Jay Blades: 'Listening to people's stories can be testing on the emotions'

The award-winning furniture restorer and BBC TV presenter shares his secrets with Eve Kelliher during his visit to Cork
Jay Blades: 'Listening to people's stories can be testing on the emotions'

Jay Blades (BBC's The Repair Shop) at Casey's Furniture, Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork. Pictures: Dan Linehan

Jay Blades credits a chair he bought at a garage sale in Wolverhampton for kickstarting his passion for revamping preloved furniture.

The rest is history — the London native, best known as the presenter of BBC1’s The Repair Shop, is stopped by fans from across the globe everywhere he goes.

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