Repair Shop joy for Moray man Graeme Gordon from Elgin
A Moray man experienced an emotional moment when The Repair Shop team used their expertise to fix a cherished family heirloom.
Graeme Gordon contacted the enormously popular BBC show last April to ask if there was any way they could mend a paraffin camping stove that once belonged to his father.
The stove, bought in 1957, went on to become a mainstay of many childhood holidays all around Scotland, remembered with a huge amount of fondness by Graeme.
The upshot was that, during September, he was twice flown down to the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex, where The Repair Shop has its base.
First he was filmed handing over the decades-old stove, which was in pieces and even missing a leg following an unfortunate camping accident a couple of years ago.
The week after he then returned to see it completely and almost miraculously transformed.
Graeme, who’s a civil servant from Elgin, said: “They’ve done an absolutely incredible job.
“My mum and dad loved the outdoors. I think they must have visited every inhabited island in Scotland over the years.
“When me and my brother David came along we ended doing a lot of walking holidays as a family. The stove always came us everywhere so there are a lot of memories connected to it.
“Being on the show was interesting and a lot of fun. I know quite a few people saw me on TV.
“Afterwards, as a joke, one of my neighbours called round to say he was going camping and to ask whether I had a stove he could borrow.”
The episode featuring Graeme was broadcast on February 12, but can still be viewed for free on the BBC iPlayer.
Search for ‘The Repair Shop’, then go to episode six of series 14.
