South Ockendon
South Ockendon is a village and Church of England parish in the Thurrock borough as well as unitary district in Essex in the East of England, United Kingdom. It lies on the border with Greater London, simply outside the M25 motorway. The area to the north is North Ockendon. South Ockendon town ended up being a location for premade residences (prefabs) suiting bombed-out locals of East London/West Essex in the extremely late 40s. Much of the initial post-war building and construction was undertaken by previous German prisoners of war. The majority of these were knocked down in the late-1960s when a huge Greater London Council estate, Lecaplan "concrete" building homes-- the Flowers' Estate-- was developed to change them, once more with pre-fabricated residences, albeit of an exceptional design. The Lecaplan Kind B kind of pre-cast concrete (huge panel concrete) balcony is created in rows of 8 homes to a style by J C Tilley and manufactured by W. & C. French. In the 1970s the Ford Motor Company factory at Aveley housed Ford's Advanced Vehicle Operations which developed automobiles such as the RS1600. The plant was wound down slowly from the late 90's yet closed totally in 2004, when the last 150 jobs were lost. The majority of the 150 workers accepted transfers to other Ford or supplementary sites around Essex. The 'Aveley' plant was located along and also west of the train line, adjacent to Ockendon station in the Belhus Ward that part of Ockendon has actually currently been become new housing estates, with street names after popular Ford automobiles in keeping with the sites background.