05x35 - Brass Shop Till

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Welcome to the Repair Shop,
where precious

but fading treasures...

It's in a bit of a sorry state.

..are restored to
their former glory.

Only another 40 parts to go.

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...

Now that is good, isn't it?
It's so nice that we can be part
of that history,

to just keep things going.

..and a dream team of expert
craftspeople...

Tiny piece. Oh, amazing!
That's the edge.

You really start to see the thought
that went into making it.

..come together to work their
magic...

Welcome to the 21st century.

Yes!

..employing heritage craft skills
passed down the generations.

It's my duty to make sure
that this all goes

back in working order.

Preserving irreplaceable
heirlooms...

We're all going to go.

Here we go!

BELL RINGS

..the team will restore the items...

..the memories...

..and unlock the stories that
they hold.

It's touched my heart.

It's amazing.

In the Repair Shop today...

I need to take
this old wiring out now and start

running my new wires
through the house.

..Will looks on the bright side.

Let me just see if it works.

It's really sweet.

And the restoration of a religious
relic brings out

a confession from Suzie.

Having had a father who
was a watchmaker, I think

we were all born with patience
in our family,

which is really useful.

I'm getting the straw for this.
Yeah.

There we go.

First, a nifty machine that once
took pride of place

in a family-run business.

Hello, I'm Jay. Hi. Pleased to meet
you.

Hi, I'm Steve. And you are? I'm Kay.

Kay Berry from the Peak District
hopes Jay and Repair Shop pro

Steve Fletcher can refurbish
an heirloom that holds the keys

to fond memories of her childhood.

It's heavy. It is heavy.

Whilst I get my breath back,

please tell us the story
behind this one.

This belonged to my grandparents
and they were publicans

and they used to have this on the
bar of the pub

that they had when I
was little. Right.

And I used to go and sit on a bar
stool and pretend to serve customers

their drinks in the pub.

Yeah. What was your grandma
and grandfather's names, then?

Oh, Grandma was Florrie. Florrie.
Florrie.

And Grandad was Bill.

Bill. OK.

Did they use this in the pub?

No, it was decor.
It was just on the bar.

It was a talking piece and it was
just decoration in the pub.

But then after that, they did
have it in another business. Yes.

What was that business?
That was a chip shop.

Oh. They came out of the pub and
bought a chip shop.

And they did actually use
it as the till...

When was that? ..for a few years.

That would have been in
the '80s, then. Early '80s.

OK. We used to go and help at
weekends.

I would have been about eight
or nine. Eight or nine?

But I was like this, serving people,
putting their chips on the top.

So how come you've got this then?

Because I loved it and played
with it so much when I was little...

Yeah.

..they said that it was to come
to me when they died. And it did.

I couldn't help notice that it's
pounds, shillings and pence.

It is, yeah.

So in the chip shop it was literally
just somewhere to put the money.

OK. Can I press one of the buttons?
You can!

BELL DINGS

Oh, gosh.

Tell me how it's got into this sort
of condition.

It was stored in a damp
area for a number of years.

For about five years. Right.

I took it out and thought,
"I'm going to clean it up."

But it's just too much for me
to do. Is it...

You press one of those and something
supposed to come up on here?

It is.
And where are those, then?

Well, they are in here.

I took the flags out, because I did
try and start to clean it up a bit.

Yeah. I got as far as the flags
and I just gave up.

What would you like Steve
to do to this, then?

What I would really love is some
shine to be put back on it, please.

OK. Bring him back to life again,
because it looks amazing

when it's shiny.

I remember it being like that.

Yeah. And just get the flags back
in, so that they all pop

up when you press the buttons.

And if Steve's able to get
it working and looking shiny again,

is what you want,
what are you going to do with it?

I'd love my grandchildren
to play with it.

I've got three young
granddaughters and they all

like to play shop.

And this till is the link
to that part of my childhood

and the fond memories of my grandma
and grandad.

Yes. These are fantastic quality
things.

So I'll enjoy opening it
up and having a look inside.

OK.

Thank you for bringing this in.

OK? Thank you very much. Thank you
very much. No problem. Thank you.

You take care, now.
Thanks. Bye-bye. Bye.

