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00:00Here at The Repair Shop, countless treasures have been brought back to life.
00:07Deep breath.
00:08Oh, gosh.
00:10That reveal so much about who we are.
00:12It is.
00:13And where we're from.
00:15It's perfect.
00:16But there's so much more out there.
00:18Let's do it.
00:19That's not yet made it to the barn.
00:22Beautiful, isn't it?
00:23Absolutely beautiful.
00:24So the team are hitting the road.
00:26This is the perfect opportunity to meet some new people, learn some new skills, and maybe fix a few things on the way.
00:32Yeah, I'm up for that.
00:35On a unique adventure.
00:37Whoa!
00:39We're going to get some looks on the way back to the barn.
00:41To join forces with expert craftspeople.
00:44We're putting 130 hours just hanging on the hazels.
00:48On their most ambitious restorations yet.
00:50They all need replating.
00:51Yes, hundreds of pieces of stone.
00:53Wow.
00:54Keeping heritage crafts alive.
00:56Keep it up with friends.
00:57I know, isn't it?
00:58And passing precious skills to future generations.
01:01Is he a good student?
01:02He is, yes.
01:03Does he listen to you?
01:04He does, for the most part.
01:06Sparking restorations across the country.
01:08You're part of the history of this now as well.
01:10Today, the repair shop travels through the highlands of Scotland and back in time to rescue historic paintings from the Second World War.
01:28Can I tap this one first?
01:29Yeah.
01:30Yeah?
01:30Please do.
01:31Love it.
01:31Will turns his woodworking skills to the game of shinty.
01:37How fast is that ball coming towards you?
01:40The balls travel at 100 miles an hour.
01:42What?
01:43Over 100 miles an hour, yeah.
01:44And in the barn, David takes a deep dive into the workings of a mechanical ship.
01:49Let's peer beneath the waves and see what's at the bottom of the ocean.
01:55Hopefully no sea monsters.
01:56The highlands of Scotland are inarguably one of the world's great landscapes.
02:10They contain Britain's highest mountains.
02:14Their waters are the country's deepest and longest.
02:18They are simply spectacular.
02:22Dom's setting off from the capital of the highlands in Venice.
02:27From there, he's heading east, towards the Murray coast and the ancient fishing port of Nairn.
02:34I am just arriving in Nairn, and I'm on the way to the station to pick up Rich,
02:39and we're heading to the museum to work on a very interesting project.
02:47Rich is Richard Fraser, a new addition to the repair shop's expert team,
02:53and a specialist heritage stonemason and lime plasterer.
02:57Hello. Hi. Jump on in.
03:06Good to be back home in the highlands.
03:09Passionate about architectural conservation,
03:12Rich has worked on historic buildings across the UK and Ireland.
03:16So, Rich, are you from around here?
03:18Yeah, I was born in Brunesse.
03:20Oh, OK.
03:20When I was a kid, we used to drive through here to visit the beach, you know,
03:25and it was ice creams on the beach, we'd swim in the North Sea.
03:28It was great.
03:29We've been invited to the museum by Annie.
03:34Quite curiously, she has found something interesting in the attic.
03:38Sounds ominous.
03:39Yeah.
03:39OK, this is it.
03:49Nairn Museum.
04:05Hello. Welcome to Nairn Museum.
04:07Dom and Rich have been invited by curator Annie MacDonald.
04:12We've got some major roof work happening soon.
04:15OK.
04:16But we found these really quite precious artworks,
04:20and I'd really like to save them.
04:22Do you want to come and have a look?
04:23I'd love to, yes.
04:24Brilliant.
04:25Rich, I think you're leading the way.
04:26This is the old servants' quarters of the house.
04:35OK.
04:36And here we've got one of the pieces of artwork that's on the walls.
04:41Oh, it's beautiful.
04:41So, this was drawn in 1945 by Polish soldiers who were stationed here
04:48towards the end of the Second World War.
04:50So, we've got these flowers,
04:52and we've got a portrait of a lady who I like to imagine is someone's sweetheart.
04:57So, what are you hoping we can do with these?
05:00I'd love for us to be able to display these to the public in our museum exhibitions.
05:05That's my dream.
05:06Rich, what do you think?
05:07Well...
05:08Is it possible?
05:09Yeah, I think we could chop it out.
05:11Our problems might be encountered with the masonry,
05:13but we'll have an investigate and see what we can do.
05:15You know what?
05:16I like your confidence, because that terrifies me.
05:18Yeah, I'm glad you're here.
05:19I'll enjoy this.
05:21As Rich takes on the tricky task of extracting the crumbling plaster paintings,
05:30Dom gets the bigger picture from Annie.
