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From the earliest days of Basildon's designation as a new
town the development corporation began drawing up plans for the first industrial estate. This
was built at Nevendon and called industrial estate No. 1. The first to open on it was
South-East Essex Wholesale Dairies, at Cranes Farm Road, in 1951. Carreras cigarette making factory
opened in 1960 by none other than the Duke of Edinburgh, who flew in by helicopter for the
ocassion. The 1960s saw Ford Motor Company invest heavily in Basildon when their Dagenham based Tractor Plant transferred to a new purpose built 100 acre site in 1964. Three years later their new Research and Engineering centre opened at Dunton, and with a Radiator plant at Nevendon operational they expanded further by taking over the vacant Station House in Cherrydown, renaming it Trafford house and making it the headquarters of their European Truck Division. Cosmetic giant Yardley of London relocated to industrial estate No. 2 in the mid 1960s and Marconi, Mk Electrics, Standard Telephones & Cables and Ilford films were other big names who chose to make Basildon their base. Another new estate called Southfields was created in the 1980s at Laindon. Gordon's Gin opened a 26 acre factory there in 1984. Text written 2006 with revisions 2006-2007. Copyright © 2006-2007, Basildon History Online. All rights reserved. | ||||||||||
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