The Repair Shop

S05:E40 - Trumpet, Champion's Belt, Mobo Roundabout

Trumpet, Champion's Belt, Mobo RoundaboutToday in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.First through the barn doors are Cassie and Sue Day from Swindon, hoping maestro Pete Woods can lend his musical ear and very specialist skills, to a cherished brass trumpet that's lost its lustre. For decades this trumpet heralded the new year for Sue Day's family as her father proudly played, while marching up and down the street! Sadly those days are gone and now the trumpet is battered and mute. Sue dreams of resurrecting the family tradition and Pete pulls out all the stops to make this dream come true. He has a battle on his hands as he breaks apart each stubborn section, before cleaning each one. Next on his to-do list is to rid the trumpet of it's copious dents that marred not just its appearance but it's sound. The trumpet is silver plated as it would have been all those years ago and is reassembled just in time. Sue returns to claim it with her son in law, Nathan, who is keen to take up the mantle come New Years Eve.Metal expert Dominc Chinea is delighted to undertake the restoration of a much loved childhood toy. Marilyn Rossell and her sister Margot, from Eastbourne are proud owners of a 1950's metal mobo roundabout. It was the envy of all the children on their street and provided hours of fun when they were little girls. It then went on to spin their own children but all that fun has worn it out. Its rusty, chipped and rather dilapidated. The sisters would love to see their grandchildren play with it and hope Dom can bring it back from the brink. Dom sand blasts each section before repainting it to perfection. The wobbly seat joints are welded and made stable and soon the clever contraption is whizzing round just as did. Marilyn and Margot cannot resist having a go!And an unusual piece of sporting history arrives for the attention of silversmith Brenton West and leather expert Suzie Fletcher. The decorative champions belt was awarded to Gil Lee's great great great grandfather, who was something of a sporting celebrity. He won The Pedestrian Champion of England title in 1851 for speed walking, which was a popular spectator sport for Victorians. However it no longer looks champion - the silver plaques are dull and damaged and the fabric is failing. Brenton comes up with an ingenious way to recreate the missing silver details on the plaques and Suzie does a great job of salvaging the fragile velvet and reinforces the fabric with a leather backing.