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BIRDSONG

In The Repair Shop today...

- This work is very, very fine.

- ..with craft so detailed...

- If my teardrops are 0.1 of a mil too
big,

they won't fit in here.

- ..the experts need to keep their
eyes on the ball.

- Look at that!
- Oh!
- See?

Luckily, I've got the reflexes of a
cat.

- That was quick. You must have been a
goalie.

- No, I played basketball.
- Ah, OK.

- BIRDSONG

First to arrive at the barn is Hattie
Smith,

along with her mum, Jane.

They've brought a prized possession in
need of attention

from ceramics expert Kirsten Ramsay.

- Hello!
- Hello.
- Hello.

- Take a seat.

- Oh, thank you.

And at cushion, as well!
- Ah!

- That's luxury.
- It is luxury, isn't it?

So, what have you brought in for us,
then?

- It's actually a bowl made by Mum.

- And is that what you do, you used
to...?

- I used to... Well, from the age of
50, I was a potter.

- Why did you become a potter?

- Well, I was a painter and decorator
with a friend in Keswick.

- Right.
- We were brilliant wallpaperers.

- JAY LAUGHS

- And then the local paper had this
advertisement

about Carlisle Art College wanting
older students.

And whoopee, I went!

- THEY LAUGH

- I did a foundation course, you know,
through all the departments.

And I got to the clay and I never got
out.

- Oh, how lovely!
- Stayed there.
- THEY LAUGH

- It was wonderful. Really wonderful.

- Let's have a look at it. Oh, it's in
pieces.

- Is it possible to take it out?
- Absolutely.

- Thank you. Gosh! Beautiful!

So we've got a porcelain bowl with an
incised decoration?

- Yeah.
- Yeah. Lovely.
- Yeah.

- Gosh! That is absolutely beautiful!

Even broken, I think it's beautiful.

- THEY LAUGH

- I always sold very, very well,

and that was what supported me and
Hattie.

- Yeah.
- I made my front room into a
workshop.

- The kiln room was at the back of the
house

and the workshop was at the front of
the house,

and we kind of lived in the middle of
it.

- That's quite cool.
- Yeah.

- So, what year was this made?

- Early '80s.
- Early '80s, yeah.

- And then, how did it get broken?

- So that was my fault.
- OK.

- So, um...I was caring for Mum,

she wasn't so well and I was cooking
meals for her.

And unfortunately, a jar fell into it
from the shelf above

and it exploded.

- I tried to say, "Oh, well, it's just
one of those things",

but I think you realised how I was
upset.

It really was one of the very first
ones that I did.
- Was it?

- Well, I'd been sort of known for
making bowls

with fish designs on them.
- Yeah?

- And I did lots of them, but this was
the best one.

And it was a lovely shape, wasn't it,
Hattie?
- Yeah, yeah.

It's a very important bowl.
- Very important.

- You know, you can see, actually,

I didn't use conventional tools,
really, at all.
- No.

- My favourite tools were a broken
penknife.

That was just perfect for...
- Oh, wow!

- ..a sort of delicate line.

And the eyes were always penned.

The other end.
- Yeah.

It's really, really beautiful.

- Why have you not got it fixed?

- Normally, I would have done it
myself,

but I can't do close, careful work any
more.

- Right.
- I think this is probably the first
time we've ever had the maker,

you're going to repair for the maker.
Is that correct?

- Yes, I think so.
- So the maker's actually going to see
it.

- I feel privileged.

- So do I.

- THEY LAUGH

- Well, leave it with us, and, um...

..we'll let you know when Kirsten's
worked on it.

- I can't wait. I'm really looking
forward to this one. Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

Thank you, both of you.

- You're more than welcome. You take
care now.

- Lovely to meet you.
- Bye.
- Bye-bye.

- BIRDSONG

- I'm so excited to work on this
fishbowl.

I think it's absolutely beautiful.

Initially, I'm just going to see

whether Hattie managed to collect all
of the pieces.

It's a bit of a puzzle, but I've got
this lovely decoration

that's helping me to work out where
the pieces actually go.

Because this bowl is made of
porcelain,

the breakages are quite smooth.

And instead of the pieces locking
together,

they tend to slide around, a little
bit like a slippery fish.

I think it's probably mostly there.

