{"id":190,"date":"2017-06-07T11:24:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T10:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2023-01-25T10:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T09:35:32","slug":"london-evening-news-1980","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/london-evening-news-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"London Evening News 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All smiles round the stone as the London Evening News bites the dust in 1980. Picture sent in by Dick McWilliams.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/12.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/12.jpeg\" alt=\"London Evening News stonehands\" width=\"450\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dick McWilliams and colleagues round the stone at the London Evening News. 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