28So have you been involved since you were?
07:30Since I was born, yeah.
07:31I used to sleep in the workshop.
07:33We used to get sheets of foam and roll up in the foam.
07:37And your dad was making these things all the time.
07:40Yeah.
07:41This is fantastic, isn't it?
07:43Oh, is this metal?
07:44It's copper.
07:45It's actually copper.
07:46And on the inside, you've got galvanised wire, which is falling apart here.
07:52There's velvet.
07:54There's these decorative pieces and trims.
07:57It's quite bashed up.
07:58It's 45 years old.
08:00And it would be great to see that character come back to life.
08:04If I get it fixed, what's the plan for the headpiece?
08:07So the plan for the headpiece is for it to feature in the next carnival, which is in 2026.
08:13And that's going to be part of the 60th anniversary.
08:17And either my brother or my nephew will wear it to celebrate my dad and celebrate this piece that he
08:24made all those years ago.
08:26For now, it's in the right place.
08:28We'll see you very soon.
08:29Bye-bye.
08:30Bye.
08:33It's just really cool, isn't it?
08:35It's so different, isn't it?
08:36Enjoy.
08:47Even close up, the work that Simone's father, Vernon, has done on it is incredible.
08:54But this poor headpiece has had better days.
08:58It's been crushed somehow.
09:00The copper is bent.
09:01It's gone dull.
09:02Needs cleaning up and straightening.
09:05I've got something missing from the front.
09:07And I'm going to think about that and create something for that.
09:10I think the most important thing for me to do, first of all, is to separate the copper from the
09:17material, hopefully, without doing any more damage.
09:23And that's going to pop out quite nicely.
09:25So, the cloth part, I'm going to ask Rebecca to help me, because that's not my forte.
09:32I'm going to do the bit I'm good at, which is the metalwork.
09:41Hi, Rebecca.
09:42Hi.
09:43I've got a Notting Hill Carnival headdress.
09:47Wow.
09:47And the material has become rather torn.
09:52Oh, yeah, look at that.
09:53I wondered if you could try and tidy it up for us.
09:56Yeah.
09:57And it just needs a bit of attention.
10:14The miniature watermill is sitting level on its new foundation frame.
10:20Steve must now gauge the missing brickwork.
10:23I've had a look at this fragment of one of Brian's bricks, and it's not like clay at all.
10:29It is sand and cement.
10:31So, I'm going to make up a four-to-one mix of sand and cement.
10:36And I'm just going to now put one scoop of the colour powder, which should give it the right colour
10:45to make the red brick.
10:50It's going to pop a little bit of water in.
10:53Bricks, I don't think, are made this way.
10:55They're made with clay, but I'm doing it as Brian did.
11:00So, I've made up a mould for the bricks.
11:08I've made up a block of wood to go into the mould as well, so I can push it quite
11:14hard.
11:15I'm going to squeeze a lot of the water out as well.
11:22That's not bad for a first attempt.
11:24It is very, very red, though.
11:27I might have to decrease the amount I've put in.
11:30But, yeah, that's one brick.
11:34I've got to experiment making some more.
11:58The bricks that I've made are pretty good, actually.
12:02And I'm sure they're weathered down really well, the same as all the old bricks.
12:06So, I'm just starting now to put them permanently onto the metal frame.
12:12I'm actually going to glue the larger sections together.
12:15This is a really strong glue.
12:22It's waterproof, and it will stick the mortar together as well.
12:27Well, I think that's enough glue now.
12:29I'm just going to pop this into place.
12:38Cool.
12:43Ah!
12:46Okay.
12:59Right.
13:00So far, so good.
13:03Once I get all the base bricks in place, I can then start adding some of the new bricks.
13:21Next to glide into the barn is Steve from Leicestershire, along with his daughter, Frankie.
13:28They're hoping master cobbler, Dean, will be able to give a sporting souvenir a second chance of glory.
13:38Hello.
