When Jay Lyons found himself out of work, his wife Mel came up with an idea. She sent pictures of her husband to a couple of strippergram agents.
He got a gig and even though no one turned up for his first show, he still got paid the £80 pay packet for 10 minutes work.
Eleven years later and Jay, from Halstead, and business partner Dave Richards have 60 strippergrams on their books and established shows across the country.
Full story in this week's paper.
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