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Gissing Centre
Heritage Open Day: The Gissing Centre is a small museum celebrating local writers, based in the childhood home of George Gissing (1857-1903) the late-Victorian novelist. The Centre invites visitors into a Victorian house in the heart of Wakefield. A display has been created to show locations used in one of Gissing's novels, A Life's Morning, much of which was set in a thinly-disguised Wakefield. There are films to view about Gissing's life and that of his family. Volunteer stewards will be on hand to explain how the Centre was established, and a model of the extensive building helps an understanding of the life of the Gissing household in this busy town centre location. There are bookcases full of Gissing's works and studies of his writings and life.
Sat 7 Sep:10am - 4pm; Sun 8 Sep:10am - 4pm; Sun 15 Sep:10am - 4pm; Free Entry.
2-4 Thompson’s Yard, Westgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1XH
Sat 7 Sep to Sun 15 September