The Repair Shop

Art Deco Sweetie Clock, Fundraiser Teddy Bear, 3D Photo viewerToday in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.The barn's first arrival is Clare Collier from Cambridge. She's brought along a sweet reminder of her childhood, for the attention of clock restorer Steve Fletcher. The Art Deco chiming clock belonged to her great grandmother. The mischievous old lady would leave secret sweets on the clock for Clare and her sister at bed time. The clock has been silent for over 25 years and the wooden casing is dull and dirty. Steve gives the mechanism a good soak and scrub up. Then carefully reassembles all the workings getting it ticking and chiming once again. Will gives the woodwork a spruce up and crafts a few wooden sweeties for the top, much to Clare's delight!Next to arrive John McMuldroch from Merseyside. He's here to see bear repair duo Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch, accompanied by his late mother's beloved teddy bear. John's mother Joan was a big part of his life and the bear was very special to her. It had been a childhood gift and constant companion. However, at the age of 65, the bear is in dire need of the bear ladies attention. His limbs are loose, his paws damaged and his growler no longer works. Amanda and Julie lovingly take him apart, remove the old stuffing and give him a soak in the bath. They cleverly reconstruct his paws and replace the growler so that he can greet John on his return.And Angela Hodge from Rochester brings a treasure trove of memories for silversmith and vintage camera enthusiast, Brenton West. The 3D photo viewer was her mother's and was  used to display wonderful 3D images of her wedding day in 1958. Sadly the glass screen is cracked and many of the slides are damaged, rendering it inoperable. Angela lost her mother recently and she'd love to see a glimpse of her parents on their special day. Brenton goes to work restoring the vintage viewer using ingenious replacements for the battery power source and tiny lightbulb that illuminates the magical images.