The Repair Shop 255x16 - Episode 16

Kicking things off are Melissa and her mum, Hari, who bringin a novelty party piece that's lost all impact. They're hopingthat Pete Woods can drum up a solution. The portable kitbelonged to Hari's adored dad, Alfred. Both Hari and Melissahave memories of Alfred playing the drum kit at family partiesand him teaching them to learn how to play. Alfred's love ofmusic has been passed down to three generations – hisdaughter Hari, his granddaughter Melissa, and hisgreat-granddaughter Lottie, who is fascinated by hergreat-grandad's set of drums. Having been played since the1940s, this travelling kit has been left seriously worse forwear. After enlisting the help of bookbinder Chris Shaw torepair the case, Pete has the daunting task of making not onebut two missing pieces. Hari and Melissa are hoping thistreasured set can make some noise again so that both the happymemories and the fun can continue. Next to the barn are MariaButler and her daughter Selena, with a family heirloom thoughtto be 175 years old that sadly is in two pieces. The pair arein need of painting conservator Lucia Scalisi's skills torestore this striking oil painting of their female ancestor. Ithas been kept in the family since it was painted in around the1850s, and Selina and Maria have never seen this depiction oftheir ancestor in its original, whole state. One part of thiscrumbling painting had been concealed behind the other and wasonly recently discovered when the family decided to have itreframed for Maria's mother's 90th birthday. During therestoration of the piece, Lucia uncovers hidden secrets aboutthe lineage of the family's female line and returns thecompleted painting to a delighted Maria and Selena. Teddy bearladies Julie and Amanda are tackling the next repair, which isof a quirky patchwork hippo, brought in by siblings Millie andGeorge, that belonged to their late mum, Becky. The hippo waswell loved by Becky and became a key feature in Millie andGeorge's childhoods too. Becky had always wanted to get thehippo repaired, but she died suddenly in an accident before itcould be completed. It's up to Julie and Amanda to help fixthis cuddly animal in danger, which has not only lost itsdefining features but is falling apart at the seams. With theirdad Steve, George and Millie turn up to see if their latemum's hippo has been restored just as she would havewished. Lastly, Barbara and her granddaughter Giovanna arehoping expert shoe restorer Dean can preserve a pair of babyshoes to keep alive the story of a wartime hero. The shoes weregiven to Barbara's father and Giovanna's great-grandfatherNorman by the family of a little girl he rescued whilst servingin the British Army in the Netherlands towards the end of WorldWar II. The shoes were worn by Barbara as a child, and thenall her children learnt to walk in them. Dean sets aboutprotecting the history of the tiny shoes, which are in need ofa mammoth repair, ready to return them to Barbara and Giovannain memory of Norman