The Repair Shop 255x21 - Episode 21

The team restores four precious heirlooms, including apainting belonging to a Ukrainian family who risked everythingto conserve their family history in the face of unimaginableodds. Also in the barn is an original 1963 calendar fromLiverpool's Cavern Club featuring an early Beatles booking, an18ft self-built kayak and a leather swivel chair that evokesprecious memories of a much-missed father and grandfather.Thefirst arrival is for paintings conservator Lucia Scalisi. Mariahas brought a 19th-century Madonna and Child painting thatoriginally hung in a Ukrainian village church where her familylived. During the Second World War it was rolled up and hiddenin her grandmother's coat just before she was taken to a forcedlabour camp in northern Germany with her two daughters. Luciahas her work cut out as cracks have appeared where the paintingwas hastily folded and stored. Maria hopes to one day returnthe restored painting to its original home in the Ukrainianvillage church.Dom has his own challenge when a two-personkayak, originally built from a kit in the 1960s, arrivesmeasuring 18ft. It was built by owner Stephen's father and wasthe focal point for him and his brother Nigel's childhoodholiday memories. Being so large it has been stored outside andthe years have taken their toll, completely rotting throughthe original wooden deck and blistering the fibreglasshull.Peter, son of Ray McFall the original owner ofLiverpool's legendary Cavern Club, brings in an item for theattention of paper restorer Angelina Bakalarou. It's a wallcalendar from 1963 used to book in bands at the venue. Itrecords the dates of all the bands who played at the clubduring 1963, including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.Thefinal item of the day is for upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary whenJoelle and her children arrive with a broken office swivelchair. It belonged to Herall, Joelle's father, who would playwith his grandchildren spinning them around in it.