Normally I’m joined on Tuesday afternoons by Margaret Mills for her historical “BYGONES” feature, but just for a change I was joined for a second consecutive day by historian, author, lecturer and curator of Science and Industry at Sanford Mill, Chelmsford City museums, TIM WANDER who’s been deeply involved in arranging events to mark the centenary of one of the earliest radio stations to hit the airwaves – 2MT Writtle – which launched 100 years ago yesterday.
We were privileged yesterday evening to be able to premier a play written by Tim, which was broadcast at the exact time that 2MT first launched itself on an unsuspecting public.
A couple of weeks ago I was able to catch up with Tim and so today we broadcast the second part of my chat with him.
We published the whole conversation with Tim on yesterday’s ONE-2-THREE show page.
On a totally different subject, we also took time out to report on the man who, much to his surprise, has just been re-united with a set of teeth he lost following the consumption of copious quantities of alcohol 11 years ago in Benidorm.
Now 63 years old and rather more sober, it is not hard to imagine the surprise of Paul Bishop from Staleybridge in Greater Manchester, when his missing gnashers were just returned to him.
At the time of the incident he wasted hours in a fruitless search for the missing items, even performing as a toothless Elvis for his friend’s 50th birthday!
He subsequently spent £600 on a new set and thought no more about them until a little blue envelope, addressed to Senor Paul Bishop, arrived in the post.
It’s subsequently emerged that he’d been tracked down through a DNA database.
Said Paul: “Someone’s definitely cleaned them up, they’re in perfect condition. I didn’t know I was even on a DNA database but I did a voluntary swab years ago so it must have been from that.
From there they have got in touch with the British embassy and found my address which I’ve changed three times since that holiday.
“I’m amazed that anyone would have taken the time to track me down and post them back.”
Obviously he’s no longer “down in the mouth”!
See you again next week I hope,
Scott
