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Unemployment is at a 17-year high.

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Wages are frozen and businesses are suffering.

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I found a sign stating that the liquidators were moving in, and that was it.

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Everybody was unemployed then.

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More and more people survive by selling their precious belongings.

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I think in this climate you have to think on your feet.

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Whatever you can do to raise your funds, you're going to have to do.

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For six months, our cameras have followed the world of pawnbrokers, and the people who use them.

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For some, pawnbrokers appear to be the only option.

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I tried everything - the banks, the government. No help, no help.

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That's you sorted, then.

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But many then struggle to meet their high charges.

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It's just all the hassle and everything you have to go through.

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Welcome to Cash Britain.

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After a lifetime of working for other people,

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Paul has decided to go it alone

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and follow his dream of opening his own barber shop.

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It's something that I've been trying to do for a long time.

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I've always loved barbering, and I just want to be my own boss.

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But as Paul is launching in the toughest of times,

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he's had to plough all his savings into the business.

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Push the bulb up first...

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This shop here, when it came available,

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the deposit was, like, a lot of money.

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Straight away, they wanted £2,000, to just get the key.

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That's where, basically, all my money went.

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The spending hasn't stopped there.

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I must have spent in the region of about £4,000.

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Just to get to where I am now.

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Paul's planning to open in a week,

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but the shop's half finished and he's run out of money.

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-Hello, mate, you all right?

-Not too bad, not too bad.

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What can you do for me today?

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Yeah, no trouble. Let's have a look.

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That's a nice piece, isn't it?

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The bracelet cost Paul £3,000,

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but a pawnbroker would never lend that much.

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I'm trying to set up a business, but I've run into a bit of difficulty.

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You are the last alternative.

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I tried everything, man. I went to the banks, I went to the government. No help, no help.

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Have you got a figure you're after?

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I'm looking for about nine, to be honest.

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I could probably get it up to about a grand, if you wanted it.

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-Yeah, that would be...

-That would do it.

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-That's his favourite piece, I know he's coming back for it.

-Yeah.

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I can't explain how valuable this bracelet is to me.

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It's not even the cost, it's the sentiment, you know what I'm saying?

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I've been in the music business previously.

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I was doing gigs with Shabba Ranks and Beanie Man. I've been in the game a long time.

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Eventually, I went to America on a tour,

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and I bought this in Brooklyn, New York.

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It's fully, fully custom made.

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I'm the only one who's got that bracelet.

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I'm not intending to lose it, so whatever it takes to get it back, I'll get it back.

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It'll be £1,511 over the full six months.

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-85 quid a month it'll go up.

-OK.

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-Well, I wish you the best of luck.

-I can't wait, man.

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-See you when you're rich then.

-Thanks very much.

-Take care.

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I probably could have done a little bit more if he needed it, but he only wanted £1,000.

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You'd certainly know you'd got it on your wrist, wouldn't you?

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Paul may have his grand, but with opening day fast approaching,

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will it be enough to get the barber shop ready?

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For more than 30 years, this family firm

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have been helping Birmingham businesses who've drawn a blank at the bank.

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What do you do on a Friday

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when you need £1,000 to pay those people's wages?

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You come in, you prove that it's yours,

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you're out that door in ten minutes.

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Gerry's sons run the pawnbroker's day-to-day.

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It's a Stradivarius and if it's real, we've won the Lottery.

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My name's Bond, James Bond.

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But Gerry is definitely the boss.

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-Dad, it's crap.

-No, they're not. All right?

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Doesn't matter to you, does it? You didn't pay for them.

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Pawnbrokers don't just help new businesses.

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They're sometimes the last hope for those in trouble.

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Five years ago, one hard-up businessman turned to the family for a six-grand loan.

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This was a pawn my father did. It's the contents out of a gym.

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Photographs - boxers - statues, that kind of stuff.

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I think he actually knew the guy who actually wanted to raise the money on it.

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Here you are, Muhammad Ali.

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God bless him.

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He spent a lot of money building it into a first-class gym.

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And then I think he got some delayed payments.

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And he needed a bit of lending short-term,

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which eventually ended up being long-term.

