{"id":843,"date":"2026-09-12T18:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/dir\/?page_id=843"},"modified":"2026-09-12T19:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T19:58:06","slug":"wombating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=843","title":{"rendered":"Wombating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"JFWebsiteWidget-01a08790e88070008cfd1963519b1c28b191\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.jotform.com\/website-widgets\/embed\/01a08790e88070008cfd1963519b1c28b191\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"955\" src=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wombat_logo-1024x955.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wombat_logo-1024x955.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wombat_logo-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wombat_logo-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wombat_logo-1536x1432.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wombat_logo-2048x1910.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Photos taken by Mike Allen.<br><\/strong>I&#8217;m never sure why I chosed to use B&amp;W film, but it&#8217;s probably dated less than colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is NOT the much-later band &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wombats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wombats<\/a>&#8221; (who were only formed 2003); these Wombats were more chaotic, funnier and Pompey Poly, obvs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/101-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/101-1.png 600w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/101-1-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=780\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"780\">Gig One: <\/a><\/strong><br>2nd July 1980<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/202.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/202.png 600w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/202-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=852\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"852\">Gig Two:<\/a><\/strong><br>unknown date late 1980 or early 1981<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nPhotos taken by Mike Allen.I&#8217;m never sure why I chosed to use B&amp;W film, but it&#8217;s probably dated less than colour. This is NOT the much-later band &#8220;The Wombats&#8221; (who were only&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=843\" class=\"link-more\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Wombating\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-843","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","entry-type-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}