I'm going to steam-clean,
methodically, all of these edges,

and then I get to the really lovely
stage,

where I start to bring the bowl back
together again.

- BIRDSONG

Next into the barn is Liz Gamblin from
Oxfordshire,

with a family treasure that's come off
the rails.

- Hi!
- Hi! Are you OK?

- Yes, thank you.
- Good! What have you brought along?

- I've brought a little silver train.

- Amazing. Come inside. I'll get the
door for you.

- Thank you.

- Brenton, look at this!

- I'll take it out.

- Wow! Silver train. It's a very small
silver train.

- It's very small.

- There's not two more wheels in the
box?

- No, I'm afraid, sadly not, no.

- So, what is this?

- Well, it is a Jewish artefact

and a spice box.

So the front comes off there...
- OK.

- ..and you put spices inside,

cloves, or things that smell nice,

and it allows the scent to perfume the
air.

- What a beautiful little thing.

- It's part of a set,

and it's something that you use at the
end of Shabbat.

Shabbat is Jewish Sabbath.

And there should be three things here.

This little train with spices in it...
- OK.

- ..a little candle,

and there should also be some kind of
a cup for holding wine in.

And you say some special words

over the wine and the candle and the
sweet smell,

and that will last those good feelings

into the next week, until the next
Shabbat.

- Have you learned all of this from
family traditions?

- No. I'm not practising Jewish, my
family isn't practising Jewish.

My mum told me the family's story was

that when you put the spices in,

you put it on the table when you're
having a meal with friends

and it's supposed to sweeten the
conversation.

- Where on earth did you get it from?

- It belonged to my great-grandfather.

His name was Moritz Gruenwald.

And he probably bought it in around
the 1880s.

He was Chief Rabbi of Bulgaria.

He very sadly got ill and died.

My granny would have been about four
when her father died.

- How did the train end up in the UK?

- In 1939, my granny and my grandpa
and my mum were living in Vienna.

But after Hitler's invasion of
Austria, they had to leave.

So they came to England as refugees.

- So, just had to go?
- They had to leave.

They were allowed to bring clothes,
and that's it.

But somehow, this little train, my
granny must...

- Your granny sneaked it somewhere.

- ..have managed to smuggle it
through.

It was all she had from her father.

- How much that must have meant to
her,

to actually think, "No, I'm taking
this".

It just says a lot, doesn't it?
- It is amazing.
- Yeah.

- And there's something about holding
an object

that you know has belonged to other
people who are important to you.

- And they've held it as well.
- And they've held it as well.

It's a really important link for me.

It's a link to my granny and to her
father.

It's a sense of giving you

an idea of where you've come from.

It's, you know, it's quite an
important line for me.

- So, what are you hoping Brenton is
able to do?

- I'm hoping that it could have four
wheels.

- At least four wheels.
- Yes.
- Yeah!

- And perhaps a little bit of TLC.

So it's a bit dirty.
- OK.

- The chimneys, are they supposed to
be that angle?

- I...I think probably not.

- Will you actually use it if
Brenton's able to fix it?

- Oh, I think I would. You know,
why...why shouldn't I use it

to sweeten the conversation? Yeah,
definitely

I think that would be lovely.

- It's been an absolute pleasure
meeting you.

And I promise you, your little train
is in safe hands.

- Thank you very much indeed.
- Thank you for bringing it.

- Thank you.
- Bye.
- See you later.

That looks so fragile.
- It is so small.

- I can't wait to see the wheels you
make.
- OK.
- Love it!

- This work is very, very fine.

The train is made using the filigree
technique,

which is very, very, very thin strips
of silver

which are bent into shape.

It's a technique used a lot in
jewellery.

The rear wheels are missing
completely.

So I've got to fabricate these wheels

from these little tiny bits of silver,

and, er...I've never done that before.

So it's going to be really difficult.

I've got to make this undercarriage

which holds the axles and the wheels.

Cos this is broken on one side here,

and this end is completely missing.

So the axle just wouldn't attach.
There's nowhere for it to go.

I'm going to give it a good clean.

And by cleaning it, I get to know an
item a lot better.

- BIRDSONG

- The fishbowl has gone together
beautifully.

I've got one tiny sliver left to try
and fit in,

and I can then think about introducing
the adhesive.

With the very tiny pieces,

it's just not possible to try and get
tape on to that.

