Hi everyone... surely I'm not first!



OLD SHEP ~ Elvis Presley



xx

Morning all



Peter Purvess once did the trapeze on the show. What finer excuse can there be to play:



TRAPEZE - Patty Griffin



Has anyone applied for tickets to any of those Radio 2 gigs at the Radio Theatre? If so, do you know how long it is after closing time that they tell you if you were lucky and got tickets? I decided on a whim to apply for Lady Antebellum tickets when I saw it on the website at the weekend.

Just thought of another.....



BADGE ~ Cream



xx

Although thinking of the lyrcs, the thought of Peter Purvess in a "little pink dress, flying overhead".....hmmm.

Ken. no idea about the tickets, but someone is bound to know what happens!



One more for another Blue Peter dog!



LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS ~ Beatles

OOps I did it again! -Britney Spears.



Re Elephant incident!



Is it too early for a hat?



Or else, after incident with John Noakes.....



Slip sliding away - Simon and Garfunkel.



Morning all.



MTF.xx

Good Morning Everyone



HIT THE NORTH - The Fall



MOVE ON UP - Curtis Mayfield

LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Dream Academy



BADGE - Cream

.......wondering what brought about the screeching women?



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MAKE ME AN ISLAND - Joe Dolan



I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT WITH YOU - Bread

MATCHSTALK MEN & MATCHSTALK CATS & DOGS - Brian & Michael



PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN - Quo

EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE - Paul Young

I go to extremes - Billy Joel.



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Morning Simon, team, NYM and sticky-back plastic coated bloggers



Well, thanks again for the mensh last night. Mucho appreciato. I did say I would try to restrain today. But Blue Peter is just too tempting...



Can't find any toons mentioning sticky-back plastic or sticky tape though.



LET'S STICK TOGETHER - Roxy Music



LEGEND IN MY LIVING ROOM - Annie Lennox



SHIP OF FOOLS - Erasure



THE CRYSTAL SHIP - Doors

GOING UP THE COUNTRY - Canned Heat

MANCUNIAN WAY - TT (WAH!)

ALWAYS THERE - Incognito and Jocelyn Brown

Get down (Shep!) - Backstreet boys.



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Hi Simon and blogadiers.



I suppose Blue Peter is an age indicator like Dr Who.....when I was younger I remember Peter Purves, John Noakes and Lesley Judd and I am way too young for that excreting elephant!



Anyway here goes...bit of a mensh drought at mo as last one was last Tuesday ;'(



1. LETS STICK TOGETHER - Roxy Music ( Sticky back plastic!)

2. STUCK ON YOU - Lionel Richie

3. ROSE GARDEN - Lynn Anderson

4. TRACY - The Cufflinks - ( model of Tracy island)

5. COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED - Gladys Knight and the Pips (Here's one I made earlier)

6. RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM - Maxine Nightingale

7. BADGE - Cream

8. MOVING OUT TODAY - Carole Bayer Sager

9. CALENDAR GIRL - Neil Sedaka ( that advent calendar they used to make out of coat hangers and tinsel)

10. LONGEST TIME - Billy Joel



Oh well, better hop off.



Have a nice day.



Mandy ;)

IT'S GRIM UP NORTH - Justified Ancients of Mu Mu

Morning all



For John Noakes , who was from hailfax where i'm sat today



RIVER DEEP , MOUNTAIN HIGH - IKE AND TINI TURNER



ANIT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - MARVIN GAYE / TAMI TERRILL



THE LONG RUN - EAGLES - ( The bob seigh thing )



LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG - BOBBY BLUE ???

Get down Shep - The Barron Knights.



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https://youtu.be/vzasI7ZWUe0



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The Theme Tune -



BLUE PETER - Mike Oldfield

Valerie - The Zutons



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I cant stand up for falling down - Elvis Costello.



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Good morning all



Suggestions for todays tunes



VALARIE - STEVE WINWOOD



VALARIE - AMY WINEHOUSE



or VALARIE - THE ZUTONS



Enjoy thre day

LET'S PUT IT ALL TOGETHER - Stylistics

Mornin Simon, all the team and Drivetimers everywhere!



How about the following:



BLUE GUITAR - JUSTIN HAYWARD AND JOHN LODGE



BLUE MONDAY - NEW ORDER



LAVENDER BLUE - MARILLION



Will pop back later - have fun everyone :o)



- Paul.

Billie, hoping to hear your Bread suggestion. One of my faves.



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Morning All,



'Move On Up' Curtis Mayfield



Have a good day everybody

And the Annual is going?



