05x40 - Battered Old Trumpet

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In The Repair Shop today...

This is always a nerve-racking time.

..Dom's in a spin...

I do feel a little bit like a
big kid on his birthday,

just unwrapping his presents, like,
frantically trying to get inside.

trying to have a look.

..restoring childhood memories
from 60 years ago.

Brilliant.

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

While Brenton commits a miniature
m*rder...

I've cut the head off a vet.

..to get a Victorian sporting hero's
trophy back to prize-winning form.

Right. The moment of truth.

And there we go, we've got a head.

But first, Cassie and Sue Day
from Swindon are hoping

maestro Pete Woods can lend
his musical ear

and very special skills

to a cherished brass instrument
that's lost its lustre.

Hello. I'm Jay. Hiya, I'm Cassie.

Hi, I'm Sue. All right, Sue?

And this is Pete.

Hi, Pete. Hi. Hiya.

So, what have we got in the box?

We have a trumpet.

There we go.

So tell us about the trumpet,
please.

So the trumpet belonged to my
grandad. OK.

So my mum's dad.

So what was your dad's name? Dennis.
Dennis. Yeah.

So tell us about your dad
playing the trumpet.

My dad used to play this every
New Year's Eve.

It was used to be a bit of a family
tradition that he would get

the trumpet out, to play
Auld Lang Syne,

and then he used to go up
and down the street with it.

Hold on!

LAUGHTER

You heard it right!

What, he'd come out the house?

Yeah, he'd come out the house and
then he'd get the trumpet,

and then the neighbours would come
out,

and everybody following behind him,
playing that.

And he's playing that. Yeah.

He sounds like a bit of a
character, your dad.

He was a bit of a character, yeah.

Do you remember your grandad? Yeah.
What was he like, as a grandad?

Hilarious. He was the best.

So...bless him.

But, yeah, I miss him terribly.
Yeah? Yeah.

He was just the nicest, yeah,
he was great.

When my nan died,

my grandad stopped playing this.

every New Year's Eve,
and didn't carry on.

So Dennis stopped playing when his
wife passed away? Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, man. Yeah.

And then it just kind of became
a kind of ornament.

So when was the last time
this was played?

Probably about 28 years ago.

Wow.

So I've never heard it play,

but it's been a bit of a legend
in the household.

So every year, mum tells
the story of,

"Round about, now this is what
grandad would be doing."

So every year, we've been brought
up with the story of grandad

playing Auld Lang Syne
on the trumpet.

I don't have a lot of things that
are left of his,

and I just think it would be
really nice

to try and restart the tradition.

My son-in-law can now play
the trumpet.

Carry on that tradition. Yeah.

Pete, what do you reckon?
It can be fixed?

It can be fixed.
It was silver plated, originally.

Was it? See the silver there.

Where it's been cleaned, all the
silver plating's come off. Oh.

Yeah, what colour do you
remember it?

I can remember it being shiny.

He would have had this all
looked after,

oiled and everything else
and he'd probably be saying

"You've let that get into a state.

"Shame on you.

"It's about time you got
it repaired."

Well, listen...

..beautiful story, and we're going
to get this sorted for you.

Thank you. Thank you for bringing
this in.

Thank you very much. Thank you.
Thank you.

Bye. Bye-bye.

We really hope that he can get
the trumpet to work again,

so that we can start up the family
tradition again, with Nathan,

my future son-in-law, to do it.

Having it actually being brought
to life would just be...

..oh, it would just be magical,
I think.

It means a lot.

I bet this has seen some times,
hasn't it?

Yeah. You're right, there, mind.

So what have you got to do
to this, then?

Basically, put that back on.

That looks a bit bent to me.
Is that twisted?

It needs just a little
bit of straightening.

It's a mouthpipe.

We've got to do things like cleaning
out the valves.

Oh...that's not meant to
stick down like that.

It's not meant to stick down,
it's meant to come straight up. OK.

