A group of Laing workers posed during the topping out ceremony for the new Eastgate Shopping Centre

Date:
17 Jul 1984
Location:
Eastgate Shopping Centre, Southernhay, Basildon, Essex
Reference:
JLP01/09/841427
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The topping out ceremony was for Phase II of the Basildon Eastgate Shopping Centre which took place on the roof of the 10-storey block. The shopping centre was built by Laing's South Eastern Region for the Basildon Development Corporation, with work starting in April 1982.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/09 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives 1974-1994; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Shopping Centre, People Posed