05:33So, we're in Viewfield House.
05:35It's a historic building for Nairn.
05:37It was built in 1803, so it's Regency period.
05:40OK.
05:41But in the Second World War, it was requisitioned by the army.
05:46So, Nairn's beaches were used for training for the D-Day landings.
05:49So, where does the graffiti upstairs fit into all this?
05:53After Germany invaded Poland,
05:55the Polish military personnel were all sent to Scotland,
05:58which was seen as safer than the English South East.
06:01And they helped to construct concrete tank defences
06:06along the Murray coast to protect these shores from invasion.
06:12They stayed in Viewfield House, which, like many stately homes,
06:15was requisitioned for military personnel and the war effort.
06:19This seems like quite a small, quite peaceful town.
06:23It must have been quite a change, having the soldiers turn up.
06:26Indeed.
06:27But the Poles did integrate incredibly well into local life.
06:33We have evidence of them playing competitive football with the locals,
06:37taking part in dances.
06:40So, why is it important to you, then,
06:42to try and save the lovely paintings upstairs?
06:43I think they're very intimate, very delicate,
06:47and they show the endurance of the human spirit.
06:52And it's a story that not a lot of people know,
06:55and it's one that I know the Polish community really, really care about.
06:59It feels very special.
07:01If Rich is feeling the pressure, he's not showing it.
07:06This is a job that demands a cool head, steady hands,
07:10and a lifetime of experience.
07:13This little section here, it's almost completely fallen off.
07:17It's holding on by a whisker.
07:19We will want to make a cut
07:20to work out where the studs are behind here.
07:24To assess what he's up against,
07:27Rich must break into the wall.
07:30Traditionally, walls like this were made up of a lime plaster mix,
07:34thickened with coarse animal hair from horses or goats.
07:39The plaster is laid over wooden laths,
07:42tightly packed horizontal strips of wood
07:44that run between the vertical studs.
07:48Understub, it can last for centuries.
07:50But removing a section intact is a tricky proposition.
07:58Rich, are you OK?
07:59Hello, Dom.
08:00Yeah, I'm OK, thanks.
08:01How are you?
08:01It looks like you're making some progress.
08:02This is good.
08:03Yeah, yeah, it's good.
08:05We have investigated, we've found the studs,
08:09but we've also found the dukes,
08:10which are the fixings which attach the stud to the masonry.
08:13So it's like an old-fashioned wall plug?
08:15Very much so.
08:16OK, OK.
08:17Aye, so we believe there's one round about here, right behind.
08:21Oh, you're kidding.
08:21No, no, seriously.
08:23Literally the worst possible place.
08:25Yeah, because if we put any twist or force,
08:27the fracture's going to happen right there.
08:29So I'm going to use this timber as a stretcher,
08:32and we'll fix that to the face.
08:33The wooden stretcher will help protect the surface.
08:37But behind the picture,
08:39the vertical stud remains firmly attached to the stonework.
08:43If Rich pulls the plaster away now,
08:46he risks destroying it.
08:49All right, let's do it.
08:51So what's next?
08:52We just need to chop it out?
08:53Yeah, let's cut the plaster either side.
08:56Can I cut this one first?
08:57Yeah.
08:57Yeah?
08:57Please do.
08:58Love it.
08:58Now, I quite like to pull this off
09:19so I can see what's going on.
09:23Now, just be careful.
09:24I don't want you to tell it me off.
09:28Have a look in here, Don.
09:34What have you got?
09:35We're going to have to try and saw in this one from the side
09:38and saw in that one from the side.
09:41Rich plans to cut around the vertical studs,
09:45leaving the ones running directly behind the picture as support.
09:49So that's us. We're through.
09:51You're done?
09:52Yeah, we're through.
09:53Yeah, yeah.
09:53Well done.
09:54It's your turn now.
09:55No problem.
09:55Good luck.
09:57OK.
09:58It makes me so nervous.
10:04Did you still get nervous,
10:05even though you've been doing this for years?
10:07Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
10:08There's always risk involved.
10:10Yeah, I'm through.
10:11So there's literally one nail in the middle.
10:14Hold on, hold on.
10:15I think the placement of a hand is going to be really important.
10:19So a hand on the studs.
10:21Go on, then.
10:21I'm just going to hold it.
10:22I've got my sandwich here.
10:23A hand here.
10:24A hand here.
10:26And we just want to see how responsive it is.
10:28Anyone laugh there?
10:28Yeah.
10:29So just slowly leave her.
10:31Just wiggle it a little bit and just see what's moving.
10:34Yeah.
10:35It's going.
10:37Yeah.
10:37I feel it.
10:38Yeah.
