A Chicken Farm That Houses A Stockpile Of Scenery & Props! 🐓 | Salvage Hunters | House to Home

a Drew prichard's Architectural Salvage showroom in Conway North Wales the team is working hard Larry today can we do store Porter and Drew is off to investigate a massive new location that could turn up some great pieces it's a two and a half hour Drive Northeast to the ancient city of York first founded by the Romans in 71 A.D the city is home to yorkminster the largest gothic church of its kind in the UK it's also known for something a little more decadent what's York famous for chocolate I think round trees really yeah so uh why would they make chocolate up here this is where the chocolate mine is really yeah they strike a hot Mane and you can hear them screaming we've gone and gisha but Drew's sweet twos is not the motivation for this trip we're off to see a guy called Robert Reedman my name is Robert Reedman and we're at my storage facility for scenery and props which used to be an old chicken farm in fact Robert has been hoarding and building up his personal collection of theatrical props in these chicken sheds for almost a decade [Music] is that it well that's quite a chicken shed it is hello hello Rob well thanks for having us here no problem so all of this stuff all of these sheds full of props they are full of um mixture props Furniture costumes scenery and my personal belongings as well for the past and I mean you've got a lot of stuff which ones which one we're gonna have a go at first let's have a look in the um clean one the clean but it seems pretty clean already and come in this shed through here's normally the Italian section blimey how big are these sheds this is huge yeah the Gold forever look just look yeah so if you want a suit jacket I'll tell you who does need sourcing out yes well elegant he is not I am we've this is imp we've been four short rough sophistication this is rough sophistic double-breasted needed I feel sure so this is costumes this is costumes a small hats and obviously um accessories and any particular piece of furniture that I don't want raining on or leak so so that means you've got Furniture you do want raining on um I have furniture that doesn't matter yeah I've got some of that too that if it happens to get trashed it's not the end of the world really so but that's an old round trees skip from the round trees Factory yeah I like that that's nice and Company on the front yeah that's it that's cool isn't it yeah we've used that on stage a few times and that came from the actual The Loft in the theater years ago you've still costumes for Roundtree youth you can have a Seussical hat a what Dr Zeus hat right now yeah yeah why don't you try it on please try that on tea yeah it was a cold cold day I read them all to my kids I absolutely love them oh here we go does that [Laughter] do you know what that's probably cozy looking yeah yeah I like it too it's good luck for you if I can buy that so head through to this area which is um the work area where normally The Sewing and costumes are made and drapes are made [Music] oops that's uh used to be hanging in my kitchen about 20 years ago it's an American Dryer for small items of clothing and it looks like the Statue of Liberty of Liberty perfect I've never seen this amount of items so clean so well laid out anywhere so very hopeful of finding something here today because there's somebody who knows what something should look like and why we filled it quite like that where do you get this from that would have just come in a box of bits I have no idea it has no history to me yeah it's just arrived in some um vein would you sell it um yeah absolutely what do you want for it um I have no idea absolutely no idea I'm very bad with kind of true value of things okay because I I I look at them in terms of an object to use on a set so yeah yeah I think very differently for me that design wise that's great but so interesting look it can be a stand-up light or it just locks itself there as well very clever and you can lock it that way as well this pithco desk lamp dates back to the 1950s and has an unusual black lacquer finish with rewiring and cleaning it could fetch around 300 pounds [Music] I've had thousands of desk lamps I've never seen that one it's beautifully engineered it's articulated on three sections but it articulates and locks in position unusual and they've enameled the interior of the lamp nickel plated the outside not seen one super stylish very cool um 50 Quid that's fine by me plus sir yeah I really want it usually I'd pay like 25 quid for it 30 quid because it's been riff but it's such a nice original example like that excellent yes excellent crack on that's a great start well pleased with that it was the first thing I bought so you know I'm paying the right money because I've just got a good feeling about the place next Robert takes them to the back of the shed where he stalls his endless collection of costumes it's clothes clothes at the moment okay there are even my own clothes mixed in I'm never short of something kind to wear that oh my tea I found your new shorts check them out look you'd never find me I think that's for one leg I'm on here I'm sorry it's difficult to describe what was stood inside Robert's just been chucking stuff in here for years it's from bits of props to umbrellas