A brief history of Town Twinning

Town twinning began soon after the end of the Second World War, as a way of rebuilding friendship between the people of Europe. The movement was very popular and a huge number of towns and villages now have at least one “twin” somewhere in the world.

Our group grew from a link, organised by language teachers at Shenfield High School (John Roper) and Collège Albert Camus in Montbazon, in the 1970s. The formal Twinning Agreement was signed by Civic Heads of Brentwood and Montbazon on 19th March 1994.