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And unfortunately for him, his business went into liquidation,

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and his gymnasium was sold.

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It's sad, really.

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When the gym went under, the family became the unwelcome owners of the boxing memorabilia.

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To lend money out, pawnbrokers need it coming in,

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so now Karl and Gez hope to get their money back.

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What's that?

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That looks like Muhammad Ali's signature to me.

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Dad knew what an avid collector he was, and he would at times buy expensive items.

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So, it was a judgement call, really, and knowing my dad, he's always come off pretty good.

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I suppose I have lent more on these than I normally would,

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but I was pretty sure, because it was his collection, that he would have come back for them.

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But he didn't. And now the boys just want to see the back of it.

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Our endgame now is to see what kind of money this is worth.

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Let's just hope and pray we can get above the £6,000 that we loaned.

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Birmingham has some of the highest rates of unemployment in the UK.

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Something this regular customer, James, is all too familiar with.

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-You all right, mate?

-Hello, mate, you all right?

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James survives on a tight benefits budget,

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and a broken leg hasn't helped.

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Right, that one's gold - about 40 quid on that one.

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That one's silver, isn't it, that one?

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Right, let's have a look.

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That one only weighs up to about a tenner, that one, believe it or not. I'll put the two together for £50.

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Yeah, that'll be fine.

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There you are, my man. Fifty quid.

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I thought it would probably be less than I was offered. Some of it will go towards taxis, buses.

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Usually I walk everywhere, but at the moment, because I'm on crutches,

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I'll have to rely on public transport and taxis.

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To get my Social, I've got to get three buses.

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It's £4 for a Day Saver now.

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A lot of people we deal with are unemployed, unfortunately.

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Where do they go? They can't go to the bank or building society.

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And if they could, they certainly couldn't get it in five, ten minutes.

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Then they're out of the door and away.

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£12.25 - that should last well into next week.

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£9.29 on the electric.

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That should be all right.

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Where the electric's concerned, I'm like, "If it doesn't need to be on,

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"it's switched off, or unplugged."

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Even at night time, if I'm sitting watching the TV,

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I don't have any lights on, just the light from the telly.

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You know, that does me.

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James used to work in a foundry,

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but the day he left is still fresh in his mind.

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I walked into work on Friday morning, and found a sign stating that the liquidators were moving in.

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That was it.

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Everybody was unemployed then.

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So... It's been about ten years since I worked last.

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My trade is... It's gone.

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There's no real foundries left any more.

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All he has is the dole.

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£135 a fortnight.

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Sometimes, you know, I just can't make the money stretch.

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You know, I could be sitting with 40 pence in my pocket, and the gas will go.

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That's why I wound up at Uncle's.

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It's one of them situations - you've got to do what you've got to do.

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12 years ago, Martin and Patricia realised their ambition to buy their council house.

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Since then, they've spent a fortune creating their ideal home.

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Originally, the mortgage was just £21,000,

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then we had the extension on the side,

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the extension on the back, the windows done again.

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It's gone up now to £73,000.

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-But because I was working, that was no problem, was it?

-No.

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But two years ago, everything changed.

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While I was off on a two-week holiday, the one year,

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there was some irregularity with the cash.

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And because I was the depot manager, even though I wasn't there,

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they said it was my responsibility.

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So I've been out of work since then.

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Despite a tribunal ruling that Martin was unfairly dismissed,

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he's struggled to find work.

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I've lost count the amount of jobs I've applied for.

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It's got to be hundreds, and half of them you don't hear anything.

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The trouble is, they always say, "How did you lose your last job?"

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What do you put on the CV, unfair dismissal? "Why?"

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Even though it wasn't my fault, it just doesn't look good.

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With only Patricia's state pension to survive on,

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the couple are finding it hard to keep up with the mortgage.

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The payments should be... £432 a month,

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and we're paying around about £100 a month.

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So obviously, the difference is piling up.

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You put the kettle on, then.

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When you've got a mortgage, you're thinking, "They've got to have some money,"

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so I said to him, "We'll have to pawn the gold."

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Six months ago, to save the house, Martin and Patricia parted with something very special.

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It means a lot, because...

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it's all what the kids bought me.

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It's all your bangles and little bracelets...