13:38Hello.
13:39Hi, welcome.
13:40What have you got for us today?
13:42These are very old long track speed skates.
13:46They're like ice skates?
13:47Ice skates, yes.
13:47Ice speed skates.
13:48Can we take a look?
13:49Yes, you can.
13:50They're huge.
13:50Yeah, the size of the blades on these.
13:53Yeah, they're about 17 inches in length.
13:55So, whose are these then?
13:56So, these are my skates.
13:58There's two types of disciplines in speed skating.
14:00One is called long track, one is called short track.
14:02Short track is more accessible across the world because it's done in traditional ice rinks.
14:07It's on a shorter track, over 111 metres track.
14:12So, I took up short track speed skating as a young boy and I've done it for most of my
14:16life.
14:16And then, in 1985, I was only 16, 17 at the time, a friend and I got a phone call
14:22to say
14:22there's a long track competition on the fens.
14:26So, we went down to Bowie Fen, which is in Cambridgeshire.
14:31Fen skating is a time-honoured sporting tradition that takes place in East Anglia on the now rare occasions
14:39that the temperature drops well below freezing.
14:42The flooded meadows freeze solid and transform into a vast natural ice track, perfect for all types of skating.
14:51I was an indoor short track speed skater who has very different equipment to the natural ice or long track
14:59speed skating.
15:00Yeah.
15:00And using our short track speed skates ended up in the final.
15:05Literally five minutes before the final, somebody said, would you like to borrow these skates?
15:10Because they're long track skates, which again are very different to short track.
15:15So, how did you do?
15:16I ended up winning the competition.
15:20What I hadn't realised, it was the King Edward VII Cup donated by King Edward VII.
15:25I was just so naive of the enormity of the event.
15:29Just so naive about the enormity of the trophy, the history of the trophy, the history of the sport.
15:33Yeah.
15:34On Fenland natural ice speed skating.
15:37How significant was that win to the rest of your career then?
15:40Quite significant, I think, because winning that gave me the confidence of the speed skating ability.
15:44And I made it onto the world championship team that year and I got a bronze medal in the world
15:50championships.
15:51I was lucky enough to be part of the Olympic team in 1988.
15:55And my daughter has started skating as well and has been speed skating.
15:58How do you find it, skating with your dad?
16:01It's good.
16:02We don't race against each other often, but we train together a lot.
16:06It's just really nice to have something that we can do together.
16:09It's lovely, fantastic.
16:12Because certainly after my wife died and Fanky's mum died three years ago.
16:18Oh, I'm so sorry.
16:18We've become a very small unit and supported each other through some tough times.
16:24Yeah.
16:24So there's a strong bond between us in the skating, because it's something we can do together.
16:30And because skating's been such a big part of both of our lives, especially recently,
16:34I think it's just important to recognise that and to restore them, to have something to show for what we
16:40both do.
16:41So what is actually wrong with them? I can see the blades are rusted.
16:45I can see they've completely failed there.
16:49Yeah.
16:49And I think a couple of the eyelids have gone.
16:51That's on this one too.
16:52Yeah.
16:53They're just gently scuffed.
16:54If I was able to repair them, would you be tempted to take them out?
16:58I think I would be, yeah.
16:59We need the fins to freeze over.
17:01Freeze over.
17:01Yeah, we might be waiting a few years.
17:04Well, thank you so much, both of you, for trusting us with these beautiful skates.
17:09I know how much they mean to you both.
17:10We'll do our best.
17:12Thanks a lot.
17:13See you later.
17:14Bye bye.
17:21Imagine strapping those to your feet.
17:22Couldn't even stand up in these, that alone scared.
17:25Absolutely no chance.
17:26I look forward to seeing what you do with them though.
17:28Yeah, there's a lot to think about, yeah.
17:29Good luck mate.
17:41One incredible piece of footwear these are, from an incredible man actually.
17:46Now there is quite a lot to do here.