I remember seeing these on top
of the counter and they were

just like gleaming. Absolutely.

Can't wait till that shines up.

Yeah, this is going to shine
up really, really well.

Yeah. But it's going to be a lot
of hard work.

A lot of hard work
shining this up?

Yeah, I might need some help.

OK.

You're looking at me. I am!

OK. All right.

OK, you ready? Definitely.

Right, well, that's the mechanism.

Doesn't look too bad, actually.

I mean, it looks as
if it's all well-greased.

The biggest job is going
to be polishing it all up.

There are these rusty keys here
that I've got to try cleaning up.

So I'm just going to remove the
back, I'm terrified I don't drop

any of the panels.

Oh, I can see, actually...
We've got a coin down here.

That's a ha'penny.

A 1913 ha'penny.

I've got another coin here.

Let's just see what this coin is.

That is...

..200 lira.

1978.

So I'm just going to start
on the keys, because I want to see

how well they clean up.

So I'm going to use a...
a sanding device.

I feel like a dentist, or hygienist,
cleaning up teeth,

going right in and
cleaning up teeth.

Right, that's one done.

Only another 20 to do.

Next to pull up with a treasure
from her childhood is Janine Savage

from Dorset, accompanied
by Sue Keenan.

Hey, Jane, I'm Jay. Hi, I'm Janine.
Nice to meet you. Likewise.

How are you doing? I'm Jay.

Hello, Jay, I'm Sue.
All right, Sue. Nice to meet you.

Sue, is it in the boot then,
yeah? Yes.

Ta-da!

Janine hopes wood aficionado Will
can transform

a very special gift.

I'm Will. I'm Janine, nice to meet
you. Hi, Will, I'm Sue.

So, whose doll's house
is this, then?

It's my doll's house.

It was made for me by my
grandpa for my fourth Christmas.

So when you were four years
old, you got this? Yep.

Oh, bless. And he had a workshop
next to the cottage where

he lived and I wasn't allowed
in the workshop.

And I couldn't understand it,
because I'd always been allowed in
the workshop to watch him work,

but I wasn't allowed in it, but
that's

because the doll's house
was being created.

Oh, OK.

So when you saw it at Christmas,
how did you feel?

Oh, I just remember being completely
overwhelmed.

It was just wrapped in this huge
knot of paper and a ribbon on it.

And it was... It was just awesome.
I was so excited.

For a tiny, well, small person,

it seemed even bigger
than it looks now.

It just seemed huge.

Did you have furniture in this
as well? Was there stuff inside?

Yeah, there was a little
toilet roll holder with paper on it.

He made the wardrobes, beds.
You had wardrobes and beds in there?

Yeah. All right, Jay,

you seem fascinated by building
wardrobes, but a mini toilet roll...

THEY LAUGH

That's crazy! Mini toilet roll
holder. The attention to detail was
incredible.

And it used to have all sorts of
other details,

it had a panel on
the side of the chimney breast.

There were buttons on there
and when you pressed the button,

a light would appear in a room.

It was incredible.

So your grandad must've
been a very special person to you.

He was very special.

So what's the future hold
for the doll's house,

and why do you want to get
it repaired?

Well, the idea is that now
the family have finished

playing with it...

I couldn't bear to part with it
completely.

So I'd sort of like to hand it on
to a charity to see if some

other children could enjoy it.

And so I was racking my brains
and I thought, Julia's House -

children's hospice, local to me.

You know, we're a local family
and this is where Sue comes in.

So, Sue, tell us about
Julia's House, then.

Julia's House is a charity,
but it's a children's hospice.

We look after children who have
life-limiting illnesses.

We have wonderful nurses, carers.

Yeah.

Our children are very poorly.

They come to us for primarily
respite, but actually they come

to us to have an amazing time.

That's what we set about to do.
Oh, that's nice.

You open the door and you're just
greeted by smiles and joy and play.

And I want to be able to show
the children that before they get

there with the replica
of Julia's House.

I want to be able to take this
doll's house out, particularly, say,

to children who know they're going
to come and visit us. Right.

They've never been before.
Show them through play...

