Bosun to appear on The Repair shop

Breaking news scoop reveals that Bromley Boat Bodgers are to appear on the repairshop TV show.

Bodging refers to a job done of necessity using whatever tools and materials come to hand and which, whilst not necessarily elegant, is nevertheless serviceable. A "bodge", like its cognates kludge and fudge, is serviceable: a "botched" job most certainly is not.

Famous past bodgers including Samuel and Jimmy Rockall's traditional skills at bodging have been carefully practised by the Bosuns for many years and in tonight's episode they can be seen maintaining an antique squib launched on April 1 1900