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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

At last week's Repair Cafe, Denise patched up some holes in the legs on an old pair of jeans.

Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Donald Duck came to visit the Repair Cafe on Saturday! Unfortunately he was in a bit of a tangle but Tony helped untwist his strings. Time ran out to finish the job completely but we hope Donald Duck's owner/ puppet master will be able to manage to untangle the remaining strings.

Tony, a Wirral Repair Cafe volunteer, holding up a Donald Duck puppet as he tries to untangle the strings.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

FREE TEXTILE REPAIRS TOMORROW! We have a great sewing team at Wirral Repair Cafe! Here are some photos of our creative crew. Their skills with needle, thread and sewing machine have saved many, many items from being thrown away since we started over 3 years ago.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Re:Youse CIC held a Maker Meet today at Neston CYC. We went along and had a great afternoon with lots of opportunities for networking and chatting with interesting people. The organisers of the new Repair Cafes in Neston and Willaston were able to put the word out about their plans.

Photo showing Osian's hands holding a figure made from a lolly stick in the shape of a person. Osian has coloured in the hair and face, added a Wirral Repair Cafe T-shirt and glued on a picture of a red bike.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe Saturday 3rd October, 1 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB Pop in to the Repair Cafe with a broken or damaged item and we'll do our best to mend it! We serve homemade cake and hot drinks too - and it's all free of charge.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

September Stats 📈 This month 62 visitors brought a total of 68 items to the Repair Cafe - which is the highest number of items we've ever had! 38 items were fully repaired (a success rate of just over 54%). A further 10 items needed a new part and 7 were partially repaired or just required advice.

Graham sharpened some blunt garden shears. He is holding them up by their handles.

There were lots of bags in need of repair this month! Here's Mary with one of them - a grey handbag.

Ewan soldered a broken wire on this electronic toy. The photo shows the opened up toy inside its pink and white casing, with all the electronic components on display.

Peter glued the arm back into place onto a Lladro figurine. The photo shows Peter holding a thin brush and applying glue to the broken edge of the arm.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We had a great time at Liverpool Makefest yesterday! There was a lot of interest in Repair Cafes, two people filled in volunteer applications and some said they would like to start a new Repair Cafe.

Siân helped fixed new chaps for Jessie with our leather needle and advice from Hannah.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

After more than 60 years of making magic and mischief, this little fairy had parted ways with her crepe paper and muslin skirt. At our recent Repair Cafe, Nicola hand stitched the skirt to gather it and make it fit around the fairy's waist once more.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🪙 💷 Take a close look at these photos. You may spot that they all feature a container for cash donations. We do not charge for repairs or refreshments but donations are extremely welcome. We place collection tubs on the repairers' tables, at the check-in desk and in the cafe area.

Donation tub on the table in front on Nicola, who is standing by a sewing machine.

Jim is looking at the back of an electric fire and there is a donation tun on the table next to the fire.

Hazel is holding a drill. The collection tub is on the table in the foreground of the photo.

Manisha checking a visitor in at Wirral Repair Cafe. There is a collection tub in front of her on the table.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🪡 You may know we offer clothing repairs but we are able to fix other textiles too. We've sewn many items back together, including toys, bags, soft furnishings... and Mark's guitar case 🎸

A fabric guitar case with a torn seam along the length of the zip.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe Saturday 5th September, 1 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library There's not long to wait until our next repair session! Everyone is welcome to bring along an item in need of fixing, whether you have been before or you are planning to visit for the first time.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For anyone who has been waiting for this month's stats - here they are! 48 items were brought to our August event. 29 of these were fully repaired, which is our highest repair rate yet - just over 60%! 5 items were partially repaired and 2 needed a new part.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We liked this illuminated solar system display that was brought to our August Repair Cafe. It was purchased in Ukraine before the war as a present for our visitor's daughter but it had stopped working.

Tony T - one of our two Tonys! He is looking at the solar system display and trying to work out why it won't light up.

Success as the planets light up once more! The display has a transparent background with the planets depicted as simple circular outlines. They are illuminated in different colours, including lilac, blue, yellow and red.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Barbara turned roving reporter at our last Repair Cafe. Les was busy working on repairs to a trainer, brought in by a repeat visitor Piers. Piers' first visit took place when we held our events at the Wirral Deen Centre...

