Diary Of A Busker Day 219 Wednesday April 4th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite British Heart Foundation, Time: 1:40-2:25pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:40-3:16pm, 3. Opposite Phase Eight, Time: 3:40-4:20pmDown near The Buttercross, I walk by the latest addition to the roster of Winchester buskers – schoolgirl Constance, known as Cossie, however, being in a somewhat uncommunicative mood today,… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 218
Diary Of A Busker Day 218 2012 Monday April 2nd Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:50-6:15pmI haven’t been playing five minutes when I get my first interruption; a man, mid 60s, wearing a hat a bit small for his head comes up, he has a Scottish accent. ‘Hey! Ah know Helen Shapiro, y’know!’ ‘Really?’ ‘Yeah. And Cliff Richard –… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 217
Diary Of A Busker Day 217 Friday March 30th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Reflex, Time: 2:43-4:09pm, 2. Opposite Cheltenham & Gloucester, Time: 4:30-5:28pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:35-6:15pmKai and his violin are inbetween The Buttercross and the crossroads which means I can’t set up at either place as both are too close to him, so it’s down at… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 216
Diary Of A Busker Day 216 Thursday March 29th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 11:40-1:09pm, 2. Opposite O2, Time: 1:35-2:10pm, 3. Opposite Card factory, Time: 2:22-3pm The first session – at the current popular crossroads spot, passed pleasantly and several people made the effort, always appreciated, to come up and pay a compliment, and the usual hourly… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 212
Diary Of A Busker Day 212 Monday March 19th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 1:35-3:24pm, 2. Opposite O2, Time: 3:30-3:57pm Not many buskers come out on a Monday – I know Frank never does, so I’m thinking I might get the street to myself. About halfway through my almost two hour set, I’m questioned by two young… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 206
Diary Of A Busker Day 206 Tuesday March 6th 2012 London 1. Hungerford Foot Bridge, Time: 2:30-4:30pm, 2. Trafalgar Square, Time: 5:35-6pmHaving the occasion to visit Greenwich and finishing my business by early afternoon, I decided to try and make my £35.70p train fare back. I walked up the steps and onto the Hungerford Bridge from the south side. At… Read more →