So I'm going to use a little bit of
wax

and see if I can get that in there.

I've got a heated spatula,

and I'm just going to pick up a little
bit of the melting wax

and transfer it on to this sliver,

and holding it in place while the wax
hardens.

The great thing with the wax is that
once you've

bonded all your pieces and they've
gone hard,

you can then just pick the wax off.

I now need to use my adhesive to bond
the bowl.

I'm just easing the adhesive along the
crack.

What I'm looking to see is that some
of that is drawn

down into the break line.

This probably doesn't look very
dramatic to anyone else,

but what I'm seeing is exactly my
dream.

The adhesive is being drawn down into
that crack,

and it just disappears before your
eyes.

It's very slow and it's very subtle,
but it's happening.

It's so satisfying.

Where I've got these areas of tape,

the adhesive will still get to those
areas under the tape.

I'm now just going to work my way
around all of these cracks

and fill each one with the adhesive.

- RAIN PELTS

- Quick!

- I'm confident that this adhesive is
cured,

and I can now handle the bowl.

The look of the bowl is really quite
satisfying.

The joins have disappeared
beautifully.

I can also hear that it's gone
together incredibly well.

If you tap it, it's got that lovely
ring to it.

And that, to me, indicates that all
the joins have bonded really well.

If there was one crack left that
hadn't been bonded correctly,

you wouldn't get that lovely ring.

Unfortunately, there is a piece
missing from the rim.

I'm going to take a mould from the
next fish along

and I'm going to use that and put a
colour fill into the mould.

I'm using an impression material,

and this will give a really amazing
amount of detail.

I'm just going to press it on...

..and overlap it slightly

so I've got that nice edge as well.

So I'm going to move that around.

For this missing section, I've mixed
up some epoxy resin

and I've bulked it with fumed silica.

I'm just gently supporting the back of
the mould.

And I'm just going for a cool fill
here

to mimic the porcelain body.

Once that's hardened, I can then

put the green glaze decoration over
the top,

and also work in that incised
decoration.

- Brothers Pete and Mick Howell are
next to arrive at the barn,

with an heirloom in need of Suzie's
saving hands.

- You all right?
- Yes.

- Oh!
- Look at that!

- THEY LAUGH

- See? Luckily, I've got the reflexes
of a cat.

- That was quick. You must've been a
goalie.

- No, I played basketball, that was
me.
- Oh, OK.

- So, this...is yours?

Where'd you get it from?
- It's out of my mum's loft.

- OK.
- So she passed a couple of years ago.

- Right.
- And my grandfather

was a football-maker back in the,
um...'40s and '50s.

- Did he make this?
- Did he make that one?
- Yeah.

- He did?!
- Yeah.
- Wow!

How did he get into making footballs,
then?

- The family was involved in
leather-work, boot-making.

There was more money in footballs than
boots,

so my grandad went that route.

- And in 1951, he demonstrated
football-making

at the Festival of Britain.

- Wow! They only had top people there.

It was just a celebration of people
just saying,

look, after the Second World War,
we're great.

We can do all this stuff. So he must
have been good.

- Yeah, I'd like to think so.

- But you can't beat a handmade
football.
- Oh, no, not at all.

- You can't beat that.
- No. That's the only thing we've got.

- That's it?
- Yeah.

Cos we thought we'd lost the only one.

- We went to play football,

the ball got kicked and it disappeared

into a lot of undergrowth.

Started again with another ball

and forgot all about it, went home.

- Right.
- We got home, and of course, me dad
and me mum...

- The old man went bananas.
- ..were not happy.
- Wow!

- And we all went up as a family,

searching through stinging nettles,
trying to find it.

And, um...we thought that that was
gone.

We didn't think there was another one.

- So, you thought you'd lost, like,
the family kind of football link?

- Yeah. And then we found this one in
my mum's loft.

- Wow! How did that feel when you saw
that?
- Yeah, that was great.

- Been living with the guilt for 50
years.

- THEY LAUGH

- And suddenly, everything's all
right.

- THEY LAUGH

- You know.
- Yeah.

- So, this is the last one?
- Yeah.

- There's no more linked to the
family?

- That's it.
- No. No.

- So, what was your grandad like?

- Very, very happy-go-lucky, very
smiley.