Mouth piece's jammed in. Right.

Should come out.

It's going to need a good cleaning.

So we'll give it an acid clean,
because, inside, it'll be filthy,

and that affects the sound.

Right, so you've got to clean
the inside. Got to clean the inside.

It's a good plan. Lovely.
Cheers, mate.

I've got quite a bit of work
to do on this trumpet.

First thing I've got to do now
is disassemble it.

Just trying to get this valve
out now,

which seems to be completely stuck.

These divert the air round, making
the trumpet slightly longer

by a half note, a full note,
or one-and-a-half notes.

This allows you to get all the
different notes on the trumpet.

So all we've got to do now is try
and get them out.

Two out, just one more to go
that isn't having it.

So we've just got to convince it
that it wants to come out...

..and it has!

That's one job done.

Now we're going to try and remove
the mouthpiece.

This really has taken some
punishment.

It's quite normal...

..if the mouthpiece gets stuck,
what people tend to do is put a pair

of pliers on them and they twist it,

and of course, the first
thing it does,

it twists the whole thing off.

So we see quite a few of these,
it's quite normal,

especially for kids.
They sit there going...

..and wonder why it gets jammed.

I'm going to use a
mouthpiece puller...

..to get the mouthpiece out -
hopefully!

Put it on there.

It's got two legs that go each side,

onto the brass receiver.

Pull it up.

Success.

Hold it up to the light.

It's absolutely filthy.

Nice working on this, because
there's a long family tradition,

Cassie and Sue remember

their grandfather and dad
enjoyed playing it,

and entertained, from what we hear,
the whole street!

So I mean, a good time was had
by all.

All I've got to do is get the rest
of the trumpet apart,

So I can get it through the acid,
get it clean,

so I can really start to work on it.

As Pete struggles to dismantle
the trumpet,

outside, another item that brought
joy to the lives of its owners.

You OK? Nice to see you.

Marilyn Rossell and her sister
Margot from Eastbourne

are here to meet metal expert
Dominic Chinea.

What's in the boot? What have you
got? I can't wait to see!

Surprise, surprise!

They've brought a childhood
favourite

that's entertained three
generations of their family.

Brilliant. Let's go inside.

I'm so intrigued by this.

It looks amazing.
What - what is it?

It's a roundabout.

Can you just explain,
how does it work?

Right. You get a seat either side.

Oh, I see. Oh, OK.

Right. If you sit in here... Yeah.
..one sits that side. Sure.

And then you put one hand there,
one hand here,

and you pull it towards you... Oh!
..and it will go round.

Cor, I bet you could get some speed
up on this. You can!

I've never seen anything like this.

Where on earth did you get it from?

Mother bought it for us
when we were - I was about four,

and you were six?
Six. Something like that.

And we just played with it
all the time, didn't we?

It was the best toy we had.

Was it? Yes.
I can completely see why.

We were the most popular people
in the street.

Everyone was queuing up at the gate
cos they wanted...

Literally... We used to charge
them a penny seat for go.

No, you didn't! Yes!

I'd pay a penny to go on it.
Would you?

If I could fit in it, I would, yeah.
I'd be queuing up.

It looks like it's been well used.

I can completely understand now
why the paint's so worn off.

I mean, we'd love our
children, grandchildren and...

And great-grandchildren... And
future...

Queuing up again. ..to have the fun
that we used to have. Yes.

Good. Really would.

It's got to be used.

Definitely. I bet your mum had no
idea, when she bought this,

that it was going to last this long
and you were going to still have it.

I think she'd be thrilled to bits.

Do you think she would? She would.

She picked the right toy. She did.

You've got that right.

We idolised our mum.
She was brilliant.

We had so much fun with her.

She was a really good mum,
wasn't she?

Well, leave this with me,

and I will do my best to get
this apart, and try and get it back

to being usable again.

OK, thank you very much.
Nice to meet you.

