Diary Of A Busker Day 110 Friday June 3rd Winchester High Street (outside Debenhams, Time: 1:53-5:45pm.) Walking into town I notice a policeman talking to one of the beggars – the short, bearded one with the Yorkshire. He is usually to be found sitting down (with a tin bowl in front, white pitbull-ish looking dog beside) outside the HMV… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 106
Diary Of A Busker Day 106 Sunday May 29th Winchester High Street (opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:10-6:15pm.) I haven’t been been playing long when so-called “Dangerous” Dave turns up, more or less demanding I play The Third Man. He’ll even pay me, but he’ll have to wait as I’m in the middle of a group of songs with a different tuning. “D’you mind… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 95
Diary Of A Busker Day 95 Thursday May 12th Winchester High Street (opposite Vodaphone, Time: 1:58-4pm, 4:32-6pm.) I’ve had a three day break but now it’s time to go back to “work”. As I approach The Buttercross I notice a man wearing sunglasses, a hat and a blue boilersuit sitting down against the monument, a two wheel cart next… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 79
Diary Of A Busker Day 79 Tuesday April 12th Winchester High Street (1. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 2:51-4:35pm, 2. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 5:03-6:20pm.) It’s a slow start with not more than a meagre £2 in the bucket for twenty minutes of playing. But what’s this I see – a big figure materialising from the gloom of the… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 15
Diary Of A Busker Day 15 Thursday December 23rd Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths) Time: 12:30 – 2pm. Got to the High Street at 11:30, but had to hang around for an hour before a spot became vacant – many buskers and beggars about. Salvation Army quartet in front of the Christmas tree, Rob – I found out his… Read more →