You know, just a general, all-round
good guy.
- Good guy.

- Was he a keen footballer himself?

- Funnily enough, we can't remember
him being into football at all.

- I think it was a trade.
- Yeah.

- "I'm going to work, I'm making
footballs."
- Yeah.

- So, what do you want Suzie to do to
this one, then?

- It'd be nice to, um...

..for it to be round again, wouldn't
it?

- THEY LAUGH

- Does it have a bladder in it?
- It's...

- Oh!
- ..got something in there.
- Ooh!

- It doesn't sound very healthy, does
it?

- Got that bad crease in it.
- Yeah.

So, you'd like me to get rid of
those...
- Yes, please.

- ..and try and make it look a little
bit like it used to?
- Yes, please.

- And who's going to be looking after
it?

- Well, that's true. We might have to
have a game.

- Have a game?
- Yeah.

- Winner takes all.

- Winner takes all!

- THEY LAUGH

- Well, leave it with us.

- Thank you so much.
- OK.
- Thank you very much.

- You guys take care now.
- Take care.
- Thank you.
- Bye-bye.

- This is great! The workmanship is
amazing.

Each one of these panels are
individually sewn into place.

It is like a jigsaw puzzle of leather.

I'm going to just start undoing this
lace

and having a look,

see what's going on.

Ooh!

That leather actually doesn't want to
move.

So whilst I'm really keen to have a
look inside,

I don't want to force anything here.

So I'm just going to start by cleaning
this

and getting this leather hydrated

and getting it a little bit more
malleable.

So I just need to go over the entire
ball very carefully.

And then, as things start to loosen
up,

I can have a peek and see what's going
on inside.

- BIRDSONG

- So I've prepared some silver

to make some new wheels for the little
train.

I'm just bending this round on my ring
pliers.

They've got a curved...inner face,

so it helps it to curve to the correct
curve.

So that's one ready for soldering.

Might as well do both of them while
I'm at it.

And basically, what you need to do is
just make sure the two faces

are meeting each other as close as
possible with no gaps,

so that when you solder it,

the solder hasn't got a huge gap to
try and fill.

This torch has the sweetest little
flame,

which is really, really hot and also
very controllable.

So it's fantastic for fine work.

I have got to be careful I don't melt
the silver.

That actually just did melt. I wasn't
concentrating.

That shows how hot this torch is.

I'll remake that first wheel,

but before that, I'll solder up the
second one.

Luckily, I've got lots and lots of
silver with me.

Try again.

Heating this more carefully this time.

The solder has just flowed into the
joint.

That is now a complete circle.

I've got to make nine teardrop-shaped
spokes

that fit inside my hoop.

If my teardrops are 0.1 of a mil too
big,

then by the time I've made nine,

that will be a millimetre, and they
won't fit in here.

This is easy getting eight in,

but is number nine going to be happy
to go in?

Perfect!

I'm really, really pleased with that.
Um...

Now I've just got to solder them in
position.

Spot-on! We've got one wheel done,

I've now got to make another one
exactly the same.

So I've got some circles of silver,
which I hope are matching

the circles on the original wheels.

I'm now going to hit this circle with
a...doming punch.

And what that does is it makes a dome,
which is similar to that.

I've now got to solder that in place,

and that wheel will be ready for its
axle.

There's nothing to attach the axle to.

I've got one little hoop left there.

So I need to make a new undercarriage
for this.

I've got the shape that matches

the original undercarriage.

I've now got to replicate that at the
other end of this piece of wire,

and then make a mirror image of that

to go on the other side to hold both
the axles.

I've got to get these accurate, or the
train will sit on an angle.

I'll heat it evenly

so that the solder flows along the
wires

and on to the floor of the train.

So I'll just let that cool down now,
but I'm so excited,

I just want to see what these wheels
are going to look like in place.

And they're going to look brilliant!

- Kirsten has also been successful in
replacing missing pieces.

The specialist filler in the fishbowl

has now set, and is really to be
coloured.

- I'm going to be using a cold-cure
acrylic medium

that's suitable for ceramics.

And I'm going to add to it some
powdered pigments.

And the aim is to try and blend it in

so that it looks like this green
glaze.

There's not a huge amount of painting
to be done on this,

but these final touches are just going
to make the difference.

There's something that feels really
lovely

about the bowl coming back together
again.