Lovely to meet you both.
Thank you.

Thank you.

When the roundabout's fixed,
we'll be able to have our barbecues

with all the toys out,

and watch the grandchildren fighting
to have a go on it!

We won't charge them a penny,
will we?

But we'll have a ride on it
ourselves, I'm sure.

Marilyn and Margot have had this
roundabout for a long time,

and it's clearly had quite
a life and done a lot of miles.

Structurally, it's actually -
it looks OK.

One thing that it does need some
help with is cosmetics.

Unfortunately, I'm going to
have to strip all this paint off

and repaint it, but once this is all
pristine and glossy and shiny again,

it really is going to look amazing.

This paint's got a weird texture.

I don't know about that, but...

Right. There's one.

OK. Same again with this one.

And I've just got to carry on now,
until the whole thing is completely

broken into pieces.

As Dom battles to dismantle
the Magic Roundabout,

Pete has finished breaking apart
the trumpet that welcomed in decades

of New Years, and can now give
the brass a bath.

We've got some acid here now...

..that'll loosen all the muck.

It's not going to take long.
It's quite mild acid.

We can then wash it through,
and give it a good brush.

With the brass now sparkling clean,

Pete can address the copious dents

that mar both the sound
and the appearance of the trumpet.

Starting to have a little go at
the bell, and try and sort out

all the big dents.

Obviously, it's seen
a little bit of damage

during these New Year's Eve
celebrations.

So, better get on and get to work,
and get rid of these dents.

We put it on a dolly here.

We've got several of these.

Trumpets are always different shapes
from different manufacturers.

So you have to sort of balance
between the two.

You might get one that fits
around the bottom.

Another one that fits just there.

The dolly is the metal form
which provides a flat

surface to hammer the brass against.

We're finished now with
the bell dolly,

which obviously only goes
up to about there.

We've now got to get all these dents
out, so we use a longer tapered one.

I'm going to start
with a hammer now,

and get rid of some of the
large dents.

This is a thing called a burnisher.

With this, I'm actually just
physically pushing

the metal into place.

You can move it about,
but you don't expand it,

which is great.

They're gradually coming out,
all the dents.

Just keep at it, keep slogging away
until all the dents are gone.

With the brass finally free
of dents,

Pete can now rebuild the instrument.

Little bit fiddly,
things tend to fall over the place,

so to hold it in place,
we use the tying wire.

It's all wired up now,
so we're ready to start soldering.

Right, that's it.

All soldered up now, and we can
get it off to the platers.

Then we'll get it back,
give it a final shine up,

and make sure it works.

Pete may be getting ready to sound
the victory call,

but, outside,
items are still arriving.

Gil Lee from Burnley...
Hello, there. Hello.

..has brought a very unusual piece
of sporting history

for the winning team
of Silversmith, Brent and West,

and leather expert Suzie Fletcher.

So what did you bring in?

Oh, this is what we call
a champion's belt.

Champion's belt.

Oh, wow!

It's the Pedestrian Champion
of England belt.

Pedestrian? Pedestrian.

Pedestrian, is that, like,
crossing the road, sort of thing?

No, it's a speed walker.

It's a bit like the Olympic sport,

where they're walking really, really
fast. That's right, that's right,

and it's from my three greats
grandfather, who won it in 1851.

He was called James Searles.

He speed walked a thousand miles
in a thousand hours,

a thousand half miles
in a thousand half hours

and a thousand quarter miles
in a thousand quarter hours.

Whoa! And it took him
from July to September.

So who made this belt,
or how did this belt come about?

It was presented to him
when he'd finished this challenge.

He won this, a cup and £250. That's
a lot of money. A LOT of money,

equivalent to about £10,000
in today's money, yeah.

So, do you have this interest
in walking?

Er, no.

Well, only the dog. OK!

THEY LAUGH

What would you like us to do
to the belt?

