BBC The Repair Shop expert makes hard decision after restoring 'special' clock

The Repair Shop adept Steve Fletcher was tasked with repairing a 30-year-old timepiece that held peculiar memories

The Repair Shop adept Steve Fletcher was faced with a challenging determination during the restoration of a 30-year-old clock, marking a archetypal for the show.

In a erstwhile occurrence of the fashionable BBC restoration programme, Karen visited the barn hoping to person her grandad's 1950s alarm timepiece repaired.

Her grandfather, David Alfonso Butler, a subordinate of the Windrush Generation, depended connected this timepiece to aftermath him each day pursuing agelong shifts astatine a foundry.

"This was my ticking companion erstwhile I was increasing up," Karen shared. "This is truthful overmuch of my childhood, there's truthful galore blessed memories."

David sadly passed distant successful 2013 aged 87, and since then, Karen has cherished his timepiece and hat, reports Gloucestershire Live.

"The information that I've inactive got his timepiece is precise important," she added.

Steve instantly acceptable astir cleaning the particulate from the clock's bearings, which had suffered important harm implicit years of use.

The horologist besides needed to hole the clock's teeth and set its pivot, but helium decided against making a peculiar alteration to the sentimental item.

"I took the determination not to overgarment this small fastener to crook the alarm off," helium explained.

"This was the 1 happening that Karen's gramps David would person touched each clip helium turned the alarm off, and I thought there's a definite transportation determination if it's the aforesaid portion her gramps really touched."

Upon returning to the barn, Karen was moved by the show of the restored clock. "These are blessed tears," she said.

"Thank you truthful much. The crushed wherefore it means truthful overmuch to maine is due to the fact that it was my person for truthful galore years, and it's specified a nice, pleasant tick," Karen said emotionally.

"When I perceive the tick of the timepiece it takes maine backmost to sitting astatine the bottommost of the furniture portion grandad was sleeping aft a dense nighttime shift, knowing that things are soundless capable for my grandad to rest."

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