This was one of the first pieces that
Jane ever made,

and I cannot wait to see her reaction

seeing the bowl back together again.

- The bowl is a precious early example
of a style

that became a hallmark of Jane's work.

Today, she has returned, with daughter
Hattie.

- Hello, Jane!

Hi, Hattie. Come in.
- Hello.

- Lovely to see you.
- And you.

- And it's lovely to see you, Kirsten.
- Oh, thank you.

- I've been so looking forward to
this!

- KIRSTEN LAUGHS

- And Hattie...
- Really excited.
- ..how are you feeling?

- Yeah, I'm just, um...looking forward
to this moment

of having it whole again.

- Good.
- Absolve my guilt somewhat.

- THEY LAUGH

- It's really lovely for me to
actually work on something

that you made.
- Yeah.

- So that was quite special.
- Yeah.

- Would you like to see it?

- Yes, please.
- Yeah?
- Go ahead.

- All right, then.

- Oh! Oh!

- That's amazing!

- It looks just the way...just as it
should!

- That's absolutely amazing!
- Oh, fantastic, Kirsten!

You've mended all the bits at the end!

- It looks even better.
- Look!

Not a single chip!
- I know.

- It is a nice bowl, isn't it?

- It's a beautiful bowl.

- It feels absolutely wonderful to see
again.

I said I wasn't going to weep, and I'm
not going to weep,

but I am completely overwhelmed.
- Almost.

- I...honestly didn't think it would
look as good as this.

- No, I know. It's just incredible!

It is such a lovely bowl.

- It's been an important bowl in my
life.

- Well, it's back now.
- And it's back!

- THEY LAUGH

- It's an absolute pleasure to see you
both smiling. It's so lovely!

- It's wonderful!

Thank you, my dear, dear Kirsten!

Absolutely thrilled.

- That means such a lot.

I'm going to wrap this up for you now,

so that I can help you take it out to
the car.

- Thank you.
- Wonderful.
- OK.

OK?
- Yeah.
- Lovely.

- Out we go.

- It really feels amazing.

I never thought I would see it like
that.

- It's even more special.

- Yeah. Yeah.

It's even more special, that's the
thing.

The bowl will come home and it'll go
on the shelf.

- And we'll talk about it...
- And we'll talk about it a lot.

- We'll talk about it forever, won't
we?
- Yeah. Yeah.

- Suzie has thoroughly cleaned the
football,

ready to begin moisturising the
parched leather.

- The cleaning helps to open the pores
of the leather,

so that when you put a conditioner on,

it will be much better absorbed, deep
into the fibres.

This is a, um...a conditioner

that's very, very heavy, um...in
greases.

And the heat from my hand is melting
it,

which is helping it to go deep into
all those little nooks and crannies

that are in desperate need of being
hydrated.

My hope is that as it gets absorbed by
all those fibres,

it'll start getting that malleability
back into it,

where I can get my hands in here

and see what's going on with the
bladder

without risking any damage to the
leather outer.

- How are we doing, Suze?
- Yeah, all right, yeah.

Looks a bit different, doesn't it?
- A lot different.

- It feels so much better. I can
actually move this leather.

There's an old bladder in here,

so I'm just going to pull this out, if
I can.

- You know what it's like? It's like a
whoopee cushion!

That's what it is, isn't it?
- Exactly!

Oh! Ah, look!

Look at this!
- It's ripped, as well.
- Yeah, it is.

You can feel where it's perished.
- Yeah.

- Right, so I need to spend some time
getting the rest of that out,

and then I can go ahead and condition
the inside.

- Cool.
- And then I'll just put a new bladder
in.

- All right. I'll leave you to it.

- I'm just sewing around the entry
port here,

where the laces go, um...and you put
the bladder in.

The stitches, over the years of being
used,

have just got worn away.

I think it would be lovely just to
make sure

that I get those stitches back and
make it look proper.

- Suzie, got you a pump.
- Oh, brilliant! Thank you so much!

- How many have you got?!

- So, some time ago, I was in one of
those antiquey shops

and I saw this collection of ball
bladders.

- So, you just bought them...
- Yeah.
- ..just in case?

- Well, they're the old type.

- It's perfect.
- Yeah.

Will you be able to give me a hand
getting it in?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Cool.

