The rise of repair cafés

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Passage preview: “On the first Saturday of every month, a church hall in a small town fills with broken toasters, torn jackets and bicycles with flat tyres. This is a repair café: a free event where volunteers with practical skills help visitors to mend their own belongings. The idea started in th…”

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