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MY PITCH

VICTOR GRANCEA, 32

I do a long shift on my pitch because I work at a train station. A lot of people are on the go in the morning and running through the station. When they are coming back from work I want to be here so I can catch them then. I’ve been selling the magazine here for five years and it’s going alright,

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