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The Repair Shop is a workshop of dreams, where broken or damaged cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life.Furniture restorers, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists, upholsterers and all manner of skilled craftsmen and women have been brought together to work in one extraordinary space, restoring much-loved possessions to their former glory.Many of these items have incredible stories behind them and a unique place in history: from an accordion played in the Blitz by a woman who is now in her 90s, to a beautifully crafted clock made by a father who was completely blind; a Pinball machine that is currently being used as a kitchen counter, and a Davenport desk with its trademark fake drawers which fooled burglars - and their crowbar.The Repair Shop is an antidote to our throwaway culture and shines a light on the wonderful treasures to be found in homes across the country.
Jay Blades and the team take on a leather keepsake box, a toy speed boat, an Italian dressing-table chair and a tortoise pouffe.
Jay Blades and the team take on a jazz guitar, a veneered card table, a bookie's bag and a Victorian clockwork pigeon.
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms back to life. First up, Peter Mason from Herefordshire arrives with an old-fashioned ice cream maker that belonged to his beloved Granny Ethel, and holds memories of happy times at her house churning vanilla ice cream together. Meanwhile, organ restorer David Burville takes on a Spanish barrel organ, known as an organillo. Later, the experts restore a portable 1950s record player and a leather document case.
Jay Blades and the team take on an engagement ring, an electric guitar, a church weathervane and a fly-fishing bait wallet.
Jay Blades and the team take on a garden gate, a rocking chair, a First World War soldier's watch and a vintage arcade game.
The team restores a model ship made of matchsticks, a retro machinist's chair and a papier mache black and white dog, synonymous with the music industry.
The team takes on a toy dog, badly burned in a house fire, a retro kitchen mixer from the 60s and a belt buckle which belonged to a hard-working nurse.
The team takes on a set of unglazed clay sculptures, a vintage lawnmower and a handmade leather horse from WWII.
Jay Blades and the team set to work restoring a precious sitar, a Second World War pilot's jacket and a toy bird that has lost its tweet.
Jay Blades and the team take on a retro chandelier, an ornate mother-of-pearl table and a treasured toy that serves as a memento of a lost childhood in Iraq.
Jay Blades and the team restore an antique penny arcade game, a motorcycle accessory and an art deco ornament featuring mirrors held aloft by a pair of silver ladies.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a painting by an amateur artist who worked down the mines, a wedding tiara and a chiming clock that was a lifeline for a man losing his sight.
Jay Blades and the team restore a ride-on toy shaped like a snail, a ballroom dancing trophy and a vintage bike linking its owner to the father she lost as a teenager.
Jay Blades and the team take on a musical table, a WWII Land Army doll and a pair of driving gloves used by a wagon driver from Barnsley to keep him warm when he slept.
Jay Blades and the team restore a handmade toy racing car, a leather bowls bag and a carved wooden box brought over from the Far East by a young bride in the 1950s.
Jay Blades and the team restore a stoneware elephant that holds precious memories of a much-missed man, a child's wooden rocking horse and a beloved boxing trophy.
Jay Blades and the team restore a vintage nursing chair, a helmet belonging to a firefighter involved in the Aberfan disaster and a traditional Italian coffee grinder.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pre-war metal pedal plane, a make-do-and-mend cigar box ukulele and a collection of badly broken zoo animals made from wood pulp.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a salt and pepper set, a talking doll who has lost her voice and a hat worn by a WWII prisoner of war as he worked on the Death Railway.
Jay Blades and the team restore a vintage pocket camera, a toy piglet and a delicate ornament from India, shattered into pieces.
The team takes on a tired toy monkey, a seized-up workman's vice and a hand-carved Scandinavian wooden figurine mauled by a boisterous puppy.
The team mends a toy carriage that takes its owner back to childhood, two platinum records given to a guitarist in Paul McCartney's band, and a clock.
Jay Blades and the team take on a pastel portrait that reminds a grieving husband of his late wife, a tinplate clockwork toy that has lost its spark and a lucky leather purse.
