Buskers, Street Entertainers in Winchester, Hampshire*

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• Ok read all the stuff about 'Ron' I grew up a few doors down from Ron and I knew him very well, a total legend completely barking mad or was he? I remember he used to go to the dump and rescue bits of tat he was always walking down the road with something he'd just picked up, but the funniest one i remember was when he got a perfectly good pair of old style basketball trainers and painted them with pink emusion and wore them for years lmao He rarely spent a penny but always had a bulging wad of cash, he showed it to me once as he walked home one day,i joked with him about whether he had a girlfriend and he said in his high pitched nasal voice If i had a girlfriend i wouldn't have this and pulled it out of his back pocket must have been a couple of k in 20's and 50's, so who's mad!
• 'Burping Ron's' surname was actually PURSE. Some of us have lived here much longer than others!!
• Everything you said Never seen a big issue seller like him anywhere, he should get an award or be promoted or something
• Just to let you all know... Burping Ron Died early this week (Dec 2006), of natural causes at home, (yes he did have a home). He will be missed on the streets of Winchester, R I P Burping Ron.
• The big issue guy in winch is a legend! he told my emo friend that 'even emos can smile' and made us laugh for hours. burping ron died this wk which is well sad cos well all mis him on the high st. the fire juggler is amazing! and the random guy wiv weird red hair hu flails a whip on the high st nd does big shows
• Sorry to report that Burping Ron sadly passed away over the weekend. (13/12/2006)
• Remeber "Snowy" who used to sit by the Buttercross selling the Evening Echo? "PA-per!" Was TERRIFIED of him as a kid.
• burpin' ron!!wat a character!!hes de famous wintonian hobo:D! he aint polite, burps a lot :P and starts convos wit unexpectant peps. caries a buggie around in which he puts his 'shopin'(?) and sits in mostly. dey say hes a veteran. ders a lot of rumours a bout him. and he glares at u :)hes a funny character:D
• The man with red hair who amazingly gathers a very large crowd in bout 5 minutes! he is an amazing entertainer, a definate must see
• Dave, the richest tramp in Winchester
• fire guy
• dnt talk to burping ron...hes scary...all th big issue sellers r v friendly obv. nd the tramp who sits opposite pizza hut is always up 4 a chat!
• The guy with the three legged dog is quite a legend, he's always got some kind of instrument.
• burpin' ron
• Good ol' Ron!
• Sharon K - best DJ in Winchester - nice but nutty!
• Burpin ron is a living legend he burps at everyone from wolsey and oj
• Crazy Dave - good mad guy Burping Ron - Pain in the ass
• Some dude does some good fire devil-sticking.
• The guy that sells the big issue on the high street is very very amusing, he always has something to say to passers by. he may not be selling many big issues but he sure is entertaining...oh and the guy that gives out peaches and burps loudly (Foul Ole Ron) is pretty cool too.
• burping ron is the most famous (or infamous?) inhabitant of winchester. he burps at very regular intervals, mumbles stuff, sometimes pushes a pushchair around, and i have seen him wearing a very attractive buffy the vampire slayer top. even more scary, is the guy who walks like he has a wooden leg and cackles really loud at everything. there is also the guy who juggles with flaming.. and the german-looking xylophone players - they are a real treat.
• Geoff Else is a cunning young man. You may have seen him. He drives a car with paint all over it. Skulls, poetry, flowers, sk8 stickers all over it. As for him, ask him about how he lost his left nostril. He told me the story. I don't want to give the ending away but its all about sniffing wild sausages. + Stamp on tramps legs if they are asleep OR tell them you will give them a tenner if they dance for you........ then......... don't give them nowt (then laugh at them).
• Its Ronnie Purse not Ronnie Pearce. Trust me. He is a fab man who has a tendancy to get too amarous with the ladies as well as being a one man wind turbine.
• the dude in the orange shirt that does diabolo, wot a leg-end
• That bloke who sells the big issue should be shot! He's only funny if you like to see a drunk insulting people. It's worst when he picks on some old dear who doesn't know whats going on.
• Ron Perse is not a tramp - he lives with his sister!!!! He did once erect twleve sheds in his garden until the council made him take them down. There needs to be a monument to Ron - he is probably the last surviving village idiot in the country.
• five words-watch out for burping ron
• BIG ISSUE MAN!
• Theres a bum that plays the occordian and he walks around and farts and burbs, funny! And the guy sellin the issue outside the body shop, great funny guys!
• the hat fair is fab for street entertainment
• The big issue seller is a frigging legend!
• That bloke with a walking stick and doberman who shouts - much in a Father Jack style down the high street occasionally.
• Why has no-body mentioned the Big Issue salesman he is amzing, he can be really offensive, but funny when hes like it to other people. He is a god and deserves amention how much energy has that guy got???
• The fire juggler man with peircings can be admired for his skill and...insanity at wanting to juggle with burning substances is one noticable thing, along with a woman who drawns random stuff on the floor on Saturdays.
• The guy who sells the Big Issue is the funniest man alive - I think he deserves a state salary of £20k just to entertain the crowd.
• The guy with the Banjo, that band with the double base thing- the swamp things. and who could forget Burping Ron, if you want to be famous in a small town then burping in peoples face and trying to sell them erm... anything, is the way to do it!
• Burping Ron. Aidy- played the digeredoo and a very fun song ironically named "pig bastards". Swanny- RIP
• Burpin Ron has been known 2 buy old pants from oxfam n give them 2 ladies. NICE!! N apparently, he's not a tramp, he's a millionaire!! So maybe u lucky girls wiv da old pants should express ur gratitude!! N da doorman, short fat round skinhead who also cooks n has various pearcings, can't remember his name, but he's a good street entertainer! BLOODY CLOWN!!!
• if you're a) looking for buskers (?) b) looking to busk, then the high street is a fairly good place to go. a word of warning...try and avoid the high street from around 4pm onwards on a friday night cos you get all the random AA people trying to sell you insurance even though you blatantly don't own a car or something.
• all along the high street, I think winchester is one of the few places you don't need alicense to busk on the streets - but don't quote me on that
• Not technically a busker or street entertainer but life in Winch wouldn't be the same without Burping Ron.
• His name is RON not Bob, PERCE not Pearce!! You've not lived there long enough.
• I love them all. They're fantastic, especially the bloke who paints himself silver and stands there like a tit.
• Too many beggars with the obligatory manky dog(s) on the scav.
• Ron Pearce will entertain you in the town by burping and farting as he walks up the road,will also try to sell you some Christmas cards.Says he's retired now but was always on the dole anyway.Bod is no longer asking people if you've got 10p to lend him but there are still plenty of tramps on the scav accompanied by the obligatory sksnky dog.
• Burping Ron - gross tramp who burps at everyone. The HAT FAIR, usual christmas pappy singers.
• A blind man who whistles, a man with a digeridoo, a band called Street Level who are actually pretty good, various orchestral groups raising money for trips, and at Christmas practically every brass band in the area playing carols. In June/July, the Hat Fair with jugglers, stiltwalkers, etc
• pompous uniformed school children wheezing out carols at christmas,one man band tin whistlers etc.
• Look out for Bob, stinks, speaks in a squeaky voice and manages to burp everytime he passes anyone, at all, ever. Local celebrity. He is a tramp but class talent like that must belong in the Street Entertainer category.
• Christ, Winchester's got millions of those tramp/pipe players

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