Following the successful Reading Gaol Hug a “March to the Gaol” was planned for 21st March 2020. This did, of course, turn out to be supremely bad timing and the March had to be cancelled because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The march was due to include pupateers, bands, choirs …..Reading Commnuity Choir wrote some new words for Jailbird by Primal Scream especially for the march:
Gaol Pride – Song for the March to the Gaol
Join us – #SaveReadingGaol**Please share with everyone who lives in Reading**We’ve made this lyric video so everyone can learn this song and join the parade …
Ellie Bonham made this amazing banner for the march:
Some of our dedicated campaigners participated in a hastily arranged “Virtual March to the Gaol”.
Campaigners hold virtual march in bid to save Reading Gaol – Wokingham.Today
CAMPAIGNERS re-imagined their latest protest to save the Reading Gaol from development by holding a virtual march. Originally, supporting residents planned to march through Reading on Saturday, March 21, in full Victorian costume, with signs and banners objecting to the plan to turn the Gaol into fl…