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The Repair Shop

60-Minute Versions: Episode 14

Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.\n\n97-year-old Audrey is the owner of a beautiful vintage concertina dating from the late 19th century, which once belonged to her grandfather Hubert. Hubert volunteered for service at the outbreak of World War I, and was sent to France, where between combat he would entertain the troops with his trusty concertina. After the war, the concertina remained a family favourite, and Audrey has many fond memories of her grandfather entertaining her with it. But with leaky bellows and broken reeds, it hasn't played a tune in decades. Accordion restorer Roger Thomas has a serious job on his hands to get the concertina working again, and to bring the memories flooding back for Audrey.\n\nFine art conservator Lucia Scalisi and furniture restorer Will Kirk team up for the repair of a beautiful hand-cut jigsaw, which is an important family heirloom but is now dirty and dishevelled, with several pieces missing altogether. Will sets to work re-creating each missing piece, before Lucia carefully paints in the picture on each one, using an ancient technique involving, of all things, freshly cracked eggs.\n\nJenny Harvey from Essex brings in a polished wooden cocktail table with a secret compartment that any spy would be proud of - if only it actually worked as it did in its heyday. Can mechanical whizz Steve Fletcher figure out how the unique mechanism operates, and get this piece of 1950s nostalgia functioning once again?\n\nAnd soft toy restoration duo Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch are called upon to rescue a much-loved toy dog, made by German manufacturer Steiff, which its owner Anita has treasured ever since it was given to her by her grandparents as a young girl.

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