{"id":22,"date":"2024-02-08T08:57:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beard\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2024-02-11T08:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T08:47:50","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Words from our honorary president\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image.jpeg\" alt=\"Portrait of a bearded man with a curled moustache wearing a purple top hat and a pair of glasses and a black and pale grey striped jacket. His name is David Dade honorary president of the British Beard Club.\" class=\"wp-image-35\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Dade honorary president of The British Beard Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Beard Is A Most Personal Possession, and every person with facial hair should try growing a beard at least once in adult life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Letting a beard grow out is the most natural and ecological expression of confidence and character. Far from being a mask to hide behind, the growing of a beard changes one\u2019s appearance completely, and managing this change against peer pressure can strengthen and enhance one\u2019s persona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other body-modification such as muscle building, tattooing, and piercing, growing a beard is painless and takes almost no effort. Many Members of The British Beard Club have done all this at least once, and are here to advise, admire and encourage you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to Yorkshire Beard Day and have a wonderful day of follicular fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to Anthony Springall and the rest of the team for arranging and conducting the event so splendidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Dade<br>Hon President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220518055756\/http:\/\/thebritishbeardclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The British Beard Club<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thebritishbeardclub.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" src=\"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" style=\"width:179px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly David Dade passed away on Thursday  29th June 2023 there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonandhovenews.org\/2023\/06\/30\/rip-brightons-beardmaster-david-dade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tributes written in the Brighton &amp; Hove News<\/a> his local paper the following day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonandhovenews.org\/2023\/06\/30\/rip-brightons-beardmaster-david-dade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here to read it<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David, Thank you for being the most generously spirited of beards. The Beard community are forever in your debt\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words from our honorary president\u2026 A Beard Is A Most Personal Possession, and every person with facial hair should try growing a beard at least once in adult life. Letting a beard grow out is the most natural and ecological expression of confidence and character. Far from being a mask to hide behind, the growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pogonotrophy.tv\/beards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}