Really, just to sort of, I suppose,
in a way, tidy it up.

Repair where the lettering's
coming off... OK.

..and he's lost his head there. OK.

Erm, and the actual belt itself
is...

Yes. A little tired.
..is very tired.

Yes, very tired. Yeah.

I mean, you don't want it
to look as new, do you? No.

Because it's just so historical.
Yes, absolutely.

What does this belt symbolise,
to you?

Strength of character,
more than anything.

I mean, can you imagine doing
something like that?

I mean, I just can't.
No, I can't either.

Thank you very much
for bringing it in

and we'll be in touch.

Thank you so much
for looking at it. Thanks, Gil.

Thank you. Thank you, Gil. Bye-bye.
It's been a pleasure meeting you.

All the family know of
James Searles

and are very proud of him,

because he was such a strength,

and compared very much
to an Olympian of today, I suppose,

yes.

During the 19th century,

pedestrianism was a hugely popular
spectator sport throughout Britain,

with enormous cash prizes on offer.

Born in 1819,

James Searles became one of
the most celebrated pedestrians,

his appearances drawing
crowds of thousands.

It's rather nice, isn't it?

It's absolutely lovely,
but it's had a bit of a long life.

170-odd years,

and it's showing it now,
unfortunately. Yeah, it is, it is.

I envisage taking
the silver off of here...

Yep, perfect. ..and handing you
the bendy bits.

Is that...? Yeah, that'd be super.
Yeah? Yeah, yeah.

This velvet needs
to be really cleaned up. Yeah.

All that needs to be lined. OK.

I'll get that to my bench

and I'll be over as soon
as I've got it apart.

Sounds perfect. Thank you.
Cheers. OK.

I'm just going to try
and ease this off,

and this is seeing the light of day

for the first time
in 170-odd years.

I can start to clean that up

and get the rest of these
letters off and get those made.

Rather more sturdy is the jaunty
1950s roundabout

being overhauled by Dom.

So, a lot of these pieces,
I can actually sand down by hand,

which is really good, a nice,
gentle way of doing it.

Some of the areas are really tricky.

There's lots of nooks and crannies
that I can't get into,

so the sandblaster is
the perfect tool for that.

Sandblasting may look
like a very modern process,

but it's actually
been around for 150 years,

patented in America in 1870.

It's a fast and efficient way
of cleaning metal surfaces,

something that would have taken Dom
hours by hand.

You can see what a fantastic job
sandblasting does.

It just leaves me with a perfect,
clean, solid steel finish,

which is a great face
for the paint.

Perfect.

So I've just got a few last bits
to do on this piece

and then I've got a mountain
of old bits to do, as well.

OK, so now I've got all of the bits
of the merry-go-round

all stripped off and back
to bare metal, which is great.

There's actually no real rust
or anything like that.

That's very good news.

The only thing I have to really deal
with is this piece of tube,

on both sides,

this round tube has become oval
from that, basically, being in there

and just sort of bashing back
and forwards for so long,

and I don't want to dare risk
this not being safe,

so I need to fix this.

Now, I've got that cut,
that's removed a bit of material,

that's actually given me a gap, then
I can clamp the two sides together,

and then that will reduce
that movement.

Now I just need to get a weld
on there to hold it all in place.

OK.

Hopefully I haven't welded it
all together.

Brilliant.

Perfect.

That's so much better.

Still a little bit of play there,
so it's easy to slide in and out,

but not too much, so I have no
worries about that not being safe.

I'm painting the seats
for the merry-go-round

separately to the rest
of the pieces,

because I'm using a different paint
for these,

which is going to be an interesting
one. It's a new one on me.

Originally, the paint had, almost
like they'd put an additive

in the paint, or something
like that, to make it wrinkle up.

But I can only assume that is
to give it more grip, basically,

to make it a little bit non-slip,

so when you're spinning around
on the merry-go-round,

you don't fly out of the seat.

