{"id":3317,"date":"2023-11-12T21:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T21:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/?page_id=3317"},"modified":"2023-11-12T22:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T22:26:12","slug":"stepping-back-in-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/?page_id=3317","title":{"rendered":"Stepping Back in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:24% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BE_BOLD_BE_BIRMINGHAM_RGB_2_line-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3374 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BE_BOLD_BE_BIRMINGHAM_RGB_2_line-01.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BE_BOLD_BE_BIRMINGHAM_RGB_2_line-01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BE_BOLD_BE_BIRMINGHAM_RGB_2_line-01-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games enabled local communities to come together and celebrate the arrival of the Games, in their way, through the delivery of a range of activities across Birmingham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mark one year from the Commonwealth Games, The CWG Legacy Community Events Fund enabled community groups to build on the success of the events they ran last year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">To celebrate Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, a Family fun day aimed at bringing all the family from young babies to grandma and grandad together to share and learn, through traditional games, rich fusion of food, amazing art and craft skills and colourful clothes, ensuring that the rich history is not lost was celebrated in August 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Pictures from the fun day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tradition games<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Celebrating learning across generations<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.easingslider-3326 { max-width: 640px; 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Here families would be loaned clothes to pose for photographs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3359 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_16.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_16-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>My aunty learning English from a dear friend aunty Inga back in the 1970&#8217;s. Those were the true relations, bonds that binded strangers together!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3361 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_15.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_15-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>My eldest sister-in-law and her husband who immigrated to Australia in the 60&#8217;s as ten pound poms!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3363 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_17.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_17-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>1974 &#8211; Mr Khan went back to Pakistan. Standing next to him are his cousin and his brother who were born in the UK and this was their first visit to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:29% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3365 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_18.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_18-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Middle child, Imran&#8217;s first visit to Pakistan at the age of 7. In this picture he meets his cousins for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3367 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_19.jpg 626w, https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_19-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Photo taken in 1981 of my mum and dad using a camera bought by a friend.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3369 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_20.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.gwacic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20230809_20-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>In 1964, the family came to UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This photo was taken in 1970 at Ladypool Road, Birmingham. 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