{"id":3308,"date":"2013-03-27T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T11:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2018-10-31T23:03:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T23:03:54","slug":"the-leeds-leek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=3308","title":{"rendered":"The Leeds Leek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">POTHOLES WINDOWS TO THE PAST<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Resurfacing impedes archaeological discoveries<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nSpurred by the recent find of Richard III in a car park, councils across Britain have been easing off the repairing of potholes in the hope of uncovering illustrious bodies without going to the expense of digging for them. &#8220;It&#8217;s win-win for taxpayers,&#8221; said Elliot the Unready of East Sussex. &#8220;Anybody we find will bring tourists flocking. Meanwhile we save money to invest in better things, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-northamptonshire-16213212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the arts.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although all monarchs are apparently accounted for except for Edward V, whose remains are believed to have been accidentally used as snuff by George IV during his regency, there is &#8220;a veritable treasure trove of minor royals and lost celebrities&#8221; lying just beneath the surface.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bighole.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3317\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bighole.jpg\" alt=\"bighole\" width=\"450\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bighole.jpg 450w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bighole-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>Refilling of this moderate-sized pothole in London was halted after the discovery of Lord Trafalgar Square in a compromising position<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prettygoodbritain.com\/leedsleek.html#rednose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em>Leek morgue<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POTHOLES WINDOWS TO THE PAST Resurfacing impedes archaeological discoveries Spurred by the recent find of Richard III in a car park, councils across Britain have been easing off the repairing of potholes in the hope of uncovering illustrious bodies without &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=3308\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3308"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6898,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions\/6898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}