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Seven year old Sophie from up the road dropped in yesterday to make sure we’re going to be at the Finals of the Regional Reading Contest on Saturday (for sure and I’ll be surprised if she doesn’t win by a mile) and to otherwise keep us updated with an utter lack of discretion on the most intimate recent happenings in the family.

The way that seven year olds do

We were talking about her friends in the Dancing School that she goes to and the name “Leila” popped up.

“Ah” I said “One of the best songs in the world is called “Layla”. Spelled differently, but sounds the same”

“Play it for me?”

Pull out the double album – “Layla and other love songs” by Derek and the Dominos – and she gets this look of distrust on her face.

Popped it on the turntable and drop the needle in the groove of Track 3, Side 2 of the second album and she’s in shock.

“You’ve got a RECORD PLAYER….?”

“Well, yeah. Doesn’t everyone have a record player?

“Well, WE don’t”

“That’ll be because you haven’t got any vinyl”

“Vinyl……?”

Didn’t have the heart to tell her that I’ve got a wind-up gramophone and a shitload of shellacs downstairs…

Layla [Listen] – Derek and the Dominos from “Layla and other love songs”