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Q: Why do computers keep downloading software security updates?
A: Because they need to keep closing off vulnerabilities that might allow hackers to access your private data.

So, when your computer gets read more

Fixing a ricketty chair often needs more than one pair of hands so we love it when visitors to Repair Cafe The Grove get involved and help out. It can also be fun, working together to rescue a read more

Most of the clocks that find their way to Repair Cafe The Grove are driven by electronic ‘quartz’ mechanisms. Compared with traditional clockwork mechanisms these are amazingly accurate. read more

We get to repair quite a few domestic appliances at Repair Cafe The Grove. Sometimes it’s a mechanical problem, sometimes an electrical fault which needs attention from one of our licensed read more

We learn as children that rabbits are always getting into trouble. Remember Peter Rabbit, Flopsy Bunnies, Br’er Rabbit, Bugs Bunny, Roger Rabbit and The White Rabbit? Perhaps that’s read more

Bookings are open for Repair Cafe The Grove next Saturday (26 July) and several categories are fully booked. We still have vacant booking slots for Low-Voltage Electrical items, Digital Devices read more

Leather is pretty tough and repairs need some special tools and materials. But a handbag also needs to look good so, if it’s looking a bit dull, a bit of ‘elbow grease’ and some read more

We don’t only fix broken things at Repair Cafe The Grove, we also love to show visitors how to fix things themselves. Lessons on how to thread up and look after a sewing machine can be much read more

At Repair Cafe The Grove we love diverting valued items from that mysterious destination called ‘the waste stream’, usually by fixing them when they are broken.

But there’s another read more

A leather belt is an example of how leather goods are an important part of our lives that we hardly notice – until they break. And they’re not so simple to fix without the right tools read more