to Trumpets and playing cards it's a real odd mix step across yeah am I following you yeah yeah [Music] I keep seeing these how many have you got of these these was it just they're spread out down this side I it came from York in the factory um a clothing Factory yes no a chocolate factory so these were just for the workers to put their stuff on yes and it was the Posh part of it so I presume that it's slightly posher than they the pork sorry don't trip over anything no okay I walked past this clothes realm I thought oh that's nice and I was just not thinking straight and it took me to walk all the way around it once before I went God that's actually quite good isn't it um had a better look at it's nickel plated that gives it a nice bit of age mahogany top these 1950s cult racks were used in the roundtree's Chocolate Factory in York before it was taken over in the 1980s oh with very little restoration they could sell for around a thousand pounds each [Music] those are desirable and they're cool and if they were half size I bought one in my house I mean they're really cool where do you want to be I'd like to buy them all I've got two questions right number one is what you want for it number two is how that on Earth can we get him out well if you'd like to pay for an entrance at that end of the shed easily walking up to the railway line and carrying it down the railway line uh well I certainly because I actually as you've seen it I've got a figure in mind but you sort of tell me what you think um well in order if I went out hunting to buy them yeah then I would have been into five six hundred pounds a salvager Drew Pritchard is rummaging through Robert reedman's collection of theatrical props in York I keep seeing these he's just spotted some antique cult racks but is Robert willing to part with them [Music] the figure I had in my head was honestly wish I'd written that down 600 Quid that's fine by me absolutely fine brilliant thank you I'm so glad I saved them they're worth that to me yes they're worth that might not be worth that to most people but to me they are I think they've got a really interesting look to them can't wait to see them out perfect made the day very very good item that won't be around long literally days they'll be gone in days there's so much stuff well it was we wanted um a ground rope for a show called 13 and this was at the restaurant where I was in Of Mice and Men and A friend of mine who works there enters the contact and instead of three pieces I got 30. do you want to buy a field yes yes I'd like to buy a full Field of Corn absolutely scenery side is just the front bit and then furniture and anything that might remotely be used um will be yeah on the other side that Mill troll is pretty funky isn't it um something you want to get rid of yeah I I was I was going to use it in Annie but I do have the one next door the round trees one which I could use I'll fancy that one as well well um I've got a load of them I don't necessarily I don't really need any more but I just like the wheels on this one and it believe it's not even though they're flat straight Wheels it turns really easily yeah it's built in a way that the wheels have some um movement in them [Laughter] this wicker trolley with original cast iron Wheels dates back to the 1860s with Cleaning and Repair to the frame it could fetch about 500 pounds [Music] I see okay what do you want for that one um oh I'd be fine with 40 50 Quid well okay um yeah that's good yes done how was that are you interested in the other round trees one because I I do need more for the show you do well I can find another one but if you if we want to I buy the same for the one next door for 60. uh I'd like more than that 75. that's still like 85. nope 90 um go up to 150 pounds 99 pounds okay yes 100 quid thank you I love it there's a bit of bathroom yet we've had a little bit of a bargain we've bought one for 50 pounds but it is filthy so that cheap price now will relate to four or five hours of Gavin's time cleaning and polishing it and making it sort of stand up straight and you know look the part because that'll end up in somebody's house um as a log basket so um that's where they all go cool we've got a bit of loading to do haven't we [Music] proper removals men now this is our removable men's dress in the cinema the glasses are a fiber foreign [Laughter] [Music] I certainly have enjoyed it thoroughly and I've sold some items so that's great I've made some money lots of the objects I'd actually forgotten were in the sheds and it's the case of home you're interested in that find a little bit of Bounce that's it that's it you know that's it lovely and as we choreograph a whole routine you can have your costumes back now thank you Robert definitely owns the most sort of glamorous poultry coops in the world it's uh it's amazing it really is I'm astounded just the level of stuff it was a pleasure thank you thank you for coming thank you very much cheers bye have a safe journey home thank you [Music] right there is it the road shame you couldn't keep your hat do you think it was me it was you you suited it you did I always said in my bottle you are a bowler hat type of person oh I was up for you surprisingly good I didn't expect that at all right on great [Music] safely driven back to Conway Drew has plenty to show