{"id":1405,"date":"2026-05-24T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/?page_id=1405"},"modified":"2026-05-24T01:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:00:29","slug":"apply-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/index.php\/apply-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Application"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1405\" class=\"elementor elementor-1405\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-140d023 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"140d023\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3750d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a3750d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8aca1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8aca1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/anthony-stovold\/the-road-to-myself\/ebook\/product-v87q6kq.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COVER-IMAGESAUTHOR-664x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COVER-IMAGESAUTHOR-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COVER-IMAGESAUTHOR-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COVER-IMAGESAUTHOR-768x1184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COVER-IMAGESAUTHOR-996x1536.jpg 996w, https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COVER-IMAGESAUTHOR-1328x2048.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COVER-IMAGESAUTHOR-scaled.jpg 1661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d29309f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d29309f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009a67b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"009a67b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\nbody {\r\nfont-family: arial, sans-serif;\r\nfont-size:80%;\r\n\r\n  background-color: #f4f4f9;\r\n  margin: 0;\r\n  padding: 20px;\r\n}\r\n.top-box {\r\n  max-width: 100%;\r\n  margin: auto;\r\n  background: #F7EBDA;\r\n            padding: 20px;\r\n            border-radius: 15px;\r\n            box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);\r\n        }\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"top-box\">\r\n<p style=\"color:#0413A4;font-size:200%;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/anthony-stovold\/the-dry-well\/ebook\/product-q68v4rq.html\"><u>\r\nThe Dry Well<\/u><\/a>\r\n<\/p>    \r\n<p style=\"color:#0413A4;font-size:140%;text-align:LEFT;\">\r\nWhen retired Englishman Peter Rawlins agrees to help an old acquaintance investigate a forgotten wartime file, he expects little more than stories about Yamashita's gold and Japanese occupation myths buried deep in the hills of Bohol.\r\n<\/p><p style=\"color:#0413A4;font-size:140%;text-align:LEFT;\">\r\nInstead, he uncovers something far more dangerous.\r\n<\/p><p style=\"color:#0413A4;font-size:140%;text-align:LEFT;\">\r\nWhat begins with an abandoned pre-war tunnel near Jagna slowly exposes a hidden network of wartime land transfers, vanished families, political alliances and mineral surveys stretching back to the final years of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. 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