Home News Sport Announcements Jobs Most popular UK news Send us your news Cars Traffic & travel Business Directory Property Dating Desktop site At an inquest, York’s senior coroner Jonathan Leach ruled that exposure to asbestos dust was a “significant factor” in the death of Don Welby. The inquest at New Earswick Folk Hall heard that he had been a joiner at York Carriageworks for 20 years from 1967 to 1987.