Property News · August 13, 2011

Peter Stringfellow: my greatest mistake


A short spell in prison helped put nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow on the straight and narrowMy original mistake changed my life for the better. It was 1960 and I was 20 years old, just married and recently promoted to door-to-door sales manager for a Sheffield company. I was flash. I bought a suit and even tried to grow a moustache.I had to go to warehouses to sign out stock for us to sell. At the time, we were selling carpets for £10, but at the end of one week I saw that I had 10 carpets left over, which I hadn’t signed out. Any normal law-fearing person would’ve returned them, but I thought “What can I make out of this?”. I sold them on for £5 each. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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