PEOPLE attended a recent Ruthin event in an effort to save their cherished family heirlooms.

Ruthin Friends of the Earth hosted its sixth repair café earlier this month, marking a return to its original venue in the Naylor Leyland Centre on Well Street.

It attracted locals and visitors to the pop-up workshop and advice centre.

Some attended out of curiosity or to try a home-baked cake and a cup of tea, while others took along broken household items or cherished family heirlooms, hoping to save them from destruction.

Anne Lewis, a local organiser on behalf of Repair Café Wales, said: “In their simplest form, repair cafés are pop up events held on regular dates where the local community can get their broken household items repaired for free by volunteers.

"The types of things we fix include clothes, household electrics, technology, woodwork, children’s toys, and furniture.

"Repair cafés help household items have a longer life by fixing them rather than throwing them away.

"By promoting a repair culture and inviting visitors to sit with a volunteer fixer, repair cafés show appreciation for people who have practical knowledge and ensure these valuable skills are getting passed on.”

The event in Ruthin had a 93 per cent success rate in fixing items, which included a bread maker, kettle, torch, slide viewer, board game, jewellery, ceramic lamps, and a bicycle.

Nia Baker, chair of Ruthin Friends of the Earth, said: “Repairing items instead of throwing them away reduces the volume of raw materials and energy needed to make new products, and cuts CO2 emissions by reusing instead of manufacturing new products.

"These repair cafés promote social cohesion in the community by connecting local residents from very different backgrounds and with different motives with each other through an inspiring and low-key event.”

The next repair café is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 2, again at the Naylor Leyland Centre.

People are invited to take along items they would like repairing, or if they would like to find out more about about Ruthin Friends of the Earth.

Details of events are posted on the Ruthin Friends of the Earth Facebook page.