10:38OK.
10:40It's so close.
10:41A good yanker would go, but we could crack the plaster in the process.
10:45So we'll just continue to wiggle it.
10:48Slowly, slowly.
10:49I'd like to see behind this.
10:51Could you hold it so I can come in from this side?
11:10Ah, yes, it's off.
11:13It's off.
11:14You got it?
11:15Got it.
11:15Right, now let's...
11:17Oh, it's quite heavy.
11:19Let's spin her around.
11:21So, these are the studs in question.
11:24Oh, goodness me.
11:25These are the big handmade blacks with nails.
11:28This guy.
11:29This guy.
11:29This one.
11:30This guy.
11:31We're not friends with this one.
11:34Right, OK.
11:35We'll lay this on its face because it's protected.
11:39On its face.
11:39On its face.
11:40Two hands.
11:41Yeah, got it.
11:44And it's safe.
11:45Oh, I can breathe now.
11:49Well done.
11:56One painting done.
11:58And Rich has another to remove.
12:01While that happens, Dom has an errand to run.
12:03The repair shop are always on the lookout for the nation's personal heritage.
12:09Those care-worn heirlooms in need of specialist attention from the team back in the barn.
12:14And Dom may have found just the thing.
12:18OK, where do we start?
12:19What is it?
12:20Good question.
12:23The seascape belongs to Carol Moore.
12:26So, it's a wooden base.
12:29It's got a clockwork mechanism.
12:30And it's sat inside this glass dome.
12:33And the glass dome's been painted on the background.
12:36And then there's a wind-up mechanism here.
12:38So, you used to wind it up and the ship would go sailing on the sea.
12:42Right.
12:43And it would play a tune.
12:44Originally, it was my great-auntie Elsie on my dad's side that had it.
12:49Tell me about her.
12:50My two great-aunties stayed in a town called Portnockies.
12:54And they were fisher folk.
12:55So, all along the muddy coast, there was little fishing villages.
12:59It was probably the major source of employment in days gone by.
13:02What's your earliest memories, then, of great-auntie Elsie going to visit her?
13:06Going into the house.
13:08And you would go...
13:09I'm sure they called it the parlour.
13:11And I can remember there was a large grandfather clock.
13:14There was a piano along the window.
13:15All the things that you don't want a kid to be touching and playing with.
13:18Yeah, yeah, exactly.
13:19And on top of this dresser was this item.
13:23And I used to always be asking for them,
13:26can you wind it up for me?
13:28And I would stand there and totally mesmerised.
13:31You know, you just wonder where the ship's sailing to.
13:33Yeah.
13:34When my mum and dad passed away, I was cleaning out the house.
13:37And I came across it.
13:38And then all the childhood memories came flooding back.
13:41I've got a couple of photos, if it's of any interest to you.
13:45So, that's outside the house there.
13:47So, that's my grand-amore, some family from Wick,
13:53and my granny, great-auntie Margaret, and my dad's sister.
13:57Was he a fisherman?
13:58Yes, he was a fisherman, yeah.
13:59And this last one is the only picture I can find of my great-aunties.
14:03So, that's great-auntie Elsie.
14:04Oh, that's her.
14:05Yeah, and that's my granny, Moore, and great-auntie Margaret.
14:08And then that's my mum, and there's me.
14:10Oh!
14:10It's a lovely bairn.
14:12Oh, bless you!
14:13What does this symbolise for you, then?
14:16Just my childhood.
14:18Good times with my family.
14:19Yeah.
14:19And my dad's sister and her husband never had any children, and they've passed.
14:24So, I'm the last one in that line of the family.
14:27Wow.
14:27And I just think it would be a fantastic piece to get repaired,
14:32so that we keep the memory and the stories alive.
14:35If we were able to get it working again, and get it to play that tune again.
14:38Yeah.
14:39Oh, God.
14:41It would, yeah, it would just take back all that memories.
14:44I mean, everything.
14:46Yeah.
14:47Thank you so much for trusting me with it.
14:48No problem.
14:48Honest, it's a beautiful thing, and we'll do our best to get it working again.
14:51OK, I hope you do.
14:52Thanks very much.
14:52Take care, nice to meet you.
14:53Bye.
14:54Bye.
14:57Bye.
14:58Carol's unusual clockwork ship will be sent to the barn for specialist repair.
15:05Meanwhile, in the museum, Rich is moving on to the second of the wall paintings, the portrait.
15:13It looks as though she's painted directly onto paper, which has been applied onto plaster.
15:18These sharp lines would indicate somebody's had a go with a sharp knife and tried to cut out the section,
15:24and they've also tried to peel the paper off the plaster, but by doing so, they've removed
15:30some of her beautiful perm, a young lady with her big 1940s perm.
