The Repair Shop 255x49 - Episode 49

It's silversmith Brenton West's time to shine as he is calledupon to give a worn and bent brass key ring a new lease oflife. The treasured trinket was made for Neil when he was a ladby his charismatic father, Bill. Sadly, Neil lost his fatherrecently, and this hand engraved key ring has come torepresent everything he loved about him. Bill engraved hisson's name on one side and the motto ‘no fear' on the other,which was the mantra he lived his life by. However, theengraved words have almost worn away. Neil now has a son of hisown, Bill's namesake Billy, and hopes to display the key ringas a reminder of the father he loved so much and of thegrandfather Billy junior will never know. Brenton goes to greatlengths to emboss each of the tiny dents that spell the wordswhich mean so much to Neil.Sisters Lynne and Gayle come to meetclockwork king Steve Fletcher with a small box housing thefavourite childhood toy of their late mother, Helen. Thewind-up turkey used to strut about shaking its tail feathersand amusing little Helen and her sisters, but came to agrinding halt decades ago. Lynne and Gayle grew up listening tostories of their mum's childhood on a farm and her love of thislittle turkey toy. It was only recently that the family foundthe toy in a box with some old photos and, although Helen wasreunited with it before she passed away, it had seized up andthe wind-up key was long gone. The sisters would love to seethe toy in action for themselves and show it to their ownchildren, but the old bird is reluctant to perform and provesto be quite tricky for Steve!Goldsmith Richard Talman greetsChristine from Derbyshire, who has brought the pieces of herlate father's gold signet ring. The ring, engraved with hisinitials, was an engagement present in 1949 from her mother,Ethel, to her fiancé, Phillip. He wore the ring with pride,but after an accident at work, the ring had to be cut from hisfinger and was then stowed away. It was then forgotten aboutuntil Christine came across it when clearing her parents' houseafter they passed away. The ring represents the couple's longand happy marriage, and Christine would like her eldestbrother, who has the same initials, to have it. That's ifRichard can piece it back together.