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Welcome to The Repair Shop,

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where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life...

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Anything can happen. This is the workshop of dreams.

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..home to furniture restorer Jay Blades.

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Nowadays, things are not built to last,

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so we've become part of this throwaway culture.

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It's all about preserving and restoring.

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We bring the old back to new.

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Working alongside Jay

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will be some of the country's leading craftspeople...

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I like making things with my hands.

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I love to see how things work and I want to know how things work.

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Whether it's a Rembrandt or somebody's family piece,

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every painting deserves the same.

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..each bringing their own unique set of skills.

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You're about to witness some magic.

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They will resurrect, revive...

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Oh, yes!

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..and rejuvenate treasured possessions

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and irreplaceable pieces of family history...

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Oh, my goodness me! It looks like it's new!

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..bringing both the objects...

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- SHE GASPS 
- Oh, wow!

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..and the memories that they hold back to life.

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Oh, thank you. Oh!

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In the Repair Shop today,

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clockmaker Steve Fletcher feels the pressure,

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as he gets to grips with a broken barometer.

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This is the bit that I haven't been looking forward to.

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When the glass breaks - if it does - it's a complete and utter disaster.

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While furniture restorer Will Kirk

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is entrusted with a pair of oars that could have a hidden past.

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Is it going away or is it staying? To me, it looks like it's...

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Hold on. You want to not rub too hard.

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First in today is Rachael Dickens,

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whose item has already been received

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by Jay and electronics expert Geoff Harvey.

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- Hello, how are we doing? You all right? 
- I'm Geoff.

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- Very nice to meet you. 
- Hi, Geoff. 
- Hi, there. 
- This must be yours then.

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- Yes, it is. 
- It's a pinball machine. OK. It's in bits then.

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Yes, so this bit's come off, but it's all there.

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I don't know if it can be repaired, but it would be great if it could.

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- OK.
- I got it in a junk shop in Margate. 
- OK.

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And I got it from a guy who said he'd bought loads from Dreamland.

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- So, Dreamland, remind me. 
- It's a big sort of arcade in Margate. 
- OK.

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So, I spent a lot of time in Margate on the arcades,

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- when I should have been doing my A levels! 
- OK.

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So, it does have a big nostalgic quality for me.

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- Did you pass the A levels? 
- I did. Only just!

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- So, that's all right, isn't it? 
- Yeah.

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Until now, Rachael from Herne Bay had managed to find an unusual use

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for her poorly pinball machine.

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So, here's my lovely pinball machine, now part of my kitchen.

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It's really good as part of the kitchen, with this glass on top.

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It's a nice cool surface, good for making pastry on, actually.

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It works really well and I love having it here,

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but the opportunity to get it fixed

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is one I'd happily take the kitchen apart.

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It's such a beautiful thing, it really should be restored.

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I feel bad that it's sitting here, not working.

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- How much did you pay for it? 
- I paid £150 for it, yeah. 
- Yeah.

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- So, it wasn't very much. 
- No.

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But it just so happened my mum, who died last June,

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had given me some money before she died in March,

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and I was out shopping for stuff and I was meant to be buying,

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- you know, sensible things. 
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- So, I saw the pinball machine

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and thought, "Well, I'm allowed to have it

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"because Mum's given me this extra money,"

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so, yeah, that's how I got to get it.

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So, it's precious for me, from that point of view.

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So, what do you reckon? Can you fix this?

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I'll have to have a little look at its innards.

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- Put my glasses on, makes me look more intelligent. 
- Why not?

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- Do you mind if I do a little operation? 
- No.

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- A little surgery, just to have a quick look. 
- Yes. 
- And inside... 
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- It all lifts up, you see. 
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Dusty and dirty. It looks all there to my professional eye.

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- So, it's a good one? 
- I like all this, in the shape of a...

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- Do they light up? 
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and go out as you hit them, your strikes.

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So, the main thing is, can it be fixed?

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A bit like Frankenstein's monster, once I've plugged in the electrics,

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- we can see. 
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I hope so as well, actually.

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- I tell you what, if you leave it with us... 
- OK, brilliant.

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- We'll get back to you. 
- Cheers, thank you. 
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- Very lovely to meet you and hope to see you soon. Bye-bye. 
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Pinball machines, in general, are just a beautiful, classic,

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iconic piece of our seaside history

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and I don't want it to be made brand-new,

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like I don't want new repro bits and pieces.

