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  • The Big Issue

    MY PITCH

    Sep 11, 2023 2 minutes

    JEFF KNIGHT, 56

    I’m a street person, I like to greet everybody with open arms. How’s your day? How’s life? How’s things? How’s uni? How’s the kids?

    My pitch is on Stokes Croft in Bristol. You get all sorts of people, lots of nightlife. It’s busy. I’ve been selling The Big Issue for 10 or 12 years. I’ll be out there every day, from eight in the morning,

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