The Repair Shop leaves viewers sobbing as pensioner proposes to girlfriend with restored wedding ring

THE Repair Shop has left viewers in tears as a pensioner proposed to his partner with a wedding ring restored by the team of experts.

Customer David got down on one knee and popped the question to his other half Ellie in a very touching scene.

The couple hoped the team would be able to be able to fix the precious item after it had been lost on the couple’s driveway for more than a year.

The ring belonged to David’s grandmother, before she passed it down to his mum and she passed it on to him.

Goldsmith Richard Talman put his skills to the test and restored the sentimental piece of jewellery and once it was returned to a delighted David, he only had one thing on his mind.

He got down on one knee and placed the ring on Hellie’s finger before he joked: “I’m about 20 years too late, this is a token of our love for each other.”

He described the ring as “phenomenal” and more beautiful than he remembered, while Hellie said she “couldn’t be happier” to receive the ring for a second time.

Viewers took to Twitter to talk about the incredible moment as one penned: “#therepairshop plz tell me I wasn’t the only person who had a little sob when the older couple got their engagement ring sorted?”

Another emotional fan added: “Omg…. absolutely bawling my eyes out at him getting down on one knee to put the restored ring on her finger.”

While this user wrote: “Yes, I’m crying over someone else’s engagement ring. What a lovely couple. #TheRepairShop.”

David first proposed to Ellie 20 years ago but his proposal wasn’t exactly romantic, as he’d placed the ring inside a parcel with a load of cotton wool.

Sadly though, the lost the ring in their driveway after it fell off Hellie’s finger.

She shared: “I was so upset because this wasn’t just a ring that he’d gone out and bought.

“The ring had a story and a history in his family. I felt I had been letting everybody down by not looking after it properly.”