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Introducing Percy the Penguin! Percy was brought to the Repair Cafe on Saturday. He is a much loved toy, given to his owner when she was born. He has been a companion through tough times, including during an operation where he was allowed to accompany her and provided great comfort.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If you need some clock advice, Les is your Go To guy! Visitors brought a range of sizes and ages of clock to our last Repair Cafe and Les was able to recommend where to get new parts so they could be fitted at a future date. He also showed how to take an old clock apart and clean it.

This large wall clock had badly bent hands after being dropped. Les advised on how to replace the mechanism and where to get new hands.

A small clock that wouldn't keep time. It also required a new mechanism, which can be fitted at a later date.

This wooden wind up clock was missing its key...

... Unfortunately none of the keys in Les' collection fitted but he could recommend where to get a new one.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Did you know we offer free repairs of costume jewellery? At our last Repair Cafe, Hannah fitted replacement clasps that were missing on two bracelets and closed up a ring on necklace chain.

A bracelet and a necklace lying on the table, and Hannah's hands holding jewellery pliers and a second bracelet which she has repaired.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

1 WEEK TO GO! Wirral Repair Cafe Saturday 1st August, 1 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB We are returning to Birkenhead Library for another 3 hours of repairs on Saturday. Bring along something that is broken or worn out and we'll do our best to fix it for you.

Wirral Repair Cafe
Saturday 1st August, 1 - 4pm
Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB

Examples of items we fix:
Clothing and textiles, Costume jewellery, Electrical appliances, Software problems, Garden tools, Toys, Clocks, Watch batteries and straps, Bicycles, Wooden items, Ornaments

4 photos showing our repairers at work and their tools.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sometimes we are not able to fully repair an item with the time and resources available to us, but that doesn't mean we give up! Many electrical items require a new part. Our volunteers can advise on where to buy what is needed and then will install it at a future event.

Finding the fault on a set of hair straighteners

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Our next event is on Saturday 1st August at Birkenhead Library. Don't forget we now hold our sessions from 1pm to 4pm, giving us an extra hour!

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We had 45 items brought to our July Repair Cafe. 16 were fully repaired, 10 were partially repaired or required advice, and 5 needed a new part. Electric and electronic items successfully repaired included a walkie talkie, vacuum cleaner, a strimmer, a slow cooker, and a hedge trimmer.

Graham mended the armrest on a folding chair.

Paul adjusted the gears on this bike so that they worked properly.

Johny cleaned the battery terminals on a child's walkie talkie and bent them back into shape so that the toy worked again.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe volunteers Denise and Margaret brought their super sewing skills to our July event. Denise sewed up the broken elastic in the waistband on a pair of jogging bottoms so they could be worn without any embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions!

Denise fixing the elastic waistband on a pair of joggers.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Another Peter appreciation post! Here he is fixing a trophy for a Repair Cafe visitor whose daughter was diagnosed with cancer and needed treatment in Germany. The family held a quiz to raise funds to help pay for her care - the trophy was the prize for the winner. Sadly her daughter died in 2012.

Peter with the separate parts of the trophy

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

At our July Repair Cafe, we met a three year old girl who had hand painted the teapot from a doll's tea set but then accidentally dropped it. It had shattered into about twenty pieces but Peter was able to glue it back together. Mum was very relieved as there had been major tears over the breakage!

Peter working on gluing together the pieces of teapot

Finished - a fixed teapot ready to return to the doll's tea set!

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Our volunteer Tony T has turned DJ and put together a playlist of repair themed songs. You can listen to the songs on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/4Sc... Do let us know in the comments if you have any suggestions to add to the list!

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

3 Years of Wirral Repair Cafe ... and now 3 hours of repairing each month 😍 Very good reasons for a celebration! 🎂 On Saturday we invited some VIP guests to join us before the Repair Cafe started.

Group photo of Wirral Repair Cafe volunteers and invited guests

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe Saturday 4th July, 1 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB The Repair Cafe starts at the new time of 1pm. Then the library staff will be joining in with our 3rd Birthday celebrations by providing family activities from 2pm (until supplies run out).