15:35Rich is making a small wooden handle to attach to the firmer plaster either side of the portrait,
15:42then begins to cut into the wall.
15:45I made a precision cut all the way round.
15:59Using the handle, we've got a really firm hold on her, so as not to disturb her at all.
16:17So, yeah, I'm really happy we got this one out.
16:19The two pictures will now be transported from the museum to Rich's workshop for further restoration.
16:26At the barn, organ builder and mechanical maestro David Burville takes a first look at Carroll's ship.
16:44So, although I've worked on quite a few automatons, I've never actually worked on a ship in a glass dome.
16:52It's almost like a ship in a bottle, but a mechanical version.
16:56And it's absolutely spectacular.
17:00I can see very cleverly that the ship is actually sitting on the ocean,
17:07and they've done it so that the ship must sort of move with the sea itself.
17:14So, really, really clever.
17:16The sea is made of this very, very thin, what we call zephyr leather.
17:23It's actually intestines from cows.
17:27It is incredibly strong, very, very flexible.
17:30But what's happened is it's gone very, very crusty, and it's split.
17:35And unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to save it.
17:37So, I'm going to need to remove this, and then I can get down into the mechanism.
17:51It really has gone super crispy.
17:54I mean, it's tearing as soon as I touch it.
18:02That's the sea removed, so let's peer beneath the waves and see what's at the bottom of the ocean.
18:09Hopefully, no sea monsters.
18:10Oh, wow.
18:17Well, straight away, I can actually see that it's missing a piece of thread,
18:25so that you pull the string, and then that actually winds the mechanism up.
18:31So, this is really too dirty to see if it actually works.
18:35So, I'm going to remove it, clean it, and then I can assess it properly.
18:40As David gets to grips with what makes Carol's mechanical ship tick.
18:48In the Highlands, the stunning scenery has lured in another member of the repair shop team.
18:54Furniture restorer and woodworker, Will.
18:57It's my first trip to the Highlands.
18:59The air feels very thin up here.
19:01We're just literally going uphill the entire way.
19:04Look at this.
19:05And I can already hear my ears popping.
19:07It makes me nervous, because I know what you're like with heights.
19:09Oh, I really don't like cottage at all.
19:10I know.
19:11Yeah, just drive at a reasonable speed would be fantastic.
19:15I'll take it easy.
19:19Dom's driving him west, from Inverness towards the town of Bewley.
19:26Will's seeking out the traditional game of shinty,
19:29played almost exclusively in northern Scotland,
19:32and one that depends on traditional woodworking skills for its very survival.
19:40Nice display.
19:41This is the workshop of shinty stick maker Alan McPherson.
19:46Now, what is shinty?
19:49Shinty is an ancient sport, and its history can be traced back thousands of years.
19:53I guess you could say it's Scotland's national sport.
19:55Is it kind of like hockey?
19:57No.
19:57How's that kind of hockey stick shape to it?
19:59This would be an original stick, which is common, would be the right word,
20:04which is Gaelic for a bent or crook, so a bent stick.
20:08So, what kind of wood are we talking about?
20:10Is this ash?
20:12Originally, they would have been ash, but more commonly, they're now made of hickory.
20:15Shinty is quite a...
20:16It's a contact sport, so the challenges are quite fierce at times.
20:20So, the hickory, it just is far stronger than ash at the end of the day, you know.
20:23How fast is that ball coming towards you?
20:26The balls travel at 100 miles an hour.
20:28What?
20:29Over 100 miles an hour, yeah.
20:31But it's not just a ball, it's a full contact sport,
20:33so the sticks clash off each other as well.
20:35That's where the clash of the ash comes from, so...
20:37Clash of the ash?
20:38So, here we can see some of the different lengths of stick we have,
20:41and then we've got them for the sticks here.
20:42What is that?
20:43Well, most people around here are born with one of them in their hands,
20:47and most Shinty players want their kids to have one of them,
20:50so it's just for a newborn, just to put them in the cot, you know.
20:53That's so sweet.
20:54We start them young here, so...
21:00You're laminating things together, aren't you?
21:02For the baby stick, it's five laminates like this we'd glue together.
21:06OK.
21:06We'd glue it round the form here,
21:08and when it comes out, it'll look something similar to that.
21:12OK.
21:13Do you have to wet that, soak it, steam it?
21:15No, because the laminates are only five millimetres thick,
21:19we can actually bend it round the curve.
21:20No.
21:21Really?
21:22Yeah, we bend it.
21:23That's not a break?
21:23No, no, no.
