11x34 - An unusual necklace, an old felt painting cap & a treasured camera

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In The Repair Shop today...

- The shutter's only firing on one
speed.

- ..a finely tuned ear...

- You can hear it, it's like
da-da-da-da-da.

- ..and an exacting eye.

- I want to make sure that the colour
match is precise

so it blends in beautifully.

This is spot-on now.

- First, a tale of love and loss.

Sue Stanbridge from Somerset is here
with an intriguing trinket

to test the mettle of jeweller Richard
Talman.

- Hello there.
- Hi.
- I'm Will.
- Nice to meet you.

- Richard, lovely to meet you.
- Lovely to meet you, too.

- What do you have for us today?

- I have a necklace.

- How pretty.

- So whose necklace is this?

- It belonged to my mum and it was
given to her by my dad

when he was in the Navy.

- What's your mum and dad's name?

- My dad is Vic and my mum's Pat.

They met when my mum worked in a
newspaper office

and then he plucked up the courage to
ask for a date.

They got married in 1956.

My mum would have been 20 and he would
have been 22.

They were just so in love.

They were so in love.

- What did your dad do in the Navy?

- He was an electrician

and he was doing his exams to become a
petty officer.

So he was moving up the ranks.

He would bring her home gifts.

We've got shells, we've got lace,
we've got jewellery.

They used to do really, really long
tours.

And I think he went more or less
around the world.

- It must've been incredibly hard to
sort of fall in love,

you get married and then you're away
from home for a long period of time.

- Yeah. Well, they got married in the
April

and he went back to sea in the
October.

My mum was expecting me, she was about
six months pregnant.

He was due back 14 months later, the
December after.

And when they got to India,

unfortunately, he picked up polio
virus.

He became very ill.

When they docked at Trincomalee in Sri
Lanka,

they took him off the boat, took him
to hospital where he died.

He died the day after his 23rd
birthday.

- Too young.

So sorry.

- Yeah, that was going to be his last
trip.

He was there taking a shore job when
he came back

because he had family.

He didn't want to be away from them.

- So he never actually got to meet
you.

- Nope. Nope.

- Oh, my word.

- And this necklace came back with all
his possessions.

- I can see why that means so much to
you.

- It's got a huge emotional value,
even though it's probably something

very cheap from a little bazaar
somewhere on the subcontinent.

I couldn't not hold on to it.

- Is your mum still with us?

- No, she died in October.
- I'm sorry to hear that.

- May I take a closer look?
- Yeah, of course.

- Do you know what it's made out of?

- It doesn't look like it's a precious
metal.
- No.

- Do you remember what it looked like
new?
- No.

No, my mum gave it to me when I was a
teenager.

It had stones missing then.

- And how would you like it to look?

- I would like it to look good enough
to wear at a wedding.

- OK.

- My youngest daughter gets married
next July, and I'd love

to see her coming down the aisle with
this memory of her grandmother,

who only died last year, but the
grandfather that she never knew.

- That'd be a lovely sentiment,
wouldn't it?
- Yeah.

- I will do my very, very best for
you.

- I can't ask for anything else.

That's great. Thank you. Bye-bye.
- Take care. Bye.

That really was a sad story.
- Yeah.
- Very sad.

I really, really want to do my very,
very best for her.

I want to go and make this wedding
perfect for them.
- Wedding perfect.

- Wedding perfect.
- You love a challenge, Rich.
- I do.

So, this piece of jewellery with a
brass chain and a zinc centrepiece

is what we would describe as costume
jewellery.

So it's cast in that one whole piece.

So firstly, the chain has become very
oxidised and tarnished,

so I'm going to need to clean that.

All of the gemstones are in a pretty
bad way.

Also, there was some kind of chrome
finish on the outside,

which is peeling off, so that's going
to need to be readdressed.

I'm just going to quickly remove the
chain, then I'm going

to have to try and start removing
these stones.

I'm going to take a scorper, which is
a very sharp graving tool

and just place it up under the gem...

..and out it comes.

On the back here, you can see that
there's a little bit

of gold foil which is placed onto the
back of the gem

so it reflects more.

And it's that gold foil, that's rotted

and is making them not sparkle
anymore.

So it is sad to say that I just can't
keep any of them.

- Next in the picture, camera expert
Pierro Pozella.