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I'd rather keep it as original as possible.

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But, yeah, I'm feeling a little bit nervous, but mostly excited.

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Geoff, what's the key thing you've got to do to get this running?

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Initially, basically, plug it in, get the back box all plugged in,

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- put it in the mains and see what goes. 
- Yeah.

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- Then we can see how ill the patient is. 
- OK. 
- All right.

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First step, sort the legs out as well, but, yeah...

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- What, the legs from wobbling like that? 
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So, they've cut them down a bit to make it flat,

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cos it was being used as a table,

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- so I need to put new legs and reseat all these, where they fit. 
- Ah, yeah.

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That will make it look more like a pinball machine, so...

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- OK, so we've got to get this over to your bench then. 
- Yes, please.

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- Come on then. 
- Are you feeling strong? 
- It's not that heavy, is it?

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- It's not too bad. 
- It's not too bad! 
- It's character-building.

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Let's have a... Oh, that's not too bad.

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All looks there. Reasonably clean and tidy, a bit dusty.

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But the thing I am worried about is this motor here,

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which look a little bit burnt-out.

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That's the only thing that would be difficult

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cos that's the heart of the machine. It does all the controlling.

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Geoff's first task is to install new legs,

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which need to be longer at one end of the machine.

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This will create a tilt,

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which is needed for the ball to naturally roll towards the player.

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Rachael had it flat, as a piece of furniture.

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This is how God intended it, if God was going to make a pinball machine.

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Hopefully, this darling will live to play again. I very much hope so.

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From treasured toys in need of emergency surgery

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to ceramics that have seen better days,

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our experts in the Repair Shop are determined

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to put the pieces back together.

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Next to arrive is Ash Phelps from East Sussex,

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with a much-loved family heirloom.

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- Hello. 
- Hello. 
- Hello. 
- How are you? 
- Very good, how are you?

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- I'm good, thank you. 
- What have we got here then?

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We've got a barometer in here.

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He's hoping horologist Steve Fletcher will be able

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to turn his hand to this antique weather instrument.

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So, I inherited this from my grandparents.

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It's the one item I've got that really symbolises them

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and the relationship I had with them.

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But for as long as myself and my mum remember,

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- it's not been working. See, it always points to "Changeable". 
- Yeah.

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Which I guess isn't far from the truth in the UK.

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- Maybe it IS working, I don't know, but... 
- Yeah!

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- Steve, this is one for you. 
- Yeah. 
- What do you reckon?

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I think it's sort of 1920s, '30s.

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More often than not, the mechanism is just seized up,

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so that's completely seized up,

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so if that's anything like the mechanism,

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maybe that is the reason why it's stopped.

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Leave it with me and I will do my best to get it working.

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- Thank you very much. 
- Thank you. 
- Take care.

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'Even though it hasn't been working all these years,'

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it's still a really important piece for me.

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I was very close to my grandparents

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and it's nice to have that to remember them by.

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- Have you worked on one before? 
- Yeah, loads of times.

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- There you go. I trust you. It's all you then. 
- OK. 
- See you in a bit.

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Early barometers from the 18th century

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were symbols of affluence

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and must-have items for the aristocracy.

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Aneroid barometers, like Ash's, were invented in 1840.

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They used a series of springs, chains and dials

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attached to a vacuum and were a cheaper and safer alternative

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to their predecessors that had used expensive and highly toxic mercury.

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Everything looks as if it's working. It's not seized up.

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I've got to check and see whether the movement is working

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under pressure or not.

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And Steve has a low-tech trick

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to test whether it's the barometer's actual mechanism that's faulty.

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I've put it into this bag so that I can force some pressure

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onto the mechanism and see whether there's any movement in the hand.

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What I'm actually doing is replicating

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an increase in atmospheric pressure.

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You can see there is some movement there if I put some pressure on.

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It still doesn't explain

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exactly why the hand has stayed still for decades.

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Even though the mechanism seems to be working,

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fastidious Steve is going to strip it down

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and clean it thoroughly, just to make sure.

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More difficult is going to be getting the setting nut moving.

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This is really, really seized up and that worries me to death,

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moving that, because they just break,

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and that happens all the time.

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At the Repair Shop,

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the team has the tools and the talent

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to deal with any restoration challenge,

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no matter how big, how small, how old or how new.

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Geoff's task today is to revive a retro gaming machine,

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but sometimes, even a pinball wizard needs a helping hand.

