Fixed up, looks sharp
QUIETLY tugging on the heartstrings every week, this joyful show sees faded treasures restored to their former glory. As experts fix, stitch, weld and polish, we find out the stories behind these fascinating items.
Memories are unlocked and there are usually a few gasps and tears as owners see the incredible results.
In this episode, Julianna Smith brings in a radio system, handmade by her late father, who used it to fill the house with rock and roll music.
“He was such a clever, inventive man,” says Julianna, who hopes that Mark’s mastery of electronics can fix this marvellous machine.
Meanwhile, metalwork expert Dominic gets his hands on a mini banana barrow, which used to turn heads on the high street more than 100 years ago.
Jacqui Clark’s grandfather used it to sell bananas and was known as The Banana King. Can the experts restore this dilapidated barrow?
Elsewhere, Andrew Gorrie hopes that leatherwork expert Suzie can save a delicate memento – a wallet used by his airman father to paddle a life raft to safety after being shot down in the Second World War.
The wallet is falling apart, but is one of the few remaining things he has of his father’s.
And Brenton sets to work on a brass replica fire engine, brought in by John McColl, whose great-grandfather received it for his services to the Glasgow Fire Brigade in 1907.
Expect workshop tension followed by some very happy and tearful reunions.