Emma MacLennan had her late son Alex's treasured Cretan lyra restored in the latest episode of The Repair Shop. Alex, whose grandmother was from Crete, immersed himself in the island’s culture from ...

A grieving mother was moved to tears on BBC's The Repair Shop ...

A guest on The Repair Shop was left speechless after the experts restored a very special family item. During the latest episode of the hit BBC show, luthier Becky Houghton was introduced to Kent local ...

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The BBC One show took on the challenge to repair a Cretan lyra belonging to Emma MacLennan’s late son. BBC The Repair Shop restores a Cretan lyra (Ricochet/PA) The Repair Shop has been praised for its ...

The Repair Shop has been praised for its “impossible” restoration of a woman’s late son’s folk instrument. The BBC One show took on the challenge to repair a Cretan lyra, a three-stringed pear-shaped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Repair Shop has been praised for its “impossible” restoration of a woman’s late son’s folk instrument. The BBC One show took ...

Seeing repairs to her late son's obscure folk instrument was "like having him restored", a mother has said. Emma MacLennan took her son Alex's Cretan lyra on to BBC programme The Repair Shop after he ...

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