{"id":2623,"date":"2017-02-11T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T13:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2016-10-11T16:48:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:48:33","slug":"beryls-brush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2623","title":{"rendered":"Beryl&#8217;s Brush"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote><p>As a reminder that Spring-cleaning may soon be necessary, one of the Garw\u2019s older residents, Beryl Roberts has sent us this poem that she wrote one\u00a0Spring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>No batteries in its spotted handle<br \/>\nNo computer in its red and blue head<br \/>\nNo mouth to feed, just a weekly wash,<br \/>\nAnd that is all it needs.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We glide along as we hum our song<br \/>\nAnd it always is a pleasure\u2028To say hello to the folk we know-<br \/>\nThat\u2019s something I\u2019ll always treasure.<\/p>\n<p>The Garw streets are not paved in gold:<br \/>\nTheir cobbles green with lichen<br \/>\nCarry the scars of the miners\u2019 feet;<br \/>\nThat\u2019s why we are there to brighten.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud to be a Valley Girl,<br \/>\nThat\u2019s why I wield my brush.\u2028I want to see the Valley clothed With that special touch.<\/p>\n<p>I want to see it filled\u2028In beautiful shades of green,<br \/>\nFilled with flowers, love and folk,<br \/>\nA sight for all to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>And that is why I wield my special brush.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a reminder that Spring-cleaning may soon be necessary, one of the Garw\u2019s older residents, Beryl Roberts has sent us this poem that she wrote one\u00a0Spring. No batteries in its spotted handle No computer in its red and blue head No mouth to feed, just a weekly wash, And that is all it needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[206,207,161],"class_list":["post-2623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-stories","tag-brush","tag-clean","tag-spring"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}