TWO women have died from asbestosis after working in Barnsley schools, the Chronicle can reveal.
Post mortems carried out on Jean Weston, 86, and 84-year-old Laura Armitage revealed both were suffering from fatal mesothelioma, both had only worked in Barnsley schools.
Mrs Weston had been a teacher at Darfield Foulstone school for almost 40 years, only leaving when she retired in the late 1980s.
Mrs Armitage worked in the kitchens at the old Whinmoor School in Barugh Green from 1975 to 1988.
Their shocked families say they were 'stunned' when they were told that their mums had contracted deadly mesothelioma - or asbestosis. Inquests concluded both had died due to industrial disease.
Solicitors representing Laura Armitage's family want to hear from anyone who worked in the kitchen/school meals department with Mrs Armitage. Contact Terry Quy on 733533.
