![Click here to view full sized image An Edwardian wedding with some extremely large hats<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 6 August 1910</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1910-08-06-wedding-of-Mr-W-Welstead-of-23-Clarence-Square.jpg)
An Edwardian wedding with some extremely large hats
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 6 August 1910
![Click here to view full sized image The stylish trappings of a military wedding in 1911<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 7 October 1911</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1911-Enid-Williams-wedding-3.jpg)
The stylish trappings of a military wedding in 1911
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 7 October 1911
![Click here to view full sized image Sailor suits and other pre-WWI wedding essentials: look out for changes in style as we enter wartime<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 21 June 1913</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1913-06-21-wedding-reception-Rhoda-Broughton-Pittville-Pump-Room-12-June-1913.jpg)
Sailor suits and other pre-WWI wedding essentials: look out for changes in style as we enter wartime
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 21 June 1913
![Click here to view full sized image A grand wedding of one of Pittville’s grandest families, the Winterbothams<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 12 July 1913</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/EthelWinterbotham-12July13-1.jpg)
A grand wedding of one of Pittville’s grandest families, the Winterbothams
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 July 1913
![Click here to view full sized image Floral displays everywhere, at another typical pre-WWI wedding<br>(watch out for a repeat of the newspaper caption later...)<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 12 July 1913</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1913-07-12-wedding-of-Beatrice%20Bain-9-July-1913-reception-at-Gwernant.jpg)
Floral displays everywhere, at another typical pre-WWI wedding
(watch out for a repeat of the newspaper caption later...)
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 July 1913
![Click here to view full sized image Just on the eve of war, with smaller hats already in evidence<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 1 August 1914</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1914-08-01-wedding-of-Rosalie-Brunt-22-July-1914.jpg)
Just on the eve of war, with smaller hats already in evidence
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 1 August 1914
![Click here to view full sized image A wartime wedding, and time for shorter skirts, and smaller hats, and uniforms<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 20 February 1915</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1915-02-20-wedding-of-Edythe-Wilkins-11-February-1915.jpg)
A wartime wedding, and time for shorter skirts, and smaller hats, and uniforms
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 20 February 1915
![Click here to view full sized image This time round, a more restrained wartime Winterbotham wedding<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 20 February 1915</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1915-09-25-wedding-of-Margaret-Winterbotham-21-September-1915.jpg)
This time round, a more restrained wartime Winterbotham wedding
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 20 February 1915
![Click here to view full sized image Smiles amidst the gloom as Armistice Day approaches, at the wedding of Nancy Lewis Grist of Wellington Square<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 2 November 1918</small>](/Galleries/Weddings/1918-11-02-wedding-of-Nancy-Lewis-Grist1.jpg)
Smiles amidst the gloom as Armistice Day approaches, at the wedding of Nancy Lewis Grist of Wellington Square
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 2 November 1918
![Click here to view full sized image And a distinct change of style after the war, with skirt lengths still rising and some very strange headgear<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 3 May 1919</small>](/Galleries/Weddings/1919-05-03-wedding-of-Peggy-Buckle-April-1919.jpg)
And a distinct change of style after the war, with skirt lengths still rising and some very strange headgear
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 3 May 1919
![Click here to view full sized image One of the <i>Chronicle</i>'s first 1920s wedding snaps<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 12 February 1921</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1921-02-12-wedding-of-Edwin-Goodeve-and-Dorothy-Steward.jpg)
One of the Chronicle's first 1920s wedding snaps
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 February 1921
![Click here to view full sized image Cloche hats vied with top hats at the Littledale wedding in 1925 (mother and sister of the bride)<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 2 May 1925</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1925-05-02-wedding-of-Esme-Littledale-d.jpg)
Cloche hats vied with top hats at the Littledale wedding in 1925 (mother and sister of the bride)
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 2 May 1925
![Click here to view full sized image A typical 1920s society wedding for Elsie Grant<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 13 June 1925</small>](/Galleries/Weddings/1925-06-13-wedding-of-Elsie-Grant-(2).jpg)
A typical 1920s society wedding for Elsie Grant
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 13 June 1925
