{"id":279856,"date":"2026-06-05T10:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/?p=279856"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:48:10","slug":"wednesday-10th-june-2-00-pm-andy-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/wednesday-10th-june-2-00-pm-andy-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, 10th June, 2.00 pm, Andy French"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe life, Times and Legacy of Billy Butlin<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 The talk covers his life from modest beginnings in South Africa to his work as a travelling fairground \u201cShowman\u201d around the UK to the building of the world\u2019s first all-inclusive holiday camp in Skegness. You will find out about the risks he took, the luck he enjoyed and the millions he made and lost creating the institution that is known to us all as \u201cButlins\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We start at 2.00pm,\u00a0 entry costs just \u00a34 and includes refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe life, Times and Legacy of Billy Butlin\u201d.\u00a0 The talk covers his life from modest beginnings in South Africa to his work as a travelling fairground \u201cShowman\u201d around the UK to the building of the world\u2019s first all-inclusive holiday camp in Skegness. You will find out about the risks he took, the luck he enjoyed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Meeting the Queen at Buckingham Palace\"<br><br>John Talks about his day at Buckingham Palace and what he did to be awarded the MBE, by the Queen, for services to journalism and Charity.<br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":279405,\"width\":\"282px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weds-jb2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279405\" style=\"width:282px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279860,"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279856\/revisions\/279860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallheathcommunitycentre.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}