South Ockendon
South Ockendon is a small town and also Church of England parish in the Thurrock borough as well as unitary area in Essex in the East of England, UK. It is located on the border with Greater London, just outside the M25 motorway. The area to the north is North Ockendon. South Ockendon town came to be an area for prefabricated homes (prefabs) fitting bombed-out locals of East London/West Essex in the really late 40s. Much of the original post-war building was carried out by former German prisoners of war. Most of these were knocked down in the late-1960s when a large Greater London Council estate, Lecaplan "concrete" building homes-- the Flowers' Estate-- was constructed to change them, again with pre-fabricated houses, albeit of a premium layout. The Lecaplan Type B type of pre-cast concrete (big panel concrete) balcony is built in rows of 8 residential properties to a layout by J C Tilley and made by W. & C. French. In the 1970s the Ford Motor Company factory at Aveley housed Ford's Advanced Vehicle Operations which built autos such as the RS1600. The plant was relaxed slowly from the late 90's however shut entirely in 2004, when the last 150 tasks were shed. The majority of the 150 workers approved transfers to various other Ford or ancillary sites around Essex. The 'Aveley' plant was located along and west of the train line, beside Ockendon station in the Belhus Ward that part of Ockendon has actually currently been turned into brand-new real estate estates, with street names after renowned Ford lorries in keeping with the websites history.
