Conservatory (Supply-only) in South Ockendon

South Ockendon

South Ockendon is a small town as well as Church of England parish in the Thurrock borough and unitary district in Essex in the East of England, UK. It is located on the boundary with Greater London, just outside the M25 motorway. The location to the north is North Ockendon. South Ockendon village became a place for prefabricated homes (prefabs) suiting bombed-out homeowners of East London/West Essex in the very late 40s. Much of the initial post-war building and construction was carried out by former German prisoners of war. Most of these were demolished in the late-1960s when a huge Greater London Council estate, Lecaplan "concrete" construction houses-- the Flowers' Estate-- was built to replace them, once again with pre-fabricated residences, albeit of a superior layout. The Lecaplan Kind B type of pre-cast concrete (large panel concrete) balcony is constructed in rows of 8 properties to a design by J C Tilley and also manufactured by W. & C. French. In the 1970s the Ford Motor Company factory at Aveley housed Ford's Advanced Vehicle Operations which constructed cars and trucks such as the RS1600. The plant was wound down slowly from the late 90's however closed entirely in 2004, when the last 150 work were lost. Most of the 150 employees accepted transfers to various other Ford or secondary websites around Essex. The 'Aveley' plant was located along as well as west of the train line, beside Ockendon station in the Belhus Ward that part of Ockendon has actually currently been developed into new housing estates, with street names after famous Ford vehicles in keeping with the websites history.