Title: Buses in Brentwood
Author: Chris Stewart
Publisher: The Omnibus Society London Historical Research Group
ISBN: 978-1-909091-15-3
Specification: 210mm x 150mm, 32pp, softback
Price: £4.75 (plus £1.25 postage) from London Historical Research Group, Curry Farm, Halstead Lane, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, TN14 7EP (cheques payable to ‘Omnibus Society (LHR Group)’)
This latest body of work from the Omnibus Society’s London Historical Research Group focuses on one of the small commuter towns that lie just beyond today’s red bus world but are close enough to have been shaped by the policies of London Transport, its heirs and successors.
Brentwood’s position on the routes linking London with Southend and Chelmsford has added some richness to the story of the town’s bus services.
As seems to be a convention in some transport histories, this one takes the Brentwood story back to the 12th century and even references the Romans before tackling the development of the bus services first introduced after World War 1 to address shortcomings in the railway services. The National Omnibus & Transport Company established a presence from 1920, followed rapidly by London General.
While much of the story that follows is of Lo…