- It's good to have you back.
- It's good to be back.

- Yeah? Well, wait till you see what's
coming in.

I think this is going to be a
challenge for you.

- The challenge comes courtesy of
Nalini Ramprasad from Lancaster.

- Hello.
- Hi.
- How you doing?
- I'm good, thank you.

- So that does look like a camera.

- It is a camera. It's my grandad's
camera.

- Can we have a look?
- Yeah, of course.

I think he got it in, like, the late
'40s. Yeah.

- What's Grandad's name?
- Bernard.
- Bernard.

And what did he use this for?

- So, this was his first camera that
he took on his solo trips

when he was, like, 18.

He's originally from Isle of Mersea
down near Ipswich.
- OK.

- And, yeah, he went up to the lakes
on his own when he was 18

for the first time, and this was the
camera that he brought with him.

It's definitely a hobby which he kept
up for all of his life.

He went to Australia on his own.

He went travelling quite a lot.

He also went travelling around the
States on his own as well.

- That's a cool grandad, man.

- Yeah, I've got a cool grandad, I'm
quite lucky.
- Wow.

So how come you've got this then?

- I was going to visit my friend in
the summer and I was like,

"Oh, Grandad, do you have a backpack?"

And he said, "Oh, I do, from when I
used to go travelling,

"you can go and find it in the
wardrobe."

I went to the wardrobe and I found a
very small backpack,

but I also found his camera and I was
like, "Wow, what's this?"

He was like, "Oh, yeah, that's one of
my first cameras."

- Do you have any plans for the
camera?

- Yeah. So, I'm actually graduating
from university this year

and hoping to travel abroad a bit,

and so I'd really like my grandad to
teach me how to use it.

And then I can take it and go and take
photos on my first trips

on my own, which will be really
exciting.

- So are you into photography?
- I do like taking photos,

but I wouldn't say I'm as good as my
grandad.

We'll see. I've got time to develop.

- And what's your relationship like
with your grandad?

- Me and my grandad are really close.

My other grandparents lived in India,

but he was like my grandad who lived
quite close by,

so he'd always collect me from school
or piano

and at the weekends we'd drive up to
the lakes

or to the Beatrix Potter Museum and go

and do that and go to the village
shop.

So me and my grandad have been close
from when I was quite young.

- You've had a good time with him.

- Yeah, I did have a really good time.

And now, still hanging out our
afternoon tea and chat about his
travels.

- What do you know to be wrong with
the camera?

- I think the mechanism on the back
doesn't work properly.

So even if we got film in there,

which I'm not entirely sure if that's
working anyways,

we can't close it to get the shutter
working properly.

The leather on the straps feels a bit
flimsy

and a bit weak, so I'm a bit concerned
about that.

And there's definitely some corrosion
and a gap coming

apart from the stitching here.

But the scuff marks on it, I'm not too
fussed about fixing.

I think it's quite nice to have
grandad's history on there.

- We'll get Suzie to have a look at
that.

- Do you know when it broke as well?

Or was it just always known to be like
this?

- I think he said it had probably
broken like the late '50s.

It just stopped working and he'd got a
new one,

so he just kind of carried on with
that.

- So why did you want to use this on
your first travels?

- I think there's something quite nice
to know that Grandad went out

into the world when he was quite
young.
- Yeah.

- And like, took all of his photos and
viewed life through that lens.

I think there's something poetic about
me doing the same.

- Yeah, I totally agree with that.
- Yeah.

- Well, thank you for bringing this in
and telling us about your grandad.

- Thank you. It's really nice to meet
you.
- Likewise.

You take care now.
- You too.
- Bye-bye.

- This camera is a lovely piece of
history.

It encapsulates something quite
exciting during that time.

So 1930s, around about the '30s it
came out.

And it was developed by a clockmaker.

So the main part that drives this
camera is essentially a clock

mechanism and the camera's been built
around that.

So on top here you would wind the
mechanism up

and it's very innovative of its time.

It'd allow you to take up to five
frames per second or continuously.

And during that time that was kind of
unheard of.

So on first impressions, I can see
that the door hinge isn't closing

properly and the door catch is really
stiff to press.

So that needs just realigning,
cleaning up, relubricating.

Looking at the lens as well,

I can see there's slight corrosion on
the front nameplate.