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Most of them from Rachel.

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Mm.

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They were the only things I've got a memory of her, really.

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Their daughter, Rachel, died of cancer four years ago.

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You never think you'll lose your babies.

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I'd rather they'd have taken me instead of her.

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She had more life ahead of her, didn't she?

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Only a baby.

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Hello, are you all right?

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How are we, are we all right, or are you still battling?

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Still battling against the world?

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-Yeah, you've got to, haven't you?

-These things are sent to try us.

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Today, the couple's £150 loan is up, and they don't have the money to pay it.

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-I don't really want to get rid of my gold - all my kids bought me them.

-Yeah.

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Just to renew the loan will cost them £95.

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But an increase on the value of gold has given them another option.

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They can now borrow an extra fifty quid,

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and use that money to pay off some of today's interest.

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-You owe us £150 on there.

-Yeah.

-We'll put that up to £200.

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It'll still be in here, and it means you'll have another fifty quid there. You can have fifty quid back.

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Should we do that? Yeah?

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But the deal comes at a price.

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They're stuck with a bigger loan, and a higher rate of interest.

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In the long run, you're paying more, but...

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it meant in the short term, we had to pay just £45 to keep it in for another six months, instead of £95.

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But obviously, in six months' time, when it's due to come out again, it'll be more.

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That's you sorted. Hopefully you'll get the other stuff sorted out.

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She was struggling a bit, so we've upped the loan a bit for her,

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which covers the interest.

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I don't really like doing it that way because it's a short-term fix, really.

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In the long run, it's a bigger loan, so she's paying more interest on it.

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I wouldn't recommend it for everyone to do it that way,

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but sometimes, if you haven't got the money, what can you do?

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If you could wave a magic wand and say, "You haven't got to pay any more," you would.

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I think we'd be looking for a new job if we did that.

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Their jewellery may be safe for now, but with little income, their house is still at risk.

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# I need the dollar, dollar

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# Dollar that's what I need Hey-hey... #

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# I need the dollar, dollar... #

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Paul has spent his £1,000, but he's still missing one vital element.

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His barber chair.

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-Hello, mate, you all right?

-So, we meet again.

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How's it going, then?

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I've run into a bit of a...

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A bit of an impasse?

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The last time I came here, they gave me, like...

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£1,000, which I thought that would be enough.

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But things in this day and age are so expensive, you know?

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It's actually been spent off.

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So, I had to come back.

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Let's have a look. How much are you trying to get to?

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Two. That's all I need.

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Er, right, those are 14.

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This was my last option, you know what I mean?

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I'm losing, like, a hundred quid every day.

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Most of what I'm doing - the interior and the decorating - has actually been done.

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This is just to go towards my chairs. They're so expensive.

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He has to dig deeper into his American treasure trove.

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The rings were custom made to go with the bracelet,

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so it's like a set.

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A lot of diamonds, as well, so...

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they're very, very sentimental to me,

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so whatever it takes, I need to get my jewellery back.

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There you are.

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Next time you come, you'll be getting it all out again. Good luck, anyway.

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-Thanks again, boss.

-See you later, mate. Bye.

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This is the moment I've been waiting for for the past however many weeks.

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It is so wonderful - my barber chair has landed!

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Look at that! I was 95% there, but now I'm 100%.

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All I need now is my first customer, so I can start making some money.

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It's a lot of money, but... it's worth it.

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You want to be doing a good job - your customer's really happy, you know?

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He'll soon find out - it's opening day tomorrow.

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We're up to our limit on what we can lend him, so hopefully he can get the shop open.

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He's on his own if he needs anything after that - we can only go so far.

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It's down to him to make it work.

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The brothers need to clear a six-grand debt on a collection of boxing paraphernalia,

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-and Gez has a plan.

-This memorabilia show that's on at the NEC,

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it's got thousands of customers coming through there.

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Like I say, I've got to get the best price I can for these items.

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It would be a good place to try and sell some of this stuff.

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They've called in boxing expert, Robert, to take a look and see if they're sitting on a fortune.

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Hello.

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-Are you Robert? I'm Gez, I spoke to you on the phone. How are you doing?

-Good, thanks.

