Take That merchandise memories
Listeners reacted to Gary Barlow’s admission that the Pray perfume had been official.
Suzanne remembered the height of her Take That obsession in 1993.
Her collection included a tote bag spelling Gary with two R’s, a geometry set, watch, wall clock, fan-club magazines and photographs covering almost every surface of her bedroom.
The misspelled bag was clearly unofficial even if much of the rest had been licensed.
The Birthday Game: John
John from near Newton Abbot turned 61 and worked with a vacuum tanker removing silt and sludge from water-treatment sites.
He described the full filtration process with enormous enthusiasm and praised colleagues who had become friends.
John also owned three vintage tractors and was saving for a fourth.
He wanted 1980s music and specifically hoped to avoid Queen.
His first spin was ABBA’s Super Trouper. He liked it but gambled.
His second was Wham!’s I’m Your Man.
John became one of the most enthusiastic contestants Scott had ever heard and announced that he was getting out of the cab to dance.
His unused third song was not needed.
John also congratulated Scott on the Breakfast Show appointment.
Dear Fearne
Fearne returned to another teenage letter.
She remembered transparent platform jelly shoes with silver glitter, worn during a family holiday to the Isle of Wight alongside denim shorts, a Snoopy vest, braces and a particularly greasy fringe.
The letter also discussed her first boyfriend Tom.
Fearne remembered that his notes were folded into elaborate miniature origami shapes inside much larger envelopes.
She questioned whether one unexpectedly romantic letter had even been written by him or by one of his boarding-school friends.
The correspondence also referred to an unidentified girl simply as “Girly”, whose existence Fearne now doubted.
Handover
Scott handed over after another vivid piece of 1990s Fearne Cotton history.
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