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- Will, just the man I want to see. 
- How can I help?

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- It's your woodworking skills I'd appreciate, actually. 
- Ah, my skills.

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- Your skills, which I know you have and I definitely haven't. 
- Right.

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Basically, the back box sits on top of here,

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but when they turned it into a piece of furniture,

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they removed a little wooden plinth which it sits on.

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So, basically, I'm after a simple wooden construction around here.

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- I'll make a deal with you. 
- Yeah. 
- Deal is, if I make that for you...

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- Yeah. 
- ..I am the first person to play on this when it's fixed.

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I'll have to have some test games on it to see if it works,

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- but you can have the first proper game. 
- I mean in the workshop,

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cos I know Jay loves getting in there.

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I'm going to avoid him. He's not allowed to go near it.

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- I have first go. 
- You'll have the first proper game.

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Really helpful he's doing that.

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Nice sense of comradeship here, which is good.

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That's nice. There we go, like that. Oh, that's gorgeous!

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- Oh, that's absolutely mwah! 
- Yeah? 
- Beautiful!

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That's the most beautiful thing I've seen

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- since I looked in the mirror this morning. 
- Ah!

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- Done. 
- You are a genius, officially, thank you. Brilliant.

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- Right, I'll see you for that first round. 
- Yeah, absolutely. Before Jay.

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- Beautiful. 
- Jay's not allowed on.

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I suppose my fascination with all things pinball since I was 13,

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and it's become something's that part of my life

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and something that is both something practical and real

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and there's nothing like a first game

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on a machine that hasn't worked for years.

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It's actually incredibly exciting.

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Even after 50 years, I still love it.

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So, I'm going to plug this in. It might go bang, it might not.

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Who knows what will happen?

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Right, power and a plug.

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Ooh, that's good. Motor works. Ah, beautiful. That is very good news.

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I'm a happy little bunny.

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MOTOR WHIRRS

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That sounds cool. So, it's good, it's working then?

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- It's on its way to working. It's... 
- On its way? Look, it's got lights!

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What does it need to happen now?

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Lots of making things work properly,

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- cos all we've got is that there's power, the motor works. 
- Yeah.

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Then start stripping it all down to make it look beautiful

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- and play well. 
- I'll leave you alone. 
- Thank you very much.

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- All right, no problem. 
- Let's see what happens.

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MACHINE WHIRRS AND CLICKS

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Oh, there are some problems which will take a bit of sorting out.

230
00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,040
Somewhere something's wrong.

231
00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:18,680
Unfortunately, the discovery of a power failure has no quick fix,

232
00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:21,720
and with the machine teeming with wires and connections,

233
00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,360
it could leave Geoff

234
00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,840
- with up to a mile's worth of cabling to check. 
- Hmm...

235
00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,080
The Repair Shop experts are accustomed to receiving objects

236
00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,520
in all sorts of wonderful shapes and sizes.

237
00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,400
The next is no exception,

238
00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,120
and it's accompanied by Caroline Frances and her daughter Jo.

239
00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:48,840
Wow, now, that is nice! So, what's the history behind all of this?

240
00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:53,760
- My dad, Mum's husband, was a rower. 
- Yes. 
- That's him - J Nicholl.

241
00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,400
He rowed for Queens' College, Cambridge,

242
00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,240
and he was in the college first boat. It was the first time ever

243
00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,640
- that Queens' College had won the Marlow Regatta. 
- OK.

244
00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,520
Afterwards, they're presented with these oars

245
00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,080
- and we've had them ever since, haven't we? 
- Yes.

246
00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,600
So, where's your husband now? Where's Dad now?

247
00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:16,080
- Well, unfortunately, he was ill and he died when he was 48. 
- 48?

248
00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,520
So, how old was he when he was in these races then?

249
00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,600
Well, university age.

250
00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,240
But the really interesting thing about the fact he was a rower

251
00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,960
- is that he was disabled. 
- He was disabled? 
- Yeah.

252
00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,960
They found that he'd got a kind of muscular atrophy,

253
00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:36,160
- so his hands were slightly clenched, like that. 
- Closed.

254
00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,280
- Yeah. 
- Couldn't straighten his fingers out himself. 
- OK.

255
00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,520
- But he could do the rowing. 
- So, he was in an able-bodied boat? 
- Yes.

256
00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,480
- Yeah, he was a normal rower.
- That's an achievement, isn't it? 
- Yeah.