21:24Now, I don't believe that you're going to be able to bend this by it breaking.
21:31Right.
21:35No way.
21:41See, I thought by now,
21:43you'd be able to heal that sort of cracking of the fivers.
21:45No, that's the beauty of the hickory.
21:47Any other wood, you'd have to steam bend,
21:49but the hickory, you don't have to.
21:50That's fantastic.
21:51The next step would be to start shaping it,
21:54and then after that, we would then use a spokeshave.
21:56Spokeshave?
21:58Can I have a shot at shaping the stick?
22:00Am I just slowly shaping this bit here?
22:03Yeah, so we're starting to shape the curve of the stick
22:06into the round of the handle,
22:08so we're just looking to try and blend that in down there.
22:14See, here we go.
22:15Are you looking for a job, are you?
22:24Might be a bit too far for me to commute from home, to be honest.
22:27I'm saying something, aren't you?
22:28Yes.
22:31There must be a quick way of doing this.
22:33No, you're just doing it.
22:34Carry on.
22:36Do you?
22:36Really?
22:38No.
22:39That's what I was about to say.
22:40This is the way it would be done back in the day,
22:42so it's only right you learn the same way.
22:44That's it.
22:47Well, that's it.
22:47It's starting to take shape there now.
22:49It is starting to take shape.
22:50Do you love what you do?
22:52I think you have to, aye.
22:53Yeah, it's definitely a labour I love.
22:55It's nice as well when you give the players their sticks
22:57and you're seeing them maybe scoring important goals
23:00in the Shinty Cup finals, you know?
23:03And you think to yourself, I made that.
23:04Absolutely, yeah, absolutely.
23:05Now, I'm not too sure if it's the sport for me
23:09because anything coming at me at 100 miles an hour
23:11will terrify me.
23:13However, I would love to give it a go.
23:15Absolutely.
23:16We can grab some sticks and head down to the park now.
23:18All right, come on.
23:18Let's go.
23:20I'm not really excited about this.
23:22Yeah, so I've got my stick here.
23:24OK.
23:25Which one should I take?
23:26It'll fit you, I think.
23:27Hold on.
23:29Yeah, right height.
23:30My ball.
23:30Let's go and play Shinty.
23:31Let's go.
23:33The fact that I caught that ball is a good sign.
23:35Oh, look at you.
23:41Oh, oh, oh.
23:46Jeez.
23:48Brilliant.
23:50We're working.
23:54All right, let me pick it up.
23:56As Will enjoys fresh air and fine weather in the Highlands.
24:13At the barn, it's a good day for ducks and ships
24:18as David makes progress.
24:20So I'm just starting on making the replacement knob
24:25on Carol's little automaton ship.
24:28It actually uses a little piece of string
24:31and then that knob is attached to the string.
24:34So, always the best bit.
24:40This is the first cut into the metal.
24:49It's a bit like patting your head and rubbing your tummy
24:52using this thing.
24:53You're actually manipulating the in and the out
24:56and then the up and down.
24:59You can actually start to create round edges
25:04just by turning both wheels at the right speed.
25:09Right, so that's the basic shape of the ball now.
25:21So what I'm going to do,
25:22I'm actually going to go over to a manual file
25:24and I'm just going to start smoothing the shape a little bit.
25:28I'm just getting finer and finer.
25:39It just polishes the surface.
25:51The last thing to do on the lathe is drill a little hole
25:54so that I can thread the cord through,
25:56which is actually what winds the mechanism.
26:16Great, well that looks really good.
26:18All I've got to do is thread it
26:20and see if it actually winds the mechanism as it should do.
26:26So that's a good solid knot in there.
26:33A moment of truth, we'll actually see if it works.
26:41Whoa.
26:41Well that's absolutely brilliant.
26:57That's a beautiful, beautiful music box.
27:01So I've just got a bit of tinkering to do with the mechanism,
27:03make sure that's 110% right
27:05and then I can actually get on with replacing the C.
27:08In the Highlands,
27:18the Second World War paintings have been taken
27:20to Rich's workshop outside Nairn.
27:24They may have come free from the wall,
27:26but both are in unstable condition.
27:30Rich sets to work on the portrait.
27:32I can see there's a little bit of damage to the plaster
27:34where it's bonded to the lath,
27:36so we want to stabilise that to a little bit of conservation work
27:38to make sure she's secure.
27:42So right now I'm making a little fine casting plaster slurry.
27:48I want to suck it up with the syringe and inject it.
27:53Right, that's really runny,
27:54so that should flow really well into the crack.
27:57Let's try this.
28:01That's sucking up well.
28:03Take plenty.
