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Promenading in front of the Pump Room in early July 1914, a week after the assassination
of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but before war was declared in Europe
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The Mayor, W. N. Skillicorne, and his sisters wait in the tent to greet their next guests
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Tea, smiles, sunshine, and a table
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Just the sunshine here
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(left) Brothers Paish, Steele, and Bastin from the Ancient Order of Foresters receiving the visitors
(right) 'A merry party at tea'
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 August 1916
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(left) 'Visitors and friends';
(centre) 'Ices and fruit salad for ten';
(right) 'Unconscious of being snapped'
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 August 1916
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(left) 'Enjoying the shade';
(right) 'Another happy family at tea'
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 August 1916
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'Sir James Agg-Gardner, M.P., planting a tree to commemorate the jubilee of his public life in the town'
- that's a shame about the weather!
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'Dickens characters who gave the tea-party scene from the Pickwick Papers'
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More members of the Pickwick cast
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'Mr. Gough weighing one of the goddesses in the classical play. He was very assiduous
and reaped a fine harvest of coins': their caption, not mine
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In case we forget there's a war on: 'Capt. Rev. R. H. M. Bouth with some of his cadets'
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'Two pretty little butterflies'
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'Four tiger lilies'
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'Four ladies appearing in the floral play'
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Pickwick: the cast goes on...
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'A group of roses in floral play'
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'Three American soldiers and a lady' (second from left)
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'Four drummer boys as tulips' (as they do)
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'A first prize winner at the Saturday Hospital display'
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Whist-drivers ready for the off
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'The four promoters - Messrs Mullins, Harman, Slatter, and Dimond' (the microphone is in the plant)
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A lucky hand?
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MP Sir James Agg-Gardner opens the event
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 6 September 1919
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Spectators engaged in the traditional art of milling about
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The National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers' decorated car,
which took first prize for its depiction of 'The Better 'Ole', from the WW1 cartoon caption:
(two soldiers in a bomb-hole) 'Well, if you knows of a better 'ole', go for it.'
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There was keen competition, and the Gas Works' Stall picked up the silver cup given by Mr. Margrie
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'A merry party', ready for anything
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'Throwing at Aunt Sally'
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'Discharged soldiers and sailors in procession'
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Balneological? The branch of medicine concerned with the beneficial effects of baths.
They came to the right place, then
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The Mayor opens the Carnival from 'Mr. Hill's big scenic railway'
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Two stalls and assorted bystanders
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'Councillor J. P. Pates fetches down 13 stone, declaring he has lost 1 1/2 stone since becoming a councillor'
The old ones are the best
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'Fishing for prizes at 4d. a time'
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(left) 'Having her palm read by a professional';
(right) The Mayor and Mayoress have a ride on the roundabouts with Mr. Welstead and others'.
What are we waiting for? The big scenic train to go past?
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Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 25 September 1920
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'Mr. Lyn Rainger and Mrs. Leeson, as Mr. and Mrs. Harris with their family'
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'Messrs. Barnett, Williams, H. O. Barnett, Miss M. Elliot, Master C. Jessop,
Miss Booth, Messrs. W. Banks (who won first prize for character impersonation),
H. Hall, Phillips, Hole, and Hannam-Clarke as various characters of the period'
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'Mr. Hylton Jessop and his two sons, as H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester,
Master Burke (Master C. Jessop), and the Earl of Berkeley (Mr. Walter Jessop)'
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'The Duchess of Kent (Mrs. A. W. Martyn, who won first prize for costume),
Princess Victoria (Miss Leeson), and their retinue, Mr. Marshall, M. C. (Mr. Guthrie) on right'
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'Mrs. Higgs (seated), Miss Joyner, Miss Briggs, and Miss Wilton (ladies of the period)'
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(left) 'Mrs. Seacome and Mr. R. Tomlinson, as Lady and Lord Sherborne'
(right) 'Misses Dunn, Leach, and Thomas, who each sang a London street-cry song'
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'Mrs. Boileau, as a 'visitor', won second prize for ladies' costumes'
At least the dog is behaving
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(left) 'Members of the Primrose League who performed. Mrs. Child, seated in centre, won first prize for best bonnet'
(right) 'Miss Bastard, as Madame Malibran, won fourth prize for beautiful costume'
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'Coun. E. Rogers as Charles Mathews (the actor), and Dr. G. F. Edwards, as Mr Kean (the actor).
