Garlands ‘lunatic asylum’ – attitudes in 1862 Garlands, at Carleton, Carlisle, today is a modern NHS clinc and private housing. But to anyone familiar with its past, it is a name that perhaps se...Read More
The sad story of Frances Farlam tells us a lot about bereavement, mental health, and how both were ‘treated’ towards the end of the 19th century. It also shows that infant deaths – so common t...Read More
