We spent a day in Keeley Ann’s Pawnbrokers in Birmingham, a family business, and the door kept flying open.
We saw customer after customer coming into exchange, pawn, or sell their items.
From engagement rings, and gold bracelets, to TVs and game consoles, the vast majority had one thing in common, they were there because someone needed the money to get by and survive.
"I can go to bed without food, but my kids will never go to bed without food in their stomachs," said the day’s first customer, Stephanie.