{"id":14143,"date":"2024-04-07T15:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T14:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14143"},"modified":"2024-08-02T23:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T22:11:31","slug":"14143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14143","title":{"rendered":"Old Entrance to Whitehall Quarry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1979\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1979\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?fit=593%2C76\" data-orig-size=\"593,76\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"environment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?fit=300%2C38\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?fit=593%2C76\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1979\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?resize=593%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?w=593 593w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?resize=300%2C38 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Old Entrance to Whitehall Quarry<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Having been given permission from Alex the narcissist, to work in Upper Wenvoe, the boys tidied up the verge at the old entrance to Whitehall Quarry. If you recognise the chap in the light blue conservative coat, first left, could you let the police know, as every time we work in this area he comes along and berates passing motorists on their driving. When a driver takes offence, big John has to save him from a battering. Apparently, he\u2019s French so that may explain the behaviour. We&#8217;ve asked at the new home, but they haven&#8217;t started taking residents yet. Ieuan thinks he may be an onion seller, as he looks like one that used to reside in the village during the war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=14159\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14159\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=14159\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture6d.png?fit=500%2C338\" data-orig-size=\"500,338\" 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=\"Picture6d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture6d.png?fit=300%2C203\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture6d.png?fit=500%2C338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14159\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture6d.png?resize=500%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture6d.png?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Picture6d.png?resize=300%2C203 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our next outing will be on 8th April at the Community Centre. We are of course grateful for the offer of biscuits from well-wishers when we&#8217;re on duty, but without tea to dip the ginger nuts, we find them too hard. We are mostly wanting Jaffa cakes!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP Old Entrance to Whitehall Quarry Having been given permission from Alex the narcissist, to work in Upper Wenvoe, the boys tidied up the verge at the old entrance to Whitehall Quarry. If you recognise the chap in the light blue conservative coat, first left, could you let the police know, as every time we work in this [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6cWjO-14143","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10968,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=10968","url_meta":{"origin":14143,"position":0},"title":"Walston Road Ivy Cut-Back","author":"Alan Williams","date":"7th February 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP The team\u2019s first outing of the year took place on the old narrow section of Walston Road adjacent to Grange Avenue. 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