South Ockendon
South Ockendon is a town as well as Church of England parish in the Thurrock district as well as unitary area in Essex in the East of England, UK. It is located on the boundary with Greater London, just outside the M25 motorway. The area to the north is North Ockendon. South Ockendon town became a place for prefabricated houses (prefabs) accommodating bombed-out citizens of East London/West Essex in the extremely late 40s. Much of the original post-war construction was undertaken by former German prisoners of war. Most of these were demolished in the late-1960s when a large Greater London Council estate, Lecaplan "concrete" building and construction homes-- the Flowers' Estate-- was constructed to replace them, once again with pre-fabricated residences, albeit of a superior style. The Lecaplan Kind B form of pre-cast concrete (huge panel concrete) terrace is constructed in rows of 8 properties to a layout by J C Tilley as well as produced by W. & C. French. In the 1970s the Ford Motor Company factory at Aveley housed Ford's Advanced Vehicle Operations which constructed vehicles such as the RS1600. The plant was unwinded gradually from the late 90's however closed completely in 2004, when the last 150 work were shed. The majority of the 150 employees accepted transfers to other Ford or ancillary websites around Essex. The 'Aveley' plant was situated along and also west of the railway line, adjacent to Ockendon station in the Belhus Ward that part of Ockendon has actually now been turned into brand-new real estate estates, with road names after famous Ford lorries in maintaining with the sites background.
