A pair of enormous clown shoes, worn by a comic as he toured working men’s clubs in the 1940s and 50s, have been restored to their former glory on the BBC1 hit TV show The Repair Shop.
In emotional scenes to be shown on Wednesday's show, 82-year-old Tracy Harvey brings in the battered 100-year-old leather shoes that hold a deep connection to her Uncle Bert, who raised her as his own child.
Bert Baveystock, known on stage as Bert Bavey, worked in a car factory in Acton, London, by day and by night toured the working men’s clubs around the country and entertained at children’s parties dressed as a clown.