28:06Yeah, by doing this process,
28:09we are reattaching the plaster panel to the supportive lath.
28:14So now we've injected the side of the lath,
28:24I want to inject the front of the lath.
28:26That will secure her
28:28and we'll be able to transport her to a frame that we're making.
28:32There's a bigger syringe this time.
28:33This is going in really well.
28:45It's flowing nicely.
28:49Yeah, you can really get
28:51a good amount of material in behind there.
28:54If we just check
28:55the stuff at the back,
28:57that's firmed right up.
28:59Now I've done all I can do with her.
29:02She's firm, she's secure.
29:05And I'll get the big one in.
29:13In the barn,
29:14David is still working on Carroll's ship
29:17and has tricky waters to navigate.
29:20So now I've got the mechanism done,
29:23the base is all repolished,
29:25the ship is ship-shaped and Bristol-fashioned,
29:28and now I'm on to the exciting bit
29:31of actually recreating the sea.
29:34What I've got here
29:35is a new piece of zephyr leather.
29:39This is nice and soft and subtle.
29:41The original sea,
29:42just it feels like
29:44an old crinkly plastic bag.
29:47So I've mixed up some watercolour.
29:51So I'm just using a nice wide soft brush
29:54and this will effectively stain the zephyr.
30:00So that should, fingers crossed,
30:03give me something that looks like the original.
30:06So, moment of truth.
30:08A little bit nerve wracking.
30:10In fact, I think what I'm going to do,
30:12I'm just going to start off over here.
30:16So I'm really glad
30:18that I kept
30:19the original
30:20piece of zephyr
30:23as a reference,
30:25not only for size,
30:26but also for the colour.
30:29This will give
30:29the background colour
30:32for the waves.
30:34Now the paint is dry,
30:54it's looking really quite good.
30:56So the next thing
30:57is to actually fit it
30:58onto the base.
31:00I'm just going to start
31:04to apply
31:05the glue
31:07just around the edges.
31:14I'm basically just trying
31:17to mimic
31:18what was there.
31:22Sort of
31:22basically fold for fold
31:25as well as I possibly can
31:29it's
31:30it's quite
31:31quite a tricky thing.
31:34I'm really sailing
31:35into the unknown
31:36with this.
31:38It's
31:39but I think
31:41it's
31:42it's actually
31:43it is starting
31:44to
31:45look
31:46like
31:49the
31:51the original
31:52great.
31:56So that's the zephyr
31:57now stuck down.
31:59I'm really pleased
32:00with the way
32:00that looks
32:01that that is
32:02really representing
32:04the sea
32:04but I'm
32:06really itching
32:07to see what this
32:09looks like
32:09and see whether
32:10it actually works.
32:11So I'm just gonna
32:12I'm just gonna pop
32:13the boat on
32:14just temporarily.
32:17I'm gonna give it
32:17a little wind.
32:21Whoops.
32:22That is a choppy
32:30old sea
32:30that that boat
32:31is on.
32:43That's brilliant.
32:45I'm just
32:46just incredible.
32:48I want it.
32:49I've just got
32:52the zephyr
32:53to trim up
32:54and then
32:54it's ready
32:55to go back
32:56on the road
32:56to Carol.
32:57I just
32:57hope she's
32:59gonna be as pleased
33:00as I am with it.
33:07In his workshop
33:08Rich is moving
33:10on to the
33:10flower picture
33:11the larger
33:12of the paintings
33:13cut from the walls
33:14of Nairn Museum.
33:16I am quite worried
33:17about this one.
33:18It has incurred
33:19quite a bit
33:20of disruption
33:20and vibration.
33:23Rich, you okay?
33:24Hi, Dom.
33:25Good to be back.
33:26How are you doing?
33:26Just rolling my sleeves
33:27up to get stuck
33:28in the next stage.
33:29I'm excited.
33:30Yeah.
33:30This is all
33:30I mean it looks
33:31a lot more stable
33:32already.
33:32Yeah, so
33:33currently it has
33:34a stretcher on its face
33:35and I want to flip it
33:36over and remove
33:37that stretcher.
33:38You still haven't
33:38had a look?
33:39No, I've not seen it yet.
33:40Can we have a look now?
33:41Nope.
33:42Nope.
33:43So what we're gonna do
33:44is put this timber
33:44backing on it
33:45but I can't apply it
33:46straight onto the studs.
33:48I'm going to use
33:49this neoprene
33:49backpacking
33:51as a comfort,
33:52as a mattress,
33:53as a cushion.
33:54A soft pillow.
33:55I like it.
33:55Soft pillow, yeah.
33:57Rich and Dom
33:58plan to attach
33:59a permanent
33:59wood backboard
34:01faced with a rubber
34:02lining
34:02to prevent the
34:03plaster from twisting.
