May 14 2008
Reading gaol
According to Wikipedia Reading (HM Prison) is the county gaol of Berkshire and formerly the site of executions. It was built in a cruciform shape in 1844, Victorian. It’s about the same age as the new old wendy house and built in the back-yard of the Abbey on the site of an old leper colony. Now its a ‘Young offender Institution and remand centre’ (1999 HM Govt report - includes interviews with prisoners)
Famous people incarcerated there include:
- Oscar Wilde: 1895-1897, 2 years hard labour for sodomy. The Ballard of Reading Gaol was written after his internment, dedicated to a man executed during Oscar’s internment.
- Stacey Keach: 1984, 6 months for possession of cocaine.
Reading gaol
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave! - Hotel California, The eagles 1976.
Its strange - I drove to work this morning stressing about
forthcoming exams. I know nothing, a blank mind,
proffsional wiping of the hard drive.
what do I say to the boss & team, how do I let them down lightly.
Sitting at my desk, opening my text book and I see a question on effective leadership
I pounce like a demented animal - I know this! Tannenbaum & Schmidt
‘leadership continum’ CPD, deligation and motervation.
Gaols of the mind, no walls required,
just the limmitations of your thoughts.
Initially, I went dyslexic and read “gaol” as “goal”. Made for a very interesting read about the town of Reading