A Hampshire widow whose husband died from an asbestos-related disease is looking for answers two years on. Pamela Warren is searching for information after her husband John contracted mesothelioma, a form of cancer, leading to a "horrendous" deterioration in his condition before he died. John, who worked as a joiner and carpenter, died aged 79 in September 2022.
He lived with his wife in the Wallington area of Fareham having begun work aged 15 and retired after a long and varied career which included making windows and working on luxury yachts. But now Pamela has appealed to anyone who may have worked with him at two of his employers - Marley Tiles in Portsmouth and Portsmouth Council - in the 1960s to help find out when he was exposed to asbestos. READ MORE: Southampton walk in support of London Legal Support Trust She said: “When we discovered John had mesothelioma, we were shocked.
"It had been years since John has worked anywhere where he could have been exposed to asbestos, and he had retired at the age of 63. “We just didn’t understand it. His symptoms came so quickly and his decline was extraordinarily quick.
"He was an absolutely wonderful man and I feel absolutely lost without him. I still have so many questions about how this has happened. “I know it is a long time ago, but it would mean an incredible amount to me if anyone who worked with John could come forward with any information about when and how he contracted this horrible illness.
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