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Steve Fletcher tackles a pocket watch that spent four years in a Second World War Japanese internment camp undetected while secretly sewn in to the hem of a dress.
Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.
Resident clock maker Steve Fletcher tackles a pocket watch that has come all the way from Holland and which spent four years in a Second World War Japanese internment camp undetected while secretly sewn in to the hem of a dress. Metal worker Dominic Chinea and master cooper Alastair Simms get an ancient butter churn turning, and churning, once again. And leather expert Suzie Fletcher lovingly restores a trunk made by Louis Vuitton and which is showing the signs of the years it spent travelling the world with owner Tom's great grandfather.
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Trouble's What You're In
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Expert | Jay Blades |
| Expert | Steve Fletcher |
| Expert | Suzie Fletcher |
| Expert | Dominic Chinea |
| Expert | Alastair Simms |
| Expert | Catherine Guilder |
| Executive Producer | Sam Wilson |
| Executive Producer | Rob Butterfield |
| Series Producer | Emma Walsh |
| Production Company | Ricochet Limited |
Broadcast
- Mon 13 Aug 2018 18:45
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