The Repair Shop

Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. First to arrive at the barn, another memento from far off climes, brought in by husband and wife Barry and Bernadette. This precious musical Jewellery box was bought by Barry for Bernadette while he was in Malaysia with the British Army over 50 years ago, sadly when he sent it back to Bernadette in the UK it was damaged in transit and, though she has loved the box ever since, she has never seen it working. Now the responsibility of giving Bernadette the chance to finally see her beloved box working after fifty years falls to horologist Steve Fletcher. The barn's bear repair pair, Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell are next to be called into action, this time against a mythical monster in need of some TLC. Duncan the dragon arrives with Marisa and her 10-year-old son Jonah. Duncan was given to Marisa when she was just a little girl, since then he's been a huge comfort through life's challenges, first for Marisa and now for Jonah. But the years haven't been kind to Duncan, and it's down to Julie and Amanda to make sure he's sturdy enough to carry on his important work keeping the family under his wing for years to come. Finally, a complicated fix on a simple tool for metal worker Dominic Chinea. Originally owned by Naranji Patel and brought in by his grandson Paresh, this hammer was one of a set of tools bought by Naranji after moving to the UK from India in the 1960s and with which he taught himself DIY to help save money on home fixes. For Paresh the hammer evokes happy childhood memories of helping his grandfather fix things around the home, and symbolic of the life lessons that Naranji instilled in him. However the hammer is no longer fit for purpose – the handle is old and bent and no longer fits the head properly – but fixing the hammer while preserving as much of the original as possible requires some creative thinking from Dom.