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Derek Little

Derek Little

Painter and decorator from Wigtown, Scotland; father of podcast host Sean Little; guest on The Decorators' Den podcast

Jun 21, 2026

The Decorators Den Podcast

The Decorators Den Podcast

Decorating Then vs Now | Derek’s Trade Stories

Jun 21 · 1h 23m

SeanHOST
23:26
It was kind of World Cup, I think it was
Derek Little
Derek LittleGUEST
23:30
1974, the World Cup was on.
Derek Little
Derek LittleGUEST
23:33
and the guy used to pull the brown egg out of his box and fling it up the head and say Dalglish.
Derek Little
Derek LittleGUEST
23:42
So the two apprentices at the time swapped the egg in the morning.
Derek Little
Derek LittleGUEST
23:48
And when they went to head the egg...
Derek Little
Derek LittleGUEST
23:50
So when they headed it, it would die with them.
Derek Little
Derek LittleGUEST
24:01
He went home to his brother that night and he thought his brother, because the apprentices never owned up to it.

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BazHOST
42:21
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