{"id":4872,"date":"2018-07-04T11:39:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T01:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4872"},"modified":"2018-07-04T11:39:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T01:39:52","slug":"five-ways-to-remember-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4872","title":{"rendered":"Five Ways to Remember: Dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4899\" src=\"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BX01F8_009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BX01F8_009.jpg 486w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BX01F8_009-162x300.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is dedicated to two small boys and all the terrifying real people who used to live around the Five Ways. If some of the people mentioned are not as real as they should be \u2013 it is mostly my fault. I hope I have caused no offence to any one I may have mentioned \u2013 through the vapourising of the past they were all helpful in bringing me down to what I am today.<\/p>\n<p><em>[W.E. Pidgeon c. 1970]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is dedicated to two small boys and all the terrifying real people who used to live around the Five Ways. If some of the people mentioned are not as real as they should be \u2013 it is mostly my fault. 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