Diary Of A Busker Day 105 Friday May 27th Winchester High Street (1. opposite The Body Shop, Time: 11:55-2:25pm, 2. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 2:45-4:05pn.) In this weeks edition of the Hampshire Chronicle, out yesterday, appeared some more excerpts from this diary, and they put my name on the front page this time. I get a few people coming up/passing by… Read more →
Month: May 2011
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 104
Diary Of A Busker Day 104 Wednesday May 25th Winchester High Street (opposite Clinton Cards, Time: 2:05-5:27pm.) An old lady (a potential “regular”?) gives me a pound and says she doesn’t like the music of today, neither do I, I say, but then we’re not 20, either of us, are we? She goes away, comes back 5 minutes later,… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 103
Diary Of A Busker Day 103 Sunday May 22nd Winchester High Street (1. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 12:40-1:12pm, 2. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 4:05-6:05pm.) These days there seems to be as many people in town as on any other day, and as I didn’t come in yesterday… I take the obligatory reconnaissance to see who’s in the… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 102
Diary Of A Busker Day 102 Friday May 20th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Phase 8, Time: 12:55-1:45pm, 2. opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:50-6:05pm.) Frank and his accordion have settled down near where the market ends, halfway up the high street now, so I set up between him and WH Smiths. I play for almost an hour but get only… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 101
Diary Of A Busker Day 101 Thursday May 19th Winchester High Street (1. Outside Debenhams, Time: 1:35-3:38pm, 2. Opposite WH Smiths, Time: 4:00-6:35pm.) After the drama in the “Big Smoke” yesterday, anything else was bound to be a let-down, and it was. The usual busking spots were occupied – up at the WH Smiths end by the didgeridoo guy and down… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 100
Diary Of A Busker Day 100 Wednesday May 18th, London (Hungerford Foot Bridge, Time: 1:45-4pm). A landmark day – my hundreth, which finishes in an appropriately memorable way. My session up here in the Big Smoke – the second in as many weeks, was due to my attendance at the unveiling of a restored statue of Frydyric Chopin, which… Read more →