1920s

Style: Elegant Afternoon Tea, Gatsby excess, Brideshead charm, croquet on the lawn, chaps and chapesses, clusters of occasional tables, table service from butlers, moustaches, tweed and bicycles.

Venue: The long lawns of a mansion house.

Modern Twist: Rap music in a 1920’s style from The Gentlemen Rhymer and a barbershop quartet on stilts like The Top Bananas.

Menu:  Elegant food for elegant people

• Finger sandwiches edged in fresh herbs decorated with edible flowers
• Stuffed eggs and celery
• Pineapple cake
• Florentines
• To Drink: Pimm’s, tonics and tea in matching tea sets

1940s

Style: Victory Tea Dance Celebrations, muted colours, Keep Calm and Carry On, prints, black and white photos, homemade jam as favours, strawberries and British reserve meets jiving GIs.

Venue: A pristine marquee in the garden strewn with home sewn bunting.

Modern Twist: Modern classics from the Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys sung in a war time classic style, and ice cream served from a vintage tricycle from a company like Surrey Ice Creams.

Menu: A buffet of cakes and afternoon tea from mismatched vintage cups

• Lemon drizzle cakes
• Soft, puffy buttermilk scones with jam and clotted cream
• Farmhouse fruit cake
• Flapjacks with ginger
• To Drink: Tea, ales, elderflower and lashings and lashings of ginger beer
• Evening Buffet: Pie and mash"

Also, I say classic French fare would suit your wedding style.