{"id":13,"date":"2025-09-07T10:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T10:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telfordlions.org.uk\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:54:34","slug":"telford-lions-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/telfordlions.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-77d9e090 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d0a7695 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-006adf86 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div 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