POW Ostrich Egg Cigarette Box Restored | The Repair Shop UK | S5 E16

A shattered ostrich egg cigarette box, handmade by a POW in West Africa, arrives in pieces. Can Simon solve a 40-piece jigsaw with no guide before it collapses again? Inside the barn, an heirloom with an extraordinary origin tests every conservation trick as Simon maps fragments, builds a hidden “membrane,” and fights hairline shifts at the final join. Susie faces a delicate battle of her own, reinforcing and re-stitching Adrian’s 1950s boxing gloves to help a son surprise his firefighter dad. Meanwhile, Dom digs into a Laurel and Hardy stage-prize kids bike seized solid with rust, risking delicate welds and preserving that rich original red rather than repainting history. Watch to see which tiny detail unlocks the egg’s curve, how a missing sliver is disguised, the glove repair that feels like surgery, and the clever fix that brings the bike’s chain back to life. Step inside for craft, memory, and a few heart-punch moments you won’t want to miss. Watch now and see these stories come back to life. #TheRepairShop #Restoration #OstrichEgg #BoxingGloves #LaurelAndHardy #Leatherwork #Conservation