Rebecca in the team hello you're right all right yes once you've got sick I call Robert Reedman we got Mill trolleys at the top top there by T's hand okay so just do a normal job On It Kevin 50 50 Quid it's cheap it's cheap but it's tired it's tired matter yes this one is the best one I've ever had this is a really good one brass yeah look at the handles the underside that's really nice that was 100 quid it's lovely isn't it the best of the baskets was the second one and it's got Aaron something on the side round trees um beautifully done lovely leather straps uh I've got my eye on that one actually so these came out of [Music] here these came out of the round trees Factory and then I saw those big changing room racks they're just fantastic I mean they're sort of I pieces which is very simple but really appealing to the eye definitely retail without a shadow of a doubt these are um not hanging around not hanging around that's like one of mine that's terrible not a bad day so let's get it all in let's get it set up we'll photograph that thing now [Music] Drew and T are back on the road this time Drew's on a personal mission to buy something he's been after for many years it's a 240 Mile Drive Southeast to the Village of Burwell a small rural community just outside of Cambridge this meeting an old acquaintance and he's hoping to drive away with a big purchase yeah we're heading to see a guy I haven't seen in 21 years you've been avoiding it he is a guy called Paul medhurst and when I was into the Volkswagen scene and like really into the Volkswagen scene totally immersed in it Paul was a bit of a star of the show he worked for a very well-known Volkswagen restoration specialist and then set up on himself [Music] my name is Paul Paul medhurst I run a company called type 2 detectives we're not detective agents we are actually a Volkswagen specialist type 2 is the Volkswagen name for the Volkswagen Camper type one being the beetle so these are hard things to locate so we'd like to think ourselves as a little bit of a detective and we really enjoy what we do we're going on basically I'm not gonna lie to you okay he's got some stuff for sale right but what he also has is a car I've wanted since I was 19 years old and now we hit the real reason for our journey down here he's got my dream Volkswagen the one I've always wanted here we go the place t2d Volkswagen Heaven is oh yeah thank you oh hello again hello Joe what are you doing yeah a long time no see at least 20 years I think so yeah it's Mark oh hello how are you good morning how are you pleased to meet you thank you we've come to have a look at this car we've located for you then have a look can't wait I can sort of see it follow me out the corner of my eye [Music] voila [Music] just like Christmas for you isn't it that's the car I wanted to do I was 18. today I am fulfilling a very long-held dream and it's uh it's over there and it's a black and shiny one and it's a 56 oval sunroof with a red interior I was actually fairly emotional when I saw the car because it literally is that it's such a long-held dream for me to have one they mean a lot to me in the design which is everything to me in my whole life I'd live for the time is perfect I think it's the best shape they ever made what I'd really like to do now can we go for a ride yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah jump in there you go oh I've waited 20 years for this it's fantastic enjoy it [Music] serum's last time you drove there Gekko Volkswagen then 14 or 15 years ago [Music] oh dear what was that something doesn't sound quite right put it in seconds for a second could there be a spanner in the world Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is a type 2 detectives in Burwell Cambridgeshire voila he's got his eye on this 1956 Volkswagen Beetle just like Christmas for you isn't it but during the test drive that's a hedge I've got a Cinco back what's happened so basically it's quite a Common Volkswagen trait um there's a spline the drive shaft with a spline drum and it really does look like the spline has been torn out the drums so I suggest we phone the workshop get them to bring out the parts we need will the breakdown deter room from his purchase a cheap aftermarket part not an original Volkswagen part has failed there's a lesson in that so originality is King I'm gonna put an original drum back on there now be good as goal the joy of owning an old VW is occasionally they go wrong it's not Paul's fault and I'm really glad this has happened here um it's something we're going to be able to fix and this car will be utterly reliable handled beautifully and look incredibly classy when it's finished we've got the right bit and we should be out of trouble now we're good love it love it [Music] cool you've got some work to do young man okay so that was a different test drive yeah what do you reckon um I want it it's very difficult for me to it's very difficult for me to say I don't want it because it needs bits doing but nothing major so what sort of money we're looking at without that motor it would be a 11 Grand car all day long yeah um I know what the guys put into the motor I've had to fly out to Spain I've had to transport it back from you it's gonna have to be 15 and a half firm really okay sold good thank you very much there you go right now