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The team breathe new life into a military bugle that is farfrom fit for parade, a portable radio that once filled a hairsalon with musical memories, a Big Ben-shaped clockpainstakingly built from matchsticks, and a pair of children'sshoes that represent a family's story of survival.Arrivingfirst are Nicky and veteran Billy, who have brought with thema military bugle that once belonged to Nicky'sgreat-grandfather. The bugle has seen better days, with aplethora of dents and dinks along its once-shiny surface. Billywas in the army for 20 years before contracting a virus thatleft him blind. Now he wants the bugle brought back to acondition that's fit for parade and the role it still serves inhis work at a blind veteran's rehabilitation centre inLlandudno.On experienced cobbler Dean Westmoreland's to-do listis the restoration of a pair of children's shoes that are over75 years old. The leather boots belong to 83-year-old Nechamafrom Tel Aviv. They were her first ever pair, given to her byher parents, who left Eastern Europe in the 1930s as Hitlerrose to power, and they are a poignant reminder of the toughtimes the family endured during the 1940s.Next to arrive isCharlotte, with a unique replica model of Big Ben made almostentirely from matchsticks. The model, measuring just over fivefeet, was handed down to Charlotte from her grandmotherBarbara, who in turn inherited it from her artist father EdwinAldous, who painstakingly built it in 1953 to commemorateQueen Elizabeth's coronation.The final restoration falls toelectronics whizz Mark Stuckey, who must disassemble andrepair a Russian-built portable radio brought in by hairdresserKarl. It belonged to his father Enoch, a pioneer of BlackBritish hairdressing, who owned numerous salons andhairdressing schools from the 1970s onwards. For Karl and hisbrothers, the radio brings back vivid memories of theirfather's shop, where he would sing along to his favouritesongs and entertain customers.