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Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople, bringing loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life. A heartwarming antidote to throwaway culture.
Season 15 - Episode 2
The first restoration arrives ahead of time. Head teacher Bethan has brought in her school clock with high hopes that the combined skills of clock restorer Steve Fletcher and clock face painter Cindy Welland can nurse her historical timepiece back to life. Back in 1877 the clock was gifted to the school by none other than Florence Nightingale. It has remained a stalwart of the school and their biggest claim to fame but has never, to anyone’s memory, worked! With the school’s 150-year anniversary coming up, Bethan is hoping the clock can make its debut as a working feature of the school’s rich history. Steve takes a school trip to unveil his and the team’s efforts and fortunately receives top marks.
It's a tale of animal rescue in the barn. Pet lover Angie Bakalarou has the paper skills required for Hazel’s map repair. Her dad was an RSPCA inspector who lived for his work, rescuing animals all over Yorkshire. As a child, Hazel relished going out with her dad on his call-outs. But these were the days before Sat Nav, and Hazel was put in charge of map-reading them to the right location - a job she adored. After her dad passed away, she found a single map of Wharfdale in Yorkshire in his box of ‘important things to keep.’ As it is almost transparent, with tears and the edges falling apart, Hazel is desperate to save it from rack and ruin. Angie charts out the best route to recovery, leaving Hazel with the keepsake of her dad she had longed for.
Pete Woods has a gift for restoring instruments, and Natalie and her dad Mike are hoping he can restore harmony to one they treasure. Mike’s late father played the saxophone over a semi-professional career that spanned from the 1940s right up to the 1990s. After the war, he travelled around the UK in big bands and swing bands. In 1950, he decided he needed a ‘proper job’, so he became an engineer, but he carried on playing sax with a band he formed called The Dick Wade 5. He was in his mid-70s by the time he retired, and he died in 2004. His musical talents passed down to son Mike, who plays piano, and his granddaughter Natalie, who is following in his footsteps playing the saxophone. Mike would love to see the instrument playing like it did back in its heyday, so daughter Natalie can continue to use it. Pete must repair the pads, fix a missing key guard and spruce up the old brass to get Natalie blowing the saxophone in front of an audience of experts.
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