17:49The skates themselves require quite a lot.
17:52There's a rust on the blades that I like to try and clean off as much as possible.
17:57The leather itself, it's got obvious damage to it.
18:01The first thing I'm going to do is to turn my attention to this chrome.
18:06Now there's a lot of tarnishing on that.
18:10I'm hoping with some wire wool, I can take a lot of that off.
18:18Already, that's working.
18:22That's quite astounding actually.
18:25I'm going to continue with the wire wool on the chrome.
18:30And then I can put these blades in some de-rusting solution.
18:35And I'm just hoping, looking how well that chrome's coming up,
18:39from just a little bit of work, I'll be onto a winning streak.
18:43I'll be very happy.
18:54That's quite something, isn't it?
18:55It is.
18:56This water wheel is really, really very, very rotten.
19:01Yeah.
19:02Absolutely rotten to bits.
19:04Yeah.
19:05And it's got to have water running over it.
19:08Yeah.
19:08And I just wondered whether you could make another one
19:10and use this one as a pattern?
19:12Yeah.
19:12OK.
19:13Do you want it sandblasted, make it look a bit aged?
19:16That would be amazing.
19:17OK.
19:24Outside, Brenton is trying to coax the crumpled copper headpiece
19:28back into shape.
19:30Copper is quite soft, very malleable.
19:33That's part of the reason why it's damaged,
19:36because any sort of force on it will bend it.
19:39You can really see how badly bent that is.
19:42And a lot of this I can do by hand.
19:46The first thing I'm going to do is try and bend this area.
19:52My thumb can bend that bit quite easily.
19:55I've done some crowns and various headpieces,
19:59and I know the bit that goes on the head is oval.
20:02And if I can get this to a rough oval shape,
20:06half the battle is won.
20:11There we go.
20:12So this headband is now a pretty good oval shape.
20:16And I can now look at the wings.
20:18So I'm going to bend these forward
20:22to where I feel they would have been.
20:30I think that's pretty much the shape that's meant to be.
20:34That's looking pretty good to me.
20:36Next thing I can do to this is to give these a good polish.
20:54I've successfully removed the central fabric from the headpiece,
20:59and I'm now going to support it onto this black velvet.
21:03What I need to do is stitch the two pieces of fabric together.
21:09So this will do two things.
21:10It'll hold the two pieces together,
21:12but it'll also mean that all of this damage
21:15that's all the way around the edges,
21:18all of this loss will be held nice and secure.
21:21So the holes will be infilled.
21:25And then this piece of fabric will be nice and strong
21:27and have a good structure.
21:29I'm going to start in the centre
21:30and I'm going to work my way to one side
21:33and then to the other.
21:35But black thread on black fabric
21:37with a black support fabric.
21:38So it's actually quite tricky to see.
22:01Steve has completed the brickwork on the miniature water mill.
22:05He now needs to protect the structure from the elements
22:09with a much-needed new roof.
22:12I've tried to do it in the same way that Brian constructed his roof.
22:18The only thing that I'm going to do is improve slightly on Brian's design.
22:23I'm going to put a waterproof membrane over the roof
22:28before then starting to put the felt tiles on.
22:33Because this mill is going to live outside,
22:35it's got to stand up to all weathers.
22:38This is a real thick, loopy adhesive.
22:47It's really quite satisfying.
22:49It's like a thick treacle.
22:57Right, that's enough adhesive on.
22:59I need to get the membrane on now.
23:08Good, that should adhere nicely.
23:11Got to get the other side on, then I can get the felt on.
23:26I've now attached a lot of strips of felt.
23:29And then I came up with the idea of using a soldering iron
23:33to score all the lines to make it look like they're all separate tiles.
23:40And this is working an absolute treat.
23:47After a long bath and a de-rusting solution,
23:50Dean is ready to see if the Speed Skate blades have regained their shine.
23:57So now's the moment of truth where I pull them out and hopefully all that rust has removed.
