{"id":25006,"date":"2006-02-16T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/Abingdon2006\/2006\/02\/16\/poem-inspired-by-abingdons-guildhall\/"},"modified":"2006-02-16T21:42:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-16T21:42:00","slug":"poem-inspired-by-abingdons-guildhall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=25006","title":{"rendered":"Poem inspired by Abingdon&#8217;s Guildhall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06021601.jpg\" \/><br \/>I&#8217;ll tell you of the Guildhall<br \/>Its rooms for public use &#8211;<br \/>The ancient and the modern<br \/>all fused without excuse.<\/p>\n<p>One end is made of concrete,<br \/>A nineteen sixties crime<br \/>It doesn&#8217;t fit the setting<br \/>Or the medieval time.<\/p>\n<p>It used for organ concerts<br \/>for craft fairs and a ball.<br \/>It has a stage and balcony<br \/>and is called the Abbey Hall<\/p>\n<p>Walk across the foyer<br \/>And through an ancient door<br \/>You&#8217;ll find the council chamber<br \/>Wood panelled long before.<\/p>\n<p>It boasts some lovely paintings<br \/>A Gainsborough King and Queen<br \/>Next door you&#8217;ll find the bear room<br \/>Where the Bear Club can be seen.<\/p>\n<p>And down below more history<br \/>A room of ancient fame<br \/>The first schoolroom in Abingdon<br \/>The Roysse Room is its name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll tell you of the GuildhallIts rooms for public use &#8211;The ancient and the modernall fused without excuse. One end is made of concrete,A nineteen sixties crimeIt doesn&#8217;t fit the settingOr the medieval time. It used for organ concertsfor craft fairs and a ball.It has a stage and balconyand is called the Abbey Hall Walk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}