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Vigo 9th May 2026

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This post includes photos from our Vigo Repair Café. What a lot of clocks!  We also safe-deleted a laptop hard disk so the machine could be passed on to a new owner.  The ladies who make emergency blankets from empty crisp packets were present, various electricals were revived, and there was a deal of sewing taking place. Not forgetting the garden lopper with damaged mechanism and, of course, bikes. We were busy two days earlier at Gravesend, but our usual photographer wasn't able to take snaps.  

About Gravesham Repair Café

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  Gravesham Repair Café We repair broken household items - bikes, clothes, electricals, clocks and more. Repair events normally take place on:  the 1st Thursday of the month between 10am and 2pm St George's Church Hall, Gravesend  DA11 0DJ and the 2nd Saturday of the month between 10am and 2pm at Vigo Village Hall, The Bay, Vigo Village DA13 0TD     See our calendar page St George's Church Hall  Vigo Village Hall   We are staffed by volunteers with plenty of repair experience.  Members of the public are welcome to drop in with their broken items and we'll do our best to get those items working again. Since we held our first event at the end of 2023 we have repaired trouser zips, missing buttons, clocks that won't run, radios that don't play, food mixers that don't start - and much more besides - especially bikes. Find us also at our Facebook Page How it works On arriving, bring your item to the Reception desk where we note the issue and allocate...