Jim Black has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, which he believes he contracted while working for Vickers-Armstrong in South Marston or on passenger ships such as the QE2 A RETIRED factory worker who spent over 20 years working at the Vickers-Armstrong factory in South Marston is appealing to his former workmates for help in his legal battle after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma – an incurable asbestos-related cancer. Jim Black, 77, a Swindon grandfather, was given the deadly diagnosis in November 2014, devastating him, his wife of 57 years and their family, including two children and four grandchildren.
