These nostalgic images show the early days of a popular North Swindon pub.

Arkell's opened The Tawny Owl in Taw Hill in October 2003, with Craig and Joanne Titchener at the helm.

It was the Swindon-based brewery's newest pub before The Strawberry Thief opened in the Tadpole Garden Village in 2023.

In January 2004, just a few months after The Tawny Owl welcomed its first punters, the couple in charge told the Adver that they were keen to make it possible for couples to get married there.

Later that year, their dream became reality and Philip Mercer and Elizabeth Marshall became the first couple to be wed in the tavern.

The Adver reviewed the weekly all-you-can-eat Mexican food night in 2012. Then in 2016, we reviewed the "good pub grub" on offer and admired the huge portions in which it was served.

The village pub continues to be popular 20 years later.