{"id":1462,"date":"2017-04-13T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T14:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/?page_id=1462"},"modified":"2017-09-28T08:38:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T07:38:35","slug":"worshipful-company-spectacle-makers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/city-connections\/worshipful-company-spectacle-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1463\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/city-connections\/worshipful-company-spectacle-makers\/logowcsm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logoWCSM.jpg?fit=129%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"129,121\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"logoWCSM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logoWCSM.jpg?fit=129%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logoWCSM.jpg?fit=129%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1463\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logoWCSM.jpg?resize=129%2C121\" alt=\"WCofS Logo\" width=\"129\" height=\"121\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"titleText\">The Worshipful Company of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectaclemakers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spectacle Makers<\/a> <!--  styles --> <!-- Bootstrap core CSS --> <!-- Custom styles for this template --> <!-- accordian css --> <!-- OwlCarousel Stylesheets --> <!-- Just for debugging purposes. 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