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, Vanessa Simonite with what appears to be a piece of wood and a bag of bits, but which once was a beautiful mosaic table made by hand by her late husband. Her husband Jeremy loved bright colours and made this table in all the colours of the rainbow. He made it in secret as a present for Vanessa 18 months before he died. Years later the mosaic tiles started to become lose, and in one unfortunate moment, all came cascading off in one go. On hand to help repair this ultimate jigsaw puzzle is the barn's ceramic expert Kirsten Ramsay with help from woodwork whizz Will kirk.The next challenge is for the Repair Shop's book binding specialist Chris Shaw. Mother and Daughter Kathryn and Victoria Gethin have a family heirloom from the very heart of their home – the kitchen. Victoria's grandmother Ida's hand-written recipe book contains the ingredients of many a special family occasion from birthday cakes to Christmas buffets. But now the well-worn, stained pages are falling apart. Kathryn and Victoria are hoping Chris can rescue the recipes and memories they hold for future family events.Finally, Selina Shaw and Iris Newell have a nautical time piece they hope horologist Steve Fletcher can make ship shape once again. This art deco delight was bought by Iris' father – a trawler skipper by trade – for his wife. Usually, a man careful with his money it was an extravagant present, and was treasured by Iris' mum. But it hasn't worked for over 30 years, the mechanical model ship the clock displays no longer sails, and the changing colours of the ship's seascape backdrop no longer change according to the time of day. Steve is now their last hope of reviving this memory of Iris' mother and father.