The Repair Shop

Tarnished Rugby Trophy, Victorian Sewing Machine, AccordionToday in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.Master Silversmith Brenton West takes receipt of a treasured rugby trophy. It belonged to Chris Jenkins's great grandfather, who was something of a rugby legend in the early 1900's. Sadly the trophy is a shadow of its former self, tarnished terribly and the decorative dragon, that proudly holds the chalice, nurses two broken wings. Brenton rolls his sleeves up to tackle the years of ingrained dirt, before creating the missing wing sections. But the biggest challenge is soldering the thin sections of replacement silver to the wings, without further damaging the dragon. Will offers his services to spruce up the wooden plinth that sets off the transformed trophy to a tee.Next into the barn, a treasured item with a history of hard work, for the attention of metal expert Dominic Chinea. The beautiful Victorian sewing machine was left to Sarah Goodman by her dear Aunty Shorty, who taught Sarah to use it as a little girl and sparked a love of sewing. The hand operated, design classic has completely seized up and not sewn a stitch in over twenty five years. She'd love to use it with her own children and hopes Dom can get it stitching again. Dom takes the entire contraption apart, cleans and lubricates each part with care and soon deduces the problem. The issue is rectified with the help of a blow torch, a steady hand and a bit of ingenuity and the machine is returned to Sarah up and running again.And the skills of musical instrument restorer Roger Thomas are required when Bill Clemens and his step-daughter, Kim, arrive with a 1930s accordion in a sorry state. It belonged to Bill's father and was his pride and joy. He was a true entertainer and Bill looks back fondly on his childhood, proudly following his father to clubs and pubs in the East End where he'd play. Kim has tried desperately to find someone to fix it with no joy, Roger is her last hope. Not one to shy away from a challenge, Roger takes on the mountainous task of working his way through the instrument's sixty four inner musical components until he restores the accordion's voice, which was feared lost forever.