# The Repair Shop --- BBC TV series

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repair-shop-bbc-tv-series/931039
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** reality-or-game-show
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repair-shop-bbc-tv-series/931039 "2021-01-21T01:14:24Z")
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#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repair-shop-bbc-tv-series/931039/29 "2021-01-25T02:37:04Z")

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> [@Kimstu](#):
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> The only such example I can remember is the guy who bought an old coin-operated telescope and had it restored so he could donate it to the seaside resort he used to visit in his childhood, or something. Share that amazing history and craftsmanship!

The Repair Shop guys couldn’t fix the coin-operated mechanism, so they made the lenses permanently open and made an inscribed plate stating that money collected would contribute to the future up-keep of the telescope. Is that cool, or what?

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