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The Repair Shop: Sisters get emotional over stereogram

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The Repair Shop tugs at people’s heartstrings at the best of times but even more so during these festive episodes. The BBC series welcomed sisters Sandra and Donna into the workshop who were hoping the experts could restore their stereogram which belonged to their parents. They shared particularly fond memories around the machine on Christmas Days growing up in the 1960s. 

Sandra and Donna told The Repair Shop’s Jay Blades and electronics expert Mark Stuckey of how their parents moved to the UK from Guyana “with nothing” in the 1960s when they were little. 

After their dad opened up the first black-owned record shop in Brixton, they saved up to buy the stereogram which they regularly played, especially on Christmas Day, reminiscing how they would spend their time singing and dancing, listening to Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song. 

Fast-forward to present day and the stereogram is a little worse for wear and no longer able to play records. 

After opening up the machine to find out the cause, Mark was able to get it back to good as good and couldn’t wait to share what he had done with the sisters. 

Sandra and Donna teared up when the stereogram was unveiled by Mark but the truly heartwarming moment began when he told them to turn it on. 

As Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song started to play, the sisters grabbed onto one another and spontaneously slow danced together. 

Experts Jay Blades, Will Kirk and Julie Tatchell were among the cast looking emotional with red-nosed Will wiping at his eyes. 

Sandra told Mark: “Thank you, with all my heart, I can’t thank you enough for this”, with him stating that it was a “great team effort” and a “great pleasure”.

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Prior to seeing their stereogram brought back to life, Donna recalled: “Mum would be up at the crack of dawn to get everything ready and as soon as you could hear it, you’d know it was Christmas.

“I remember sitting on the stairs watching the adults dancing – my dad used to twirl my mum.

“When that record went click, you knew it was coming, everyone forget everything, we started dancing and had fun.”

The experts and the sisters weren’t the only ones who were tearing up during the episode either. 

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Viewers couldn’t help but get emotional as Sandra and Donna tearfully embraced one another as the music started to play. 

Many took to social media to share their feelings as well as their love for the beloved BBC series. 

@Garcon_Marc stated: “This is heartbreaking”, while @tomjennings said: “Oh god I just innocently stumbled on that scene in the festive edition of #therepairshop with the two sisters and their dead mum’s gramophone again.”

@grevesey37 continued: Wow the emotion! That was lovely @jayblades_ even getting emosh”. 

Whereas @alanhuddart pointed out: “What a fantastic programme #therepairshop is. The memories that some objects hold is remarkable – those sisters will never forget that moment.”

This wasn’t the only tear-jerking moment from the episode either with vicar Steve Stewart and his wife Amanda bringing in their cherished rocking horse. 

The toy was a present for their daughter Tamsin when she was five but sadly, two years later, their little girl passed away. 

With the horse good as new, Steve and Amanda were delighted to hand over the gift to their youngest, nine-year-old Hetty to remember the older sister she never met. 

The Repair Shop is available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. 

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