257
00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,640
- It was wonderful for him that he could do the rowing. 
- Yeah.

258
00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,920
What can we do for you with regards to restoring them?

259
00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,760
- Cos, obviously, that's the part of history that you do not want... 
- No.

260
00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:58,760
- No, not that. 
- You don't want that touched at all.

261
00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:04,160
- We're about to take some sandpaper. 
- You can see from the shafts...

262
00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,000
I don't know if you call them that on oars. I don't know what this is

263
00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,440
that's on here, but that's obviously aged quite a lot.

264
00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,680
- WILL: 
- It's almost as if something's dripped on there

265
00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:13,600
and something's reacted at some point.

266
00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,240
- Then, as you turn the oars over, on the back of the blades. 
- OK, yeah.

267
00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,400
We can definitely get rid of the peeling

268
00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,520
and looks like contaminated polish,

269
00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,640
- but definitely not touch anything on here. 
- No.

270
00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,640
But what I will do is do something with the other side of the blade.

271
00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,200
- The back of it. 
- Definitely, yeah.

272
00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,640
- CAROLINE:
- It will be lovely to be able to pass them on

273
00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,920
in good condition to the grandchildren.

274
00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,880
And they'll be like they were when they were presented to my dad

275
00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,040
- in the first place. 
- Right. So, if you leave these with us, OK? 
- Yep.

276
00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,640
- Yes. 
- OK. 
- Brilliant. Thank you very much. Thank you.

277
00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,360
We've always been really proud of my dad,

278
00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,080
knowing that he did this great thing when he was younger.

279
00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:51,600
They are him, really, for us.

280
00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,720
That's our main thing we've got of him that's carried on with us

281
00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,400
through the years and it'll carry on for grandchildren as well.

282
00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,800
So, out of all the things that have come in,

283
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,360
this one's got strict instructions not to touch that end.

284
00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,960
- Not to touch that end. 
- Simply because that's part of history.

285
00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,080
- Yeah, exactly. 
- Apart from the backside of it.

286
00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:13,360
- You can touch the back, but not the front. 
- Not even look at the front.

287
00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,240
- Let's not even look at the front. 
- No, you can't look at the front.

288
00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,320
It's just this bit and then you've got to turn it over and that's it.

289
00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,840
- I'll take this one. 
- You leave me to take everything.

290
00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,160
That's correct, but this is a bit of history,

291
00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:25,640
so I'm going to help you out here.

292
00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,480
- All right, you take that, I'll take this one. 
- OK.

293
00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,920
Look at that! It's longer than the bench.

294
00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,720
Before Will embarks on the oars' refurbishment,

295
00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,880
he makes a closer inspection.

296
00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:42,280
I'm just having an overall look at the oars.

297
00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,760
I can see how the varnish and the polish on the surface

298
00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,120
has reacted with something at some point.

299
00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,120
If you don't clean the surface off before you polish it,

300
00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,520
you can have all sorts of problems with reactions and everything else,

301
00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,240
so I think that is what's happened here.

302
00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,960
There are areas like here, where...

303
00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,680
You can't really see it too well right now,

304
00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,120
but I presume that's maybe a maker's mark,

305
00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,720
so I wouldn't want to lose any of that detail.

306
00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:16,200
Across the Repair Shop, Pinball Geoff has almost finished.

307
00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,280
So, what you going to do now?

308
00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,440
- You going to change all of this or is it...? 
- No, just give it a clean.

309
00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,760
Everything comes off, a nice big polish,

310
00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,800
and just the deluxe edition will be I've put flashing lights

311
00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,480
in the title strip as well, like they used to do in the '70s.

312
00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,840
The owner, Rachael, had purchased the rundown machine

313
00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,360
with money gifted from her mother, who died last year.

314
00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,800
Having been relegated to a surface for rolling pastry,

315
00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,920
it's now close to springing back to life.

316
00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,000
- So, once you've got it all up and running... 
- Mm.

317
00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,520
- I know I've got to get a go on this, haven't I? 
- At some point.

318
00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,040
- At some point? 
- Well... 
- Who's on first then? You?

319
00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,000
- Oh, that is a secret. 
- It's you, isn't it?

320
00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,600
I'll be doing some test games,

321
00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:58,560
- but the first public performance has already been promised. 
- To who?

322
00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,320
- Ooh, I'll have to kill you if I told you. 
- Oh, is it? All right.