This is a common problem with cameras
that have experienced

sort of moisture or water damage.

This will just make the images lose
contrast.

Especially in bright light it can
cause an issue.

So I'll just need to take the lens
apart,

clean off any fungus and reassemble.

The last sort of major issue that I'm
concerned

about is that the shutter's only
firing on one speed.

You can hear it, it's like
da-da-da-da-da.

If I adjust it and fire it again...

..sounds exactly the same.

It is a slight concern because you're
only going to fire

at one shutter speed and you need to
vary this

to be able to capture different light
situations.

And this could be a major task or
could be a minor task.

Until I take it apart, not too sure.

So fingers crossed.

- Crossing his fingers has obviously
paid off for jeweller Richard.

- Now got the pendant all the way back
down to bare zinc

and the results are actually coming
out a little bit better

than I'd actually hoped.

I'm pretty convinced now that with the
right kind of polishing

and a little bit of patience,

I can actually get the zinc up to the
bright mirror finish

that it would have been with the
chrome plating on.

The chrome plating is originally put
on to give it the bright mirror

finish without going to the effort of
making it all perfectly polished

beforehand because it's a mass
production piece.

The time is simply not there to do
that.

But I've obviously got the benefit of
being able to spend quite a bit

of time on this precious piece to get
each and every part

to a perfect shine.

So I'm going to use the same polishes
I would do on a precious

metal to see if I can get that perfect
shine on it.

And already there.

That's going to be good.

I think this is going to be the
solution.

I've now got the beautiful shine of
the raw colour

of the zinc shining through.

I've got a little bit of lacquer that
I put over the top

of that to protect it from
oxidisation.

Now it's time to get the gemstones
glued in.

So, the adhesive I'm using to put
these crystals into the pendant

is a specifically designed adhesive
for gemstones and various crafts.

It's got a very, very accurate, almost
syringe nib,

so I don't overfill the voids.

Let's get sticking.

Unfortunately, I'm not able to keep
any of the existing gemstones,

but fortunately, the ones I'm
replacing it with are a crystal

from around about the similar sort of
time that this was made

in the first place that's got a gold
foil that's embossed onto the back.

So I'm pretty sure that the integrity
of the piece

is going to be spot-on.

And the last one going in.

Now I've got those in and I can see
the shine that's coming off of them,

for the first time in the whole
restoration of this piece,

I'm starting to see how Sue is going
to see this when she sees it.

And I really, really hope it makes her
happy.

Cos it's been quite a transformation.

Now the gems are securely in the
pendant,

it's really, really critical that I
leave them there to set.

So I'm going to take that opportunity
to get this chain

over to the polishing machine, get a
lovely, nice shine back on this.

I'm going to be holding the chain
loosely over a piece of leather.

The leather protects my fingers and
also eliminates the chance

of the chain snagging and causing any
damage.

And then move it down.

I'm only really polishing a centimetre
at a time.

And that there is bringing that chain
up absolutely lovely.

You can see the shine on that

in comparison to the one I've not yet
polished.

This is bringing the chain up really,
really well.

- Jayesh, do you want to join me,
please?
- Yes, certainly.

- Look at you, man.

You're always looking dapper, aren't
you?

- Thank you.

- Jayesh Vaghela's passion for fashion

extends to his mastery of the craft of
hatting.

And today he'll be assisting Bradley
and Jill Luter

with a treasured relic.

- Hello.
- Hello.
- How are you doing?
- Fine, thank you.

- Hiya.
- Hi.
- Hello.

- So, what have you got for us?

- We have got my late father's DIY
hat.

- Wow.
- DIY hat?
- As you can tell!

He used to do DIY in it.
- That was his painting hat.

- So he had a different hat for doing
different things?

- For different things. He had about a
dozen, at least, of all sorts.

- So, what was Dad's name? You said
he's...
- Brian.
- Brian.
- Yeah.
- OK.

What other hats did he have, then?
What else would he do?

- He had a gardening hat,

and he had a posh one.

He had a woolly one for winter time,

which, it was permanently on his head,
wasn't it?

- He had a balaclava as well.

- His mum knitted him a balaclava...
- Mum knitted him...!

LAUGHTER
- What did he use the balaclava for?

- He got a motorbike.

He put it on under his crash helmet.
- Yeah, yeah.

