photos are tacked to the room divider, displaying volunteers of past and present who have helped to rebuild the WWII era Halifax bomber and continue to bring a little history back to life.

While work goes on around him, Guy Cuerrier thinks about how long he has been volunteering.

"Stu (Thow) and I have more time on the Halifax than anyone. Six days a week here for about seven or eight years," says Cuerrier.

The workshop, located at The National Air Force Museum of Canada, opened to restore the Halifax which is now the pride and joy of the museum. It took years to piece the aircraft back together after being retrieved from Lake Mjosa in Norway.

Now that the Halifax is on display and the work almost complete, attention has been turned to the three other aircrafts in the workshop: a Harvard and an Anson both used for pilot training, and a Canadian Army Auster, an observation aircraft used in northwest Europe during 1945.

Some of the volunteers are veterans, others just love the work and the camaraderie. There is work for everyone, whether you have a special skill or not. Because the workshop is supported by donations, there are simple but important jobs such as sorting a box of donated screws and bolts.

These aircrafts come to the workshop corroded and in pieces, some hardly recognizable, and then the volunteers begin to work their magic. Aside from recreating a piece of history, each aircraft restored is a memorial to those who died in action.

Long-time volunteer, Keith Jennings shares the secret for getting to the end of these long restorations.

"You just have to focus on one piece at a time. That's what you concentrate on and then you keep going and going."