Author: Marvin

Diary Of A Busker Day 268

Day 268 Friday August 10th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:47-4:08pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:20-5:30pm A day with some pleasant and some not so pleasant moments. Down at the far end I have a chat with Delia. I say she’s wearing a nice dress – ‘Oh this? I’ve had it most of my life. It had… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 267

Diary Of A Busker Day 267 Thursday August 9th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:01-3:21pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 3:47-5:16pmMy first day out since Sunday as I’ve been trying to rest my finger and it seems OK now, but I’ll only be able to tell by coming out here. Nick, the “sad man” from way back early… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 266

Diary Of A Busker Day 266 Sunday, August 5th 2012 Stockbridge, Trout ‘n’ About, Stockbridge High Street, Time: 10:50am-12:35pmA break from Winchester! I venture a few miles west to honour an engagement booked awhile ago. It’s Trout ‘n’ About, a local food/arts and crafts/music fair and one of the people in charge is Tania, who is also the person who… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 265

Day 265 Saturday August 4th 2012 Winchester High Street 1.Opposite Oxfam, Time: 2:12-3:42pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:08-6:30pm A fairly peaceful and uneventful hour and a half followed by a break then back on up the other end, which starts peacefully enough until around the middle of La Vie En Rose, when I hear the familiar holler of Maurice, walking… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 264

Diary Of A Busker Day 264 Friday August 3rd 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:35-2:35pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:35-6:18pmA couple of busking students at The Buttercross have hijacked the Tesco slogan for their sign; STUDENTS – EVERY LITTLE HELPS, and down at the crossroads, it’s Guy’s Threepenny Bit folk franchise, five of them today. So I… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 263

Diary Of A Busker Day 263 Saturday July 28th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:10-2:45pm, 2. Opposite Jack Wills, Time: 3:40-4:20pm, 3. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:30-7:25pm The street’s full up today, with both people and buskers. At The Buttercross there’s a young guy who I’ve often seen – don’t know his name, playing Hallelujah. Further down, two… Read more →