Never in a thousand years did Larry Woods believe he’d become a shoeshine man. In the 1980s, the flamboyant businessman was “made”, a chauffeur-driven millionaire whose hedonistic, extravagant exploits made tabloid fodder.

A chance encounter with a shopkeeper would become the pivotal moment which led him from a lifestyle of wealthy self-indulgence and onto the path of peddling goodwill and cheer.