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Location: Laindon shopping centre Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 10/07/2006 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: Laindon shopping centre rear car park. |
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Location: Laindon shopping centre Photographer: Stuart Wilson Year of photo: 27/08/2006 Copyright: Stuart Wilson Source: Stuart Wilson Comments: Looking down from the Health Centre. |
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Location: Laindon shopping centre Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 18/07/2006 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: High Road, Laindon and Clock House. |
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Progress on the development of Basildon new town, had until
the early 1960s, been largely concentrated on land within the designated area that required
little upheaval in respect of existing settlements. Until development began on the first new housing estate at Laindon in the early to mid 1960s, Laindon had remained relatively untouched, with the exception of the new Laindon Link direct road to Basildon, which opened in the late 1950s. By the late 1960s the Basildon Development Corporation had begun clearing the area that would become the Five Links housing estate, and were at that time also responsible for providing amenities to serve the new communities. Considerations for a centralised shopping centre in Laindon had been in the pipeline for some years, with work finally beginning in 1967, and within two years the first shops began opening in late 1969. An office block called Clock House was also built as part of the complex, complete with a clock face and large bell that clangs every quarter, though in recent years has remained silent. A split level public house called The Joker, opened in late 1970, was also provided. The shopping centre has been in the hands of private owners since being sold by the development corporation in June 1972. Text written 2006 with revisions 2006-2007. Copyright © 2006-2007, Basildon History Online. All rights reserved. |
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