Diary Of A Busker Day 264 Friday August 3rd 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:35-2:35pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:35-6:18pmA couple of busking students at The Buttercross have hijacked the Tesco slogan for their sign; STUDENTS – EVERY LITTLE HELPS, and down at the crossroads, it’s Guy’s Threepenny Bit folk franchise, five of them today. So I… Read more →
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Diary Of A Busker Day 261
Diary Of A Busker Day 261 Friday July 20th 2012 1. Opposite Phase Eight, Time: 1:30-2:15pm, 2. Opposite Bellis, Time: 2:20-2:51pmI set up just down from WH Smiths and just up from the Timpsons cobblers, the proprietor being the infamous Busker-Hater Of Winchester High Street, but I reckon I’m far enough away not to arouse his wrath. One of my… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 256
Diary Of A Busker Day 256 Saturday July 7th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:29-3:31pm, 2. Fire Exit – Debenhams, Time: 3:42-4:47pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 5:07-5:21pm It’s the first day of two, of the annual Winchester event, the Hat Fair, the (so-called) “celebration” of street theatre,” so there are a lot of people about, a lot… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 250
Diary Of A Busker Day 250 Friday June 22nd 2012 Winchester High Street Opposite Vodafone, Time: 12:55-3:01pm In the covered bit, just down from The Buttercross there are two young guys strumming through Space Oddity – most effective (and authentic) if you’ve got an acoustic 12-string guitar, of course, but they make do with a 6-string and a ukelele. They’ve… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 247
Diary Of A Busker Day 247 Saturday June 16th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 4:10-4:48pm, 2. Opposite O2, Time: 4:55-6:12pmA day of constant drizzle which I’m able to take for almost forty minutes until the moisture makes it quite difficult to play. Just one small droplet on the fretboard, when it comes into contact with a finger… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker Day 246
Diary Of A Busker Day 246 Thursday June 14th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Zizzi, Time: 2-3:14pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:37-4:13pm, 3. Opposite Bellis, Time: 4:30-5:45pm It’s choc-a-bloc with buskers today; starting at The Buttercross: Rob, as loud as ever, moving further down…a young guy with an acoustic guitar that I can barely hear… further down at the… Read more →