- He looked like he was going to
burgle somebody!

- LAUGHTER

- OK. And where did he get this one
from, then?

- So this was his father's.

So his father had it as a driving hat.
- Right.

- And then he passed it down to my
dad...
- Yeah.

- ..who used it as his DIY hat.
- OK.

As you do!
- As you do.

- And what was he like? What type of
guy was he?

- Well, he was in the Navy...
- Yeah.
- ..for 22 years.
- Right.

- Very quiet, shy, studious man.

- OK.
- So I was 19 when we met...
- Yeah.

- ..and he moved in across the road
from me.

But we never sort of got together
because he didn't have the courage

to talk to me.
- Aw, bless him!

- But how he got the hat...
- Yeah?

- ..was he was on leave and his dad
said,

"You can help me paint the outside of
the house."

He said, "I've got nothing to go on my
head."

So his dad said, "Well, you can have
my hat."

But he knew that every afternoon I
walked down the road to go

and see my mum, so it got him a chance
to see me.

- It seems like that's got so much
history in there.
- Yeah.

- Oh! It's the only hat, out of all
his hats,

that's got a name, and it's called
"The Pistachio".

- CHUCKLING

- OK, why is it called that?

- Well, Kerry, my daughter, was
walking up the drive

with her boyfriend, and she said, "Oh,
that's my dad."

And he said, "What's he got on his
head?"

And she said, "Oh, that's his
pistachio."

- LAUGHTER

- Wow.
- So...
- So why have you brought this in to
us?

- Doing a bit of work at my mum's, and
top of a cupboard,

found the hat. I checked for spiders
first,

put it on, and it fit like a glove.

- Yeah.
- I asked and Mum said yeah.

- And is that what your intention is
to do, like, wear it

when you're painting?
- Yeah. Yeah. I hate painting.

LAUGHTER

So I won't be painting in it!

But I'm a landscape gardener...
- OK.

- ..so I want something that stays in
one shape and looks good, you know?

- So, what do you want Jayesh to do to
the hat?

- Um...

I want to preserve it...
- OK.

- ..but, I mean, even things like
that, how my dad

used to take it off...
- Yeah.

- I'd like that kept, you know,
because that was my dad.

He used to take it off like that.
- Yeah.

- I'm not even bothered about the
paint, to be totally honest.

The paint reminds me of my dad.
- Yeah.
- Yes.

- Just like with the band inside it...
- Yeah, it's...

- The leather's, there, wearing away.
- Yeah, it's mainly...

..mainly the inside.

I'd like it wearable and I'd like
it...
- Comfortable.

- Yeah, restored for the future,
because I work on my own, mostly,

and I think having Dad there, just a
bit of his company,

really, it'd be nice.
- That's nice.
- Nice having him working with me.

- Oh, I like that. Well, leave it with
us,

and I'm sure Jayesh will be able to do
something...
- Thank you.

- Brilliant.
- You guys take care now. See you
soon.
- Thank you.

- Thank you.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye. Bye.

- This cap, you can see, is very well
loved, and Bradley wants

to continue the tradition.

The biggest problem is the sweatband,
which is this part

of the cap, which is made of leather,

and that has completely disintegrated.

What I need to do is create a new
sweatband and replace it.

The material, which is fur felt,

can be treated as a delicacy by moths.

And you can see the craters here.

What I can do is create a bit of

felt dust, mixed with natural glue,

and fill in the craters.

And then what I need to do is tackle

the shape of the cap and make sure

I retain the front pinch and the pinch
above.

And before I tackle all of that, what
I need to do

is dry-brush cleaning.

Felt, if washed, can shrink.

The whole reason I'm using dry-brush
cleaning

is because I want to get that dirt off
it and retain that beautiful

texture the felt has.

- It's a crucial stage in the repair
of the 1930s camera

for shutterbug Pierro.

- So this is the shutter unit, and
this is what's responsible

for letting light in the camera, which
essentially, in turn,

exposes the film.

Now the shuttle unit is out of the
camera housing,

I can see it a lot closer, and it's
really clear to see.

All this gunk, it looks like earwax.

It's, like, old lubricants,

which leak out oils over time.

And this causes them to act like glue,
which is causing

the shutter to play up.

To fix this, dip this in a solution to
clean it,

re-lubricate it, and that should make
it feel like brand-new.