So you're going to put the bladder
in...
- Yeah?

- Perfect!

- It's ready to pump up, then, innit?
- Yes!

Exciting, eh?
- This is the big test.

- I'm going to try and keep all the
air in

by squeezing it down here.

- OK.
- All right, go ahead.

Oh, hang on a minute.

I've got to get my timing right.

When you pump, I've got to let go.
- Yeah. All right, ready?
- Pump.

Pump!

- GIGGLING

- Did you let go?

No, you said... You were like that,
"Pump." You're letting it out.

- All right. All right, pump.

- That's it.

Just say it, I'm watching your hands
as well.
- I'm watching your face!

- Because your hands and your mouth
are not coordinated.
- Pump!

Pump!

- Let go when you say, "Pump!"
- Pump!
- That's better.

Go on.
- Pump!

Pump.
- Let...

You can't say "Pump" and hold on to
it.
- I've got to start with the "P".

We've got to work on our rhythm.
- No, YOU'VE got to work on YOUR
rhythm.

I know what I'm doing.
- Do you want to hold this and
I'll...?

- I can hold that.
- All right. You hold it, right.

Cos I've got cramp in my thumb now.
- All right, there you go.

- Here we go.
- You're supposed to go, "Pump!"

Pump.

Pump. Oh, there's a hole there.
- Where?
- Right here!
- Aw!

OK, all right, well, I need to fix
that.
- You're going to fix it, yeah?

- Yeah.
- Do you need a puncture kit, then?
- I can make one.

- Well, where was you when I had a
flat tyre? Eh?

All right, I'll leave that with you.
- OK. Thanks.

Well, as we've found a split in this
new bladder,

I'm just cutting a disc from the
remnants of the old bladder,

so I'm just going to mark where I want
the patch to go.

I'm just going to go ahead and pop

glue onto that outer fabric there.

So, I can go ahead and...pop this
patch on.

And now what I need to do

is just let this cure 100%,

so that when I come to inflate the
ball, it can really hold that bond.

Everything was going extremely well.

The puncture repair was holding and it
was blowing the ball up

beautifully, and then all of a sudden,
something went pop.

So, let's see where it's failed.

Oh!

Split right the way down the crease.

But better that it happens now, while
I'm pumping up the ball,

and it does mean that I've got to get
a new bladder.

- Liz's spice train is getting there.

I'm going to have a go at
straightening these chimneys.

This filigree is very, very frail.

If I feel it's going to break, I'm
going to stop.

So I've got a centre punch, which is
tapered

and fits exactly down the inside of
the chimney, which is a bit of luck.

So you can see it's just moving there.

I'm thinking about Liz's grandmother,

leaving occupied Austria with this
hidden somewhere in her possessions.

And the fact that this is still intact

must mean so much to Liz and her
family.

I'm really happy with that. That looks
really good.

So all I've got to do now is give it
all a good polish

and put it back together.

- With only two wheels and a bent
funnel,

this intricate little spice box had
ground to a halt.

- Now, that looks amazing.
- Very small. Very, very complicated!

- Now Liz has returned to be reunited
with the miniature memento

that ties her to her grandmother and
her Jewish heritage.

- Here she is.
- Hi, Liz.

- Hi!
- How are you doing, Liz? You all
right?
- Yes, thank you.
- Bless you.

Look at that smile! She's happy
already. She ain't even seen it!

- I'm very excited! It's like a new
life for it.

I've been thinking quite a lot about
my granny

and about how it was really, really
important to her.

It was the only link, really, that she
had to her father,

who had died when she was very young.

- Bless you.

Well, she's excited.
- Yeah.
- And it's underneath there.

Better let her see it.

- GASPS

- Oh, my goodness me!

Oh, it looks wonderful!

- JAY CHUCKLES

- I just love the way it sits on its
wheels,

it just looks really happy, and the
wheels match perfectly.

- Well done!
- Oh, yes! Absolutely! You could pass
that round the table.

That's a real piece of craftsmanship,
there.

- Certainly is.
- This is straight as well, isn't it?

- A bit straighter, yes.
- Yes. I thought so.
- It's all sorted.

- Thank you so much!

- It's a pleasure.
- That is absolutely brilliant!

I think my great-grandfather would be
very happy with that.
- Yeah.

- And my granny, I think, would be
thrilled,

absolutely thrilled to see that.

