Payout for asbestos poster girl

The family of a Turner and Newall poster girl have won a five figure settlement from the company after she died from asbestos related cancer.

Martha Charlson, from Rochdale, helped promote the acceptable image of T&N in its heyday, when her photo appeared in a booklet detailing the firm's history.

She was pictured working at a spotless-looking asbestos spinning machine on the factory floor at Turner Brothers premises in Rochdale in 1957. But the photo was hardly a reflection of the rea... (42 more words)

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