Timothy Terror is my friend and is a street performer in Covent Gardens in London England. As Tim was getting prepared for his upcoming act in front of the stone church I glanced at a brass plaque on the side of the church.
Near this spot
Punch’s Puppet show
was
First performed in England
And witnessed by
Samuel Pepys
1662
I was just so in awe that street buskers have been performing almost continuously on this spot for almost 4 centuries . All day, as long as there was light street performers have stood here. Through wars, plague, riots, coronations, bombings, fires, intrigues, and just life, buskers have been captivating audiences right here, right in front of this old Anglican Covent Garden church.
As I was reading the brass plaque a young street busker friend of Tim’s walked over and said:
“I think the church is trying to kick us out.”
Rick Ranson 