323
00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,760
- Have you finally finished? 
- Yeah. 
- Right.

324
00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,000
There we go. There was a bit of a ding, wasn't it?

325
00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,800
- Oh! 
- Oh, I forgot to use the other one.

326
00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,680
I thought it was one button for both... OK, wait, OK. Hold on.

327
00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,800
- All right? 
- Oh, always having to compare to me!

328
00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:38,320
What? Oh, shocking! Shocking!

329
00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,000
Shocking! Ooh, ooh. Way!

330
00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,400
- Right through the machine. 
- ALL: Oh!

331
00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,720
At least I got 200. Is it working then? That's the main thing.

332
00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,880
Yeah, absolutely. A few little tweaks but, yeah, absolutely.

333
00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,600
And given how it arrived, luck has been on my side.

334
00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,680
And also, the machine sort of responded well to treatment.

335
00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,240
Not all patients do, but I can't wait to see her set up

336
00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,000
in the family home and not being used as a kitchen table.

337
00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,200
- THEY LAUGH 
- Well done, Geoff.

338
00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:10,280
Having successfully powered up the pinball machine,

339
00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,480
it's time for Geoff to return it to Rachael's kitchen,

340
00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,760
where it will no longer be limited to pastry duties.

341
00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,680
- Hello, Rachael, how are you? 
- Hiya. How nice to see you again.

342
00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,240
- Lovely to see you too. 
- Hi. 
- Take a look.

343
00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,760
You pull that blanket and I'll pull this one. One, two, three.

344
00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:33,760
Wow! The colour's come out so much better.

345
00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,600
- It's never had lights on before. 
- It looks lovely. 
- It looks gorgeous.

346
00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,840
And I've put proper flashing lights in it,

347
00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,680
as it would have had in the '70s, which I had some left, luckily.

348
00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,720
- It looks wonderful! 
- And if you press the magic button...

349
00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,840
THE MACHINE'S SOUND EFFECTS BEGIN

350
00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,320
Oh, wow! Oh, wow!

351
00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,840
- SHE LAUGHS 
- Hey.

352
00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,360
The sounds when I first played it, really nostalgic,

353
00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:59,920
really reminded me of arcades when I was a kid and it was beautiful.

354
00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,520
It's a beautiful, beautiful thing, and he's done such a good job.

355
00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,400
It looks amazing. I love it!

356
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,440
I don't know what to say, Geoff. I'm so pleased. Thank you so much!

357
00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,560
I really didn't know that it was going to come back

358
00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,360
so beautiful, as it has. It's really, really nice.

359
00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,040
It's really quite moving, actually.

360
00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,040
I'm really pleased with the way it came out.

361
00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,880
- It's lovely, yeah. It's a lovely machine. 
- Are you a bit emotional?

362
00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,120
I know. I love pinball machines, I really do!

363
00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,000
I'm surprised at how moved I am, really,

364
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,160
but it's the last thing that my mum gave me, this pinball machine.

365
00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:34,440
It's lovely, and I'll always remember. And it's such a fun thing.

366
00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,760
She would have loved it. It's beautiful.

367
00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:49,000
Back in the Repair Shop, Will is starting to cautiously clean

368
00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,760
a test area on the 70-year-old Cambridge oars.

369
00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,800
Awfully quiet. That must mean you're concentrating quite a lot.

370
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,560
Yeah, I was just trying to clean out my ears, Jay.

371
00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,120
- Well done. 
- Filthy ears, mate. 
- THEY LAUGH

372
00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:08,080
- How are you getting on? 
- Not too bad. I have cleaned this patch here.

373
00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,480
Come on!

374
00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,120
That's the original surface, but not right back down to the wood.

375
00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:16,200
- OK, right. 
- I don't know if you can see the writing here.

376
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,800
- I think that writing is on top of the wood. 
- But isn't this quite...?

377
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,040
It's quite dangerous, in a way,

378
00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,360
if you go to clean it and it all comes off.

379
00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:28,280
So, I've cleaned that with a cotton wool bud and some meths.

380
00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,680
I'm going to do the same thing really lightly

381
00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:35,040
- on maybe the letter "G"... 
- Yeah. 
- ..and see if that cleans up well.

382
00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,960
- Go on then, let's stop talking about it and see you do it. 
- What?

383
00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,000
- With you watching me? 
- Yeah, course, man!

384
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,080
- I'm going to put the pressure on you. 
- So...letter "G".