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Boxing memorabilia is very collectible.

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People will pay crazy money for the right things.

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OK, let's start - if I pass them to you...

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That's a magazine picture, he's just had it framed up.

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Very nice, but the integral value's next to nothing, I'm afraid.

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-Two pounds, three pounds?

-Tops.

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-What do you think?

-A few pounds.

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-What?! A few pounds, for that?

-Yeah, it's nothing.

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Oh, God, yeah. Probably £10 a piece.

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It's not going too good.

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The values are crap!

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You can see he's thinking, "What have I come here for?"

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The lads are saying, "It's there, get rid of it,"

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but I've resisted the temptation to get rid of them,

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hoping that he would come back for them.

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But when it's put to you on a business footing,

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you have to evaluate what you'll get back and what you don't get back.

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Have a look at these ones, here.

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Something a bit more collectible, I think.

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These were cigarette cards -

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Franklin Davy & Co, Bristol. Auction value, £30-£40.

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-For the whole lot?

-You didn't think each, did you?

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I was hoping!

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Come on then, let's see some decent stuff.

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It's not looking good.

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What about that one?

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-That's Muhammad Ali and Cassius Clay.

-Nice.

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-I'd try that, first time round, at £300 - £400.

-Wow!

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Henry Cooper.

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Well, it makes a pleasant change,

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because quite often you see boxing gloves, and it's one boxing glove.

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Value for the pair, probably about £100. Nice.

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-I like it.

-You like it?

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-Yeah.

-I'm getting really excited now.

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It's the best item I've seen so far. You should be a bit happier now,

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than you were before we came in this room.

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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee...

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It was a very mixed bag. There was a lot of stuff that's not going to fetch them money.

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There's stuff that looks good because it's in a nice frame, but it's of no value.

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Then there are other items which will make a few quid.

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Time to break the news to Daddy -

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that he lent six grand

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on a collection probably worth six hundred.

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There's a lot of stuff here that's not worth a lot of money.

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I mean, the likes of that, there - it's a picture, in a frame.

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He says it's worth nothing.

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-Dad, it's crap.

-I like it, myself, to tell you the truth.

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It might seem crap to you, but it doesn't to me.

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If someone wants to buy these for between £5 and £10, they've gone.

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-If someone gives £3.50, they've gone.

-No they're not, all right?

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It doesn't matter to you, does it? You haven't paid for them.

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-How good's your expert?

-He's a memorabilia auctioneer - that's all he does.

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It does upset me a bit, Karl, about selling them when the bloke wanted to keep them.

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I've kept them for five years.

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These lads only see it in cardboard boxes.

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They don't see it as I remember it, which was a wall full of history.

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It was fabulous, and that's why, besides the personal thing with the fella...

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I'm not sentimental, but to me, it's got glory.

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Whatever their dad thinks, Karl and Gez just want to get rid.

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All I want to do is get the money back.

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Listen, Dad, we won't be giving them away.

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When Martin lost his job three years ago, he and wife, Patricia, hit problems.

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To pay the mortgage, they had to pawn gifts from their late daughter, Rachel.

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Now, they stand to lose more than their jewellery.

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The bank has lost patience, and wants to repossess the house.

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You get so stressed, because we just don't know what's going to happen the next day.

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It's just... You know...

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It's just all the hassle and everything you have to go through.

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I just can't cope.

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I've just had enough. Don't want to know any more.

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They've tried everything to save their home,

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but now they've made the tough decision to put the house up for sale.

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Are we still up in there? Oh yeah.

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It's got to go - we haven't got much choice in the matter, really.

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We've got to go and just start again.

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When you look at it through a window, and you think to yourself,

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"God, all what you've put in the house,"

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and you're not going to keep it.

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And now, they're looking at rented property.

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-Hi, guys.

-Hello, we're looking for some details

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on some houses you've got to rent in the window.

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If you're looking for just three bedrooms, that one's actually just reduced...

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In the situation I was in again, if I was in full time work, no way would I have another mortgage.

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It's stupid, because you try to buy a house to better yourself,

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and then you lose your job and the mortgage puts you under pressure to sell it.

