Diary Of A Busker Day 326 Friday February 8th 2013 Winchester High Street, opposite Vodafone. Time: 1:30-2:45pm Another bitterly cold day. I have a chat with Janet halfway through. I hadn’t seen her since well before Christmas and was fearing the worst for her, along with some of my other regulars I haven’t seen, although at 63, Janet’s one of… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 315
Diary Of A Busker Day 315 Friday January 11th 2013 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 2:10-3:45pm 2. Opposite Bellis. Time: 4:38-5pm 3. Opposite Oxfam Time: 5:07-5:40pm The return to the High Street of Demelza Stafford. I haven’t seen her for months, in fact, not since the day before she was to audition for Madame Butterfly in Bracknell. She’s… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 303
Diary Of A Busker Day 303 Wednesday November 7th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone. Time: 1:15-2:35pm 2. Opposite Oxfam. Time: 2:57-4:25pm A man I recognise from a couple of weeks ago asks me if I’ve learnt his request yet. As I’ve obviously forgotten, I’ve got no idea what he’s talking about. He reminds me, ‘You said you’d learn… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 298
Diary Of A Busker Day 298 Saturday, October 20th, 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Bellis, Time: 3:45-4:13pm Jay, the young headband-wearing busker who runs the open-mic at The Willow is sitting with his guitar on the bench near The Buttercross. I ask if he’s going to play – he’s not, so I set up. After a bit, I notice Barry… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 296
Diary Of A Busker Day 296 Wednesday October 17th 2012 1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 2:23-3:25pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:47-4:59pmThe other day I was approached by Victoria, the manager of the cinema, about playing a laid-back set in the foyer, before the screening of Celebration Day, the film of the 2007 Led Zeppelin concert. There was no money in it… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 285
Diary Of A Busker Day 285 Tuesday September 18th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 11:54-1:19pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 1:44-2:44pm An earlier than usual start as I need to be back home for Tom and Owen’s guitar lesson. A weird thing; I was a few songs into the set when my Pickwickian, pipe-smoking regular and one of… Read more →