17 Jun
Roof insulation
Rainham - RM13
Enquiry from: Frasina P
Start Date: Immediate
I would like to do loft isolation of my property (address removed)
South Ockendon
South Ockendon is a town and Church of England parish in the Thurrock borough and unitary district in Essex in the East of England, UK. It lies on the boundary with Greater London, just outside the M25 motorway. The location to the north is North Ockendon. South Ockendon village came to be a place for prefabricated residences (prefabs) accommodating bombed-out residents of East London/West Essex in the very late 40s. Much of the initial post-war building was taken on by previous German prisoners of war. The majority of these were demolished in the late-1960s when a huge Greater London Council estate, Lecaplan "concrete" construction residences-- the Flowers' Estate-- was constructed to replace them, once again with pre-fabricated houses, albeit of a remarkable design. The Lecaplan Kind B type of pre-cast concrete (large panel concrete) balcony is created in rows of 8 residential or commercial 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 constructed cars such as the RS1600. The plant was wound down slowly from the late 90's however shut totally in 2004, when the last 150 jobs were lost. The majority of the 150 workers accepted transfers to various other Ford or supplementary websites around Essex. The 'Aveley' plant was positioned along and west of the train line, beside Ockendon station in the Belhus Ward that part of Ockendon has now been become brand-new housing estates, with street names after famous Ford vehicles in maintaining with the sites history.