385
00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,520
- Yes, please. 
- OK. 
- Go on, go on!

386
00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,720
Is it going away or is staying? To me, it looks like it's...

387
00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:58,840
Hold on. You want to not rub too hard.

388
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:03,160
That's staying, that's staying. Phew! That's staying!

389
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,720
- Now we can breathe, eh? 
- Yeah. 
- We're all done.

390
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,080
So, this stuff here what's crackling up, it's not on top of that.

391
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,000
- This cracking stuff is right at the top. 
- Yeah.

392
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,960
So, I think I can take this off, like I just did there.

393
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,480
You're not going to do that with a cotton bud though, are you?

394
00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,800
- No, no, no. 
- Come on, man. 
- I'd be there for months!

395
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,600
I'd probably use some soft wire wool, really soft steel wool.

396
00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,840
- Take all that off. 
- Yeah.

397
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,640
They've got a lot of history, haven't they?

398
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,920
A lot of history and a lot of cleaning.

399
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,640
MUSIC: Intro to Rule Britannia

400
00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,080
Caroline's husband was presented with these prized oars

401
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,000
for his exceptional record in the Eights Challenge Cup

402
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,360
at Marlow Regatta in 1948 and 1950.

403
00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,800
The fact that he was diagnosed with a muscle-wasting illness,

404
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,840
affecting both his legs and arms,

405
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,880
makes his achievements even more remarkable.

406
00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,320
Woo-hoo! That looks good, doesn't it? What's all this then?

407
00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,360
So much more information. What have we got here?

408
00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:06,040
- "1938". 
- Yeah, the 1938 Henley Regatta.

409
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,640
- Oh! 
- So, there's actually more history to these... 
- Yeah, there is.

410
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,360
..than just the races that...

411
00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:14,600
- Well, you've unearthed more history just by cleaning it. 
- There you go.

412
00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,120
What else have you got to do now? What's next?

413
00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:21,120
I think the best thing to do would be remove any loose pieces of paint

414
00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:24,280
- on the back of this blade.
- Because that is still flaking off.

415
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:25,960
Cos you keep touching it.

416
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,000
Stop touching it and it won't carry on flaking off!

417
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,560
They're going to touch it! It's their oar, their blade!

418
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,120
- They're going to touch it. 
- OK. Stop touching it.

419
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,640
You're going to make sure it doesn't peel off. Cos look at it.

420
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,280
It's just been turned over, look at all these bits coming off.

421
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,840
- We've only been here two minutes. 
- Because you keep touching it.

422
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,480
How about you stop touching it and I'll start painting it?

423
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,080
- All right. I'll leave you to it. 
- Thanks, Jay.

424
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,800
I'm just trying to mix up the paint by eye.

425
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:57,360
So, I think the colour I'm going for is sort of a British racing green,

426
00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:59,480
sort of like a frog green.

427
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,320
I think it's just a case of making it a tiny bit lighter.

428
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,360
Then I should have that frog, racing car green I need.

429
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,240
So far, so good.

430
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,000
In the fight against disposable culture,

431
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,520
the Repair Shop experts are using their skills

432
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,040
to breathe new life into the nation's neglected possessions...

433
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,800
..and for Steve, it's make and hopefully not break

434
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,680
for the barometer that was left to owner Ash

435
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,960
by his loving grandparents.

436
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,600
This hand has not worked for years.

437
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,400
This is the bit that I haven't been looking forward to,

438
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,000
just in case it goes terribly wrong and the glass breaks.

439
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,760
And if it does, it's a complete and utter disaster.

440
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,680
- How we doing, Steve? 
- I hope I can release this OK.

441
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,040
Ooh, I thought there would be a screw on the back.

442
00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,920
No, no, it's just riveted over there.

443
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,800
So, basically, trying to get that out, you might break the glass.

444
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,720
You don't like to say it, but I know you might break the glass, isn't it?

445
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,920
There is an outside possibility. Keep my fingers crossed.

446
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,440
- I'm sure you will. 
- I will do, I will do. 
- Thank you.

447
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,520
Let's have a go.

448
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,800
Put a bit more force in.

449
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,600
It is really, really stuck, very, very fast.

450
00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:31,880
I'm actually just going to put a little bit of oil on there.

451
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,480
Oh, it is moving.

452
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,640
Oh, thank goodness for that! That's easing up beautifully.

453
00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:47,040
So, problem solved.