24:03It's quite nerve-wracking actually.
24:06That's worked really well.
24:09A lot of that orange rust has come away.
24:11That's going to polish up beautifully.
24:14And I pull the other one out.
24:16And that's actually in better condition than the other blade.
24:19But for now I'm happy with the result of the de-rusting solution.
24:23So I can concentrate on the other areas of damage.
24:34This huge area where the leather is simply scraped away is quite an odd shape.
24:42I've got to try and blend it in.
24:44So to do that I'm going to begin by putting some masking tape over that area.
24:49What I'm doing here is to try and create a template that I can transfer onto a piece of new
24:55leather.
24:56I'm going to use my fingers just to press in.
24:59Try and create an impression of that area that has worn away.
25:04Then I can get a rough cut of the leather and trim down as I need.
25:08And hopefully I should get a perfect shape that just sticks on there and blends nicely.
25:12I'm going to transfer my masking template onto the leather.
25:22I'm just going to cut that area off.
25:28Which will just make things a bit more manageable.
25:36So I'm happy with the shape of that. That should blend in really well.
25:40Now I'm going to skive the edges of the leather with my knife.
25:44And what I'm looking for is a paper thin edge that should blend beautifully when I glue it onto the
25:52skirt.
25:52And then I'm going to put a little bit closer.
25:53And put a little bit deeper.
25:57And put a little bit deeper in the leather with your knife and just getting this out.
26:20The main point of this was to get a knife.
26:22nice blend between that new leather and the old leather in terms of its texture and its handle
26:29and that positioning is really pleasing actually I'm going to hammer that down just to make sure
26:35the bond is strong that feels amazing it's almost seamless now I can apply this same principle to
26:49the tear at the front here and then all the black leather will be nicely repaired
27:01Steve has completed all the heavy building work on his repair of the water mill he's now ready to move
27:08on to the finer fixtures and fittings David has made such a good job of making this wheel I've
27:16also made a little pump assembly and this will sit into the water bund there I've got this lovely bit
27:28of lead pipe that sits over this copper pipe here and the water will come out of there and drive
27:36the
27:37the water wheel now it's time to get all the bits back together get the wheel on get the pump
27:45in get
27:46the roof back on and then it'll be ready very exciting
27:58when Brian's water mill arrived it was a crumbling relic after being exposed to the elements for over
28:0530 years now Don has returned with her mother Pan hoping Steve has been able to rebuild the ruin
28:13that keeps Brian's legacy alive hello hello hello hello Pamela nice to meet you yes thank you and you
28:22Brian poured his heart into doing this didn't he what what were your thoughts when it was sat in the
28:29garden in the garden in bits I think we were all deciding what we're going to do weren't we who
28:34was
28:34going to do it who could do it to his standard so to see it restored and preserved it would
28:40mean just
28:41everything so would you like to see it absolutely so excited to see it there we go
28:51oh my gosh that's amazing and you've done all these yeah lovely gosh and this oh gosh thank you and
29:12even water in there in the wheel would you like to see if it works yes okay I'll just switch
29:21it on for you thank you oh wow that's just amazing
29:31oh so lovely isn't it yeah that looks so good thank you oh god it's just beyond anything that we
29:39could have
29:39thought would ever happen to it thank you so much the water mill just sums up a legacy that will
29:48now
29:49stay in the family be preserved and dad would be so pleased to uh to know that it's it's working
29:58and and it's loved and it's still loved
30:03it was just the best thing we could have done wasn't it
30:19from one fletcher to another now as sharon from western super mayor and kelly from plymouth are hoping
30:27fred could get a treasured timepiece ticking again
30:32hi there hi hello nice to meet you bay and you it's a great clock it is this was my
30:39dad roy's clock
30:40and it was left when he passed to kelly are you related to the family just very good friends one
30:46of dad's
30:46best friends very close to him we actually met through a mutual friend um she was doing some
30:52care work for roy and she asked me to help which mainly involved cleaning and doing a bit of grocery