Wirral Repair Cafe 3rd Birthday
Saturday 4th July, 1 - 4 pm
Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB

Free repairs and refreshments

Birthday themed family craft activities from 2pm

Plus make a painted bumblebee or a fabric flower from repurposed materials

Photo of the repair hub with repairers and visitors sat at the tables.
Illustrations of craft supplies, a bee and a flower.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our volunteers Barbara and Les had a chat with Tony Snell on Radio Merseyside today. Catch up on BBC Sounds to hear them talking about 3 years of Wirral Repair Cafe, our new start time... and glue! Listen from 2 hours 20 minutes: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Tony Snell - It's the Hot Seat with Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram from 10! Call 0800 731 93 33 - BBC Sounds

It's the Hot Seat with Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram from 10! Call 0800 731 93 33.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We get a lot of requests about whether we can repair a particular object. Our volunteers are able to mend a wide range of items so it's best just to bring your item along to the Repair Cafe, where it can be looked at and fixed if it is possible to do so.

White text on a pale blue background:
'Can you
repair a ...
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Images to represent items we can repair are arranged around the text - lamp, kettle, bracelet, wooden chair, jeans, laptop, bike, teddy bear and secateurs.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🎂 We will be celebrating the 3rd Birthday of Wirral Repair Cafe on Saturday 4th July! ✨Join us for free repairs and refreshments from 1 to 4 pm at Birkenhead Central Library. 🪛 🧵💻🚲🧸🪑 Our talented volunteer team is able to carry out a wide range of repairs, including...

Wirral Repair Cafe
Happy 3rd Birthday to us!

Saturday 4th July, 1 - 4 pm
Birkenhead Central Library
Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB

Free repairs, including
Clothing & textiles, Costume jewellery, Electrical appliances, Garden tools, Computers & other tech, Toys, Bicycles, Wooden items, Ornaments, Clocks

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's Wirral Repair Cafe's 3rd Anniversary in July!

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The next Wirral Repair Cafe is on Saturday 4th July, 1 - 4pm. Drop in at Birkenhead Central Library with a broken or damaged item and we'll do our best to mend it. Please be aware that we can get very busy so we will only be able to accept one item per visitor.

Wirral Repair Cafe
Saturday 4th July, 1 - 4pm
Birkenhead Central LIbrary, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB

Photo collage showing the Repair Hub and some of the repairers, plus the cafe area.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

At this month's Repair Cafe we had 44 items brought to be fixed. 25 of them were fully repaired, 6 were partially repaired or required advice, and 3 needed a new part.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Wirral Open Studio Tour takes place this weekend, with local artists inviting the public to visit their studios, workshops and display spaces. Wirral Repair Cafe volunteer Artemis is one of the artists taking part.

Blue long sleeved top with painted fabric added around the neckline

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We will have a stall at the Celebrate Greasby Family Fun Day tomorrow. Saturday 13th June, 12 - 5pm Come along to enjoy the craft and food market, live music, fairground rides and fancy dress parade... and then pop over to our stall to say hi and find out more about Wirral Repair Cafe!

Event poster for the
Celebrate Greasby Annual Family Fun Day

Greasby Village Centre
Saturday 13th June, 12 - 5pm

Craft and food market
Live music
Bungee bounce and fairground attractions
Fancy dress parade
Traditional fun and games
Big bubble challenge
and lots more

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Just a few of the items brought to the Repair Cafe on Saturday... A teenaged visitor made the error of playing football in his good trainers. The sole had come apart on one shoe but Peter had the right adhesive to repair it.

Peter applying glue to the sole on a trainer

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

On Saturday, we welcomed Richard from Wirral Wave Radio to Wirral Repair Cafe. He brought in a charger with a frayed cable. Austin was able to fix it and he gave Richard a useful tip for preventing it happening to his new cable.

