{"id":4776,"date":"2020-06-01T16:26:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2020-06-01T16:26:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:26:03","slug":"boom-weve-zoomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2020\/06\/01\/boom-weve-zoomed\/","title":{"rendered":"Boom!  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