Part 2 follows the next phase of Laindon's industrial expansion, from Laindon North in the 1970s to the huge Southfields development of the 1980s.
The original Durham Road estate was only the beginning of planned industrial development in Laindon. As the New Town grew, further land was prepared for employment uses to the north and west.
The first units on Laindon North Industrial Estate were let in 1977. The new estate was created over land that had previously contained woodland and residential roads including Archer Road and Victoria Crescent.
Early businesses included the soft-drinks company Alpine and Laindon firm G. A. Collinson Fencing. Dick Barnes's slaughterhouse, which pre-dated the estate, survived the redevelopment and was given an address on Stannetts.
The industrial expansion created a new pattern of roads and business units. Hemmells was built partly over the former line of Archer Road and provided access to what later became known as Laindon North Business Park. Stannetts and Newlands End became established industrial addresses.
Further west, the Southfields area became another major employment zone. The scale of development there was much larger than the small industrial yards of old Laindon and reflected the shift towards purpose-built factories, warehouses and offices.
One of the most significant industrial arrivals was Tanqueray Gordon. Its purpose-built gin bottling and distilling complex opened at Fenton Way in June 1984, after construction work that had begun in 1982.
The development occupied about 26 acres and included a large distillery and bottling operation together with a five-storey office block. Contemporary chronology put the cost at around £48 million. The company had previously operated from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell, London.
Despite the scale of the investment, the Laindon operation had a relatively short life. In 1998 a closure and relocation programme began, with production moved to Cameron Bridge in Fife, Scotland.
The creation of Laindon North and Southfields dramatically altered the old landscape. Former roads, houses, woodland and undeveloped land were replaced by industrial estates designed around heavy road access, larger buildings and modern employment.