Richard from Wirral Wave Radio (left), with Wirral Repair Cafe volunteer Austin (right). Austin is holding the charger. In the background are other volunteers and visitors in the Repair Hub.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe volunteers Barbara and Tony enjoyed their visit to The Big Lunch at Wirral Deen Centre today. This event brought together people from across a diverse range of backgrounds to meet each other and chat, while sharing tasty savoury and sweet snacks, plus hot and cold drinks.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Another note on items that should not be brought to the Repair Cafe... For health and safety reasons, we won't repair anything that uses petrol. This includes petrol-powered garden tools such as lawnmowers, leaf blowers, strimmers, chainsaws, chippers and shredders.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe Great Big Green Week Special Saturday 6th June, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library 🧵 Watch demonstrations in fixing stains and rips in clothing, darning holes in knitted garments, and simple upholstery techniques. ♻️ Discover what can now be put in our household recycling bin.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe Great Big Green Week Special Saturday 6th June, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB Come to Birkenhead Library to learn how to repair and recycle right during the Great Big Green Week!

Graphic of green hills and blue sky, with text "We're taking part in The Great Big Green Week"
6th - 14th June
Together for good

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

At this month's Repair Cafe on 2nd May we had 37 items brought to be fixed. 24 of these were fully repaired, and 5 Items were partially repaired or needed advice.

Nicola put the zip back on track on a pair of jeans and re-hemmed a shirt.

Margaret worked on the zip on a handbag and sewed the strap back onto a school bag.

Simone stitched the ripped seam on a dress and also taught the owner how to hand sew a seam in case she needed to carry out repairs to other clothing in future.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe Saturday 6th June, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Central Library Drop in with a broken or damaged item and we'll do our best to mend it. If a part is required, our volunteers will give you advice on where to buy what you need so that it can be installed at a future repair session.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🚲 BICYCLE REPAIR POLICY UPDATE Although we love a challenge here at Wirral Repair Cafe and our volunteers are very talented, there are some jobs which are just too time consuming, or require more specialist skills. For this reason we are updating our policy on bicycle repair.

Wirral Repair Cafe
BICYCLE REPAIR POLICY UPDATE

YES, WE CAN HELP WITH MINOR REPAIRS TO BIKE PARTS
e.g. chains, brakes, gears, tyres.

NO
Electrical components on e-bikes.
Bikes needing a full service.
Renovation of old bikes.

Images:
A sketch-style graphic of a bicycle
A photo of one of our volunteers repairing a bike wheel

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

SEWING MACHINE REPAIR POLICY UPDATE Due to time constraints, we will no longer attempt repairs on old sewing machines, particularly if they haven't been in use recently.

Wirral Repair Cafe
SEWING MACHINE REPAIR POLICY UPDATE

We will not attempt repairs on old sewing machines which haven’t been used for a long time.

We only have limited time and these old machines often have multiple faults. Please try a local sewing machine repair business who can carry out a full service.

2 images: a sketch style graphic of a sewing machine and a photo of the insides of a sewing machine being repaired.

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Come to Wirral Repair Cafe this Saturday, 2nd May, and be a part of The Big Fix! We're at Birkenhead Library from 2 to 4pm for free repairs, plus homemade cakes and hot drinks. We've registered Saturday's repair session with The Big Fix, which runs across the UK throughout the month of May.

Text on poster:

We're taking part in The Big Fix 2026
Get your broken items fixed at Wirral Repair Cafe

Saturday 2nd May, 2 - 4pm
Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB

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Wirral Repair Cafe @wirral-repair-cafe.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Wirral Repair Cafe Saturday 2nd May, 2 - 4pm Birkenhead Library Have you ripped your coat, or has your child damaged a toy? Maybe your laptop has slowed down or your garden tools are blunt. Bring your broken or faulty item to Birkenhead library next Saturday and we'll do our best to repair it.

Wirral Repair Cafe
Saturday 2nd May, 2 - 4pm
Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2XB

FREE REPAIRS!

Clothing and textiles, Costume jewellery, Electrical appliances, Garden tools, Toys, Computers, phones and other tech, Bicycles, Wooden items, Ornaments, Clocks, Watch strap and battery replacement, Musical instruments, Soldering, Sharpening

6 photos of our repairers working on:
an electronic composter, an overlocker, a bass guitar, a toy car, a model boat and sharpening tools

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