454
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,240
Good. Very, very happy.

455
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,160
With the hand loosened and the mechanism checked,

456
00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,840
Steve can now reassemble the barometer,

457
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,720
just in time for Ash's return.

458
00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,280
- Nice to see you again, Steve. 
- You too. 
- How are you? 
- How are you?

459
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,160
- I'm good, thank you. 
- Looking forward to seeing the barometer?

460
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,560
- Very, very excited. It's all I've been thinking about. 
- Really?

461
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,680
Yeah, really excited to see what you've done to it.

462
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,200
- There we go. 
- Oh, wow, fantastic!

463
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,440
The mechanism, I took out, I cleaned it through,

464
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:19,160
gave it a good service, and that wasn't causing it to not work.

465
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,760
- Right. 
- What actually was causing the problem

466
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:27,200
- was that the dial was tight against the hand. 
- OK.

467
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,920
- So, I've released that and it's working fine. 
- Fantastic.

468
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,000
Knowing it's working again,

469
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,880
I'm overjoyed to have seen it working. Amazing!

470
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,840
My grandparents would be very proud of this, so I'm sure,

471
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,640
- if they were here today, they'd say thanks as well. 
- Ah, bless.

472
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,000
Thank you. You've done a fantastic job.

473
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,560
It is like having a piece of them there at all times.

474
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,200
Every time I see it, it reminds me of them and the good times I had,

475
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,440
so to have it now, on the wall and working, it's going to be great.

476
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,200
Having meticulously hand-painted the back of the oar blades

477
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,400
with his very own bespoke frog green,

478
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,280
Will has just enough time to add the finishing touches.

479
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,840
- I think you've surpassed yourself, actually, son. 
- Really? 
- Well done.

480
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,240
No, you have surpassed yourself on this one.

481
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,800
Shipshape and Repair Shop fashion,

482
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,480
the oars are ready to be returned to Jo and Caroline.

483
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,280
- Hello, how are we doing? 
- Fine, thank you. Very excited! 
- Hi.

484
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,640
- WILL: 
- You had a serious look on your face when you walked in, thinking,

485
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,800
- "My oars better be underneath there." 
- Hi. 
- Nice to see you again.

486
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:46,480
- Ah! 
- Oh!

487
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,840
- Oh, that's lovely. 
- Beautiful!

488
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,600
- That's how I remember them from when I was younger. 
- WILL: 
- Really?

489
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,920
- Yeah. 
- Beautiful.

490
00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,960
- Yeah, spot the difference. 
- Really lovely. 
- Yeah.

491
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,920
- WILL: 
- As I was cleaning... 
- CAROLINE: 
- Oh, wording.

492
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,680
- WILL: 
- You can see everything that's been written here. 
- Oh, wow!

493
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,440
So, we've got the Henley Regatta, 1938, on there.

494
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,240
That's lovely and it's wonderful that it's come up clearly

495
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,840
- and you can actually read it now. 
- WILL: 
- Exactly.

496
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,920
- CAROLINE: 
- It's really good. 
- WILL: 
- I'm pleased that you're pleased.

497
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,120
So, what are you going to do with these now?

498
00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,680
They'll be up on the wall for everybody to look at

499
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,000
- and actually really cherish. 
- So, we best get these wrapped up,

500
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,680
- cos you can't put them on your pushbike, can you? 
- Not really, no.

501
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,680
- No. 
- We'll get them shipped over to you. 
- Lovely, thank you. 
- Thank you.

502
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,120
Really nice to meet you.

503
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:36,880
Thank you for everything you've done.

504
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,800
When they were uncovered, it really brought back to me

505
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,440
how important they had been to my husband

506
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,440
and how important my husband had been to me.

507
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:51,520
And it's just wonderful to see these brought back to their former glory.

508
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,720
It just makes me feel really excited that we can take them back home,

509
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,240
put them up on display and they're like they were

510
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,960
when I was younger and when my dad was alive.

511
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,440
You was worried about this one really, weren't you?

512
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,520
I think, out of nearly all of the jobs that I've worked on here,

513
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,560
I was really worried about this.

514
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,840
Risk losing the writing underneath,

515
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,880
all of the races and everything else.

516
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,960
- Well done. 
- Cheers, mate. 
- All right.

517
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,120
There will be more incredible transformations

518
00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,480
at the hands of our experts next time in The Repair Shop,

519
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,080
where treasured items are brought back to life.
