{"id":91,"date":"2012-04-22T14:18:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T14:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/?p=91"},"modified":"2020-08-08T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T15:17:30","slug":"return-of-elsie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/04\/22\/return-of-elsie\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of Elsie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She came home in a sorry state after many years of neglect and storage in non dry conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/0006-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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