Gravesham Repair Café

Rebecca visited our Vigo Repair Café recently and subsequently produced this short video about what we do.  Enjoy!   Thank you Rebecca.

Despite appearances this is not a radio telescope borrowed from Jodrell Bank.  It is a garden sun shade with a failed opening mechanism.  We fixed it. Also repaired were a radio with bad battery connections, a cassette player that needed new drive bands and a domestic charger for EVs (electric cars).  Sorry, no photos of these.  But we do have photos of an elderly Singer sewing machine cunningly brought back into service.  Its owner is so pleased that she is interested in joining our sewing team. Other items on the day included a cuckoo clock, a bike with dodgy brakes, an air conditioner,  yet more Xmas tree lights and a garden lounger with a gammy leg.   As ever, the café team plied our visitors with tea and biscuits.  If any waiting was involved, we had the usual seating area equipped with reading material and, on this occasion, some lovely pen-cases made by our sewing experts. Please remember that our monthly Repair Cafés are free of charge whi...