Episode
The Repair Shop: Decorative Leather Box
Overview
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. First is a poignant story of a very precious keepsake. Rose Werner and her sister Linda have travelled from Essex in the hope that Suzie Fletcher can turn her expertise to a decorative leather box that they hold dear. Peter Coxon is next to arrive, hoping the teamwork of Steve Fletcher and Dominic Chinea can provide a speedy recovery for a favourite childhood toy. The wind-up tin boat is a model of the record-breaking Bluebird speedboat from the 1950s. Upholsterer Hannah Weston-Smith takes receipt of an old Italian dressing-table chair that is ripped and worn but holds sweet memories for owner Chantal Taylor. Finally, Danielle Woods and her daughter Niamh come to see whether toy restorers Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch can save a much-loved companion before it's too late.
Details
- Series
- The Repair Shop
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2021-01-27
- Runtime
- 57 min
Episode context
Decorative Leather Box is Episode 5 in Series 6 of The Repair Shop. It aired on 2021-01-27. The runtime is 57 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 4: Shop Mannequin
Jay Blades and the team restore a diamond wedding ring, a shop mannequin, a vintage fairground game and a pair of lumberjack’s tree spurs.
Episode 6: 1960s Guitar
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.. There is a big project for guitar expert Julyan Wallis: a 1960s guitar that belonged to Robyn Griffith's grandfather, who had a real love of jazz but never had the opportunity to learn to play this cherished instrument. Wood-restoration expert Will Kirk has his work cut out when Christine Clay from Doncaster delivers a handmade card table that is very dear to her heart. Terry Poole from Berkshire is next to arrive with his late father's bookmaker's clock bag, hopeful that the Repair Shop siblings, horologist Steve and leather expert Susie, will join forces to get this unusual keepsake coming up trumps again. Finally, expert David Burville is put to the test when Liz Harvey from Sheffield arrives with what's left of a Victorian clockwork pigeon. It belonged to Liz's grandmother, and although she remembers it well, she has never seen it go.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: Banana Barrow
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms back to life, including a homemade radio, a banana barrow, a leather wallet and a replica model of a fire engine.
Episode 7: Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Maker
Jay Blades and the team bring four treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life. Peter Mason from Herefordshire has brought in a kitchen curiosity from a bygone age. Peter hopes metal craftsman Dominic Chinea can salvage it. Lots of fun is had when organ restorer David Burville takes on a Spanish barrel organ, known as an organillo. Audio specialist Mark Stuckey is ready and waiting for Lorraine McCourt, who possesses a precious memento of a vintage love story. The portable 1950s record player was a gift from her father to her mother when they were courting. Lastly, Malcom Jordan from Chippenham needs help with a treasured leather document case that has been in his possession for 65 years. Leather expert Susie Fletcher treats this fragile keepsake with utmost care, reinforcing and restitching the entire item, and in doing so preserves it for the foreseeable future.
Episode 2
Jay Blades and the team take on a long-lost wartime dolly, a fishing tackle box, a leather kit bag and a school plaque.
Episode 8: Diamond and Sapphire Engagement Ring
Jay Blades and the team take on an engagement ring, an electric guitar, a church weathervane and a fly-fishing bait wallet.
Episode 1
Jay Blades and the team takes on a miniature bike, a ceramic cross, a kite and a Victorian acrobat toy.
Episode 9: Cast-Iron Garden Gate
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.