The Repair Shop left viewers in tears as a guest shared a heartwarming father and son story around a small boat model.
The heartwarming series returned for its ninth run earlier this month and fans admitted they felt overwhelmed hearing the backstory.
Jon Keogh from Glasgow brought a miniature model prawn trawler ship into the barn.
He revealed to the show’s host, Jay Blades, that it was a replica of a ship that he and his father used to work on and owned.
He went on to explain that his father built the model from his memory and dubbed him a crafts man who ‘could repair anything’.
The Repair Shop left viewers in tears as a guest shared a heartwarming father and son story around a small boat model
Jon Keogh from Glasgow brought a miniature model prawn trawler ship into the barn. He revealed to the show’s host, Jay Blades, that it was a replica of a ship that he and his father used to work on and owned
When asked if his father was still alive, he told the show: ‘No. Unfortunately, he died in 2007.
‘My dad got into fishing during the summer school holidays with a fisherman.’
He revealed that his father first stepped onto a boat at the age of 15, where he worked for many years in the Merchant Navy.
His father, also called Jon, then met his mother and wanted to settle down, so he moved into Clyde shipyards as a shipwright – the creation place of the Queen Mary.
During the 60s and 70s, his father built many impressive and essential vessels over his years, including Frigates, POPVs and offshore patrol vessels.
The repair shop then showed a clip to explain that the demand for ships had fallen in the 1970s and 1980s. After the war, international competition from overseas makers made ship workers’ lives hard and depleted industry jobs.
Jon revealed that his father was made redundant from the shipyards following the decline in demand, so he bought himself the prawn trailer.
‘It was his dream to have a fishing boat one day. And then me and my dad went fishing on it, for prawns, in the Clyde,’ he added.
He went on to explain that his father built the model from his memory and dubbed him a crafts man who ‘could repair anything’
Jon revealed that his father was made redundant from the shipyards following a decline in demand, so he bought himself the prawn trailer and later created the model from memory
The Scot was shocked by how much the mini replica was revived and said the repair was ‘perfect’ and looked like the ‘first day’ they got it
He said his father just wanted a memory of his boat and that it was his dream.
The Scot was shocked by how much the mini replica was revived and said the repair was ‘perfect’ and looked like the ‘first day’ they got it.
He said: ‘It deteriorated over the year. I have had a lot of memories attached to that boat that only me and my dad shared. They’re always with me, always close to my heart.’
Jon intends to pass it down through his family’s generations to keep the memory of his father’s hard work alive.
Viewers were touched by the story, as many have previously branded the show their ‘weekly weep’ after tuning in to the new series.
One penned: ‘The boat is glorious. To see it light up again is so nice. #TheRepairShop’
‘Every single time #therepairshop (crying emoji)’
‘I’m getting emotional over a fishing boat #therepairshop’
‘The boat is glorious. To see it light up again is so nice. #TheRepairShop’
‘That one’s a good one very good’
Over six new episodes, Jay and his highly experienced team of experts will undertake a whole host of fascinating and heart-warming fixes.
Viewers were touched by the story, as many have previously branded the show their ‘weekly weep’ after tuning in to the new series
The latest series will also feature on of the show’s biggest ever challenges they as attempt to save an armchair which tells a poignant story from the 1980’s AIDS crisis.
Host Jay said: ‘If you’re super excited about The Repair Shop coming back, you’re not the only one.
‘We work really hard to make sure people’s dreams come true, so to be able to show you guys what we’ve done is so exciting.’
He added: ‘The show goes from strength to strength, and I think that is simply because we’re talking about community, it’s all about working together as a team and achieving a common goal for someone.’
Jay, 54, and the experts from the BBC One programme have saved more than a thousand precious items and historical artefacts since launching in 2017.
Some of the most memorable fixes over the years have included the rocking horse, a Jewish Prayer Book that survived Theresienstadt concentration camp, a grip that was used to travel over on the Windrush ships, and a 2,000-year-old Chinese statue.
The Repair Shop returned this month for it’s ninth series with host Jay Blades
Over the six new episodes, Jay and his highly experienced team of experts will undertake a whole host of fascinating and heart-warming fixes
