{"id":57,"date":"2026-02-20T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billingsgate.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:36:23","slug":"joining-billingsgate-ward","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Joining Billingsgate Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<link href=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/bootstrap@5.3.2\/dist\/css\/bootstrap.min.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-start g-4 g-md-5\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<p>\n      The Club\u2019s most important function is to try to encourage the members to take an interest in the Ward and the Corporation\u2019s activities. We do this through a blend of informative functions and those of a purely social nature. It\u2019s a social club involving people of all ages and backgrounds who are interested in the City and new members are always welcome.<br \/>\nAn entrance fee and annual subscription are payable on joining and thereafter the annual subscription falls due on 1 April each year. Currently the annual cost of membership is \u00a335 and the joining fee is \u00a325.<\/p>\n<p>For an application, contact the Hon. Secretary at<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:billingsgatewardclub@btinternet.com\" >billingsgatewardclub@btinternet.com<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/join_02.jpg\"\n           alt=\"Civic lunch at Billingsgate Ward Club\"\n           class=\"img-fluid rounded shadow-sm\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Club\u2019s most important function is to try to encourage the members to take an interest in the Ward and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/?page_id=57\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Joining Billingsgate Ward<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billingsgatewardclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}