Diary Of A Busker Day 451 Friday September 20th 2013 Winchester (1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 12:40-2:17pm, 2. The Butter Cross, Time: 2:53-4:27pm, 3. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:50-5:50pm). A woman tells me about her friend that died. She didn’t say how he died but he was a guitarist who had to stop playing when he got arthritis – ‘his fingers became… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 105
Diary Of A Busker Day 105 Friday May 27th Winchester High Street (1. opposite The Body Shop, Time: 11:55-2:25pm, 2. opposite WH Smiths, Time: 2:45-4:05pn.) In this weeks edition of the Hampshire Chronicle, out yesterday, appeared some more excerpts from this diary, and they put my name on the front page this time. I get a few people coming up/passing by… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 100
Diary Of A Busker Day 100 Wednesday May 18th, London (Hungerford Foot Bridge, Time: 1:45-4pm). A landmark day – my hundreth, which finishes in an appropriately memorable way. My session up here in the Big Smoke – the second in as many weeks, was due to my attendance at the unveiling of a restored statue of Frydyric Chopin, which… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 93
Diary Of A Busker Day 93 Saturday May 7th Ladbroke Grove, London (outside The Elgin public house, Time: 1-5:45pm) A curious one, this – something of a hybrid in that it’s a combination of a ‘proper’ gig, for which I received payment! – unusual in London, I have to say, to the eternal shame of 99% of landlords – and a busking session.… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 92
Diary Of A Busker Day 92 Friday May 6th Winchester High Street (corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 5:03-6:27pm) I’m in a bad mood today and will be for the next three weeks or the forseeable future, whichever comes first. I have lost one of my hearing aids, the one I put behind my left ear and it will… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day ~ 68
Diary Of A Busker Day 68 Sunday March 27th Winchester High Street (corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 4:38-6:20pm.) Spoke for a few minutes with Frank who was, by his own admission, a bit worse for wear, having spent last night talking over old times with an old friend accompanied by a bottle of first class (VSOP) Brandy or… Read more →