34:05So if we
34:06brought a few
34:07pilot holes in...
34:08Only after
34:10the backboard
34:11is secure
34:11can they turn
34:12the painting over,
34:14remove the
34:14temporary wood
34:15panel that's
34:16protecting the
34:16image
34:17and see
34:18for the first
34:19time
34:19whether the
34:20flower painting
34:21has survived
34:22the process.
34:24Right, it safely
34:25does it.
34:26Slow and steady.
34:28That's the top.
34:29So let's line up
34:30our centre point.
34:31Perfect, perfect,
34:32perfect.
34:33Got some screws
34:34here.
34:36If you
34:37line them up.
34:42Rich, we are
34:44getting closer
34:45and closer to
34:46being able to
34:46take off that
34:48front board.
34:49How are you
34:49feeling?
34:51Not going to
34:51lie, a little
34:53bit nervous.
34:53Yeah.
34:55There was quite
34:56a lot of
34:56hairline fractures
34:57evident in the
34:59plaster originally.
35:02That's it.
35:03That's it.
35:03That's the final
35:04screw.
35:04That's the final
35:05screw.
35:05Can we flip it
35:05over?
35:06We can flip it
35:07over.
35:07Oh, okay.
35:08So in one
35:10scoop, up she
35:11goes.
35:12And just
35:14tilt it down.
35:15Okay.
35:15Yeah, no problem
35:16at all.
35:17All controlled.
35:24I'm very, very
35:25nervous.
35:26Yeah.
35:29Okay, Dom.
35:30Moment of truth.
35:31This is it.
35:32This is it.
35:32All this work?
35:33Yeah.
35:34Come on, let's do it.
35:35Go for it.
35:36Go on, you do the
35:36honours.
35:37Let's go.
35:39Up.
35:40And just down
35:41here at our feet.
35:42Now, the paper
35:46protected the art.
35:53Okay, so we do
35:55have a small amount
35:55of fracturing, but
35:56it's still there.
36:00This was original.
36:01So there's just a
36:02little bit more in
36:02there, but we can
36:03fix that.
36:04That is incredible.
36:06It's there.
36:07It's a high five
36:07moment.
36:08Hey, come here.
36:08Well done.
36:10Brilliant.
36:11Good man.
36:12That is brilliant.
36:13Well done.
36:20Further along the
36:21Murray coast, ship
36:23owner Carol is also
36:25hoping for a pleasant
36:26surprise.
36:26The ship reminds me of
36:30my childhood, and it
36:32just brings back all
36:33the lovely, simple
36:34family holidays that I
36:36had with my mum and
36:37dad, and I just know
36:39it's going to be a nice
36:39way of just keeping the
36:41memories of that side of
36:43the family alive.
36:44Have you missed it, then?
36:46Yes, I have.
36:47Knowing that somebody's
36:48working on it and
36:49repairing it, it's a lot of
36:51excitement and nerves and
36:53everything.
36:53It must be quite scary
36:54almost, knowing that
36:55it's going to be taken
36:56apart and it isn't
36:57going to work.
36:58So what are you hoping
36:58to see, then?
37:01The ship sailing.
37:03As it should be.
37:04As it should be.
37:06Playing the tune that
37:08goes along with it.
37:09The sea looking like it
37:11should and not with bits
37:13of wood sticking through
37:14it.
37:15Yeah.
37:15It was in a sorry
37:16state.
37:17Do you want to take a
37:18look?
37:18Yeah.
37:23Oh, wow.
37:24Oh, wow.
37:26Look at the sea.
37:28Oh, my God.
37:32It is taking me back,
37:33but I know it's when I
37:34see it in motion and I
37:36hear the tune, that's
37:37going to...
37:38How will it feel, then,
37:39to be able to pull that
37:40little brass knob out and
37:42see what happens?
37:43Yeah.
37:44Yeah.
37:45Oh, I can't wait to do it.
37:47Go on, then.
37:48Oh, I feel like I should be
38:11looking up at it and not
38:13looking down, because I used
38:14to always look up at it.
38:15At the top of the shelf.
38:16When I was a little kid.
38:21It's quite calming music.
38:23I wonder if they always
38:23put it on before I went to
38:25my bed so that I would
38:26sleep well.
38:27It's a bit overwhelming
38:28just seeing it working
38:30again, because it's been
38:32probably 40 years since
38:35I've seen it working.
38:37Is it a nice feeling?
38:38Yeah, it is, definitely.
38:40It just gives me all that
38:41lovely memory, so I'm going
38:42to go, of my mum and dad,
38:45and it's just lovely
38:46memories to have, definitely.
