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Back up to: The Repair Shop
14/14 The team restore a 1950s hot towel machine used by generations of Cypriot barbers.
13/14 A portable 1960s record player and a flamboyant pair of 1970s boots are rejuvenated.
12/14 An intriguing 1970s electronic sound effect machine causes a commotion at the barn.
11/14 The team fix a velvet poster of a black panther that symbolises power and resilience.
10/14 The team fix a 100-year-old handwritten Qur’an ed down four generations of women.
9/14 A former professional goalkeeper brings in a signed football programme from the 1970s.
8/14 The team celebrates 75 years of the NHS.
7/14 The team marks the contribution of the Windrush generation.
6/14 A ventriloquist’s dummy is revived, while a revamp of a Roman-style chair is a triumph.
5/14 Poet Laureate Simon Armitage brings a harmonium bearing memories of his late father.
4/14 A scientific microscope and a pair of boots used by a POW during WWII are revived.
3/14 The team revive a thermometer that accompanied a young family on an Arctic adventure.
2/14 The team restore an enormous Big Ben-shaped clock made entirely from matchsticks.
1/14 The team restores a Ukrainian painting that survived the rigours of a WWII labour camp.