Sylvia Kent, local historian and author

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In the 1930s Bishops Hall in Brentwood was a floral industry (Image: Jon Ellis/Corcoran family)

Sylvia Kent, local historian and author

When Bishops Hall blossomed with blooms bound for Covent Garden

Brentwood's open air swimming pool in North Road

Brentwood's open air swimming pool in North Road

Sylvia Kent, local historian and author

When Sainsbury’s was a swimming pool

Marygreen Manor Hotel in Brentwood has links to King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Marygreen Manor Hotel in Brentwood has links to King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Sylvia Kent, local historian and author

From royal links to hotel life at Marygreen Manor

Tattoo parlour Urban Ink remains in Hart Street despite the many changes in Brentwood (Image: PR Kent)

Tattoo parlour Urban Ink remains in Hart Street despite the many changes in Brentwood (Image: PR Kent)

Sylvia Kent, local historian and author

How Hart Street’s rich past has helped shape modern Brentwood

Brentwood High Street taken from the top of St Thomas Church around the early 1880s ( Image: M Shelley

Brentwood High Street taken from the top of St Thomas Church around the early 1880s ( Image: M Shelley

Sylvia Kent, local historian and author

Brentwood’s own Larkin family and the legacy that shaped the town