Umbrellas can have value beyond protection from showers. Stories abound along the lines “…I met my boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife under this umbrella waiting in the rain for a bus…” but umbrella spokes are quite fragile and and easily broken. Umbrellas are so cheap that it can seem logical to sadly decide that ‘it’s not worth fixing – just buy a new one’. BUT umbrellas can also be easy to fix if you can find someone with spare spokes, like Repair Cafe The Grove.