{"id":6378,"date":"2020-11-30T21:19:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cameragearuk.com\/home\/?page_id=6378"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:15:06","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cameragearuk.com\/home\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\nentry-content .cguk-wrap {\n  max-width: 100%;\n  padding-left: 0;\n  padding-right: 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<!-- ============================================================\n     CameraGearUK \u2014 About Us Page\n     Paste this entire block into a WordPress Custom HTML block.\n     Page template should be set to \"Blank Canvas\" or equivalent\n     so your existing Blocksy header\/nav shows above this cleanly.\n     ============================================================ -->\n\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" 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