During an episode of The Repair Shop, host Jay Blades welcomed guest Kathleen Lewis to the BBC show where she explained she was desperate to have her dressmaker grandmother's sewing machine restored.

FALL RIVER — There aren’t many mortals who still do what John Tallmadge has been doing for more than four decades. “Everybody’s either dead or retired,” he said. Tallmadge, 66, was referring to the ...