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Originally Posted by accyman

is it an urban legend about a nurse killing babies at roughlee hospital in baxenden or did it actually happen , i recall been told about it a long long time ago but never realy looked into it .

Rough Lee Maternity Hospital was never in Baxenden, its the last property at the top of the paved area of Rough Lee Rd.
It was the old home of the Nutter family. During WW1 the Slingers were living there when their son George was killed in November 1916.

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