A guest on The Repair Shop broke down in tears after an expert admitted that he didn’t know what to do and resorted to ‘forcing his way into’ a locked till during Wednesday evening’s instalment of the BBC show.

The episode saw a man called Jas ask for clock expert Steve Fletcher’s expertise to try and transform an old till that his parents used in their shop during the 1960s.

Steve managed to open one part of the item, but struggled to get inside, so he tipped it upside down and unscrewed some bolts to try and get in.

But it was clear that he was struggling as the expert told the camera: ‘I’ve got no diagram, I’ve never done a till like this before.

‘I don’t know what to do. I’m just hoping to force my way into it.

‘I really don’t like being beaten by anything. I think that’s moving actually…’

A The Repair Shop guest broke down in tears after an expert admitted that he didn't know what to do and resorted to 'forcing his way into' a locked till during Wednesday evening's instalment of the BBC show
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A The Repair Shop guest broke down in tears during Wednesday evening’s instalment of the BBC show

Steve Fletcher admitted on the show: 'I don’t know what to do. I'm just hoping to force my way into it'
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Steve Fletcher admitted on the show: ‘I don’t know what to do. I’m just hoping to force my way into it’

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He managed to slide the drawer out and even found some play money in the till.

Towards the end of the instalment, Jas and Steve met up again and he was reunited with his special item – and it looked totally different after the restoration.

Steve told him: ‘Tell you what, I can’t wait to show you this.’

After he took the cover off the till, Jas was lost for words and said: ‘Oh my God. Looks brand new! That’s amazing. It’s fantastic.’

Jas then pressed one of the buttons and the drawer popped out.

He said: ‘Oh my god. There’s a little…,’ and found the fake money that was previously used by his parents.

Jas fought back the tears as he realised what the little pieces of money were and continued: ‘I didn’t realise that was in there! All them years.’

Steve asked him: ‘You okay?’ to which Jas said: ‘Yeah.’

Jas was left feeling very emotional when he found the fake money in the till that his father had left in there

Jas was left feeling very emotional when he found the fake money in the till that his father had left in there

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He continued: ‘I know this writing now. It’s coming back.

‘I think it was when father was teaching us about value of money.

‘My sisters would mark something up and say it’s five pence, or a pound or ten pence.’

Steve wanted to know how it felt pressing the key and hearing the noise.

Jas said: ‘It brings back memories of the shop. It brings it straight back to mum and dad.

‘It’s amazing that you’ve got it all working and the mechanism. It’s fantastic.’

Jas brought in the till and it looked like this before Steve worked his magic on the precious family item
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Jas brought in the till and it looked like this before Steve worked his magic on the precious family item

The till (pictured after the transformation) looked brand new, despite being used in the 1960s by Jas' parents
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The till (pictured after the transformation) looked brand new, despite being used in the 1960s by Jas’ parents

After leaving the shed, Jas said: it takes you back to when we were kids.

‘The tills working in the shop, and you hear the ring all the time. To find the items in there was just a bonus.

‘I’ll get my sisters together  and let them see what’s in there and keep the memories going.’

The Repair Shop airs Wednesdays at 8pm on BBC One and is available to stream on iPlayer.