Perfect.
That has gone on really well,

and it's actually already started
to wrinkle up, which is brilliant.

I do need to leave that to dry
for a good few hours, though,

so that goes nice and hard.

So far, so good.

Before I sandblasted everything off,

I took really accurate notes
and drawings and pictures

of all of the original paint
and where that all was.

So now I need to mask up the areas
that I want to stay white

in preparation to spray the red on.

OK. Brilliant.

That's all gone really well,
I just need to let that dry,

and then I can unmask it all.
That's the fun bit.

Across the workshop,

it's with great fanfare
that Jay's taken a delivery

for musical master Pete.

How are you doing, Pete?
All right, Jay. How's you?

I'm good. Just got this back
from the platers.

Yeah? That's all right, innit?

Yeah, it's nice.
But it's a bit too shiny, innit?

It's going to be shiny,
but we've got to now take it back

to the shininess
when Dennis had it.

A lot of the silver
would have worn off,

so I'm just going to
polish it off a bit... Oh, OK.

..so it's back to looking like...
Like that? ..like that.

Well, you've got a bit of brass
showing through, and all this,

all the normal wear... I'm with you.

..so it looks exactly the same
as they knew it.

All right. Happy days. Onwards.

Yes, and upwards.

I'm using just an ordinary
brass polish.

The silver has all been
put on with a brush,

so it's not over heavy.

It's been quite a nice job,
actually, repairing this,

it's an old,

semi hand-built one,

so it's nice putting back together
something that somebody made,

all that time ago.

For decades, this trumpet heralded
the New Year for Sue Day's family,

but its bright, beautiful
sound had been silenced

by the march of time.

Now Sue's returned to
The Repair Shop,

accompanied by her daughter,

Cassie, and soon to be son-in-law,
Nathan,

who is hoping to revive
that family tradition.

The trumpet has got a real
link to my dad.

I don't have many things
left of my dad any more,

so it'll be really special.

Hello. Hiya. How are you, Sue?
Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine, thank you.
Hiya, hiya. All right?

Hi, I'm Nathan. This is Nathan.
All right, Nathan? Nice to meet you.

Hiya. So, who's Nathan, then?

Nathan is my other daughter's
boyfriend.

Oh... Yes. ..and he's going to
continue the tradition?

Yes, he's going to play the trumpet.
Try to. Try to?

How do you feel about that?
There's a lot of pressure on this.

So how are you ladies feeling?
Excited. Excited? Yeah.

And nervous. And nervous.

Yeah. I just want to see it working,
and looking good,

and so it's...
Reminds me of my dad.

We're quite excited for you guys
to see this, actually, aren't we?

Yeah. Aren't we? Yeah?
Shall we show you?

Yes, please. Let's go for it.
Yeah? Yeah. OK.

God!

That is incredible.

Yeah! It's... Yeah?

Yeah, thank you so much.
It's this young man, here.

Yeah, thank you very much
for doing that.

My dad's up there now, looking
down at this, and, yeah, yeah,

I'm sure he'll be really glad.
Lovely.

Thank you very much.
That's all right. A pleasure. Yeah.

He would be now sort of saying,
"Right, that's how it..."

"That's how it needs to stay."
"..it needs to stay."

I can't believe it. No.
I can't believe it.

Just shocked. Mm.

Yes. Now... Pressure!

I feel sorry for him!

We need to hear it playing now!

Could you do us a little tune now?
Just a little something.

I can give it a go. Thank you.
I'm sure I can. All right.

HE PLAYS AULD LANG SYNE

Oh! Oh! Well done, well done!

Well done, Nathan!

APPLAUSE

All right? Thank you.

Oh, that was lovely.

Yeah, it just brings back
all the memories. Just wonderful.

Yeah? Thank you.

Anything to continue
the family tradition. Yeah.

Anything. Thank you for
bringing it in. No, thank you.

Thank you very much.
Thanks, Pete, very much.