This solution is a modernised solution
of an old chemical

the older repairers used to use in the
'30s.

While the chemicals are still on
there, I lightly just brush it.

Take off any excess.

So, to tell it's working,

we want to hear a sort of, like,
scratchy sound, which means

it's moving, because before it was
sort of lagging and getting stuck.

So if I just wind up the mechanism...

Right, this gear, watch it spin.

There you go.

So the shutter's now working,

and once that's all back together, I'm
going to move to the lens.

- This is a beautiful little case of
Nalini's.

It has the normal wear and tear you'd
expect

of something of this age.

You can see where we've got some
colour loss here

and the stitching has perished.

When I start to see several stitches
have failed, then it's a clear

indication that all of the thread
needs to be replaced.

The strap is looking tired,

but actually, the integrity of it, the
thickness of it is very good.

So the first thing I want to do is
just start cleaning it,

using a little bit of saddle soap.

With older leathers, it's really
important to go in gently, gently.

If you go in too heavy-handed, you
might have an adverse reaction.

You can already see... Look at that!
Massive amount of dirt!

And that was just a few wipes of the
cloth.

- So now I'm cleaning the fungus off
the lens.

I just want to investigate inside a
little bit further.

Where the corrosion has been on the
outside,

it has got into one of the rivets.

You can see that this blade here
should be...have its rivet aligned

in the mechanism, but it's completely
slipped out.

So if this blade's slipping,

what that means is that the light that
comes into the lens

is disrupted.

So it'll cause the camera to
overexpose and it can cause also

lens-flaring as well.

So I think the best option is to
replace the lens.

And once that's all back together, I
can turn my attention to

the film door which was jamming, and
make sure that's all OK.

- That's the entire case resewn now,

so I'm very happy about that.

The one thing that's left for me to do
is to tidy up these cut edges,

to make them nice and smooth and shiny
again.

And to do that, I'm just going to use
some leather stain

that will polish up beautifully.

- Now the camera's been reassembled,

everything's working lovely and smooth
again,

and the door latch, which came across
as sort of a big problem,

all it needed doing was a simple
clean, and it's working again.

All that's left to do now is film-test
it,

make sure it's all OK.

- Jeweller Richard has been working on
an unusual necklace

that a young sailor bought for his
sweetheart over 60 years ago.

- This is almost ready for Sue's
daughter's wedding.

It's both old, it's now kind of new,

it's certainly borrowed,

but there's nothing blue about it,
sadly!

Other than that, I hope it'll be
perfect.

So the final stage now

is to take the jump rings,

and these are just small,

little brass hoops with a cut.

One side gets fed through the open end
of the chain, the other side

through the pendant, and then they're
bent back together to form

the articulated link between the
pendant and the chain.

Then, for the pendant...

Now that's on there nice and secure.

This pendant is ready to be enjoyed

for the first time in years.

I really hope Sue's going to be happy.

- This necklace pays tribute to a
couple's loving marriage

that was tragically cut far too short.

Their daughter, Sue, has returned,

hoping to see its sparkle restored,

ready for her own daughter to wear
down the aisle.

- Hello.
- Hi.
- How are you doing?
- I'm all right, thank you. And you?

- I'm very good, actually.
- Good.
- Welcome back, Sue.

- Nice to be back.

Got some trepidation, but looking
forward to seeing it.

Really hoping that it's going to be
wedding-ready.

- Are you ready, though, Sue?
- I am ready, yes.

- SHE GASPS

- Oh, that's just beautiful!

I didn't imagine it was going to look
like that!

Thank you so much!

- SHE EXHALES

- Pleasure.

- It's great. It's just...absolutely
fabulous.

I can just imagine my dad seeing that
and thinking,

"I'll take that home for Pat."

- Yeah.
- You know, because it would have just
caught the eye.

- You think your daughter's going to
be happy?

- She's going to be blown away by that

when she sees it.

She'll wear it with pride,

and it will be just wonderful to have
something

that is from my dad,

who none of us knew,

and my mum who was a dearly loved
grandmother.

You've made my day, my week, my year.

I mean... Yeah. Thank you.

- Pleasure.

- THEY CHUCKLE

- It's yours now.
- Thank you very much.

- Good luck at the wedding.
- Thank you. Bye-bye.

- You take care now.
- Bye.