it's a big tick now big tick Drew quickly gets on the phone to Rebecca to share the news hello Drew Pritchard [Music] you've just sent an email through have you standing next to a very black shiny ragtop oval yes that's my latest car to the collection I bought it you've bought it you're not just standing next to somebody's car that you've spotted in a street no [Music] he's bought his dream car um I'm really pleased for him because he's been banging on and on and on about this car for years um all I can say is that I hope he's bought some other items that we can sell to pay for this car of his and with that in mind it's time for Drew to get back to his day job and see if there's any Salvage to be had at the workshop so where on earth have you got this slot from we always go and find these Volkswagens in obscure places and um normally hoarders of old Volkswagens are normally hoarders of old furniture and pedal cars and radios and God knows what else really our sofa's unusual yes that is that have you done that yeah we trimmed that in our cycle is that fat biscuits what we call Fat biscuit biscuit they're like um out of a science faculty I believe in Cambridge University oh I'm getting quite an odd thing I know the maker of these I mean look at the fair amount they're sort of what I would say not really worth anything now but hang on to them because they will be yeah anything like that particularly British British bent play from the late 50s early 60s it's on a bit of a March again now with the real purists are really into it so the odd piece is that not many people have saved like that will one day be worth something you can be able to go to Mrs Midwest and say see I told you yeah yeah probably yeah I like saying that to her no nothing up here for me good I've had all those items I've had tens of thousands of items like that um to be honest it's really difficult to concentrate so I'm just talking about and thinking about the overall the whole time I'm here today it's all about the Beetle for me and I finally got one the one I wanted and it's definitely not for sale at any price but Drew won't be driving his car away just yet there's a long list of alterations to be carried out can't wait to see this so it's gonna be a fun little project month or so yeah thanks Paul pretty great really look forward to it around yes take care thanks Mark thanks man I see you thank you cheers see you very soon yeah take care thank you [Music] best looking car here oh about mine so not that productive a day for the shop no no I've just got to figure out how much I'm actually going to tell Rebecca I must have paid for it really but did she know did she think we were going buying something else yeah yeah yeah went on the sort of Preamble I was saying oh well he's got he's got you know he's got those little Volkswagens but he does have this room full of chairs you know there might be of interest he did have a roof he did yeah he does have [Music] for long Drew is back on the road in search of more stock this time with his friend and colleague from the Antiques trade Rob black and they're heading out east again driving 300 miles across country from Conway to Suffolk and the market town of bongi which sits on the banks of the river wave knee um got to see Matthew and Gabriel Heim of Matthew Heim antiques I'm Gabriel and this is my dad Matthew and we have an antique and bits and Bobs uh warehouse and workshop Matthew started the business 30 years ago and frequently travels throughout Europe and Asia collecting rare items son Gabriel joined his dad about five years ago when working with them it's entertaining and we get to have a good time yeah and we hardly ever argue hardly ever except when I'm late when he's late and when he does something wrong just so often not that I do anything with myself but our business is mainly Furniture but we're interested in buying anything that is either peculiar or unsalable we specialize in the unsailable and therefore we're hoping that Drew is going to come along and buy what has hit the two been unsailable so are we here is this it I think so it's fun a pig farm a very big pig farm Yep this is the place [Music] hello oh yeah hello doing all right Gabriel Matthew Hello nice to meet you hi Rob hi Rob cool hey well this is clearly the place it is you found us all right let's have a look around we've got all these barns here yeah okay all right so where do we go through here through here can we have a look yeah yeah [Music] brilliant Workshop [Music] foreign yes last week and it was 10 days ago in France yeah a bad one it's all quite like the look of that one so where do we go through to the warehouse fantastic brilliant why haven't I been here before I don't know why haven't you been here before it's great and we tied it up for you oh thanks Dustin you shouldn't have bothered really we didn't and this is the best collection of furniture that's coming along nicely yeah it is yes I'm sure you have yeah [Music] so are you um open to the public or is it just trade well we have public in here and I'm happy to take money from anybody anybody yeah same as me foreign aesthetic isn't it like that painted finish on that that's just bizarre you've seen stuff like that in Norway and France that's French I'd never say that but uh I really like this place this is good it feels good