Yeah. Lovely.

Thank you very much. Thank you.
OK? All right, lovely.

You take care of that. Thank you.
Thanks very much. Bye.

I was shocked. I was amazed.
I was...

I can't believe it's the same
trumpet.

I've never, ever seen it
looking so good.

I've only ever seen it in the state
that we brought it in in,

and to see it like this,

and to see how happy it's made
my mum is just incredible,

and it's bringing back all those
memories of grandad, so...

The tattered and torn
Victorian speed-walking trophy,

free of its silver plaques, is now
in the capable hands of Suzie.

What I'm thinking about is,

what's my best approach here?

It's clear that I'm going
to have to line this velvet

with something, but the first thing
I need to do is clean up the velvet

in preparation for backing.

The actual belt is so fragile
that there is absolutely no room

for mistakes here.

Meanwhile, Brenton is getting
the silver letters

to look champion again.

I'm just establishing
what I need to do to repair

the various parts
before I put them back on.

The "Champion" is missing the P
and the I and some of the M.

Now I'm going to have to draw
those out on a piece of paper,

stick that to a piece of silver,
and then cut those out

and solder those into that
to make the word "Champion."

I think that looks pretty good.

That spells the word "Champion"
in a similar style.

I've got to polish that up a bit,

solder it together, and then that's
ready to go back on the belt.

Now I've got the belt
completely taken apart,

I can see actually how much
damage there is on the velvet.

It's absolutely peppered
with holes and major tears

where it's been folded back,

but I can now go ahead and line this

with a very lightweight material.

It's strong enough to give
everything a lot more strength,

but it's not so thick

that it's going to bulk
everything up too much.

I'm going to just brush lightly

the glue onto the velvet,

and then once it's all got
a little bit tacky,

I can press the two pieces
of fabric together.

Good.

So what I need to do now is
finish off by trimming it up.

At his workbench,

Brenton faces the unusual task

of replacing the Champion's
missing head

on one of the belt's silver plaques,

and he's calling on
some unusual props to help.

I've got some children's toys.

I've cut the head off a vet,

and I'm going to try
and cast that in silver,

which gives me something to work on.

So I'm going to push this head
into some casting sand.

Hopefully, when I remove it,
it will leave an impression

I can then pour
the molten silver into.

Right.

The moment of truth.

If I can get this out without,

without damaging
the impression that I've made.

It's very hard to tell
whether this has worked or not.

I've just got to pour some
silver and see what happens.

And there we go, we've got a, um...

We've got a head.

I've now got to cut
the excess silver off the back

and start carving the hair a bit,

and making it look
a bit more like James.

So there's a bit of work to do yet.

Over on the metal workbench,
Dom's ready for the big reveal,

eager to see if hours of
meticulous taping has recreated

the bold pattern
on the 1950s roundabout.

This is always a nerve-racking
time. No matter how careful...

..I try and mask things up,
the overspray from the paint

just gets everywhere.

Just need to be so careful now.

This is a special tape that
should give me a nice, clean edge.

Oh, yeah.

Brilliant. Yes!

Look at that.

Fantastic.

That is so smart.
I love those two colours together.

It's like a big candy cane.
That looks really, really good.

I wrapped this up so well,
and now I can't get it off!

I do feel a little bit like a big
kid on his birthday,

just unwrapping his presents,
and trying to have a look.

I'm desperate to see how
this has all come out.

Ah, brilliant.

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

Marilyn and Margot's grandkids have
only ever seen this merry-go-round

in the shed, in its sorry state
that it was when it arrived,

so they are going to go mad
when they see this.

It's going to look brand-new,

and they're finally going to get
to have a go on it. I can't wait.

60 years ago, two little sisters
first laid eyes

on what was to become
a favourite childhood toy.

In Eastbourne, those sisters,
Marilyn and Margot,

are about to come face-to-face
with it, as it would have looked

all those years ago,

and they're sharing the moment
with two other little girls,

their granddaughters.