31:00shopping and we made a friendship from there really he wasn't a typical older gent he he didn't act 90
31:09did
31:09he was a very fun energetic um youthful in soul and mind actually we had a lot of adventures whether
31:22it was just going for coco or a little driver me getting lost which i'm very good at um he
31:28was great
31:28company to be around he had a lot of stories that he loved sharing and i loved listening it seems
31:34like
31:34quite an unlikely relationship that the two of you had i originally was there to help roy and to make
31:42roy's life that little bit easier and to bring a bit more joy but i actually didn't know how important
31:49his friendship was to me life can be very overwhelming and very stressful roy definitely made
31:56my day a bit brighter and i wish he knew how important um he was to me what was roy
32:05like as a dad
32:06it was fantastic he was a legend i was always a daddy's girl anyway i was very supportive
32:12in my life and he was just the mainstay really yeah do you live quite near to roy no we're
32:20a couple of
32:20hours apart so kelly kept in going and did all the fun stuff didn't all the fun she would be
32:26a bit
32:26of a daredevil whereas we would keep dad quiet united you don't want to do that and kelly would
32:31be like yeah okay don't worry leave it with me and then they'd be gallivanting off um and he loved
32:37it
32:37this clock was the one next to roy he sat right next to it so when i was sat in
32:43my space on that sofa
32:45and i looked over speaking to roy i'd always see the clock in the background roy always wanted me
32:50to have the clock um it was one of his wishes when he passed so it's quite special to me
32:57in an ideal
32:58world what are you hoping for i would just absolutely love to have it working i've never heard it tick
33:06so that would that would be amazing okay obviously there's a chip um roy was uh an avid diy and
33:15there's
33:15there's paint specs everywhere and if you could help it would mean so much to me and um it's not
33:23going to bring roy back um but he would he would be really proud i'll do my best thank you
33:31very much
33:31and i can't wait to see what you're able to do we'll see you very soon thank you bye-bye
33:36thank you bye
33:44we'd like a hand i think i'll be right yeah you sure think so you don't have to watch
33:48go on nice and heavy
34:01it's a great clock but roy's left kelly unfortunately it doesn't tick which is
34:05obviously quite important so getting it ticking and striking two two priorities there's quite a lot
34:11of brass work on this case and it's all pretty dull and tarnished there's this chip here and quite a
34:17lot
34:17of paint spattered all over the case i think if i get kirsten to have a look at this chip
34:21just looking
34:22at the dial here the numerals are a bit worn around here um so i'm gonna have a think about
34:29what to do to try and tackle that problem first things first i need to take the mechanism out of
34:34the clock disassemble everything and remove all the dirt and grime so i can figure out what's really
34:44going on
34:45oh ice skates yes do you ice skate i've been once yeah and i don't think i go back i
34:52nearly broke my neck
34:53oh no the kids found it very entertaining you're like a giraffe very much yeah a long bamboo
35:06happy with his hippies brenton is ready to turn his attention to its croning glory got to make
35:13something for the front where there's something missing and this is a piece of copper which i've
35:18just cut out which i'm going to embellish and i'm sticking this to a piece of wood with a thermal
35:26glue
35:27what this glue will do is it will support the metal while i make the marks and hold it in
35:33position
35:34i want the pattern to reflect the headpiece so the outside of the circle will have this chevron
35:40design on it and the middle of the circle will have these fish scale patterns on it
35:53i'm always at my happiest when i'm recreating something so i'm just trying to do justice
36:01to his craftsmanship
36:12that is the chevron pattern around the outside looking really really good i just need to mark
36:19up the center for the scales pattern then i can solder that back onto its old bracket and reattach it
36:27to
36:27the headdress
36:28so
36:31so
36:43so
37:00so I've reshaped and covered the central section so I'm now turning my attention to these lovely
37:06flowers one of them is completely missing so I'm going to attempt to remake it so these flowers are
