South Ockendon
South Ockendon is a small town and also Church of England parish in the Thurrock district as well as unitary district in Essex in the East of England, UK. It lies on the boundary with Greater London, just outside the M25 motorway. The area to the north is North Ockendon. South Ockendon village came to be a location for prefabricated residences (prefabs) accommodating bombed-out citizens of East London/West Essex in the very late 40s. Much of the initial post-war building was embarked on by previous German prisoners of war. Most of these were knocked down in the late-1960s when a huge Greater London Council estate, Lecaplan "concrete" building residences-- the Flowers' Estate-- was constructed to change them, once more with pre-fabricated homes, albeit of a remarkable layout. The Lecaplan Kind B kind of pre-cast concrete (large panel concrete) terrace is created in rows of eight properties to a style by J C Tilley as well as manufactured by W. & C. French. In the 1970s the Ford Motor Company factory at Aveley housed Ford's Advanced Vehicle Operations which built cars and trucks such as the RS1600. The plant was unwinded gradually from the late 90's yet shut totally in 2004, when the last 150 jobs were lost. Most of the 150 workers accepted transfers to 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 currently been turned into brand-new housing estates, with street names after famous Ford cars in keeping with the websites background.
