Bringing treasures back to life
MORE family heirlooms are brought for repair in another instalment of this tearjerker.
Experts lovingly restore precious items that hold memories and it can reduce even the hardiest of souls to weeping.
Steve O’Donnell has brought in an item that requires the mechanical expertise of Steve Fletcher.
The bus ticket machine had belonged to his uncle, a ticket inspector. Steve was fascinated by the machine as a boy, playing with it during visits to his uncle’s house, charging family members to sit on the sofa.
It’s a first for horologist Steve Fletcher, and before he can even attempt to fix it, he must work out exactly what all the cogs and levers do.
A team effort is called for when Emma Sadek arrives at the barn with a long-retired musical curiosity – a pianoplaying doll powered by clockwork.
It was Emma’s elderly mother’s most treasured possession, but now lies broken and battered in many parts.
And Helen Bannan brings in a damaged symbol of her life as a world champion kickboxer.
Helen won the trophy in a bout that turned out to be her last, as shortly after her win injury forced her to retire from the sport.
The trophy took pride of place in Helen’s flat until it was damaged in a fire that gutted the flat and tragically killed Helen’s beloved dogs.
After losing most of her possessions in the fire, this trophy, though damaged, is one of the few reminders of her life as a world champion, and it’s down to the experts to restore it.