DISAPPEAR - INXX

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How about:



HELLO GOODBYE by The Beatles



WE CAN MAKE IT by Boston



VALERIE by Steve Winwood



MOVIN' OUT by Billy Joel



MOVING OUT TODAY by Carole Bayer Sager



I'm on a course this morning, so won't be back for the post mench chasing chat till lunchtime. Have a good morning, one and all.



Deebee ~X~

Hello and Happy Tuesdays all round





THE SHOW MUST GO ON - LEO SAYER



BADGE - CREAM



BLUE PETER THEME - MIKE OLDFIELD

More John Noakes / Blue Peter suggestions :-



SKY BOUND - TOM BAXTER



OLD FRIENDS - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL



THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV - AHA

Valerie - The Zutons

Woodstock - Crosby Stills and Nash - Joni Mitchell ("we've got to get ourselves back to the garden")

Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead (tribute to Tracy Island)

Blue Monday - New Order (I think it was broadcast on Monday and Thursday when I was a lass)

Glitter and Trauma - Biffy Clyro (says everything you need to know about my attempts to make Christmas cards / advent crowns etc)



Struggling to find an appropriate Bon Jovi song for this theme - the best I can come up with is Save the World in relation to the wonderful fundraising campaigns :)

So that was odd ... #36 should have started "Morning bloggers. I hope everyone's well on this sunny September day. Tough theme today."



Don't know what happened to the opening 3 sentences!

Good morning,



Ooh Blue Peter! Happy childhood memories. Loved getting the annual at Christmas. Must ask my mum if they are still in the loft.



VALERIE by Stevie Winwood

NELLIE THE ELEPHANT by The Toy Dolls (yes I know her name was Lulu)

SARA (h Greene) by Fleetwood Mac

DOUBLE VISION by Foreigner (in honour of that sticky tape)



Have a good day.x

just thought of a couple more:



SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - QUEEN



SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS - O.M.D.



and that's me done for the Blue Peter theme. Tough one Simon!



- Paul.

Morning all! Another beautiful day in West Yorkshire!



I feel some more U2 songs coming on for today! So for a starter how about "Things To Make And Do" OR "Even Better Than The Real Thing" Or "Bullet The Blue Sky".



(Smiley face)



Must dash my boss is hovering again!



GB

'Show Me The Way' Peter Frampton

for the Elephant incident :-



FALLING SLOWLY - THE SWELL SEASONS



HOLD ON I,M COMING - SAM AND DAVE

BADGE by Cream



Apparently Eric Clapton ran his guitar through a LESLIE speaker cabinet designed for organs - but as I got that from the net it could be a load of old gibberish! I admit I resorted to a well known search engine to find out this information. I wanted a song to honour the lovely Lesley Judd and this incredibly tenuous link was all I could come up with .

Morning all :-)



I tweeted these earlier ( ha ha 'one I made earlier'!!!)



MAKE IT WITH YOU BREAD



GET DOWN ON IT KIOOL AND THE GANG



I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN ERUPTION



PSL X

Good morning everyone.



Hope the sun is shining on you; it's glorious here in Cumbria.



My choice for the theme:



ALL ABOARD by MUDDY WATERS



Be back later for an I-word.

Morning all.



Save your scissors by city and colour. Good memories of watching blue peter when I was a kid and copying the things they used to make :]

#6 MTF....I think a lot of us bloggers are of a similar age and will remember the elephant incident !

SONG SUNG BLUE NEIL DIAMOND

To my knowledge lyrics that actually feature a person from Blue Peter is :-



99% Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd by HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT



"Now the Krona rumour spread but they didn’t tell the bread

Did you honestly think that they would?

And if 8 out of 10 cats all prefer Whiskas - ( THAT WAS A BLUE PETER CAT)

Do the other two prefer Lesley Judd?"

Good morning Simon, team and lovely blogsters,



Misty here in Surrey but the reports say it's going to brighten and warm up later, so fingers crossed.



Few tunes that come to mind ..



Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan



The Show Must Go On - Queen



The Garden - Take That



The Sun Always Shines on TV - a-ha



Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills & Nash



Hope everyone has a great day.

Jx

I think I spoke too soon @ #45, it's now cloudy and quite chilly.



Anyway, my I-word: Insouciance

I lived in a liitle remote village as a child and could never get any of that 'double sided sticky tape' that alll the projects used :-(......deprived lol

Like to add my vote for



MAKE IT WITH YOU - BREAD



and



BITS AND PIECES - DAVE CLARK 5

Aha PSL, yes but we were nippers eh?



https://youtu.be/N_Cj2TtFd_E



MTF.xx

Would we be allowed something by Sophie Ellis Bexter? I seem to recall there was a mini-outcry (probably in the Daily Mail!) when her mum appeared as a presenter, pregnant and unmarried, on Blue Peter. Surely this makes Sophie the youngest person ever to appear on the show?

