SRC October 2024 - Our Biggest Repair Café yet!


On Saturday 12 October we had our biggest and busiest Repair Café to date, with 35 items brought in for repair! 

Thank you to everyone who came and thank you for your fabulous feedback - we do appreciate the feedback. 

As always, we had an interesting collection of items in for repair, which included:

        - a reel to reel 35mm projector...


            - a Victorian set of weighing scales...


            - a christmas decoration...


        - a pair of trainers which needed the soles partly regluing...


        - a fancy table lamp base...




There was also a dementia cat toy, umbrella, air fryer, toaster, blender, woodwork router, small table and garden tools, plus the usual bags, items of clothing, teddy bears, vacuum cleaners, radios and sewing machines.

We even mended one of the library chairs....


Unfortunately we could not fix everything as some items were simply not repairable or needed a part or a special tool that we did not have. If a replacement part has been identified, we will suggest that the item is brought back to our next Repair Café with the part and we will fix it for you (assuming it can be done in a reasonable timeframe). 

We would like to thank all our wonderful volunteers who make our Repair Café happen every month. If you would like to join us. please get in touch by emailing us at seatonrepaircafe@gmail.com
or
call into Seaton Library to find out more. 


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