37:13beautifully made they're made with this metal thread and I've made a template so I can hopefully
37:19get this same shape I've got to make sure that the springy thread stays on the outside
37:26and this thinner stiffer thread stays on the inside so pull that round a bit more maybe let's have a
37:41look this is really really tricky I have used these metal threads before but usually I'm stitching
37:47them down it's much more controllable so having them sort of free-flowing is yeah it's really hard
37:56I'm going to need a bit of time to work this out I'm sure once I've got a few petals
38:01in it'll be fine
38:03but um this is quite baffling
38:11with the mechanism no sparkling clean it's time for Fred to pivot and tackle the repairs I've just
38:19finished cleaning the clock after disassembling I have identified a few issues with it right now
38:24I'm working on some bushing just looking at this hole is really really warm the pivot inside it is
38:31moving backs and forwards a lot should not be able to move as much as that and it's on quite
38:36an
38:36important wheel because it's it's the wheel that lifts the hammer for the strike so if I leave it
38:40like this the hammer might not lift so no strike so to fill this hole I'm going to be using
38:46a bush
38:48so bushes are used to make an existing hole a lot smaller this is a slightly tapered piece of brass
38:55with a hole through the middle of it when I put the bush in I will open that hole up
39:00to the right
39:01size so that the pivot fits in quite snugly if you look at this brush compared to the hole the
39:07hole is
39:07quite a lot smaller so this is a brooch and I'm opening up the hole so it's round so that
39:13I could fit the
39:15bush quite snugly in it taking my time but it's easy to get impatient and go too far and then
39:32it
39:33back to square one but there you go perfect I got a really really nice fit and that's definitely not
39:40going anywhere now we just need to open up the hole and the bush so the pivot fits in
39:51looks good
39:57moment of truth
40:01that's pretty good that that's one down I've got plenty more bushes to get one
40:11so
40:18Fred's called in dial restorer Cindy Welland to bring the smile back to the clock's face so I've cleaned off
40:26the numerals so I'm starting to repaint but it's really really tricky to paint onto a shiny metal surface
40:35because the paint will have a tendency to puddle rather than flow together so by painting the
40:42the lines on the outside first it gives the paint the paint a boundary because once it dries then it
40:49contains it and I can puddle puddle the paint in a little bit more easily I'm going to finish the
40:54rest of
40:54the numerals and then I can add in all the minute markers as well
41:04it's so lovely having Fred in the barn he's an absolutely lovely lad
41:08very proud of him don't tell him that as much as I should do really
41:18Dean's repair of the long track speed skates is gathering pace
41:23having patched and repaired all the areas of black leather that needed doing I can now turn my attention
41:29to these torn eyelets now the friction against the leather of pulling the laces tight time after time
41:36has just torn through the leather what I'm going to do is split this seam here and that will allow
41:43me to
41:43get inside and really assess the damage if I apply too much force to open this it could cause irreversible
41:51damage now there is a temptation to just put some metal eyelets in these whole boots but I really
41:58think that would change the look I'm going to use a fabric tape it's nice and thin so it's not
42:05going to
42:05add unnecessary bulk should be quite invisible they should allow these skates to be laced up again and
42:12worn again and I now need to turn my attention and do the same process on the opposite side
42:22oh Fred that looks really heavy let me pop that there thank you it's a bit of a chip here
42:28right okay if you might be able to give me a hand this is this slate it is right slate
42:33can be quite
42:34difficult to repair so that it's invisible okay well absolutely do what I can thank you yeah
42:47it's nearly carnival time for the notting hill headpiece but first brendan has got to put it back
42:54together Rebecca has done a remarkable job of this decorative part of the headpiece
43:06there we go that's gone in there look at that great so I've got to sew the cloth bit in
43:13position
43:14so it can't move about it looks absolutely beautiful
43:25handcrafted by vernon williams a pioneer at the very first notting hill carnival this headpiece
