New Whittingham Hospital Rly Book

David Hindle's well-received 2010 book "All Stations to Longridge" is to be joined by a new book from the same author, covering the fascinating Whittingham Hospital Railway.

'In commemoration of Preston Guild, 2012, David Hindle takes a journey into history to explore the social, cultural and economic background to Preston during the Industrial Revolution, primarily to see if Preston lived up to the affectionate claim to be the ‘good old days'
David Hindle's extensive research suggests that the level of squalor, prostitution, pauperism and unwanted pregnancies contributed to poor health and the need for the penniless and mentally ill to be fully institutionalised in the established workhouse or the new asylums such as Whittingham, which was served by its own private railway.

This book is an altogether fascinating insight into the social history of Preston linked with a Victorian anochronism, 'The Whittingham Hospital Railway. '