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The woman who took on the Armley Asbestos Tragedy
PETER LAZENBY remembers June Hancock, who fought tirelessly to hold the factory that poisoned a town to account
1949 aerial photo showing the old J.W. Roberts asbestos factory surrounded by houses all covered in asbestos dust
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ARMLEY is an inner-city community in west Leeds. It is also the location of the Armley Asbestos Tragedy, which today continues to kill people — despite the banning of asbestos 20 years ago by a Labour government.
Armley was for 80 years home to the asbestos factory of JW Roberts.
The known dangers of asbestos were ignored.
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