Charlotte Abbott Repair Shop Wiki, Age

Charlotte Abbott Biography – Charlotte Abbott Wiki

Charlotte Abbott is a plastic restorer and doll restorer. She is known for her role on Channel 5’s The Toy Hospital, BBC1’s Repair Shop and Channel 5’s Amazing Cleans. She is the manager of the doll department at the Leith Toy Hospital, a toy hospital in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Charlotte did not begin her career at the toy hospital. She was previously involved in building a prototype wind turbine. However, she was made redundant after the wind turbine company ran out of funding.

“The job I had before this was helping build a prototype wind turbine. We ran out of funding and I got made redundant,” she told the BBC. “My colleague, who I was working with said ‘Oh, my partner has a toy hospital, they need some help, they’re kind of a bit short staffed. “‘While you’re looking for jobs, why don’t you give them a hand because you’ve got a lot of transferable skills?'”

Charlotte decided she liked the job so much that she stayed. Since opening in 2017, the hospital’s patients have included Barbies with broken limbs, teddy bears with broken ears and dolls in need of hair transplants.

Charlotte believes the shop has become more popular over time due to an increase in repair programmes on TV like The Repair Shop. She also believes more people have become environmentally conscious and no longer want to throw toys away.

Charlotte Abbott Repair Shop

Doll restorer Charlotte Abbott is an expert on The Repair Shop on BBC1. With her specialisation in plastic repairs, she has the tricky task of restoring the nations beloved toys. To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Charlotte repairs a doll with an extraordinary wartime story.