{"id":391,"date":"2017-04-01T15:44:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.battison.org\/?p=391"},"modified":"2017-04-01T15:45:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T14:45:14","slug":"the-westgate-team-from-a-previous-century-when-we-were-filled-with-hope-and-knees-didnt-hurt-as-much-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battison.org\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"The Westgate team, from a previous century when we were filled with hope and knees didn&#8217;t hurt as much"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-370\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-370\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div 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400w,https:\/\/www.battison.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Westgate1-1024x682-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-372\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 5px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  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