Good Morning Each! I'll start off bt thanking Simon for my mensh yesterday. I was surprised and yet strangely gratified to discover that i was the only person to ask for Steve Earls Copperhead Road. Hardly obscure, really, and a fine tune. This is the third time that Simon has picked a tune I've suggested, and I've been the only one to do so. The other two were 'Another Girl, Another Planet' by The Only Ones, and 'Southern Cross' by Crosby, Stills and Nash, neither of which are exactly unheard of either. Funny isn't it. There are plenty of tunes that I pop in that are a bit obscure, and would pretty much guarantee the position of solitary suggester were they to be chosen, but they will never get picked. Today, I suspect the every tune played will come from the suggestions above, some fine material there.



I cannot think of any songs about sticky backed plastic or empty washing up liquid bottles, but I have got...



A Mess Of The Blues by Peter and Gordon. The nearest I can get to Blue Peter Garden.





I'll content myself with seconding 'Badge' by Cream



Mike Oldfields The Sailors Hornpipe presumably goes without saying.

Good Morning All :)



I'm very late to the party this morning! :O



I was a watcher of Blue Peter throughout the late 70s and throughout the 80s. Did everyone make one of those coat-hanger Christmas Advent mobile things, I'm sure it would never get past health and safety now, with the flammable combination of tinsel and candles!



Just the one oldie suggestion (sorry haven't read back yet, so apologies if it's been suggested already)...



I'M STICKING WITH YOU - VELVET UNDERGROUND



I'll be back with my I Word in a bit...

Just thought of another couple of oldies for the Blue Peter Garden...



SECRET GARDEN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



IN THE GARDEN - VAN MORRISON

I word = INSOLVENT.



Thank God pay day is near!



GB

Paul, did you not see FOM pop in y'day. Post 82. Seems that you are not the only one that appreciated such a fine tune.



Scratching head for 'I' word??



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I was going to choose "ineffable" for my I-word but, for some reason, it always reminds me of my school days and a certain goddess in the upper sixth.



Naughty step, PSL? * slinks away *

#60.No, I hadn't seen that, happy to share. I was only going on what Simon said on air. I suspect that because FOM has 'hidden' her suggestion within a body of text, rather than giving it a line to itself, the NYM presumably skimmed over it, assuming it to be conversational badinage, rather than theme based bloggetry. I am pleased to see that our neighbours are possessed of such exquisite taste. (As if that wasn't obvious anyway)



I= Ignotism. Often guilty of it, I'm afraid

My I Word is INTERCOURSE as in communication, i.e social intercourse between people and groups...not the other kind! ;)



I finally got around to watching the first episode of Game Of Thrones last night, and I'm hooked! Off to watch some more...

#61......tut tut!!



I word for me INCANDESCENT

#57 yes I too am guilty of making one of those! Funny how my efforts never looked as good as the one 'they made earlier'!

#61 Do I detect a certain penchant for the naughty step? ;-)



I notice that I missed a party whilst I was away.. hope the FNWC is not a one off! On that note my I word for today is IMBIBE ;-)

Not looked at the other posts yet so appologies if someones beat me to this, but can i just suggest VALERIE - AMY WINEHOUSE/ZOOTONS?



Cherub cant wait till we next go the the eaterie we favour at Salford Queys to see is she can spot Helen and Barney :-)

FURTHERMORE ! can I suggest WHO AM I - WILL YOUNG which has a fantastic Blue Peter theamed video (see link below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR4kZ8-qrFI&ob=av2n

PSL, without a word of a lie, that was going to be my 'I' word too. I even looked up the meaning and spelling a couple of hours ago.



How bizarre!!



Still scratching head...



MTF.xx

Afternoon Blogpoppeteers.



Tough one today although I spent a happy childhood with Blue Peter.



Valerie - Amy Winehouse



Blue Moon - a variety of artists (you choose)



Lat's Stick Together - Roxy Music



More Like The Movies - Dr Hook (for all the Blue Peter things I made that never quite worked out like they should have)



The Man Who Stole the World - Lulu (for the wonderful elephant and it's keeper who stole the show!)



Have a great everyone



Catch you later



Shona x

Oooo good afternoon all and also to that big yellow thing in the sky - makes me feel all warm and happy - so for that reason can I have



'Ice-cream sundae' for my I word today please?



Only song that comes to mind is Life in a Northern Town, Dream Academy



Wishing everyone a marvellous day. xx

MAGPIE theme song by THE MURGATROYD BAND

IF YOU TOLERATE THIS, YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT by THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS

THINGS TO MAKE AND DO. Can't remember who it's by. From decades ago.



Mr Mayo, Mr McTell performed the frequently-broadcast Streets Of London for R4's Loose Ends last Saturday. Both performances were fine , but why didn't you get him to perform the rarely-broadcast Naomi, instead, if you like the tune so much?