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The couple's hopes rest on selling their house and clearing their debts before the bank gets it.

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Hopefully, if all things work out,

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the big plan is, if we sell the house...

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then we'll take the hold out, and hopefully, that'll be it.

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The mortgage is sorted - that's that debt, gone.

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It's 8am on the morning of the memorabilia show,

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and it's not the best of starts.

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Just open the door so I can go to the toilet quickly.

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We're 25 minutes late, the show starts in an hour,

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and he wants to mess about going to the toilet. He should have held it.

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Turn it off, Gez, come on.

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Load them in.

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The lads are cutting it fine.

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The doors open at any minute.

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And while Karl does the heavy work, there's no sign of Gez.

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I need him to give me a hand.

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He's not helping, is he?

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I've been setting up the table. I've been setting up.

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Right, let's have a little look. Where's he gone?

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Oh, there he is.

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PA: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

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Memorabilia 2011 is now open.

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Memorabilia is now open.

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To make any money, they need to be fighting fit.

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But so far, they seem to be losing on points.

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"Rocky Marciano, Jersey Joe Walcott..."

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OK, Rocky Marciano, what's he look like?

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Luckily, there are some boxing fans on hand to show what's what.

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The red...

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That's a Rocky, there.

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That one, straight in front... No, the other one.

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In front, yep.

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The stall is just haphazard. They haven't got a clue where anything is.

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Who's that one?

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Gerald, what was the double there?

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It's quite funny to see two guys who are hoping to make money

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asking customers who's who - "Who's this? Who's that?"

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I tell you what, Gez, some people have got some fantastic knowledge.

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Paul is hoping for a bit more success.

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The barber shop is finally ready for business.

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Today is opening day.

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Absolute opening day, and I am buzzing!

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I can't wait for it.

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Good morning.

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Finally, finally, finally, this is the moment.

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All he needs now are customers.

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Come on, 300 people to get my jewellery back.

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Welcome to the recession barber shop.

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I'm putting people first, not finance.

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Yo, P! Look at this, I need some surgery on this, man.

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Thousands of pounds and months of hard work are finally paying off.

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OK, son, I'm going to try and make you handsome again!

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They say good things come to those who wait.

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Hello, good morning. Have a seat, yeah.

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I'm getting there.

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You know what I'm saying?

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It's really good.

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Thank you for my first... That's my first customer.

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You know what, the worst thing about this - he's asking for change!

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-LAUGHTER

-Can you believe that?

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See you later, see you.

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Eventually, it's open.

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I thought this morning I'd come and get an early trim,

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start the day early and get off and do what I'm doing today,

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so yeah, I'm really, really pleased for him.

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And things are finally picking up at the memorabilia fair.

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The boys may know nothing about boxing, but they do know all about selling.

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-What if I did the two at £200?

-Yeah, OK.

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Gerald, that and the Ali - £200 I've done it for.

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-What were they, five quid a pop?

-Yeah, I'll take all three.

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-How much?

-Six quid.

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-There you are.

-Good man.

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-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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£100, that's great. Thank you. Have a good day.

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It's all good.

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PA: The show will close in five minutes.

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Trading over, it's time to cash up.

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We didn't do too bad, Karl.

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We've done about £750, so I think today's been a boster!

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We did all right!

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They might still be five grand down on the pawn,

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but it could have been so much worse.

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-IMITATING "ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES":

-"We're gonna be millionaires, Rodney."

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And back at the barber's, Paul's in the money as well.

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Really good, really good.

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This is what the dream is.

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Not quite 300 customers, but after a busy first day,

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Paul is feeling a cut above the rest!

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Without the pawn shop, this shop would have never been possible.

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Hopefully in the next couple of months, I can go to the job centre, and say,

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"You know, you didn't help me to set my shop up,

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"but I'm gonna come here and I'm gonna get somebody off the dole to come and work in here.

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"So, you didn't help me, but I'll try to help somebody else."

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Next time, we find out how time really IS money...

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That's instant cash, anywhere in the world.

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..how silver doesn't always mean second place...

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- It's worth £2,000. - That's really nice to know.

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..and a pensioner who's desperate to recover her stolen jewellery.

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It is the worst thing that could happen.

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