{"id":1647,"date":"2015-09-10T18:19:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T17:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2015-10-07T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:30:22","slug":"meeting-the-glovers-needle-tuesday-6th-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Meeting &#8211; &#8216;The Glover&#8217;s Needle&#8217; &#8211; Tuesday 6th October 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our meeting on Tuesday 6th October 2015 at 8pm in St. Saviour\u2019s Church Hall sees\u00a0<span class=\"event-description\">David Simons<\/span> presenting &#8220;<span class=\"event-description\">The Spire of St Andrew&#8217;s Church, Worcester, &#8216;The Glover&#8217;s Needle&#8217;: its History, Construction and Repairs&#8221;<\/span>. Once the spire crowning the roof of St. Andrew&#8217;s Church, the Glover&#8217;s Needle is all that remains of this former landmark, since the rest of the church was demolished in the 1940s after being condemned. The Glover&#8217;s Needle dates from the mid-18th century, being built to replace a previous spire destroyed in a heavy storm, and is named after the city&#8217;s famous glove-making industry.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will begin with a very short AGM.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1649\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/worcester_glovers_needle.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1649\" class=\" wp-image-1649\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/worcester_glovers_needle.jpg?resize=218%2C280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"St Andrews Church, Worcester\" width=\"218\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Andrews Church, Worcester<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Commences 8pm at St Saviour\u2019s Church Hall, DY9 0NS. Visitors \u00a32, including refreshments. Annual membership \u00a310<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our meeting on Tuesday 6th October 2015 at 8pm in St. Saviour\u2019s Church Hall sees\u00a0David Simons presenting &#8220;The Spire of St Andrew&#8217;s Church, Worcester, &#8216;The Glover&#8217;s Needle&#8217;: its History, Construction and Repairs&#8221;. Once the spire crowning the roof of St. Andrew&#8217;s Church, the Glover&#8217;s Needle is all that remains of this former landmark, since the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}