Yeah. ..actually, you're going to
have a good time when you come here.

We can't wait to welcome you.
That is really special.

What do you think your grandfather
would make of you passing
the doll's house on?

I think he'd be delighted.

You know, he was such fun
as a grandpa,

I know that he would love to think
of other people having fun

with something that he'd made.

So, yeah. He'd be happy. Very.
Aw, good.

I think that it's really nice that
this has been in your family for so
many years

and you're about to hand
that over for such... Yeah. ..a good
reason...

And a good cause. ..and a good
cause. Yeah.

Thanks.

Can we have a look on the inside?
Absolutely.

So what does Julia's House
look like, then?

Because you said you want
this to imitate Julia's House. Yeah.

What does it look like inside?

Well, I mean, it's got four
bedrooms, but primarily we can work

with these two as the main bedrooms.

OK. And then we'd use this as
a lounge and an activity room.

OK. So the activity room,
they play, paint, you know,

do crafts, make, create.

And that would be amazing.

OK. No problem.

I cannot wait to get stuck
into this.

Get it up and running
for all those children.

Amazing.

Incredible. Thank you.

Well, leave it with us
and we'll be in contact.

Fantastic. Can't wait to see it.

Thank you so much.

Nice to see you. Thank you.

I think my grandfather would
absolutely love the fact that the

doll's house is going
to this amazing cause.

I think he'd be so pleased that
another generation of kids is going

to enjoy the legacy.

I'm just hoping to see a little
version of Julia's House

and the potential within
that to create so many smiles

for our children.

This is probably the size
of my flat, Jay.

I'm not joking.

Right. Have you had much experience
with home improvements?

I can't say I have.

This is, structurally, this is
in pretty good condition.

It is, actually, yeah. It'd be quite
nice to get all this old paperwork
off the front,

get the old carpets out.

And let's start with a nice
clean canvas. Yes.

And then the windows.

I might try to replace those, maybe
with some Perspex or something.

Are you going to reinstate
the electrics? Yes.

I think it'd be really nice to get
some lights in the ceilings.

Yeah, that would be really cool.

Let's get this over to your area.

Let's move a*s!

I love the fact that Janine wants
to give it to Julia's House to help

the transitioning from home
into the hospice, I think it's

quite important for them.

If I can create a miniature version
of Julia's House, it might make

that sort of transition
for the children less scarier

and see it more as a positive.

I really want to freshen
the whole house up.

So I think first of all, I'm going
to get this old paper off the front.

I've stripped the doll's house of
all the old paper. I've taken out

the rugs, the carpets,
and it's almost like buying

a brand-new house.

You move in, you want to make it
your own, you take back the carpet,

you see these, sort of, old
painted floorboards underneath.

You take the wallpaper off, you see
the old wallpaper underneath.

Sort of stripping back the history.

There's so much stuff going on here.

Steve's working on the vintage
brass cash register,

which was an important feature
in a family business spanning

nearly five decades.

I've cleaned all the rust off
the keys now and the actual

bits that you actually push
on have cleaned up really well.

I'm just putting
a primer on at the moment,

then I'm going to finish it
off with a nice gloss black.

And I think that will look
absolutely fantastic.

I love doing other bits and pieces,
like painting, because it's quite

therapeutic, especially
when you get a nice finish on it.

How you doing, Steve? Yeah, good.

Kay's going to love this.

Yeah, it's going to look the part.
It really is.

But the body has got to look
as good as all of this, what you've
done, here.

Right. Do you want to take the first
piece?

Yes, please. I'll give you a big
piece first, all right? All right.

OK, so what should I use, then?

If you use my clock-cleaning fluid
and the bristle brush.

OK. Perfect. All right.

I've often smelt this stuff
and I don't really like the smell

of it, but it's got to be done...

Phew, and...it's really,
really strong.

I don't know how Steve does this.

What I'm hoping is that this is
actually going to bring

it up to a really nice shine
and make it look the way that Kay

wants it to look, actually.

It's looking really good.

While Jay gets the ornate
brass panels gleaming again,

Steve can focus on reinserting
the till's price flags.

Just putting all these flags into
order so that when you push one

of these keys, the right
flag comes up.