43:32was one of hundreds he created to celebrate culture and history but over time the copper
43:39was crushed the fabric frayed and the embroidered details disappeared
43:48i need sunglasses spectacular isn't it wow returning to the barn to see if her father's masterpiece
43:57might be carnival ready once again simone
44:05hi hello hello nice to see you again thank you nice to see you both again how are you feeling
44:12nervous and slightly emotional um it means a lot to me it's my dad's legacy where did the nerves
44:18come from is that because i'm worried what you've done with it oh dear are you ready to take a
44:26look i am
44:26ready to take a look yeah oh wow oh wow wow god it looks so regal
44:45and you put all the pieces together oh it's beautiful
44:50quite emotional yeah yeah this is beautiful and you've kept all the colours and everything i love
44:57it 45 years old and still kicking oh i'm still kicking with the help of you brenton thank you
45:04i can't take all of the credit rebecca helped us with the fabric and did a fantastic job you did
45:10thank
45:10you so much you're welcome oh and this is brand new so this wasn't there before and you've just mimicked
45:18what he's done it complements it would you like to try it on why not i'll give it a go
45:29it fits you perfectly it goes with the jacket right yeah well that's your carnival outfit done
45:34we have all enjoyed having this in the barn we've all been talking about it and we'll definitely be
45:39keeping our eye out this carnival for genesis thank you so much resource to take away thank you i'll grab
45:45the door thanks thanks bye bye well done great job guys
46:03rebecca and brenton has smashed it they've just really honored the craftsmanship and it just feels
46:10like dad made it if my dad was here he would say in a trinny accent brenton and rebecca all
46:19you come
46:19and work for me that's what he would say
46:40while kirsten cleans up the clock case it's time for fred to get the mechanism ticking
46:47i'm now moving my attention to the pallets as this wheel spins round it hits the pallet stones
46:56which are attached to the pendulum that swings back from forwards that's what makes the ticking sound
47:02these stones are currently at the wrong angle they need to be completely perpendicular with the wheel
47:09like this but currently they're a bit all over the shop this is the reason why kelly has not heard
47:15that this clock tick at all going to be needing to straighten up the stones and they're held in
47:20with shellac i'm just going to heat up the shellac by putting them on this heat mat that's going to
47:25heat up the shellac so that it's soft enough for me to just pull out the stone
47:33i'm just going to remove all the old shellac from the pallets so that
47:36when i reset the stones i can just use fresh shellac
47:48now the pallets are nice and clean first thing i'm going to do when setting in
47:54the stones is put the shellac into the pallets
48:00i'm just going to pop that in here
48:03so it's really important for me to get the pallet stone to be perpendicular with the pallets
48:10if it's not perpendicular then it won't run correctly the difference between this being
48:16right and wrong is probably about a degree or two now i've got the pallet stones in the right place
48:22i'll put it in a movement and see how it engages with the escape wheel
48:28this bit's always quite nerve-wracking because
48:31a lot of hard work's gone into this i really hope it works
48:46so i'm really happy with how one of the stones is engaging the escape wheel the other one not so
48:51much they've got adjustments i'm going to use a two-part epoxy modeling material to fill this chip
49:07i really love slate as a material but i do shy away from working on it because it's a very
49:16soft material
49:17so with something like this i want to try and get it as flat as i can because i don't
49:24want to have
49:24to introduce any kind of abrasive sanding fabrics just because i'm concerned about causing damage to the
49:35surrounding area
49:39i've got a bit more smoothing and shaping to do but that edge is looking really nice and crisp now
49:48so
49:59dean's gliding towards the finish line with the long track speedscape restoration
50:05now i'm at a stage where i just need to buff the leather this is a really enjoyable stage
50:10it's where all the work kind of comes to life and that leather should get a lovely shine as i
50:15buff it
50:16over with a soft brush
50:21now these skates have had a storied history
50:25and now with these repairs and this preservation
