The Repair Shop 255x38 - Episode 30

First into the barn are Billie and her grandmother Doreen witha cherished baby doll which has lost its sheen. Doreen's fatherbrought the doll, called Suzy, back from naval duty where hewon her as a raffle prize on board his ship. Doreen cherishedthe gifted toy, but unfortunately a lifetime of love has leftSuzy's mechanical eye broken and face cracked, and her handsand feet are crumbling. The Bear Ladies Amanda Tatchell andJulie Middleditch join forces with David Burville to get thetreasured doll back to her beautiful best.Next, Peter arriveswith a poignant reminder of his Ukrainian heritage - a casewhich belonged to his father, who was taken from Ukraine in1942 following the Nazi invasion. At 14, he was forced to workfor the German war effort and was eventually liberated by theAmericans and came to the UK at 20. After his dad recentlypassed away, the case has taken on even more significance forPeter. But the leather luggage is worn with a wobbly lid, soexpert Suzie Fletcher turns investigator to identify all itsissues and solve the mystery of the wobbly case.The finalvisitor to the barn is Jacqui with a seized-up silver locketfor the attention of goldsmith Richard Talman. The locket wasgiven to Jacqui's mum by her dad as a twenty-fifth weddinganniversary present. As a child, Jacqui loved the locket andwould beg her mum to let her wear it for an hour or so when shecame home from school. Her mum always promised the locket wouldbe hers one day, but sadly, that day came too soon. Jacqui'smum died very suddenly when Jacqui was just 13 years old.Thereafter, Jacqui hung onto the locket, but after anunfortunate accident in which the locket broke, landed on apavement and was stood on by a passer-by, the beloved necklacehas been broken for three decades. Richard has his work cut outto prise the heart-shaped locket apart and revive it to itsformer glory.