38:48Oh, I just can't thank
38:49you enough.
38:50You're so welcome.
38:51I'll pass your thanks on
38:51to David.
38:52Yes, please do.
38:54He's done a great job.
38:55He's worked really hard.
38:56He has loved it.
38:57Wow.
38:58Yeah.
38:59So, I'm planning to put it
39:00on display, such a
39:01conversation piece.
39:03People are going to be
39:04asking about it, and then,
39:05you know, I need to tell
39:06that side of the story, and
39:08it's all my dad's side of
39:09the family, all the stories,
39:11and I think it's important
39:12that that side of the family
39:13is not forgotten.
39:23Also bearing testament to the
39:25past are the wartime paintings
39:27left behind by the Polish
39:29serviceman in Nairn.
39:31I'm heading back to the
39:32museum to see Annie, and
39:34Rich, I think, is already
39:35there with the paintings
39:37consolidated, secured,
39:39mounted, and they are going
39:41on display in the museum for
39:43the local community to
39:44actually see and enjoy for the
39:46first time.
39:47It's quite a big day.
39:48When Dom first arrived at
39:52Nairn Museum, the paintings
39:54were part of the wall, at risk
39:57of destruction from building
39:58work.
39:59They were removed for
40:00restoration, and now, on their
40:03return...
40:04Oh, wow.
40:05Hello, everyone.
40:06Hello.
40:07Good to see you all.
40:08Half the town here.
40:10There's quite a welcome
40:11committee.
40:13All the museum volunteers
40:14couldn't resist coming to see
40:16the graffiti now it's out of the
40:17attic.
40:17I'm so glad.
40:18Why does it mean so much to
40:19everybody?
40:20I think this is such a precious
40:22piece of history, not just for
40:24the museum, but for the whole
40:25of Nairn.
40:26It feels like a secret that we
40:28can finally share.
40:30Are you nervous at all about
40:32what you're going to see?
40:33I don't know how many pieces
40:35they came out the wall in, so
40:37I've got no idea whether you're
40:38going to show me an artwork or a
40:40jigsaw.
40:41Yeah.
40:41A dustpan and brush was involved
40:43at one point.
40:46Well, Rich, are you ready to do
40:47the honours?
40:48I'm ready.
40:48Are you ready?
40:49I am.
40:49Everyone ready to see them?
40:51Yes!
40:52Yeah?
40:53Come on, Rich.
40:54OK, let's do this.
40:55Hang on.
40:56Slowly, slowly.
40:58Wow.
40:59Oh, my goodness.
41:01That's beautiful.
41:02I didn't think this could happen.
41:06Who did I?
41:07I have to admit, I was close a couple of
41:10times.
41:11Yeah, this one?
41:12This one was not compliant.
41:14Yeah.
41:15It's absolutely amazing.
41:18It tells a story in itself, doesn't it?
41:20It's absolutely stunning.
41:22I can't believe it.
41:25She's gorgeous.
41:26She is.
41:27Yeah.
41:28How's it feel, then, to have these down
41:29here in the museum?
41:31It's beautiful, and to see them as
41:34complete as they are, I wasn't expecting
41:36to see this much.
41:37Well, whilst you're all here, you're more
41:39than welcome to come and have a closer
41:40look.
41:40Come in.
41:42Just don't touch anything.
41:43Yeah, eyes, eyes, hands behind your
41:44backs, that's it.
41:49Very much an important part of our local
41:51history.
41:52I was first really aware of these in 2003,
41:56when I was the museum manager.
41:58We had a visit from one of the Polish
42:00soldiers who was actually billeted here,
42:03but he was thrilled to bits to see that the
42:05sketches were still there on the walls.
42:08I'm so proud of the conservation team on
42:13getting this artwork out of the attic after
42:1580 years.
42:17I think Rich has done an absolutely phenomenal
42:19job, and I can't wait to share this with both
42:21the local and the international community,
42:24because I know there's a lot of people in
42:26Poland with descendants who have been soldiers
42:28in Scotland who have shown interest in this
42:31artwork and who really care about it.
42:34Oh, that's just a special moment, isn't it?
42:36And to see how much it mattered to the community
42:40and to the museum creator was just what you want.
42:44Getting the chance to work with somebody like
42:46Rich is an amazing experience.
42:48I'm so lucky to be able to come out here and
42:50spend so much time working with somebody that
42:52has such a clear passion for what they do.
42:56And for Rich, I know that this meant a lot
42:58because it's local to him.
42:59He grew up here.
43:00It's even more special for him to be able to
43:03create a little bit of the history that's now in
43:05the museum.