TVTV NewsBBCA woman took a broken locket onto the BBC show in the hope that the experts could mend it20:05, 05 Aug 2026A woman broke down in tears on The Repair Shop after one of the show's experts helped with an "amazing" fix.‌Fliss, from Ashton-under-Lyne, took a broken locket that once belonged to her grandparents, Bert and Winifred, onto the BBC show. The locket - which contained a picture of Bert in uniform - had been in the family for more than 100 years and had been carried by Fliss' grandmother throughout World War II.‌She was hoping that the gold piece, which was now split in half and covered in teeth marks her uncle made when he was a baby, could be restored so that she could put a photo of her grandmother inside too.‌Fliss told expert Richard Talman: "It's at least 107 years it's been in the family, at least. It's got a picture of my grandad from when he was in Second World War. He signed up the day after war broke out. So my grandma wore it whilst he was away at war."She also had a photo of her grandmother that was "battered" after her grandfather had carried it through the war.‌"They were very much in love," she said. "And you can tell that by the letters from when he was at war and how much they absolutely adored each other... it is the only piece of jewellery that I have from my grandma. I love the fact that she wore it."Fliss, who lost her granddad in 2005 and her grandma in 2014, said she hoped the locket could be put back together and the teeth marks removed, adding: "I also want to put a picture of my grandma in there as well. So they're kind of next to each other again."Richard got to work, making a new hinge for the locket and removing the dents.‌Fliss was amazed when she saw the finished item as she returned to the barn, clasping her hands to her face and becoming tearful as she exclaimed: "That's amazing!"She went on: "It's perfect that it's the pictures that they each held. It's got a lot of meaning behind it so yeah, that is incredible.‌"Thank you so much. They've never been in the locket together. It's an amazing feeling."She added that she was going to wear it every day, insisting: "It will not come off at all."Fliss continued: "I didn't get many years with either of my grandparents so to be able to have them with me and to tell their story and what I remember of them, it's more than I could have ever hoped for."Article continues belowThe Repair Shop airs on BBC One.Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌BBCThe Repair Shop