What did you miss?
The latest episode of The Repair Shop featured a heartwarming story about a bed that meant so much to the couple that they considered it “part of the family.”
A family member was even born in this bed and they couldn’t bear to part with it – even though it was so worn out that they had put it in the garden as a flower box and bench, where it rotted away.
Experts also repaired a retro Etch-a-Sketch, mesmerizing viewers who reminisced about their own childhood toys.
What, how and why?
There have been more than enough items of sentimental value in the repair shop, but this week’s episode featured an item that is guaranteed to tug more at your heartstrings than most.
Madeleine Willis, Andy Cox and their children Freya and Aiden brought along an old bed frame that had been converted into a garden bench but was badly rotted.
They explained that it was the couple’s first bed together and that they had brought Aiden there as a baby after he sadly lost his twin sister and was given only a five percent chance of survival.
Despite all the adversities, Aiden had managed to get home from the hospital, and when the couple later had their sister Freya, she was born in bed.
When it became too worn out to sleep in, it was used as a vegetable patch in the garden and later converted into a garden bench. Madeleine admitted that she considered it part of her family.
It was restored to its original splendor, moving the family to tears as Madeleine explained: “There is just so much of our family here.”
She added: “It reminds me of when the children were babies and played together in bed. That was our safe place.”
Daughter Freya said she plans to take it with her to create her own family memories in the years to come.
What else happened in The Repair Shop?
Gemma Lee presented the repair shop experts with a tricky challenge: she wanted the experts to repair her childhood Etch-a-Sketch, which she had received from her father, who died in 2018.
Steve Fletcher said: “I wonder if I can even get this repaired. I’ll have to think of something. It might take some time.”
However, after practicing on a newer model, Fletcher found that he could fix the problem – much to the delight of his owner and onlookers.
One viewer commented to X: “If you’re in your 40s/50s and can take one look at #TheRepairShop without being drawn to Steve Fletcher figuring out how to fix an Etch-a-Sketch, your curiosity must have waned and you must have a heart of stone, that’s all.”
Someone else wrote: “So now I know how to etch a sketch. Awesome.”
“The Repair Shop” airs weekdays at 8pm on BBC One.