It's quite nice, actually.

These flags have got
the old money and the new money.

So when we decimalised, I guess
this was used at that particular

point in time.

I've got to make sure it's working
before I put it all together.

So let's press one shilling -
or five pence.

BELL DINGS

Fantastic. That's working
really, really well

and sounding great as well.

Love that sound to bits.

It takes me back to when I was
a child, because all shops

would have tills like this
and they would all make

that very recognisable ding.

So yes, lovely. Absolutely lovely.

Can't wait to get it all back
together.

BELL DINGS

Next to put his faith in
the Repair Shop

is the Reverend Richard Hayes,

who hopes leather virtuoso Suzie
Fletcher can resurrect a sacred

relic damaged in the line of duty.

Hello. Hi. How you doing?

Good, thanks. That's good.

I'm Jay. I'm Richard.
All right, Richard.

I'm Suzie. Nice to meet you,
Richard.

Now that is a nice box.
It is, isn't it?

OK. So what's in the box?

I'll show you. Yes, please.

There we go. Oh!

It's a World w*r II
home communion set,

used by an RAF chaplain.

So you've got the chalice... Yeah.

..pattern.

The pattern does what?

That's just where you put the bread
or the wafer. OK.

And there's one jar for wine.

But you'd have another one
for water, which I've lost. OK.

So the wafer is the body.

The wine is the blood.

Reminding people about
the death of Christ.

What's on there? AM?

Air Ministry. OK.

So who used this?
Who did it belong to?

Well, a guy called Haymon
Johnson, Reverend Haymon Johnson.

He would've been in his late 20s
when he joined up.

Right.

This particular box was used
between 1941-1946,

went all over the world.

That's incredible. Wow.

Because we think about Spitfires
and Hurricanes

and the Battle of Britain.
Yeah. Yeah.

But I think about the men
who were in the hands of the RAF,

coming back from the prisoner
of w*r camps in the Far East.

And I'm just again thinking,
how many men did this...

Oh, yes.

..see? Absolutely.

You knew him, did you?

No. So how come you've got this?

Well, it was his widow who decided
that she wanted

it to continue being used. Right.

So it was given to my boss,
my vicar,

when I was in my training post.

And he said, "Richard, you should
have it." Yeah.

And I've had it for 27 years.

That's really cool.
And you're still using it today?

And I'm still using it today.
Week in, week out.

Often to the elderly and the sick,

and just taking simple
communion service for them.

They're not on the front line,
but it still means as much to them.

Yeah, yeah.

So what would you like us
to do this, then?

I mean, it would be lovely
to see it restored to something

like when it came out of the forces,

because it's just bit by bit,
falling apart.

Originally there would
have been a strap going around.

Do you know what sort of strap it
was? Was it short or long?

It was fairly long.

I mean, it was so that you could
use it like a handbag,

so it could go over the shoulder.
Over the shoulder, OK.

Yes, that makes sense. Yeah.

And obviously the sides have gone
as well.

And I just thought, you know what?

This deserves some special
treatment.

It really does.

After all, how many men
received their last communion

from this set, before they went
off on ops and didn't return?

And for me, that's
a really powerful thing.

And it would have been powerful
for them. We don't know,

you know, what drew them
to receive communion.

Yeah. But they needed
that for what they were doing.

As they were going into battle.
Absolutely.

Thank you for bringing it out.
No, pleasure.

Thank you so much.

This will be a first for me, so I'm
looking forward to starting it.

I'm looking forward to seeing
what you do with it. OK.

Take care. Bye-bye. Bye.

It'll be lovely to have
the communion set repaired,

and looking beautiful.

It has a value to it which is
quite emotive.

So it'd be lovely to be able
to use it again,

and to be able to tell the story.

So the things this must
have seen with Reverend Johnson,

it's just unbelievable,
on the b*ttlefield, isn't it?

It's just amazing, isn't it?

It is. And it's really very solid,
solid and tactile.

Yeah. It just needs a little bit of
TLC.

It needs the Suzie touch. Needs the
Suzie touch, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So what are you going to do?

Well, it's missing its handle.
Oh, yeah, the strap.

