{"id":16914,"date":"2026-05-02T23:46:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16914"},"modified":"2026-05-02T23:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:48:06","slug":"16914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16914","title":{"rendered":"Twinning with Squeal Piggy"},"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>Twinning with Squeal Piggy <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<p>Wenvoe&#8217;s twinning with Squeal Piggy in the state of Deliverance USA, has meant that the village cultural attach\u00e9 along with a chosen few, have flown stateside to forge bonds with our American cousins.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this exodus, it has fallen on those left behind determined not to let this historic event pass us by. So, to impress our American cousins, the Environment Team, with some extra help and rooting tooting cowgirl Judy, put on a line dance routine reminiscent of a Black Friday sales event in Currys. Unlike a flash mob who appear out of nowhere then disappear without trace, this lot took hours to arrive by all manner of transport and an hour after the event they were still to be seen leaning on anything that would hold them up! They might be mad to put themselves forward for this, but Wenvoe is a better place for it.<\/p>\n<p>Those who had the energy left, cut the hedge around the memorial and trimmed some shrubs back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=16839\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16839\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16839\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=16839\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Environment-Team-2.jpg?fit=500%2C279\" data-orig-size=\"500,279\" 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=\"Environment Team 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Environment-Team-2.jpg?fit=300%2C167\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Environment-Team-2.jpg?fit=500%2C279\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16839\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Environment-Team-2.jpg?resize=500%2C279\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Environment-Team-2.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Environment-Team-2.jpg?resize=300%2C167 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We meet again, with no surprises, on 11th May at the Community Centre.<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP Twinning with Squeal Piggy Wenvoe&#8217;s twinning with Squeal Piggy in the state of Deliverance USA, has meant that the village cultural attach\u00e9 along with a chosen few, have flown stateside to forge bonds with our American cousins. Because of this exodus, it has fallen on those left behind determined not to let this historic event pass us [&#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":[47,433],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6cWjO-16914","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6832,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6832","url_meta":{"origin":16914,"position":0},"title":"The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus","author":"Alan Williams","date":"10th December 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus In Baltimore there lived a boy He wasn't anybody's joy. 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