Royston Repair Café hold 10th anniversary celebration

On Saturday, February 10, people brought their household items to Coombes Community Centre - with more than half of the 30 items fixed on the day or taken away for further repairs.

Repairer Frank Huffer with the newly-fixed laptop (Image: Clive Porter)

The Repair Café was founded by Chris Lee and Dermot Byrne, and in the past 10 years has seen 600 items repaired over 33 sessions.

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A customer who brought in a faulty leaf-blower commented: "Such lovely, friendly people who spoke in plain English, describing the problem, what they were doing, and how I could personally repair it in the event of similar trouble in the future."

Royston Repair Café is celebrating its 10th anniversary (Image: Clive Porter)

Repairers include Martin Connolly - who successfully fixed a broken radio, retired engineer John Scott - who fixed a broken pressure washer, Frank Huffer - who repaired a troublesome laptop, and Chris himself, who fixed a rocking horse.

Frank said: "The most rewarding part of this exercise is passing on the confidence to the customer to be able to fix something themselves in the future."

Mayor of Royston Cllr Lisa Adams and county councillor Fiona Hill attended to mark the anniversary, and also celebrated at the party afterwards.

John Scott, Chris Roberts, Harry Worthington and Annabel at the Repair Café (Image: Clive Porter)

Mayor Cllr Lisa Adams and Cllr Fiona Hill were invited to join the celebrations (Image: Clive Porter)

Martin Connolly repairs a radio for Kate Whitfield (Image: Clive Porter)

Royston Repair Café co-founder Chris Lee (Image: Clive Porter)