NORMALLY Andrew Morley works as an accountant and spends his time juggling with figures -- but this weekend he will be donning a jester's suit and juggling balls and clubs.
Andrew, aged 33, from Horwich, will be one of a variety of street entertainers bringing fun and excitement to a mediaeval market being held in Churchgate in Bolton town centre in honour of celebrations marking the 750th anniversary of the town's Charter.
He said: "I can juggle with three balls for a quite a long time, basically until my hands get tired, and I can also juggle with four balls for a reasonable length of time.
"But I have not quite perfected juggling with clubs. Sometimes I can manage 100 throws-up -- at other times the clubs just bounce off each other and fall away!"
He began to juggle at the age of 14 with fun-sized Mars bars. He said: "I used to get a bit bored at lunchtime, so I started trying to juggle the Mars bars. It took me ages, but after about six months I was able to do it and it just went on from there."
He progressed to tennis balls -- and then juggling balls.
He has appeared as a juggler in an opera in Preston. He was on stage during a Parisian market scene where he juggled balls, surrounded by acrobats, while wearing Harlequin make-up.
He has also appeared in cabaret -- and even tried his hand at busking!
Other entertainment tomorrow and Sunday will be provided by musicians, dancers, Punch and Judy and a town crier.
A family from Ashton-in-Makerfield, Brian, Glynnis and Yann Radford, will be providing music as "Tapestry of Music" using replica instruments from mediaeval times, in the Varsity Pub.
One of the instruments they will be bringing is the hurdy-gurdy, which is an instrument with a handle on the side and a key board. The hurdy-gurdy has been around in one shape or another for a thousand years.
Other instruments that they will bring include lutes, harps, bagpipes and Crum Horns - which were popular musical instruments in the time of Henry VIII.
Tapestry of Music have performed before in Bolton. They have also performed in France, Germany, many of England's historic buildings and even before the Queen.
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