Buskers, Street Entertainers in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear*

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Buskers, Street Entertainers

• Mark Storey. Eternal tale teller.Well known in Hastings Hill for his ability to stretch the truth.Top guy!!
• I think the guy known as 'Jimmy Jesus' or the 'Billy Connelly lookelike dude' has died. Well thats what i heard today. Don't really know if it's true. (14/03/07)
• Dave the Rave
• dave the rave - that boy is hardcore! can often be seen around the town in any bar with a dance floor, surrounded by a crowd of cheering admirers.
• the Sepector. but hes dead. he was called Brian he dressed used to dress up as a victorian ghost.... creep... but i think hes dead now cos this was like years ago. But when he wasn't creeping everyone out he painted ships.
• the Gypsys that hang around outside burger king/tucci/halifax (Market Square) "would you like to buy a lucky charm" errr no. then they apparantly curse you as you walk off.
• Jimmy Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Saw a bloke once in the market square. 'The silent tambourine man'. Had to be seen to be believed.
• Charves they are characters in there own little way. The way they assault you when you are outnumbered 4 to one and you are holding something important.Also the way they shout sweaty and goth at ppl who obvously dont wear bondage and get a bath more time than themselfs. And not forgetting the way they talk sounding like a broke kazoo or a duck being strangled and the rendition of skater boy to try and offend a sk8er even though they are within a safe running distance of 1 mile cause if confronted the mouth goes and they turn into a 100 meter sprinter.
• the guy who hangs out under a bridge that goes across the a19 in herrington although i think helives in middlesbourgh
• taxi Q outside beach every Sunday morning 2am !!! - Charva central...
• Jimmy Jesus is a legend, Often seen wandering around s/wick & marley potts !!!
• Jimmy jesus is cool a bit cracked up though
• The only 'characters' in Sunderland are hideous, incestous, cider drinking charves that pollute society with their violent ways. I feel sorry for any student that is brave enough to even think about studying in Sunderland, as they will probably be knifed for polluting the gene pool.

• Dave the rave! the face to see in any club! You'll know him from the rest - he'll be raving to any music, including S Club...
• Bob the parkie in Mowbray has a grudge against skaters and loves setting the old Bill on them.
• Drumers, flame jugglers, bands, comedy many of street entertainments at night and also during the day.
• whilst strolling around houghton keep an eye out for a young lass in a red p reg fiesta if you see her make sure youre standing where you cant be hit and warn others around you
• the charva's...theyre incredibly fun to laugh at with there 'like how's' and 'ner na's'
• Dave the Rave - Sunderland's notorious freelance street & club dancer - will dance for a pint of blackcurrant juice - he has been sent by GOD Himself to dance on the streets of Sunderland
• what about Bobby Knoxall ?Not only is he funny,he is kindand a real Trooper!!!
• there is sumtimes a bum who sleeps in the bustop and gets kicked to fuck
• MEEE!!!!!!!!! u can find me at central metro station singing "we all live in the yellow submarine"
• The rat man who walks around with his hair all matted together. Biggest bachelor in sunderland if any of you ladies is feeling randy.
• jimmi jesus
• Old transporter on a Tuseday night buskers come in and sing for a pint Quality night!
• they are gay!
• There is always a busker in the tunnel next to the new WH Smith, theyre realy crap!!
• ROCK ON JIMMY JESUS
• Jimmy Jesus is a sifght for sore eyes, Man get your hair cut!!!
• Only that homeless guy who plays the penny whistle sometimes in the winter
• Several, mostly guitar, whistle and flute players. Entertainment comes from watching the hawkers flee when the police arrive.
• Good Busker in the arcade linking barclays bank (fawcett st) with the bridges.
• to many bbbiiiggg issuussse help homeless they have all got mobiles any way skint my ass
• Theres a man that plays a violin outside of Argos. Hes brilliant
• Today (29/03/00) there was a bloke in Blandford St. doing a half decent attempt at Hank Marvin.
• SCARY Big Issue people leap out @ u from the arch beside the old Bon Marche saying "By Gishoo elp thomelehhhhhhs!"
• Big Issue sellers are everywhere! ahhhhhh!!!!! & they always sound Scottish ... Why?!?!!!
• The Big issue sellers.
• Next to Bon Marche in the City Centre
• Very good sax player about at the Crowtree leisure centre after 5pm, good rendition of 'Local Hero'

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