When Liz Harvey found a broken toy pigeon that brought back childhood memories, she knew there was only one place to go to… The Repair Shop.
The 75-year-old took the dismantled parts to the team – and they restored it to its former Victorian glory. And seeing her gran’s bird cooing as it whizzed across the table, filled Liz with emotion.
Now, she cannot wait to share its joys with her own four grandchildren. Speaking of the moment Repair Shop expert David Burville and host Jay Blades showed her the fixed bird, Liz said: “I think I hugged it and it’s not the most cuddly toy.
But it was wonderful. “I was just so overwhelmed and I wished grandma could see it. It definitely made me think of her. “She would have loved to have seen this
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