{"id":5011,"date":"2025-05-27T12:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tamworth\/?p=5011"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:25:50","slug":"long-service-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tamworth\/2025\/05\/27\/long-service-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Service Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif\">SI Tamworth recently celebrated and presented awards for the long-service of two long-standing members. Betty and Susan have both served as President and have been members for forty years each. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tamworth\/files\/2025\/05\/2025-Betty_Bates_40_years.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5012 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tamworth\/files\/2025\/05\/2025-Betty_Bates_40_years-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif\">Betty, a former headteacher, served as President from 1991 to 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tamworth\/files\/2025\/05\/2025-Susan_Powell_40_years.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5013\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tamworth\/files\/2025\/05\/2025-Susan_Powell_40_years-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif\">Susan who served as President from 1996 to 1997 had her own business.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SI Tamworth recently celebrated and presented awards for the long-service of two long-standing members. 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