The strap, you know,
when he's travelling along,

to see his parishioners.

Speaking of missing. Yeah.

There's the water bottle.

I'm going to see if I can
get one just like this.

Brilliant idea.

Should be able to find one.
I like that idea. Yeah.

So now, just load it back up
and get it over to your bench.

OK. OK? Yeah.

So Richard's communion case
is in a bit of a sorry state,

having been used in
the Second World w*r,

but also, I'd never even stopped
to consider the fact that

there are people that are
homebound...

..how they take communion.

And this is just an amazing
communion case.

But, as we see, it is in need
of some serious help.

The most obvious is that it's
actually missing both of the end

sides of the lid here.

And I'm going to start by removing
this tatty leather over here.

I'm not removing very much at all.

So I'm going to make a strip
that's going to be attached

to the top here,
which will be extended out

to sew the side to.

It's going to obvious
that I've had to add a new piece.

So I need to cut out
the two side bits.

I can prep them and then
start sewing everything together.

Thanks to restoration duo
Steve and Jay,

work on the elegant antique till
is nearly complete.

Good.

All ready for the final stage
of just putting the glass in

and then it's done.

I hope Kay's going to be
so, so pleased with this.

Jay has really made a good job
of polishing up the case.

Now it's all working

and Kay can actually press the keys
and it all works perfectly well.

Fantastic.

After years tucked away
in a damp room,

this till arrived dull, rusty
and out of service.

Once the pride and joy
of Kay's grandparents,

she's returned, hoping that she can
finally hand this precious memento

to the next generation
of her family.

It was in really quite a poor shape
when I brought the till in

so I was really quite upset
about that.

I hope Steve can bring the till back
to the condition that it was in

when I was a little girl.

It was beautiful and shiny
and just lovely.

I can't wait to see
what they've done with it.

Hello, Kay. How are you doing?
I'm good, thank you.

Nice to see you again. And you.

So how are you feeling?
So excited. So are we, actually.

Are you ready? Yeah.

You do the honours, sir.

Oh, my!

Oh, that's amazing!

Oh, that's fantastic!

Oh, my word.

Oh, you are so good.

Oh, thank you so much.

I can't believe it.
Oh, that is so good.

Oh, that's beautiful.

That's even nicer than it was
when I was little.

Yeah? Even nicer.

Do you want to press one of them?
Yeah!

I'm dying to, I'm dying to.

KEYS CLICK, BELL RINGS

Oh!

You know, the flags haven't
been in for such a long time.

Oh, fabulous.

So when you push the key
and the bell rings,

does that take you back
to your childhood?

Absolutely. It really does.

There's something special
about a sound from your childhood.

It really does transport you
straight back. Yeah.

So what are you going
to do with it now?

I've got a special area
for it at home. OK.

And my granddaughters,
when they come to visit me,

they can sit and play shop.

That's fantastic. They've been
dying to play with it. Yeah. Yeah.

It's been great fun working on it.

Jay has spent hours
cleaning up the case.

Really, have you?
I can imagine you have.

That looks amazing.
That's absolutely such a good job.

It's absolutely beautiful.

Thank you. Thank you, Kay.
Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for bringing it
in. It's been a real joy to do.

Has it? Thank you.
Thank you for doing it for me.

You're very, very welcome.

It was just amazing, just incredible
what they've managed to do.

My grandparents would be so thrilled
that it's been restored

and that it can now carry on being
passed down through the generations.

Their great-great-grandchildren
now will get enjoyment

out of this till that they loved.

Will is also repairing
a childhood memento

soon to be bestowed to a
good cause - a children's hospice.

So I've decided on some colours
for the house now.

I think the outside, I'm going
to go for like a magnolia colour

and for the roof, like
a sort of slate-grey colour.

The front, I've had to sand
right back down to the wood

so it's nice and smooth
and ready for painting.

The original windows were made out
of this quite flimsy plastic here

so I thought it would be
really nice to change them

maybe not with glass windows,
but with Perspex windows.

They're going to look like glass

but be a lot safer for children
to play with.

I'm going to use some hot glue now
to stick them all in place.

That's all the windows in.

Nice and secure.

And they look lovely.