The latter won second prize for character impersonation'
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'The company lined up to be judged by Mrs. Kendal and Mrs. Drake'
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'Waiting for the prize-giving' (You won't all get one)
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'Two girls going high on the kiddies' swings'
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'So glad of a rest and a sit down on the grass'
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'The lake was fringed all the afternoon by a crowd of kiddies, for whom water always has an attraction'
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'There was a crowd waiting to go on the boats all the afternoon'
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'Listening to 'The Frills' outside the Pump Room' (apparently what kiddies like to do)
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'The General Secretary, President and his wife, with Messrs. Welstead, Whitbread, Midwinter,
and Lamb (of Cheltenham) on the steps of the Pump Room', at the Chamber of Trade garden party
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'A 'mixed' party listening to the band'
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'In front of pavilion' (smiling delegates at last)
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'Resting from the heat'
or waiting for the bus
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'Drs Meyrick Jones and Howell, with Mrs. Meyrick Jones and a friend'
(the gentlemen clearly aren't much to look at)
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'Start of Boys' Swimming Race'
(show some commitment, please)
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'Cheltenham and Stroud Polo Teams, who played a match won by the former'
(You can see where University Challenge got the idea from)
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'Watching Children's Sports'
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'Girls' Needle and Thread Race' (don't ask)
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'Boy Swimmers'
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'Finish of Boys' Race'
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'A Tea Party'
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'The Children's Sports Committee'
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'Miss Lynda Richards (centre), with her pupils, who gave exhibition dances'
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'A little equestrian exercise'
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'Watching dancing exhibition by Miss Woodward's pupils'
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'Solo Dance in hunting costume by the baby of the party'
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'A Grecian Dance'
Hmmm - not great dancers, those Greeks, then?
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'Mrs. Kotch, Miss Deacon, Mr. Kotch, and Mr. Deacon'
Venus and Mars
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'The Hosts: Mrs. and Mr. E. J. Burrow, Mrs. and Mr. W. S. F. Harris'
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'Mr. C. Dodwell, Mrs. H. O. Barnett, Mrs. C. Dodwell, and Mr. H. O. Barnett'
From the point of view of the caption-writer, it would have been more convenient
if they'd swapped seats
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'The attendants of Salus and of Minerva form the words of Cheltenham's motto'
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'The Mayor of Cheltenham, with Sir Jas. T. Agg-Gardner (on right), the Town Clerk,
and the three Majors of Gloucester, Stratford-on-Avon, and Tewkesbury open the Pageant as they march on'
I'd have shortened that one
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'King John (Lieut.-Col. H. A. Lake). Henry de Bohun (Miss Moisey), and attendants'
Sorry - the last two captions have been ironically switched
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'A group of friends in various episodes'
(including 'The Swinging Sixties', it seems)
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'King Henry II. (Miss Cathcart) and Isabella, Queen Mother (Mrs. H. Handley), and attendants in Pageant'
I remember Miss Cathcart from Hi-Di-Hi
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'A goal to the Olympic Team in the polo match.
Turk just fails to keep a hot one out in the corner of the goal'
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 9 May 1931'
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'The Rest Team. Standing: Turk, Reynish, Sutton.
Seated: Voyce, Freegard, Peter, Tiver.'
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Spectators watching the game unfold
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(left) 'Lady Mary Cambridge presenting cup for the best dog in show to Mrs. Cyril Pacey for her West Highland white dog, 'Champion Wolvey Pepper'
(right) 'Lady Mary Cambridge with ladies' committee'
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(left) 'Miss Keyte Perry's Samoyed ('Zone of the Arctic') receiving finishing touches to his toilet before going in the ring'
(right) 'A group of Borzois being judged'
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(left) 'Mrs. Sockett and 'Aloma of Ketsoe''
(centre) 'A queer bird, 'Harika of Baberbach', first prize Afghan hound, owned by Mrs. Prude, of Cheltenham'
(right) 'Miss Mansell with her Great Danes and a wolfhound'
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'A dance in progress' in front of the Pump Room
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'The entry of the King and Queen (spectacular figures in one of the dances)'
- just in case you thought they were the real thing
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'A crowd of dancers marshalled ready to enter the ring'
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A scene from the 1935 folk-dance festival
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'Central School girls, who took part in two games of living chess'
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'Ald. C. H. Margrett, C.B.E., Mr. R. O. Seacome, and Councillor E. W. Garland
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'Councillor T. W. and Mrs. Waite and Mrs. R. Haidon with some Swedish boys and girls on a Rotary visit'
(Sorry - I had to cut out the boys)
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