This symbolises my dad as a young man.

It symbolises the fact that he loved
my mum very much.

And every time I look at it, I'll
think of

the very happy but very short marriage
they had.

To see my daughter wearing that
necklace,

is just going to be emotional beyond
words.

I will be so sad, but also so proud

and happy to think that it's become

a central part of the family.

- Hatter Jayesh is going flat-out on
the cap repair,

creating a replacement leather
sweatband.

- Looking at a hat, inside,

you would think that the sweatband is
like a straight strip of leather.

In fact, it's not.

Because the cap has a taper,

the leather sweatband has a bow to it.

Now, the measurement I took of the
width

of the original sweatband,

and I'm going to run along both sides,

marking the same measurement.

That's the first line cut.

All I need to do now is cut the second
line and then my sweatband

is ready for it to be stitched in into
the cap.

I was planning on using my domestic
machine to sew the leather

into the cap, but I've noticed

that the peak has a metal wire insert,

and if the wire is disturbed,

it will distort the shape of the cap.

Now, the alternative...

There is an industrial-strength
machine that Dean uses

to do his shoe work, and that is the
very machine I need

to stitch this leather into the cap.

Using this machine, I'm able to fully
control,

because it's hand-operated,

and do one stitch at a time

and make sure it is perfectly aligned.

I want one of these!

I have just finished stitching in the
leather into the cap,

and that has worked really well.

I'm turning my attention to the

craters that were created by the
moths,

so I am preparing a mixture

to fill the moth holes.

And in the mixture I am using

flocking and rubber glue

and acrylic paint, brown and green.

The family refers to the cap as
"Pistachio",

so I want to make sure that the colour
match is precise,

so it blends in beautifully.

Just going to see how this is.

It's...close.

This colour match, I believe, is
spot-on now.

If I just place the mixture

into a moth hole, what will happen

is the mixture will dry.

And because the felt is so dry,

the mixture will come away from the
felt surface.

So what I need to do is put a droplet
of water...

..into the moth hole and then apply
the mixture.

So I'm going to go for the filler.

So that's one crater filled, and there
are quite a few holes to go

because the moths were really hungry.

- Pierro is using his portable
darkroom to shed some light

on how the newly-restored 1930s camera
is operating.

- This is the moment where it's very
nerve-racking

because this is where I'll see if the
repairs

have been successful or not.

And I always get excited at this
moment because this is where

you actually get to see the physical
imagery, and fingers crossed,

all's gone well.

Look at that!

That's what we wanted.

You can see, look, perfectly exposed
images.

This is always the best bit of
developing film,

especially when it's a repair.

They look great!

- Pierro. How are you doing?
- Good, thank you.

- It's time.
- Yeah, it's all ready. Ready to go.

- That case looks nice as well.
- Yeah.

Suzie did a great job on that.
- Yeah, brilliant.

- Over 70 years ago, this camera
accompanied a young adventurer

on his travels.

Now his granddaughter, Nalini, plans
to use the heirloom

to record her experiences as she
explores the world.

- Hi. Welcome back to the barn.
- Hi. It's nice to be back.

- Good. I'm Dom.
- Hi. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- Good to see you again.

- I mean, I can see you're obviously
excited to see it.

- I'm very excited,

and I think my grandad's just been so
excited as well.

I think it's got a special place in
his heart.
- Yeah.

And is that why it's got a little bit
of a special place

in your heart as well?

- Yeah, I think being at, like, a
similar age and at a point

in my life where I'm about to go out
into the world, go on my travels,

it'll be really nice to have that with
me, just like he did.

- You want to have a look?
- Yeah, I'd love to.
- Go on, Pierro.

- Ready?
- Yeah.

Oh, my gosh! It's so shiny!

Wow! Wow!

- SHE GASPS

- Yeah. Oh, exciting!

And it closes so beautifully now.

- SHUTTER CLICKS

- That's such a nice sound.

- SHUTTER CLICKS

- Wow!
- You can just hear it, just so much
smoother.
- Yeah!

That's amazing!

- SHE LAUGHS

- And this is all sorted as well.

- So Suzie's done some amazing work on
the case.

- All the original pieces...
- Yeah.
- ..stitched back together.

- Oh, wow!
- Yeah.

- As well as it having a past, like,

it's now got a future as well, which I
think is really nice.