![Click here to view full sized image Short skirts and lounge suits are the order of the day at Phyllis Compton's 1926 wedding<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 17 April 1926</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1926-04-17-wedding-Phyllis-Compton.jpg)
Short skirts and lounge suits are the order of the day at Phyllis Compton's 1926 wedding
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 17 April 1926
![Click here to view full sized image And cloche hats galore at Marjorie Silk's flapper wedding<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 16 June 1926</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1928-06-16-wedding-of-Marjorie-Silk-b.jpg)
And cloche hats galore at Marjorie Silk's flapper wedding
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 16 June 1926
![Click here to view full sized image Yet another 'interesting' wedding, as the paper has learnt to call them<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 19 January 1929</small>](/Galleries/Weddings/1929-01-19(2).jpg)
Yet another 'interesting' wedding, as the paper has learnt to call them
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 19 January 1929
![Click here to view full sized image Margaret Davies's 'interesting' wedding in 1929<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 27 July 1929</small>](/Galleries/Weddings/1929-07-27-wedding-of-Margaret-Davies.jpg)
Margaret Davies's 'interesting' wedding in 1929
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 27 July 1929
![Click here to view full sized image Top hat, tails, and spats for Elsbeth Grist's bridegroom in 1929<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 3 August 1929</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1929-08-03-wedding-of-Elsbeth-Lewis-Grist.jpg)
Top hat, tails, and spats for Elsbeth Grist's bridegroom in 1929
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 3 August 1929
![Click here to view full sized image Cloche hats were still all the rage for Marjorie Webb's wedding in 1931<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 9 May 1931</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1931-05-09(1)-wedding-of-Marjorie-Webb.jpg)
Cloche hats were still all the rage for Marjorie Webb's wedding in 1931
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 9 May 1931
![Click here to view full sized image The newspaper caption almost seems to write itself for Gwendoline Bayston's wedding in 1932 <br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 12 November 1932</small>](/Galleries/Weddings/1932-11-12-wedding-of-Gwendoline-Bayston.jpg)
The newspaper caption almost seems to write itself for Gwendoline Bayston's wedding in 1932
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 November 1932
![Click here to view full sized image During the 1930s longer dresses came back into fashion again, as at Joyce Bailey's wedding in 1933.<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 16 September 1933</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1933-09-16-wedding-of-Joyce-Bailey.jpg)
During the 1930s longer dresses came back into fashion again, as at Joyce Bailey's wedding in 1933.
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 16 September 1933
![Click here to view full sized image Kathleen Benfield's wedding in 1933.<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 11 November 1933</small>](/Galleries/Weddings/1933-11-11-wedding-of-Kathleen-Benfield.jpg)
Kathleen Benfield's wedding in 1933.
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 11 November 1933
![Click here to view full sized image This 1934 wedding (Florence Smith) was a restrained affair compared to some of the elaborate pre-war weddings.<br>But they all seem happy enough.<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 13 January 1934</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1934-01-13-wedding-of-Florence-Smith.jpg)
This 1934 wedding (Florence Smith) was a restrained affair compared to some of the elaborate pre-war weddings.
But they all seem happy enough.
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 13 January 1934
![Click here to view full sized image Another wedding from the early months of the Second World War<br>– the bride in a simple outfit and the groom in uniform with a military guard of honour.<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 18 November 1939</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1939-11-18-wedding-of-Margaret-Wyers.jpg)
Another wedding from the early months of the Second World War
– the bride in a simple outfit and the groom in uniform with a military guard of honour.
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 18 November 1939
![Click here to view full sized image A wedding from 1941 with the groom and best man in RAF uniform and the bride in a simple dress.<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 12 April 1941</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1941-04-12-wedding-of-Wendy-Tregale.jpg)
A wedding from 1941 with the groom and best man in RAF uniform and the bride in a simple dress.
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 April 1941
![Click here to view full sized image A wartime wedding of two neighbours from Pittville Circus Road.<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 26 April 1941</small>](/Galleries/Weddings/1941-04-26(1)-wedding-of-Maurice-Spickernell-and-Florence-Newman.jpg)
A wartime wedding of two neighbours from Pittville Circus Road.
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 26 April 1941
![Click here to view full sized image Another simple wartime wedding for two Pittville residents.<br><small><i>Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic</i> 26 April 1941</small>](/Galleries/GlosGraphic/1941-04-26(2)-wedding-of-Hugh-Brenan-and-Mabel-Curtis.jpg)