#66 put it this way it has his name carved on it!



#69 that is spooky!

#66 Jilly, I discovered very early on that the naughty step was where you would find the most interesting people :-)



#73 It wasn't me that did the carving! Honest!!

Hello, may I come in?



Been lurking for a while as not much happening next door.

I have a suggestion for Blue Peter themed song, but it may be too old for anyone else to remember!



The Fourmost......Everything in the Garden.



Not sure I understand the initial thing, but how about....Inspired?



Ta ta Lin x

Greetings! Back from exile on a Scottish Island on a 20ft boat listening to the Shipping Forecast of force 7. Picking up Radio 2 was via two crocodile clips, some wire and the mast bolts! Never mind - back to an indian summer.



Did you know the Blue Peter is actually a nautical code flag? The flag is white with a blue background and signifies 'get ready to set sail'. I think - the difference engine thingy is dis-cumbobulated again.

Hi girlracer53 - lovely to see you over this side of the fence!



#76 Lady_stormrider - sounds like you are being true to your name! Yes, I did know that about Blue Peter - although I suspect not many other blogpoppets did.



My I word - IRRESISTIBLE



~X~

#77 or even IRRISISTABLE



~X~

Hi Simon,



Yes please, I concur with the nomination of the original BLUE PETER theme by Mike Oldfiled. However, you could also have these...



BLUE - Eiffel 65

PETER Gunn Theme - Duane Eddy (or the one with the Art of Noise too)

Natural BLUES - Moby

The Ballad of PETER Pumpkinhead - Crash Test Dummies



Just a thought, thanks!

#77 #78 third time lucky



IRRESISTABLE



*slinks away to read the dictionary*

#77 #78 #80 good job Ken didn't spot you or his red pen would have been out!

Afternoon all



Sorry not been about, been a bit busy. My H word for yesterday wold have been harrassed!



#55 HtS - I like your SEB suggestion, although I seem to recall that Janet Ellis was sacked due to the fuss, but I could be wrong!



Hello Lin - nice to see you over here, do join in they're a v nice bunch (in general) ;)



My I word would be Inestimable



cheers



A

#81 LOL!



~X~

#76 & #77 Lady_stormrider & Deebee, looks like at least one us did ............... see my #45 :-)

#84 Well, shiver me timbers...



;o)

#85 That's what it meant when I was in the Navy ............ All aboard - the ship is about to set sail ................. and the punishments were quite severe for anyone who was late when the ship was 'under sailing orders'.

#85 DB....Harry needs no encouragement with his timbers!

Thank you for the welcome, I may stick around for a while.



However I must now get my rear in gear and restock the larder if we hope to eat today!



Bye for now, Lin x

#86 You mean you were sent on the naughty step even in those days...?



#87 Good point!



;o)

#82 loving your assessment of us....well in general I am!

Hi Lin.



The initial thingy, is a different letter each day for a word that we like, or similar ... waits to be corrected.. working our way through the alphabet.



Still scratching head..!!



MTF.xx

#89 Deebee, I've been well acquainted with naughty steps all my life but rarely while I was in the Navy and never for tardiness. In fact, I've been accused of pathological punctuality.

Afternoon all.



Valerie - Stevie Winwood - just got to pay homage to the best Blue Peter presenter of all time!



Peter's Song - Elton John

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Hello, girlracer!



#91 MTF, I think that's spot-on. We were discussing words a week or so ago and someone (Shona?) suggested we choose our favourite word beginning with a different letter each day, working our way through the alphabet.



Lin, why not catch up with letters A to I? I'm sure it would make an interesting list.

#92 oh dear I would drive you to distraction...I'm late for everything....I just never allow enough time to do things or get places....an 'ish' sort of person!

I word suggestion, 'Inspired'

Thats the perfect 'I' word PSL.



Do you mind if I nick it?



Ish!



That'll do nicely.



Must fly....



MTF.xx

My I word - ISOSCELES. Loved that word ever since I was at school!

#95 PSL, I'm used to everyone else being in a different time-zone. When I lived in Plymouth, a gang of us had a Friday night routine of meeting up in a certain pub at 8; I was the only one ever there on time! We had a long discussion and it was agreed that one week everyone would be there prompt at 8 o'clock on one condition - that I would be there at 8.30 :-)

Afternoon all



Apologoes for the tardy arrival; been having a rubbish morning, and the afternoon isn't shaping up much better!



However, the sunshine and blue skies are helping lift the mood!



'I' word: INCANDESCENT



Tortie x



PS Simon - I do remember hearing tonight's guest when you were a stand-in Drivetime Dude - he does indeed have an extraordinary voice.