The roundabout was really rusty.

It had been well used
over the years.

I hope Dom has made it safe for us.

We had so much fun
on the roundabout

that it'd be just lovely
to sit in the garden

and watch these two sisters
doing the same thing.

LAUGHTER

Are you ready? Ready?
You and Karen count.

ALL: Three, two, one...

Oh, wow!

Hey, that looks brilliant!

It's good. Oh, that's lovely!
It IS good.

Just so wonderful! Oh!

What do you think, Emily? Good?

Do you want a ride on it? Good!

One go on one side, one go...

Ready, steady, go! Go!

Go on! Wow!

Go on! Go on! Oh, Marilyn!

Oh, steady now!

Faster, faster! Oh, that's lovely!

Go!

LAUGHTER

When the blanket came off, it was
sparkling, wasn't it? Amazing.

It was just lovely.
It was like new.

I bet my mum's looking
down up there. Yeah!

Yeah. She'd probably have
jumped on it, as well!

Is it our go?

Ooh!

THE GIRLS GIGGLE

Eh, good job we're small!
Get your feet up, Marilyn!

Woo! Woo!

THEY LAUGH

We're mad! Oh, this is lovely!

I don't believe it!

Oh, Marilyn! Absolutely brilliant!

Oh, that was lovely!
It was good fun!

BIRDSONG

c*ck CROWS

Back at The Repair Shop,
Suzie is in the final stages

of putting the Champion Speed Walker
belt back together,

170 years after it was awarded
to Victorian sporting legend

James Searles.

I've finish glueing the backing
onto the velvet of the belt.

It feels really strong, and I know
I've got full confidence now

that when I mount
the metal plating back on,

this can take the strain.

It's really beginning
to come together.

All I have to do now is to sew
the backing piece of leather on

to hide all of the pins that's
holding the metalwork on the front.

I think the final result is going
to be really rather lovely.

When the prize belt arrived
in The Repair Shop,

it was anything but champion,
with missing letters,

a headless figure
and fragile fabric.

Now James Searle's great, great,
great-granddaughter Gil

has returned to the barn to reclaim
this piece of sporting history.

Considering it's 150 years old,

it's amazing that it's survived
that long,

but we want it to last
another 150 years,

so to have it repaired
will mean a lot.

I'm really looking forward
to seeing it.

Hello, Gil. Hi, Gil.

Lovely to see you again.
Hello again!

It's lovely to see YOU.

Hi. Hello, hi.

How are you feeling?

Ooh!

I'm sure it'll be amazing, cos
I've got every confidence in you!

That's nice. That's a good start.
It's a good start, yeah.

Well, let's see, shall we? OK.
Here we go.

Oh!

Oh, you've done a super job!

That is amazing!
How did you do that?

Well, he's got his head back.

THEY CHUCKLE

Gosh!

Oh, that's just right.

Just right.

Oh, it's lovely.

I'm in awe of you. I really am.

It was what you were hoping for,
is it? Absolutely, yes,

and more so, and more so, yeah.
Good. Yeah.

It's been absolutely fascinating
to hear about

all of James's achievements.
Thank you. Thank you so much.

Thank YOU. Thank you.
Thank you very much. OK.

Right, and it's yours to take away.

Lovely. Thank you very much.
All right. Bye.

Take care. Bye-bye. Bye.

Well done. Well done, you.

I think Suzie and Brenton have done
an absolutely fantastic job.

As far as James is concerned,
it's wonderful that we'll be able to

keep it for years
and years and years, erm,

through lots of generations
of the family

so that his legacy never dies.

So it's great. Absolutely wonderful.

Join us next time,
as more childhood treasures....

This is a seesaw,
which goes up and down...

And then spins around?
..and spins around, too.

..are lovingly restored...

Ah!

LAUGHTER

..in The Repair Shop.