by Zara Mustapha

Wearing her blonde hair long, dressed nicely, 64-year-old Beverley from Kent is ready to start her day.

The Kent grandmother looks like any other retiree but Beverly or Bev as she likes to be called, is a working escort.

Bev who began her career more than 30 years ago when her husband, left her and their kids in a huge debt, can be counted as one of the growing number of  pensionable prostitutes in the UK.

She says although the money is no longer a problem, she will continue to work as an escort for as long as she has bills to pay but adds that she would give it up if she could.

Daily Mail reports:

‘I started out because my husband was a gambler and we lost everything,’ she explains in an exclusive interview with MailOnline.

 

‘Then I saw an advert in the paper for escorts so I went for an interview and they told me to start right away.

 

‘I thought it was just going to be dinners and things but I got into the car and this man enlightened me on what was actually going to happen.’

 

 

 

Gambling: Beverley’s career began 30 years ago after her husband’s gambling left the family destitute

 

Bev, who says she has never worked as a street prostitute, says the career did take some getting used to but says there are some benefits.

 

‘It does take some getting used to,’ she reveals.’ Essentially you are using your body and it is a bit like selling a piece of meat.

 

‘It’s just a job like working in a post office. It’s a bit like social services in the way that you have to analyse people.’

 

According to Bev, who appears on Channel 4 documentary, My Granny The Escort, analytical skills prove particularly useful when deciding which men to take on as clients.

 

‘I have had some really lovely clients and most of them are single, although there are a few that are married,’ she explains.

 

‘I have never suffered any violence – I won’t have it. You just have to look at the client and watch out for drink and drugs, you just have to be aware.’

 

Making sure you’re aware of what’s going on is something she regularly says to younger escorts, many of whom she takes under her wing.