She carries all her possessions on her at all times, she moves around Heathrow and occasionally picks up a newspaper to spend her day. She believes that she is doing what she thinks is right for herself. She also says “Heathrow is like a good hotel, I am fortunate as a homeless person to find a quality place like Heathrow to hold myself together.”
As night falls every night, she finds a place between one store and another. “I sleep in the same spot every night, if another person hasn't grabbed it first. Sometimes the airport passengers peer down at me as they walk by. The night cleaners mop and brush around me. I just close my eyes and put my scarf over my head to block them all out.”
Stacy is one of the astonishing people who are found in Heathrow, many of the people she sees look to find a place in Heathrow for the night. “Lots of people often move on, she do not stay in the same place, she either move out of Heathrow or move places inside.” says Stacy. Noticeably, airports are the biggest attraction for Homeless people, they know living under the spotlight will always feel good or there is enough space for everyone to fit in.
Stacy also reveals “Many of the Homeless people wear fancy clothes once they have enough money or buy suitcases just to avoid suspicion.” It’s really depressing how they have to escape by doing such petty things. Stacy said that she has to sleep in the bus station as she gets evicted from the Airport.
Now, after 1 and a half years, Stacy wears the right clothes and can also afford buying a bowl of pasta and going window shopping in some of the shops in the Airport. She says she has gradually built her way up allowing her to treat herself to some real aspects of life.
