Portadown-born Gloria was a guest on the ITV girls-together show 'Loose Women' and after she was interviewed, was presented with a hamper containing trappings of her days in Portadown and in Ulster Television.
Memories from her home area included potato bread and soda farls from Irwin's Bakery, Tayto Crisps from Tandragee - and last week's issue of the Portadown Times, of which Gloria was an avid reader before she left these parts for pastures new in London.
And there were TV clips from her days at Havelock House in Belfast, including her rendition of 'A Spoonful of Sugar', where the children around her included daughter Caron who died as a result of breast cancer in April 2004 aged just 41.
"It was such an unexpected thrill," Gloria told the Portadown Times as she left the ITV studio after the show, which was hosted by Andrea McLean and included as guests Colleen Nolan, Carol McGiffin and Gillian Taylforth from 'Eastenders' and 'The Bill'.
She added, "The Portadown Times means so much to me, not just because it's an excellent paper and reflects the happenings of my home town, but also because my late father (Charles Hunniford) used to work in the advertising department, and my nephew (Lawrence Cinnamond) still works for the company in the production end."
Gloria's background was only too well known to the show's producer Simon Proctor who also hails from Portadown - he is the son of John and Rosemary Proctor of Dorchester Park.
Simon moved to London 12 years ago and has been involved in the production of shows like the Eurovision Song Contest with Terry Wogan, the Paul O'Grady Show and a plethora of Children TV gems.
He has been resident producer of 'Loose Women' for over the past year and has worked with a wide range of women celebrities on the show.
Educated at Millington Primary School, Clounagh JHS and Portadown College, he always had a taste for the telly and has achieved that ambition big time.
"Gloria never changed her love for Portadown and for UTV," he said. "She remembers the rise of Eamonn Holmes on Ulster Television, especially as he took over from her on the teatime programme when she moved to London. She's a true professional.
"I rang Tayto, Irwin's, the Portadown Times and UTV for those items of her past and they all co-operated fully. She was so thrilled."