It's been on the discovery channel recently and my wife and I are hooked on it. British based show. Basically, someone brings in an old item to have it restored. Anything from clocks, leather items, furniture, music boxes, ceramic ware, radios, etc. The shop then restores it for them, going through some of the process. The restorers are true craftspeople which is rare to see these days. There's no fake drama, fake deadlines, fake tension, fake anything.
Might be worth a watch. No personal stake in the show or anything, just figured the folks on this board would enjoy seeing craftspeople at their best.
-Rob
Oh yeah, wife found a couple episodes on Netflix and we burned right through them.
Absoltely. My wife and I have watched every episode. such a departure from US-based programming. I could just see that if it were produced here. There'd be some turn like Guy Feirirririeid (however he spells his name) yelling at the camera. The leathersmith would be fighting with the tinsmith while the seamstress would be saying "I have to get this done before the show. The show is tomorrow!!".
I'll check it out - sounds up my alley.
I do an impression of Guy Fiero.
Just a lot of yelling in my Chevrolet. Then I moan how good everything is as I eat it.
It's on one of the BBC channels in Canada. I'd like a bit less maudlin "How does it make you feel" crap, and a bit more time on the actual repairing, but I watch it all the time. I like the clocksmith guy the best, I think.
Oh yeah. Absolutely love that show--Tim and I have been watching it since early pandemic days (when everyone else was watching "Tiger King"). Still happy with that choice.
And agreed, the clocksmith is the one person there I would come to for advice on, well, most things.
Margie
I just learned the leather lady and watchmaker with 3 pairs of glasses are spouses.
interesting stories too with the items.
914Driver said:
I just learned the leather lady and watchmaker with 3 pairs of glasses are spouses.
interesting stories too with the items.
Spouse, or siblings? I'm sure watch guy has a sister there.
I watched a few episodes because I like that kind of thing, but found the actual restoration coverage to be lacking - especially after something like the My Mechanics YouTube channel. It was just too lightweight by comparison. That's what I remember, anyhow. I might have to give it another shot.
Dominic Chinea from that show has an interesting YouTube channel. He's restoring a Porsche 356 that's in deplorable condition, and recently acquired the rights for a defunct English Wheel manufacturer that was in business in the UK prewar. He found an original wheel, had patterns made, and just got the first one cast at a foundry. https://www.youtube.com/c/DominicChineas
I'm always a bit fascinated by the accents. It's a small country, but they surely do have a range. The tall host sounds like a soccer hooligan, and they work through the range to upper class English twit of the year competitors.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Same here! And they can put on different accents like hats. It's amazing how much they vary and how aware the Brits are of them.
Keith Tanner said:
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Same here! And they can put on different accents like hats. It's amazing how much they vary and how aware the Brits are of them.
That's because the accents are segmented both along regional and class lines. So a regional working class accent from South London sounds different than a middle- or upper class accent from the same place. Same goes for any other region although the South/East-London and Essex accents and the ones in Northern England are probably the most distinctive. And for a proper Scottish or Cornish accent you pretty much need to have a translator if you're not a native speaker.
The result of that is that you often tend to talk differently - both in accent and choice of words - hanging out with your friends in the pub compared to a work setting.
Oh, and Ye Olde BBC English is mostly an upper class accent - it was sometimes referred to as a Public School Pronounciation, and of course this being England, public schools are actually private schools, usually for the middle and upper classes.
And slightly back on topic, I like the show but am somewhat disappointed that after finding it on Netflix the later season are all on Discovery and all appear to be unavailable on demand unless you hand over more dosh for Discovery+.
