Amy Stevens was born on the 14th March 1987. When she lost both her job and her house within a week, Amy turned to The Big Issue. She started selling the magazine in Angel, then moved to Euston. At Euston she found herself struggling to walk past the vast numbers of beggers outside the station on the way to her pitch. She eventually persuaded the management at King’s Cross to let her take up the pitch near to Platform 9 and 3/4.
King’s Cross station has provided Amy with a place to be, in the warm, where she knows she won’t be asked to move on. Selling the Big Issue, she says, has allowed her to stand up again.
The story was recorded at King’s Cross Station, by Jan Wood