50:29they can last well into the future now all there is to do is to lace them up and get
50:35them back to steve
50:36these long track speed skates kick-started an illustrious sporting career
50:41and a shared passion between a father and daughter but when they arrived they looked as if they had been
50:48left out in the cold with worn out leather and rusty blades
50:52then they look so good thank you well done now steve and frankie have returned to the barn
51:01hoping dean has been able to restore the skates to their winning ways
51:08hello welcome back thank you nice to see you how have you been since leaving the skates with us
51:13i think about most days actually winning that competition was a sort of pathway through the
51:18improvements i was making as a as an athlete in speed skating yeah are you both ready to take a
51:23look i'm really nervous i'm nervous as well nervous together
51:32wow whoa look at those
51:39that is super
51:43wow they they look absolutely fantastic
51:47you're fantastic where you you know the the the scuffs and the the the holes and everything
51:55the eyelets i'm shaking i'm actually shaking physically shaking oh yeah it's such a complete
52:03contrast to what they were i know how much he loves speed skating and i know how much these mean
52:09to him
52:09yeah and i think it's just it's phenomenal if he does freeze over again on the fence i'll take
52:17them with me and give them a give them another try it's been an absolute pleasure to work on them
52:21it
52:21really has well enjoy them thank you very much again thank you very well thank you thank you bye-bye
52:33it was just overwhelming to see what they've been able to to achieve to repair the skates
52:40i think especially since losing my mom the fact that skating keeps me and my dad
52:46more connected and i can look at these skates and it's kind of a signifier of
52:51kind of a bond we've created through skating
53:06now kirsten and cindy have returned the restored case and face of roy's clock
53:12fred is almost ready to complete the repair i'm really happy with that i've got the movement
53:19finally all together and it's ticking
53:24so i'm going to put everything back together this is one of my favorite parts of the job
53:29it's all looking real bright and shiny and there's a there's a sense of pride that i get
53:49i've got the majority of the clock back together now and i think it's looking really good
53:53i've had a little plaque made there's a bit of a tip of the cap to roy and i think
53:59it means that
53:59every time kelly looks at this clock she'll be reminded of her good friend roy
54:09silent for years chipped and with faded numerals this clock stands as a symbol of an unexpected
54:17yet treasured friendship and you've polished up the casework as well i don't need your fingerprints
54:23good work fred thank you kelly and sharon are returning hoping to hear the clock tick as it did in
54:32roy's
54:33here dude hi you two hi hello welcome back thank you how are you feeling it would be fantastic to
54:43see it
54:43working and hear it if it makes a sound yeah so i'm i am very excited i'm just like excited
54:52to see
54:52yeah what you've done we'd like to take a look yeah okay yeah fred
55:03wow it's different than his lovely
55:09black
55:09i was gonna put a black on in all the gold in the scratch hits
55:19it's cool and the chip
55:27it's amazing
55:30oh look at it
55:32i haven't got to pick all the specs of paint on
55:39you must have put some hours into this that's been a real team effort yeah it has
55:45kirsten's done a really good job on the chip and uh cindy's made the dial look amazing
55:49and lots of work from you fred as well yeah yeah i did i did a little bit do you
55:55want to see it
55:55working absolutely yes please okay
56:01gosh
56:05heartbeat of the clock
56:08that's like really reassuring and comforting tick it's a bit reassuring like dad was yeah yeah
56:17so it is almost like will you be sitting in my front room yeah that's lovely yeah it's lovely
56:22well it's all yours to take home now so we'll wrap it up and we'll get it sent off to
56:26you i am
56:27and we'll be forever grateful it's been an absolute pleasure thank you all of you all right thank you
56:40didn't realize and it was going to look so beautiful it was very emotional lots of different
56:45feels um but brilliant absolutely fabulous to have a constant reminder
56:51of the friendship that i had with roy and the time we've spent together is is absolutely wonderful
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