because they're out of the way to say the least and they've just got quantity and it's untidy and they've been here a long time and he buys what he likes which is a really good thing that means there's all manner of different periods mixed together and styles from Romanian to bedamaya to Chinese to Art Deco it's all sorts of stuff very very good I just feel I haven't seen anything yet but it'll it'll pop out I'm sure [Music] just having a sift around in here right yes I'm always looking for good upholstered furniture and there's a huge difference in just an upholstered chair and a good upholstered chair but that is a good chair there and gone over yep put that over that's the original that's incredibly original chair they've redone the seat that they've left all the padding you just want to sits in it though don't you yeah it's just great look great model it's a barrel back late 19th century upholstered armchair of sort of diminutive size but good scale very good form sits well legs are good all original casters very very nice what about this thing uh I can't tell that I'm sorry this really yeah it was my mother's chair and my brothers and I uh not decided not said for the moment okay that's a shame that's right up my alley right okay if we make a decision about it um I'd be very keen to buy that yeah okay I'll come back I would I would really but it's always difficult though isn't it I've had other ones and sold them since that one is seems to be confused by um sentiment that happens a lot in this business it's uh you are dealing with people's memories in some way of the furniture and the people who use them I tell you what I did like the look of when I walked past which was this marble wash stand yeah without a bowling where's that from is that you're Eastern European as well yeah that one's actually from uh Budapest but look at that I don't want to move it too much no you need a little bit of tightening up doesn't it this French marble topped was stand with bronze legs was made in the 1920s it could be sold as a designer piece and used in a bathroom with a smart hotel for towels and toiletries with cleaning and polishing it's worth around 600 pounds [Music] what are you asking for that okay [Laughter] [Music] was that two are you on the money it's close Okay well 230 will have it okay thank you that's great thank you it's not gonna mess about with that it's just got a good look hasn't it yeah he's given me proper trade price straight away makes life a lot easier we can just crack on through the day so anything more like that can see one there yes there's just one there they're usually a pair aren't they I know but I think the other one [Music] yeah the weird thing is I had a pair of these within the last year oh really exactly the same identical really strange yeah awesome exactly the same right exactly the same I had casters on the other one this one might be cheaper it was it will be I'm sure I think I think it's missing too many bits yeah well this is what it's missing yeah which I can do it you know we can put that on but it's just the second marble wash stand we saw um I had a pair which were in mint condition perfect that one is one of a pair and sort of far from uh complete we couldn't time wise put any money into that one that's a shame because it's good looking it's very now just right for now I was always told if it's got three faults to walk away cool nobody ever told me that yeah there's something else I've learned [Music] I'm poking around because there's so much stuff here you've got to sort of look look again and then actually look again because there's so much and there's sort of layers which I really like and I spotted a button back chair but what really sort of gets me with it was the angle of the back what's that cartoon no it's a big other Lounge a knackered looking lounge chair uh it's sold oh sorry really yeah I'm not having much luck that's one of a pair you've got the other one pair but it's uh looks like just checked up it sold definitely I just phoned I know who made it when it was made what it's worth what to do with it how desirable it is what a great chair so to hear it sold and there was another one is a massive disappointment okay so this is where the good kit is yeah yes you got the good cut it's pretty much what is that this thing what about that little uh the chair yep sound nice in it it's very nice don't be stud work yeah this unusual ax frame studded chair with original Iron Work would have been made in the 1880s new Upholstery and minor repair it could fetch around 600 pounds it's just got that something else I don't know what it is but that's got it what are you asking for that 250. 50s a bit steep Drew Pritchard is near bongi in Suffolk visiting an antique shop run by Father and Son Matthew and Gabriel Highland interesting what about that little uh young Gabriel has set the price on a leather studded chair but is it too high for Drew 50s and they're steep two two five we've got it in the right direction look I want to pay 200 quid for it you want to meet the middle 210. 