Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 25 July 1908
An Edwardian wedding with some extremely large hats Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 6 August 1910
The stylish trappings of a military wedding in 1911 Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 7 October 1911
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
A grand wedding of one of Pittville’s grandest families, the Winterbothams Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 July 1913
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
Just on the eve of war, with smaller hats already in evidence Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 1 August 1914
A wartime wedding, and time for shorter skirts, and smaller hats, and uniforms Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 20 February 1915
This time round, a more restrained wartime Winterbotham wedding Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 20 February 1915
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
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
One of the Chronicle's first 1920s wedding snaps Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 February 1921
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
A typical 1920s society wedding for Elsie Grant Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 13 June 1925
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
And cloche hats galore at Marjorie Silk's flapper wedding Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 16 June 1926
Yet another 'interesting' wedding, as the paper has learnt to call them Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 19 January 1929
Margaret Davies's 'interesting' wedding in 1929 Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 27 July 1929
Top hat, tails, and spats for Elsbeth Grist's bridegroom in 1929 Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 3 August 1929
A 1930s wedding Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 1 November 1930
Cloche hats were still all the rage for Marjorie Webb's wedding in 1931 Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 9 May 1931
The newspaper caption almost seems to write itself for Gwendoline Bayston's wedding in 1932 Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 12 November 1932
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
Kathleen Benfield's wedding in 1933. Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 11 November 1933
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
A smart wedding from 1938. Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 10 December 1938
War has just started. Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 21 October 1939
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
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
A wartime wedding of two neighbours from Pittville Circus Road. Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 26 April 1941
Another simple wartime wedding for two Pittville residents. Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 26 April 1941
A more elaborate wartime wedding. Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 19 July 1941