It’s a shame to let a few lost stones or a broken clasp stop you from wearing your favourite costume jewellery. If you need someone to put the sparkle back you can book a visit to the local read more

With many modern electronic devices like this keyboard, there is no service network to fix it in the unlikely event that it stops working. If anything the supplier is more likely to replace it read more

Most folks don’t have the equipment to sharpen garden tools that might have done a lot of rough work after the recent growing season. Even our precision knife sharpening tool can’t read more

Electric fans have been in high demand over the past couple of months. Some of our repairs probably arose from the need to dig out some previously abandoned ones to see if they can be fixed and read more

It always puts a ‘smile on the dial’ when our volunteer silversmith puts the sparkle back into your costume jewellery. Items often come in for repair because they can no longer be worn read more

At our February workshop our volunteer seamstress and our volunteer jeweller had to form a surgical team to perform cosmetic surgery on ‘Georgie Bear’, a beloved toy who had lost an read more

Even high quality furniture often relies on glued joints. Glue can lose strength with age just as children get bigger and heavier with age. The furniture, especially dining chairs, starts to creak read more

Clothing adjustments and repairs keep us pretty busy at Repair Cafe The Grove. It doesn’t take much for a favourite item of apparel to relegated to the ‘I can’t wear that’ read more

Plastic toys don’t necessarily last just because they are treasured. We get quite a few requests to fix broken toys like this ferris wheel and’ hopefully, made it’s young owner read more