Events

Event Information:

  • Sun
    13
    Oct
    2019

    Reading Gaol Hug

    14:00 - 16:00Reading Abbey Ruins

    Abbey Street, Reading RG1 3BA

    On 13 October we want to surround Reading Gaol in a "mass hug" as a demonstration of the wish to have Reading Gaol as an arts hub and museum accessible to all. Reading Gaol is an important heritage site. Oscar Wilde was incarcerated there and wrote “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”.

    The Ministry of Justice want to sell the Gaol to the highest bidder, most likely a housing developer. We want to surround the Gaol with people linking hands to show our support for it becoming part of the town, permanently open to the public as an arts hub and museum.

    We will congregate at the Reading Abbey Ruins before moving into position around the Gaol. Free and open to all

    For more information please contact Richard Rowlands by email at readinggaolhug@symbolic.net.