All I need to do now is

replace all of the window frames
that went round the outside

and we'll give them a lick of paint
as well,

glue those on, and then
that's the front panel done.

With the exterior almost complete,

Will can shed a little light inside.

I want to rewire this and get
some lights back into the house.

I've got a new lighting kit here.

I've got all these
really small, sweet lights

which will go on the ceilings

and they all attach to this
sort of mini extension.

They all clip into there,
that attaches to the battery

and you can turn them all on
and turn them all back off again.

I've also got
a little button here

where you can turn it on and off
and the plan is to disguise that

as one of these little bits
on the top of the chimney.

I need to take
this old wiring out now

and start running my new wires
through the house.

Well, that's in place now.
Let me just see if it works.

CHUCKLES

That's really sweet.

I think it looks great.

I need to glue in
the other three lights now.

Then I need to wire in
the button on the top

and then everything
will be wired up. Good to go.

At her bench, Suzie is battling on
with the portable communion kit

used by an RAF chaplain
to bring comfort to servicemen

during the Second World w*r.

She's about to begin
the complex task of

binding the box
with the newly-restored leather.

So now that
I've prepared the leather,

what I'm one doing is
prick-marking it

and that's just marking where
my stitches are going to be,

because I'm going to have
two pieces of leather

joining at a 45-degree angle
like this.

The stitches are going to go
through that corner

and this will allow the needle
to find the right angle to follow.

It is a more time-consuming stitch

than normally just stitching
two pieces of leather together

because you're dealing
with that angle.

I think having had a father
who was a watchmaker

and dealing with
tiny, tiny little things,

I think we're all born with
patience in our family,

which is really useful.

OK, so I'm just finding
my rhythm here

and it's all beginning
to come together really nicely.

I've got lots of stitching to do
but it's going to be so worthwhile

so that Reverend Richard
can take it out

and visit all his parishioners
again.

I've now got
the majority of the box repaired.

What's left to do is

make a new shoulder strap -
that was completely missing.

So, to do that,
I'm just going to use

a fairly strong
but lightweight leather.

And in this instance,
I'm looking for something

seven-eighths of an inch

and the strap that goes
through the buckle

has to have the end rounded off

so that it easily
goes through the buckle

and I use what we call
a church-end punch

and it makes this this lovely
pointy effect.

The next thing I need to do is
stain the cut edges of the leather.

I'm going to use an edge stain here

which has a mixture of pigment
but also a glue

that is activated once I rub it
through the rubbing-up cloth

and it not only seals the side

but also makes it look
really attractive.

If you don't seal the edges
like this,

as it passes through the buckle,

it will roughen up the edges

and over time it just looks
really distressed and quite ugly.

I'm just heating up
my creasing iron here.

This has no purpose other than
to give it a nice finished look.

It's amazing what a simple process
can make to the finished item.

So there you have the lines.

Then finally,
I'm just going to prick mark

where I'm going to sew the Ds on to.

The Ds will be attached
to the chapes

that will be sewn onto the case.

So that's the first strap done.

Just got the other half to make

and then it'll be ready
to mount onto the box.

Will's adding the finishing touches
to his miniature project.

I thought it'd be a really nice
final touch to get

Julia's House logo
on the front door.

Right, well, the sticker
is on the front door.

Let's see if this fits.

Lovely. And it's finished.

I just need to get
some furniture in there

then I can get this little Julia's
House back to big Julia's House.

Now Will's work is complete,

the doll's house,
owned by Janine Savage,

will be transported
to its new home.

A children's hospice
in Corfe Mullen in Dorset

which provides
respite and play therapy

for hundreds of children
with life-threatening illnesses,

such as Hunter, Darcy and Sophie.

Darcy did go through a phase
of not wanting to come here

and actually finding a way
to help the children overcome

any anxieties that they've got
is always a real huge bonus

because we know how much anxiety
can really affect the children.

It has made a massive difference
to our family life and Sophie.

She's a lot happier

and the anxiety is a lot less now.

I think it's going to become
a really pivotal part

of what we do at Julia's House.

I am so excited.
I've even got goose bumps now.

Yes, I can't wait to see
what Will's done with it.