And what I shall have to do with it
now is to put some spices in it.

- Funny you should say that.
- Yeah.
- LAUGHTER

- Here we go. Some spices.

- Oh, my goodness me! Shall I put some
in?
- Oh, yeah!
- Oh, right.

To make the conversation smell sweet.
- Exactly.
- Oh, it's wonderful!

Absolutely wonderful.
- I can smell the cloves now.
- Can you?
- Yes.

- Yeah, I can smell... Yeah.
- Yes, I can smell it.

- So you're going to be using it now?
- Now it's been restored

to its original purpose and its former
life, I think

it definitely should be used,
absolutely.

- So it's time to take it home, show
it off to everybody else.

- Yes.
- All right? You take care now.
- And you. Thank you very much indeed.

- Bye.
- Thank you!

It feels wonderful to have it back, to
see the train

how it probably looked

when it was first bought by my
great-grandfather and used by him.

It has really restored its spirit.

It makes me feel a lot closer, I
think,

to that part of my family history.

- Well, the ball is finally blown up,
so all that's left for me

to do is to add a leather lace,

and I've just been researching how to
tie these laces, and quite

frankly, there was nothing that
explained what the technique is.

They were just photographs,

so I am just going to try and emulate
what I saw.

I'm just trying to get this

lace in the very last hole here and
it's... A-ha!

There you are, you little monkey!

I now need to just draw them up and
give the ball a little

bit of a polish and it'll be ready to
hand back to Mick and Pete.

- The leather ball was handcrafted by
Mick and Pete's granddad

and is the only example of his work
the family has left.

Today, they have returned, hopeful
it's ready for safekeeping.

- Hello!
- Hello!

- Nice to see you guys. I've heard all
about you.

What are you hoping that Suzie's
managed to do for you?

- Make it round! That would be
amazing.

Bring it back to life, really.

It's a football, you know, it's a
living reminder, if you like.

- Now, it looks like you're both
trying to look through that sheet.

- No, we are, honestly! Can't keep my
eyes off it.

- OK.
- Suzie.

- Ooh!

- Wow! Look at that!

Amazing!

- You've done a good job there.

- Yeah, I love it.
- I think that's more

of the sort of colour I remember them
being, to be honest.

- You've done an amazing job.
- Looks a bit...rounder.

- It took several attempts...
- Right, OK.
- ..to get it...

..looking like this.

- That ball can tell a few stories and
I love it for that.

It's overwhelming, really, to think
that Granddad actually

fashioned that, he's made that, you
know.

It's here with us and will stay with
our family for years to come.

- Well, it's very well made,

cos I was able to get inside and see
his handiwork, it's extremely good.

- Hearing stuff like that, it's just
so lovely to think that he

was an amazing craftsman, as well as a
wonderful person.
- Yeah.

- We're very lucky.
- I think the question on everyone's
lips is,

there's two of you, there's only one
football,

so who is this going to now?

- We joked that we might have a game
to sort of decide who...

Cos I've got a couple of boys, and
he's got a couple of boys,

so we could have a game.
- Yes! I mean, if you want to see me
cry...

Please don't kick this ball around...
- No, we won't be.

- ..because it is rather fragile.

We figured the two of you could have a
game on the football game,

and I'm going to take this and...

- I'm going to take this,

and you guys can battle it out on the
pitch.
- Oh, great!
- Yeah?

- Yeah.
- Right.
- Right, let's go.

- Uh-oh! Come on, remember what's at
stake here.

- Oh! No spinning!
- No spinning!

LAUGHTER

- Oh!
- Save!
- Come on!

- Ah!
- Oh!
- An own goal!

- Wow! Well done!
- Good job!

There we are, friendly handshake.

- So, Pete, you're the winner. Ready?

- Thank you very much. It's awesome.
Thank you so much.
- All right, guys.

Thanks very much.
- Thank you.
- Take care. Bye-bye.

Do you want a game?
- Yeah, come on.
- Come on, then.

Let me show you how it's done.
- Right.

- Winner takes all, and unfortunately,
Pete won this time.

But there will be a rematch.
- I always win.

I'm feeling over the moon with this.

It's incredible.

This symbolises how proud I am of my
grandfather, the fact that

not only was he a lovely man, that the
man could make a football.

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