KELVIN GREGORY, 61
I’ve been selling The Big Issue since its inception back in 1991. I grew up a Thatcher teenager and became homeless when I was 16, living between bedsits, B&Bs and squats. I begged for a little bit and worked the squeegee buses, until one day I saw The Big Issue and thought, “I’ll have a bit of that.” Since then, I’ve sold up and down the country