{"id":15212,"date":"2026-10-02T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15212"},"modified":"2026-09-28T04:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:38:36","slug":"battle-proms-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15212","title":{"rendered":"Battle Proms 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City Adventurers headed to the Battle Proms at Hatfield House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the attraction was seeing and hearing the massed cannons there was so much more to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cavalry through the ages. A Spitfire fly past. 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