The Repair Shop .....



I love this programme, and could happily watch it all night long.
I really enjoy watching the different skills on show, such as Will who specialises in woodwork, and Steve, who's speciality is watch/clock repair work.
The intricate workings and mechanisms of the watches/clocks, and the patience, needed to repair them, amazes me.
 
I'm addicted to this programme but feeling rather peeved that I haven't got anything from either parent that constitutes a family heirloom. My Mother was terrible for throwing stuff away (including most of my toys when I left home!) and I've had the guilt of breaking a lovely perfume bottle she had of a lady on a horse (doing forward rolls on her bed and crashing into the shelf it was on.) Anyone else would have glued it - nope, straight in the bin!
 
Son of Stan said:
I'm addicted to this programme but feeling rather peeved that I haven't got anything from either parent that constitutes a family heirloom. My Mother was terrible for throwing stuff away (including most of my toys when I left home!) and I've had the guilt of breaking a lovely perfume bottle she had of a lady on a horse (doing forward rolls on her bed and crashing into the shelf it was on.) Anyone else would have glued it - nope, straight in the bin!
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I remember when I was a young kid, back in the early 70's.
It was Bonfire night, and my parents gave us a couple of old wardrobes from the attic, to hoy on the bonfire.
The doors of the wardrobes, each had a door length, mirror on them, and as kids do, someone smashed the mirrors, before dismantling the wardrobes.
Behind the mirrors on the wardrobes, were old newspapers from the late 1700's :eek:
Before I could do anything about it, the newspapers were snatched out of my hand and hoyed onto the bonfire, along with our antique wardrobes.
If my parents had realised how old the wardrobes were, they certainly wouldn't have given us them, just to hoy on the bonfire.
I really don't think the newspapers or wardrobes were worth anything, but what a shame to have something so antique in the house, only to see it go up in flames on a bonfire. 😢
 
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Horley Chorley said:
I remember when I was a young kid, back in the early 70's.
It was Bonfire night, and my parents gave us a couple of old wardrobes from the attic, to hoy on the bonfire.
The doors of the wardrobes, each had a door length, mirror on them, and as kids do, someone smashed the mirrors, before dismantling the wardrobes.
Behind the mirrors on the wardrobes, were old newspapers from the late 1700's :eek:
Before I could do anything about it, the newspapers were snatched out of my hand and hoyed onto the bonfire, along with our antique wardrobes.
If my parents had realised how old the wardrobes were, they certainly wouldn't have given us them, just to hoy on the bonfire.
I really don't think the newspapers or wardrobes were worth anything, but what a shame to have something so antique in the house, only to see it go up in flames on a bonfire. 😢
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The newspapers would almost certainly have been of some value to Mags - they probably would have contained contemporaneous reports of when they last won something worthwhile.
 

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