Locals raise £3,000 for beloved street cleaner to go on dream holiday but bosses block it

Paul Spiers, 63, was saving for a holiday to Portugal. (Image: Getty) A street cleaner so popular that his local community raised £3000 to gift him the holiday of a lifetime has been ordered not to accept the cash by his killjoy employer. Paul Spiers, 63, has been cleaning the streets of Beckenham, south London, since 2017 and is much-loved by residents who know him as an ardent fan of Elvis Presley .

Last week he mentioned to Lisa Knight, the manager of a local estate agent, that it was his birthday and he was saving for a holiday to Portugal. Knight, who struck up a friendship with Spiers through their shared love of Elvis, decided to start a fundraising campaign to pay for the trip. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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