Reading Prison is at the centre of a community campaign to transform the site into an arts and culture hub.
A talk by Mark Stevens, County Archivist for Berkshire, will provide a brief history of the county gaol, focusing on the Georgian period to the end of the First World War.
He has authored two books on 19th-century mental health, including ‘Life in the Victorian Asylum’, based on the Fair Mile Hospital in Cholsey.
It takes place from 7.30pm on Tuesday, May 2, at the Reading Quaker Meeting House on Church Street, and is organised by Reading Humanists.
Confirm attendance on Meetup.com, and searching for Reading Humanists.