Jay Blades and the team restore a Victorian iron rocking chair, a mechanical musical bear ornament and the battered and burned leather collar of an alpine cowbell.
The team restore a silver singing trophy, a beaten-up boxing bag and a birdcage linking an adopted daughter with the father she only met as an adult.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a historic portrait, an engagement ring, an ornate chest from Oman and a toy donkey that links a twin with the brother she lost aged 21.
Jay Blades and the team restore a sit-on roundabout, a Texan side saddle, a WWI dominoes box and a mechanical teddy gifted to an adopted girl on arrival in the UK.
Jay Blades and the team restore a ship-shaped clock, a ceramic night light, a 1960s skateboard and a teddy that accompanied a young man through life-changing surgery.
Jay Blades and the team takes on a pair of running shoes used in Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics, a photograph of an ANC activist, a cherished clarinet and a push-along donkey.
Jay Blades and the team tackle a rare historic painting, a vintage sewing machine, a Beatles souvenir from the Swinging Sixties and a splintered stained-glass window.
Jay Blades and the team restore two very well-loved dolls, a drum kit with magical memories, a painted German toy box and the oldest item ever to enter the barn.
Jay Blades and the team restore a beloved doll, a metal guitar, a symbolic sculpture and a suitcase that accompanied an army officer as he journeyed through Africa.
Jay Blades and the team restore a significant seascape painting, a doll belonging to a refugee child from Bosnia, a farmer's vintage seed-sower and a Parisian plate.
Jay Blades and the team restore a crumbling bird bath, a harmonium in need of a tune up, a document belonging to a survivor of the Titanic and a 1950s bear in need of TLC.
Jay Blades and the team restore a barber's chair, an Iranian musical instrument, a roulette machine and a carousel horse.
Jay Blades and the team restore a Chesterfield armchair, a brass keepsake box and a silver bracelet.
The team restores handmade pottery vegetable patch signs, a wooden horse and cart toy, and an FA Youth Cup trophy.
The team restores a wooden toy yacht that belonged to a much-missed brother, a pre-NHS midwifery bag and a mechanical toy bear that pours and drinks milk.
Jay Blades and the team restore some leather saddle bags, a barometer and a stained glass panel.
In the Repair Shop today, the team restores a tuba, a metal mantle clock and a Foo dog pot.
Jay Blades and the team restore a lead statue, a Windrush suitcase and a wooden giraffe.
Jay Blades and the team restore an Indian dancing doll, a musical menorah and a sewing box.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of wedding rings, a pantomime horse and a dreadnought guitar.
Jay Blades and team restore a soft toy, a sea cadet's drum and a wooden church pew that serves as a reminder of a beloved father and brother who sadly passed away.
The team restores an antique wooden soldier's trunk passed down five generations, a traditional Persian tea set and a pair of vintage roller skates.
The team restores a dearly loved but dilapidated leather chair, a vintage letterpress and a mechanical toy plane that's been grounded for 50 years.
Jay Blades and the team restore a treasured childhood puppet, an antique camera and an unusual timepiece.
Jay Blades and the team restore a post box, a silver tea set and a leather desk folder.
Jay Blades and the team restore a leather midwifery bag, a cherished painting and a First World War brooch.
Jay Blades and the team restore a beloved soft toy owl, a miniature piano and a work-torn wall clock.
Jay Blades and the team restore a Venetian glass ceremonial goblet, a leather market porter's hat and a wooden horse called Toby.
The team restores a child's chair, a musical wedding album and a mechanical, camel-shaped children's ride weathered by a lifetime spent beside the sea.
Jay Blades and the team restore a whistling wooden statue, a photographer's dark-room timer and an owl inkwell.
Jay Blades and the team restore a pair of tap shoes, an ornate silver purse and a magician's table.
Jay Blades and the team restore a silver-plated cornet, a paraffin lamp and an elaborate silver music box.
The team restores a century-old violin, a toy replica cooker and a leather briefcase.
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