Diary Of A Busker Day 325 Wednesday February 6th 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Vodafone. Time: 1:04-1:33pm, 4:20-4:50pm Another very cold day; the wind, as usual, but I have an appointment to keep with two college girls, Lucinda and Siobhan, who are travelling from Brighton and Bournemouth, respectively, to interview me for a project they’re doing about busking. I am… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 323
Diary Of A Busker Day 323 Saturday February 2nd 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 3:50-4:48pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 5:30-6:10pm A(nother) very cold day, of which I’d already got a taste this morning, watching the son an heir’s team lose (again) in a match at their training ground at Worthy Down. I managed just two minutes shy… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 322
Diary Of A Busker Day 322 Friday February 1st 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Vodafone. Time: 1:13-2:48pm As I’m approaching the pitch, Dave – he of the “Dangerous” prefix, and his brother – of the Batman theme tune fixation, appear. Dangerous asks if I can save his “favourite” (hums The Third Man) for when he comes back in half an… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 321
Diary Of A Busker Day 321 Thursday January 31st 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 12:54-2:30pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 3:32-5pm My polite/always complimentary, but now opera-busker Demelza Stafford groupie, Ian, turns up and stands to my left. When I finish the song I’m playing, I turn on him – ‘Ah, Ian. I saw you yesterday. You’re now… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 320
Diary Of A Busker Day 320 Wednesday January 30th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 1:30-2pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 2:24-3:43pm I needed to go into town for a couple of hours this morning and on the way out I bumped into one of the CPSOs (the young one) who the other day, I related my unfortunate experience… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 319
Diary Of A Busker Day 319 Sunday January 27th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:26-2:56pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 3:10-4:45pm The temperature has warmed up a bit since Friday and thank goodness for that. So they’ve all come out, including Frank, up at his traditional Buttercross spot…and Colin and his trumpet down at the middle spot who,… Read more →