The Repair Shop

S05:E14 - Garden Bench, Triumphator Calculator, Bridle

Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.First into the barn, an item that's seen better days. Janette Drew and her mother Margaret Murphy are hoping that metal work expert Dominic Chinea can save a beloved bench that's on its last legs. This humble garden seat is a reminder of where Margaret first met her husband in his mother's garden and later on in its life was the bench Jeanette's market gardener father took his tea breaks on. With a lot of love and attention, Dom has to completely take apart the crumbling seat to restore it to its former glory so Janette and Margaret can put it back to use with all its cherished memories.Donald Creasy with daughter Becky and grandsons Sam and Joe are hoping Steve Fletcher's mechanical expertise might solve a tricky problem.  A Triumphator calculator, descendant of the revolutionary adding machines from the 1900s, which was used by Donald when he worked in a laboratory over 55 years ago. It is now completely jammed up and hasn't performed a calculation in decades. Steve is stumped by the mechanical calculator at the start but things finally begin to add up and the family are amazed to see it up and running again.A unique piece of family heritage arrives with Ella Woolls and her father Jon. An antique bridal in need of some serious TLC and Master Saddle Suzie Fletcher is just the person for the job. The bridle was made by Ella's great grandfather and they're hopeful that Susie will be able to bring it back to its former glory so it can survive another 100 years.