Shirley Douglas, the vocalist in my Skiffle Group (she replaced Nancy Whiskey), purchased Elton Hayes' guitar from him in the foyer of a Leicester Square cinema in 1956/57. Probably the one in his song, though if I remember, it wasn't that 'small'. She hadn't been with my group for long when we appeared at the Odeon Romford in Paul Lincoln's "Meet For Cats",on Sunday March 31st 1957. This show also introduced the new "recording discovery", Terry Dene. Seconds before he was due onstage Terry Dene came running into the dressing room asking to borrow a guitar, he had just broken a string. All assembled 'cocked a deaf 'un', except Shirley , who unwisely said he could borrow hers. It was returned twenty minutes later with all the body work scratched beyond repair! A lesson learned. The folk guitar had become a rock guitar overnight, quite an idignity for this historic instrument.