- What will be the first picture you
take?

- I think I want Grandad to take the
first one.

I think it's only right that...
- That's sweet.

- Yeah, it's his camera and he like,
gets to see it

into a new life as well, so, yeah.

- Well, to show you that it is all
working smoothly,

we've taken some pictures to show you.

There's just a couple. We tested
around the barn,

once we cleaned it all up.
- Oh!

- And as you can see, they're
beautifully exposed.

- So lovely. Oh, wow!

- You better show your grandad as
well.
- That's so exciting.

He's going to be so happy about that.

- Well, it's yours to take away.

- Thank you so much!
- Please, enjoy it.
- SHE LAUGHS

- Perfect.
- Thank you!
- Safe travels.
- Thank you!

- Thank you.
- Bye.

- Definitely, when I look at the
camera now,

I'll always think of my grandad.

No matter where I am in the world, no
matter how many years

down the line, I think it will always
be Grandad's camera.

It's still got some of the nice scuff
marks from his travels,

which... It'll be nice to keep with
me.

It's always Grandad's.

- It's full steam ahead on the repair
of the painter's cap.

Now free of muck and moth holes,

all Jayesh has to do is reshape it.

- It is very important that I don't
lose the peak and the two dents

at the front, which were originally
created by Bradley's father.

Basically what I'm doing is, when I
apply steam,

the heat softens, and using all of my
fingers, pushing the felt out

to a point where it is causing a
perfect curve.

I'm going to carry on steaming and
shaping,

then I'm going to leave it to cool
down,

and the cap is ready to go back to
Bradley and Jill.

- These marks formed part of the charm
of this cap,

which was just one piece of a
much-missed man's

extensive hat collection.

- There we are.
- Good job, Jayesh. Looks really
great.
- Thanks, Will.

Thank you.

- Lovely. Right.

- Bradley is intending to wear the cap
to work,

to continue his dad's legacy,

the way Jill remembers it being worn
by her late husband.

- Hello.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Welcome back.
- Thank you.

- You must be Bradley and Jill.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Nice to meet you.

I'm Will.
- Nice to meet you.

- So, have you missed the cap whilst
it's been here?
- Yes, definitely.

Yeah, I've been really looking forward
to...

..to seeing how it is.

- What are you hoping that Jayesh has
managed to achieve here?

- Um...

It was more like restoring it for
future use, really.

So...
- And the memories.
- And the memories, yeah.

- Because it's nice to be used in
something that he used.
- Mm.

- You know, it's a little bit of him
going on and helping Brad.

- Shall we have a look at what Jayesh
has done?
- I'd love to.

- Yeah, absolutely.
- All right, Jayesh.
- Here we go.

- Oh!

- Oh, fantastic!
- Oh, that's lovely!

- Oh, it's amazing.

Excellent.
- That's Dad, isn't it?
- Yeah. Oh, wow.

Oh, that's brilliant. Thank you.
- Oh, that's really lovely.

Thank you very much.

And you've still got your pinch marks.
- Yes, they've got the...

Brilliant.

- Oh, look!
- Oh, wow!

Oh, wow!
- Oh, that looks much better.

- Right, proof is in the pudding, can
I put it on?
- Yes, please.

- THEY LAUGH

- And it fits?

- Yeah. That's lovely.

Oh, that's amazing.
- That's love... That's Dad.
- Yeah.

That fits lovely.

- Oh, you look so like your dad!

- Cool. Chuffed. Brilliant. Thank you
so much for that.

- Not at all. It's a pleasure, an
absolute pleasure.

- I think the cap looks great on
you...
- Thank you.

- ..and it's nice to know that you
want to keep that bit of

family history and tradition going as
well.

- And thank you so much, Jayesh.

You really did have a hard job to do,

so I appreciate that very much.
- Thank you.

- Well, it's nice to meet you both.
Thanks a lot. Bye-bye.

- Thank you very much.
- Bye.
- Cheers, bye-bye.
- Bye now.

- When I look at the hat, I can
remember my dad

tinkering around in the garage.
- Happy memories.
- Happy...

I think he was always happiest when he
was creating stuff,

same as me.
- He's so much like his father.

And when he put it on, I couldn't
believe the likeness,

you know, shining through.

So, if you work as well as your dad,
you'll do all right.

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