215 215 sold thank you now we'll have that that's good we finish at 2 15 that's fine push bought them an extra bag of chips each that's fine um it's mine now and that's the important bit and I've got the skills and the guys to put that back together again in a way that you'll never be able to tell it's been touched a very Charming little piece of furniture um this is interesting tell me more about that little model cork it is cork yeah it's supposed to be somewhere in the Thames Valley but I haven't researched it a rare find this model Castle is made entirely of cork and was built in the late 18th century possibly by the owner of the house it sits in a very elegant late 19th century case with minor restoration it could sell for around 2 000 pounds that's just for lifting it there's another handle the other side the court model inside is naive but put it together with the case and you've got a museum quality piece it comes off yeah okay but I'll take the stuff off is it what's it worth it's worth 650. [Music] I'll tell you I like the case a lot but what I'd like to do is Define the house and sell it back to the owner over the house now with another zero on the end that's the thing exactly yeah I'm tempted by that I don't know I got with 500 quid buy it [Music] um I think that 550. let's give you the case as well he's learning just hurry up keep me in the way I wish to be a captain yeah okay it's got the handle on the other end yeah it's all no no questions no no problems there's no problems as far as I know other than some of the chimneys are down but they're there okay lying in the valleys so okay thank you oh that's great very nice thing I'm glad you I'll just take it around to them now yeah I'm allergic to work okay yep [Music] today buying wise excellent I managed to buy a very salable very commercial piece in the wash stand bought a chair which is extremely fashionable and cool and it's also got some historical Merit and then the sort of uh the best piece of the day for me was the little cork architectural model in that Splendid case real good dealer item collector item Fair item you know it's a good piece very happy with that yeah it's been really good it's been fun and uh interesting seeing what Drew thinks of place and yeah I need to put some pieces as well which has been really nice thank you very much thank you that's good nice stuff I enjoyed this good gear thank you very much see you again guys yeah see you later [Music] that was a good call what's on it did you enjoy that very much so got a couple of belters in there yeah the uh marble wash stand just a good little tray I've got sort of the clients for that otherwise wouldn't have brought it on spec that's so Chic I mean it's such a lovely day cheers isn't it very nice right well that was a good one so um I think back to the shop actually now with that lot [Music] back at base Drew is eager to show Rebecca and the team what is turned on this was first purchased from him simple no Bowl oh an old wash stand yes but it's a nice elegant one it is the marble wash stand that that is very special very very classy really pleased Drew spotted that this was the other thing English late 1930s 20th Oak yes it's almost sculpt that late 19th century chair soon as Drew turned it sidewards and it was stunning you don't sit in it you just wanted to look at it love that but this is the little gem to be honest [Music] this is a interesting cork Architects or Builders or house model cool it's all cast cork it's beautiful little drop handles of real good quality originally ebonized from used well not just painted see the lip there that's proper urbanizing but it's nice because the top lifts up foreign [Laughter] a few days later Drew meets with Craig the upholsterer to discuss the repairs to the leather studied chair what we do with this is put this this leather behind here and bring up what we can of these ones to to cover the bulk of it a lot of this leather on here so I've gone tissue thin so it's uh it's going to be difficult to work with anyway and the other option is just replacing the whole thing the other options replace the whole back the seat and the outside back don't want to do that I'd rather see it as an old repair yeah I really would I think it'll be much more attractive patch it yeah and as usual need it yesterday uh yeah just to change it yeah yeah you're not busy no not at all no no I keep spaces open for you [Music] the team starts on the other Restorations Gavin cleans the Court Castle Hillary takes photos of the wash stand and Craig begins work on the chair yeah it's for repairing this [Music] [Applause] skewer the new leather is tucked under the original leather surgical procedure once we get into doing this we need to get some of the glue [Music] and carefully glued into place [Music] it's like a little jigsaw just see what all these pieces join together you can't see where they go so there's as little of my leather showing as possible and we've now got that all back together there now wait for that glue to dry there once the glue is dry we can pull this over cure on here [Music] before long the chair is ready for Drew to inspect I think it's really excellent actually I think he's done a lovely job the repair there that is super herb that is one elegant looking chair I mean look at the side profile of that look at that it's super now it's got another 100 years left in it that'll go within 24 hours excellent [Music] foreign [Music]

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Length: 46min 46sec (2806 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 13 2023