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Meet the man behind Pilgrim’s Progress
National World - LocalTV
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08/11/2024
Pilgrims Progress has been on Bridgewater Street for 40 years. Owner Selwyn, left a career in teaching to get into the antiques business
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The Baltic Triangle is often named as one of the UK's coolest neighbourhoods.
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The once industrial area has changed hugely over the years,
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but there is one place which has been a mainstay here for decades.
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People seem to appreciate what we do,
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and a lot of my customers have been coming here for 30, 40 years.
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They know my standards, they know the way I like to do things.
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So, yeah. But that's the bit I enjoy.
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I enjoy the fact that, I mean, at my age now,
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I'm doing it as much for the enjoyment as for anything else.
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Pilgrim's Progress is run by Salwyn,
00:34
who left a career in teaching to get into the antiques business.
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My favourite part is people.
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I mean, there's so much interest nowadays in things like the repair shop,
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and my wife's always going on about,
00:49
oh, look at the way things are, how people emotionally get involved.
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I get a fair share of it.
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Most of the restoration I do nowadays has sentimental value.
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It belonged to a father, a grandfather, an uncle, an aunt.
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It gets passed through the family, and people want it restored.
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And I've had my share of people getting quite emotional
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when I've restored something, and it brings back memories.
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Liverpool Film Office has been running for 35 years,
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and Salwyn has been part of other productions that use our city as a backdrop.
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We've been doing lots of film work, really, for over 30 years,
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from Brookside to Hollyoaks to all the other little films.
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That was ongoing, obviously, up in Chilwar,
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to all the other little offshoots that have occurred since then.
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It's interesting because you find a little bit about it.
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You're asked to use your head to see what was appropriate for that period,
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and sometimes people just ask me to suggest furniture that's appropriate.
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But Liverpool, yes, because we've got Cobble Street as much as anything else.
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As well as selling antique pieces in his workshop,
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Salwyn restores heirlooms to their former glory.
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Upcycling's very, you know, it's the thing of the moment.
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People enjoy it, people get into it,
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and I suppose in some way I'm part of that conservation world.
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I mean, I can't see any point in buying new
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when you can buy a good piece of old furniture,
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usually cheaper and certainly far better made.
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Four decades on, and it doesn't seem like Salwyn has any plans on slowing down.
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I still love it. I still find things interesting.
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I think when I stop being interested, then I will retire.
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But there's still an interest. There's still quirky things.
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There's still interesting things.
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And I'm still fascinated.
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There's still something to learn all the time.
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The three-floor warehouse has been here on Bridgewater Street for over 40 years.
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It's situated in a converted 19th-century cotton merchant
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and is an Aladdin's cave of furniture and other collectible items.
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It's a good-sized building. It's nearly 10,000 square foot.
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But we soon fill it.
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In fact, we may say we overfill it.
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I'm not allowed to take anything home unless I take something away from home.
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