Diary Of A Busker Day 164 Tuesday October 4th Winchester High Street (opposite O2, Time: 1:30-3:30pm, 4:22-6pm). At The Buttercross, I chat to five girls advertising the Health Lottery, in white suits, each with a different coloured Afro wig and each with a matching coloured balloon. They say I should play at The Buttercross – where Frank and others… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 163
Diary Of A Busker Day 163 Friday September 30th Romsey (market, Time: 10:37-12:40pm, 1:45-3pm), Winchester High Street (1. opposite Winchester Bus Station, Time: 4:05-4:35pm, 2. opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:45-5:45pm). Finally, after months of pondering, I decide to take up Bertie’s (formerly flower seller of Winchester, now flower seller in nearby Romsey) suggestion of busking in his new patch. This involves getting… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 162
Diary Of A Busker Day 162 Wednesday September 28th Winchester High Street (1. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 11:08-1:15pm, 2. opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:40-5:20pm). A warm, sunny day finds good citizens of Winchester in a collectively generous mood – for most of the day. The coins flow plentifully right from the start. One of my nameless old lady regulars asks if… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 161
Diary Of A Busker Day 161 Monday September 26th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Phase Eight, Time: 1:50-4:37pm, 2. opposite Vodafone, Time: 5:20-6:30pm). My budding 72 year old guitarist, Anthony and Mick, the ex-cruise musician drop by at the same moment. Anthony says he has a bone to pick with me -apparently I’ve given him some wrong information concerning… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 160
Diary Of A Busker Day 160 Friday September 23rd Winchester High Street (1. opposite Phase Eight, Time: 12-12:01pm, 2. opposite Reflex, Time: 12:10-2:15pm, 3. opposite Boots Optician, Time: 3:10-5:15pm, 4. opposite Vodafone, Time: 5:30-6:30pm). The starts off – rather annoyingly, with a false start, as 30 seconds into my first tune, I’m drowned out by some guy singing opera style… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 159
Diary Of A Busker Day 159 Wednesday September 21st Winchester High Street (1. opposite Card Factory, Time: 12:15-2:20pm, 2. disused doorway opposite River Island, Time: 3:30-5:45pm). During my first set a man comes up, puts a coin in my bucket and asks if I make a living doing this. “Sometimes”, I say. He tells me he was in Reading… Read more →