MY PITCH

Waitrose, Longfield, Kent Wednesday-Saturday 8.30am-3pm

Interview: Liam Geraghty

ROB, 52 Things are not good at the moment. No one’s got any money because the price of gas and electricity has gone through the roof and the trains have gone on strike for four days this month. I’m coming from Faversham, and it means I have to go down to three days a week because I can’t get to my pitch. It’s more than £20 a day for the train fare. When I first started getting a weekly ticket it was £80, now it’s £90. It’s a lot of money, and when you don’t buy a ticket they nick you for it. I try and explain the situation and that I don’t have any money. I want to keep selling in Longfield because I like it. I’ve been there a long…

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