Diary Of A Busker Day 368 Thursday May 16th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis. Time: 12:20-1:37pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 1:50-2:25pm One of my nameless old lady regulars says she would give me something but all she has is a £20 note, which she produces and waves in front of me, and this is just a few minutes… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 367
Diary Of A Busker Day 367 Saturday May 11th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 11:55-12:35pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 1:26-3pm 3. Opposite Bellis. Time: 3:48-5:23pm And there he is, like he said he would be – Marcus and his big Red Cross banner with his stitched on regiment badges, and today he’s wearing his full camouflage combat… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 366
Diary Of A Busker Day 366 Friday May 10th 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Bellis/O2. Time: 12:55-2:30pm The sky’s cloudy for most of the time but the temperature is acceptable; 13 degrees (56 Fahrenheit). I set up a few feet from a Red Cross guy collecting money in a plastic bucket. Quite an old guy. These people are amiable enough… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 362
Diary Of A Busker Day 362 Saturday May 4th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 1:45-3:47pm 2. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 4:25-6:05pm I’m most of the way through the first song, Albatross, when a woman comes over from the British Heart Foundation shop, across the street and asks if I can stop playing for a few minutes while they… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 357
Diary Of A Busker Day 357 Monday April 22nd 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 1:5O-3:16pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 3:33-4:1Opm 3. Opposite Bellis. Time: 4:18-4:5Opm My first day back on the street after my cruise and I wonder if I was missed…Jude says there’ll have been loads of old folks standing around going ‘Where is he?’ I… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 355
Diary Of A Busker Day 355 Friday April 12th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Corner of Monsoon. Time: 1:45-3:15pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 4:17-5:47pm A couple of young foreign chaps contribute during The Third Man. I inform them the details of the arrangement (Chet Atkins, 1960) and of the origin; they’ve never heard the original but know it from a… Read more →