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    MY PITCH

    Apr 18, 2022 2 minutes
    Interview: Liam Geraghty @LGeraghty23
    Photo: Exposure Photo Agency

    Outside Wilko, Ilkeston 9.30am-5pm Monday-Thursday and Saturday

    JAMES ALLERTON, 42

    I’ve been selling The Big Issue for a couple of years now. I was living in Yorkshire and in a relationship when I was sent home from work early one day because I was feeling ill with my diabetes. Then when I got home she was in bed with my best mate.

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