{"id":149,"date":"2025-06-25T09:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:54:03","slug":"blogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?page_id=149","title":{"rendered":"Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"149\" class=\"elementor elementor-149\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71437ccb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71437ccb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f937f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49f937f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89f94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blogs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac56a91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ac56a91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read my blogs below!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1685f95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1685f95\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f29cdcd elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"f29cdcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-169 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=169\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-11.59.54-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-174\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=169\" >\n\t\t\t\tMidori Yamazaki \u2013 a Second World War memory of a young Japanese teenager\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tAugust 21, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Affectionately known as \u2018Chibi\u2019 (which means \u2018little one\u2019 in Japanese), Midori Yamazaki was nine years old when the war began; her memory of what it<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__read-more-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=169\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-168 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=168\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-12.01.07-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-175\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=168\" >\n\t\t\t\tTwo Remarkable Milestones:\u00a0\u00a080th\u00a0Anniversary of Victory in Japan Day, and a Centenary \u2013 A WWII Flight Sergeant\u2019s story \u2026\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tAugust 21, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>As Flight Sergeant Ivor William Ernest Foster celebrates his 100th&nbsp;birthday on 16th&nbsp;August, he will wonder that he has reached this marvellous milestone, when many of<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__read-more-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=168\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-165 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=165\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Grandfather-sitting-on-his-Blenheim-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-172\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=165\" >\n\t\t\t\tMy grandfather was one of the war\u2019s forgotten heroes *\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tAugust 21, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>My grandfather, Alastair Panton, was an RAF reconnaissance pilot flying Bristol Blenheims during the six week Battle of France in the summer of 1940.&nbsp;&nbsp;His role<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__read-more-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?p=165\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9204a8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9204a8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20180630_1746261.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20180630_1746261.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20180630_1746261-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20180630_1746261-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f847e4d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f847e4d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f0e1640 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7f0e1640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:42,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746714311.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-134\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746714311.png 1500w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746714311-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746714311-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746714311-768x708.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5b62e0 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b5b62e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-25\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916.png 1500w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-768x708.png 768w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-1200x1106.png 1200w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1738677916-1400x1291.png 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Elizabeth\u2019s Poetry of Hope<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70f00b49 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"70f00b49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-140\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298.png 1500w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747845298-768x708.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Short Stories and Tiny Tales<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-724b5b0a elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"724b5b0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748856421.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-142\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748856421.png 1500w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748856421-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748856421-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748856421-768x708.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Ode to Bungay<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf7a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cf7a5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-769ea766 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"769ea766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriapb.co.uk\/?page_id=38\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Explore Book Collection<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a01d25f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a01d25f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogs Read my blogs below! 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