Buskers, Street Entertainers in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire*

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Buskers, Street Entertainers

• the big issue seller outside the train station who takes it upon himself to tell strangers how terrible his life is :|
• The bald 7ft guy who sells Examiners - Try calling him 'Monk' and run Watch out for the really violent alcho irish guy - and art student filmed him on a bench and showed it as a modern piece at the library.
• lawrence batley
• There's a guy called Henry Foote who sits outside GH college and sings randomly, go hug him!
• Ken the crackhead birkby, a.k.a shake rattle and roll keneth with the crack/ de la bensefish mc stench and all the other 10$ mtv base shox and mesh pugs in birkby. momma got a hooptay
• Mad mick- wanders round newsome and town, usually in bare feet. Fury- mates with mad mick and is an alchy. Penny Picker- picks up coppers around greenhead.
• The tramps. If your lucky enough to see them in the morning when they are sober do not start a conversation with them as they will track you down in town and follow you. There is also the guy who has massive violent arguements with his own reflection in the mirrors in Packhorse centre. Very sad (but amusing in a cruel way) and although he seems a dangerous nutcase once he settles the arguement with his reflection he will wander off. Do not call the police as he is harmless. There is also the dodgy artist (who looks like a tramp) who has it in for the council and does "wacky" things to get in the paper (which isn't hard when the usual front page is things such as "Lard Shortage Hits Town" (a true headline))

• Sir Richard Branson's Mother used to live in Huddersfield until 1987
• What do you mean "selling the Big Issue doesn't automatically make you an entertainer" what about that bloke who says "hello" to everybody whilst wearing the most eccentric get-up known to man? He's a star. Quite mad. Then, of course there's Jake Mangelwurzel, livening up the Civic Centre with his own brand of sculpture.
• Grizwold Montgommery III Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe. She's a bit of a skeggy bitch but quite cute and very friendly Great Northern Street offers many street 'entertainers'
• big kid. a famous town fan, he is large has a red face and bright blond hair. aged about 16 / 17.
• Probably 99.9 per cent of the population.
• Those crazy female evangelists that turn up in town from time to time. It's worth hanging around to listen to them all speak, some of the funniest stuff you'll hear.
• The guy who sold the Examiner who looked like a 6 ft 4 Friar Tuck.

• If anyone knows where our singing Big Issue Star has moved to, please inform us!
• rightio, the big issue singer seller has disapeared (sniff) There just seems to be ugly mingers who pong a lot selling them now, the occasional wino and his dog oh and them numptys in the town center trying to sell buddhist books. One way to get rid of them is to shout guranga, smile and run off - works every time
• the man who sings love song to the bins in the bus station - that guy is the best!!!! the white cider army outside the bus station - there unison of jeers fills me with joy - who knows what there saying
• Saturdays. You can guarentee teher will be a hippy doing hair braiding on gulliable kids outside Boots.
• The Big issue man who stands outside M&S is fantastic and should be nominated for an award. The man with the Wallace and Gromit organ that sits in the middle of the precinct with a microphone straped round his neck with a coat hanger.
• You know this singing "Issue" seller that everyone's been raving about? Well, his name's Angelo and the local BASTARD shopkeepers have had him "moved on". I'm delighted to say that the M&S doorway is now filled by a miserable junkie-type who scowls at anyone who passes. Hope their takings bomb!
• The Big Issue seller who used to sing outside the Marks And Spraks entrance has been harrassed out of town. He will be sadly missed.
• The singing Big Issue seller is still here (Dec 2000) and doing good parodies of classic hits ("Buy The Big Issue, Oh buy the Big Issue and help me out, help me out, help me out..." to the tune of "Start Me Up" etc...)
• Be wary of a pissed-up student by the name of Laurence Goodall who has a habit of drink-driving shopping trolleys with his girlfriend as passenger...
• singing Big Issue seller.he is one of hudds greatest assets
• Make-up woman. Lots of Nutters.
• Theres a really cool big issue seller that sings - He sells loadsa magazines!! Whenever he see's me he starts singing pretty woman - Flattery gets you everywhere!
• Some sad bible basher. Avoid at all costs.
• Best street entertainers are the pissed up tramps that sit underneath the ramps to the car park above the bus station.
• There's currently (March 2000) a Big Issue vendor who sells the issue by singing (quite well) He's really popular, except with the other Issue sellers.
• Greenhead park normally has an amazing display of giroey people...

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