Are you excited to see
what's underneath?

GASPS OF EXCITEMENT

It's so exciting!

GASPS

Oh! Look at the door!

Oh, my goodness!

Who's going to knock on that door?
Me! Go on, then.

# Knock on the door. #

Good knocking.

# Who's coming to play? #

Here comes Sophie!

# Knock on the door! #

Who's coming to play?

Oh!

ADULTS GASP

It's Julia's House!

Come closer, come and have a look.

CHILDREN EXCLAIM

Looks like a button.
I'm going to press it.

GASPS OF DELIGHT, LAUGHTER

Oh! The lights came on!

So I think we should say
a really, really big thank-you

to the Repair Shop
for making this for us, don't you?

One, two, three...

ALL: Thank you!

That was loud! That was good.

Thank you so much. You're welcome.
Thank you.

The kids look like they're having
a great time with it already.

I think Grandpa would be delighted
the doll's house is going on and on.

Yeah, I just think he'd be
looking down and saying, "Yeah!"

LAUGHTER

ALL: We love the doll's house

and we're going to play with it
all the time.

Yeah!

Back at the Repair Shop,

Suzie has nearly finished work
on the communion case.

Having carefully tended
the faded leather

she's ready to move on
to the next stage.

The final part is to clean up
the inside of this wonderful box

so that the inside's going to look
as beautiful as the outside.

I'm just using a little bit of
water on this toothbrush.

It's coming up really nice.
It's very attractive.

How are we doing, Suze? Good. How
are you? I'm good. I'm good now.

This is probably
the hardest thing I've had to find

in the history of the Repair Shop
but... What have you brought me?

..I have...that.

Oh! Isn't that beautiful?

It's not exactly the same

but it is from a church suppliers.

Oh, well done, you, Jay!
Is that all right? You are amazing.

But what I want to do -
don't you run away -

I want to see if this fits.

OK. Ready? Yes. Da-da-da, da, da-da!

It fits!

See? You're so good. Well done, Jay.
Thank you. Thank you so much.

During the w*r,

military chaplains risked their
lives to support soldiers in battle

using communion kits like this one.

Now that its w*r wounds
have been healed

the Reverend Richard can be reunited
with his sacred clerical case.

Well, I've come to collect
my home communion set

which was the World w*r II RAF
chaplain set, and very excited.

I'm hoping it will just look
set for the next 100 years.

We'll have to wait and see.

Hey, Reverend Richard. Hi.
Lovely to see you. Good to see you.

How are you doing? Excited.
Are you? Yes.

Oh, well done. And I need it back,
so that's brilliant.

It's an old friend and actually
I even missed it just there.

I had to borrow somebody else's set.

But now, yeah,
I won't need to borrow anything.

Lovely. Well, are you ready
to see it? I am. OK.

Oh, wow, that's great.

Look at that.

Ah, you see, that's the thing!
That's wonderful.

It's difficult, isn't it, to really
imagine how you could put it back

but you certainly have.
And this is gorgeous, it really is.

It's just a picture of what
it could have looked like... Yeah.

..when it first was made. Yeah.

It's lovely.

I'd better open it and see,
hadn't I? Yeah, do, yeah.

Look at that. Wonderful.

I think I'm going to have a good
few more years with that, aren't I?

I would certainly hope so.
It's really tremendous.

Well, there's one more addition
to this.

You have something that's missing.

That's fantastic!

That's lovely.

So I've got the wine and the
water... Yes. ..which is wonderful.

Thank you so much
for bringing it in. Thank you.

It's been lovely to meet you.
Thank you very much.

You take care. And I'm going
to use the strap. Fantastic.

Look at that. Thanks ever so much.
OK. Bye-bye.

You can't prepare your mind
for what it's going to look like.

And it's just lovely.

I think the thing that really hits
you is the feel of the leather

because it's just so smooth

particularly the new sections
of leather.

And it's lovely. I've got
my strap back, that's fantastic.

Join us next time

as our talented craftspeople...

RHYTHMIC TAPPING

Thank you, sir.

..restore the most
cherished possessions...

That is just amazing!

How have you done that?

..in the Repair Shop.