{"id":3319,"date":"2020-07-14T00:46:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T23:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrybower.co.uk\/?page_id=3319"},"modified":"2020-07-14T19:26:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:26:28","slug":"call-ducks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/?page_id=3319","title":{"rendered":"Call Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='fade'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids=''  data-video_counter='1'  data-autoplay='true'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-hidden'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-hidden avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full   avia-fade-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner '  ><li  data-controls='aviaTBaviaTBvideo_controls' data-mute='aviaTBaviaTBvideo_mute' data-loop='aviaTBaviaTBvideo_loop' data-disable-autoplay=''  data-mobile-img='https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VID_20170913_161352530_00000.png' data-fallback-link='https:\/\/' data-video-ratio='1.7777777777778' class=' av-video-slide  av-video-service-html5  av-hide-video-controls av-mute-video av-loop-video av-mobile-fallback-image av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap ' style='background-image:url(\"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VID_20170913_161352530_00000.png\");'  ><div class='av-click-overlay'><\/div><video class='avia_video' poster=\"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VID_20170913_161352530_00000.png\" autoplay loop preload=\"metadata\" muted  id='player_3319_852306615_1090034118'><source src=\"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VID_20170913_161352530.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section alternate_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_gallery   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3319'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Call Ducks<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Meet Larry, Curly and Mo &#8211; the ubiquitous three stooges who go where they want and when they want. 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