{"id":1572,"date":"2021-07-21T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishclubbangkok.org\/?page_id=1572"},"modified":"2022-03-27T10:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T03:48:41","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.britishclubbangkok.org\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1572\" class=\"elementor elementor-1572\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f073a74 header-section banner-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f073a74\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d08d056\" data-id=\"d08d056\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-789fd84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"789fd84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-babb918\" data-id=\"babb918\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09e5569 elementor-widget__width-auto blue-red-title-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-10344 elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09e5569\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-555124c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"555124c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-079e54b\" data-id=\"079e54b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da648f6 font-16-24-text-editor elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da648f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In t<\/strong><b>he beginning \u2026 <\/b>The British, and the Australians, in Bangkok were members of the United Club, a beautiful, palatial mansion on the corner of Si Phraya Road with Chareon Krung Road, fronting onto Phadung Krung Kasem canal. Founded in 1886 it was just a short stroll from the British Legation, itself built in 1876, adjacent to the present Portuguese Embassy. History does not record what the \u2018dispute\u2019 was that led to a serious falling out amongst its members, only that on 24th April 1903 senior British and Australian members of the United Club, who were businessmen, diplomats, and advisors to the Siamese government, formed the most British of entities, \u201ca committee\u201d, to establish a British Club in Bangkok, in the style enjoyed by their peers in the British Empire throughout the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca32c66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca32c66\" data-element_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<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.britishclubbangkok.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rectangle-148-1024x512.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large 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elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc42227\" data-id=\"cc42227\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef7507f elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial font-28-33-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef7507f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Key Dates of the Club are:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcab60c elementor-widget__width-initial overflow-x-table elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_table_clip_path\" data-id=\"fcab60c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_table_clip_path.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Table One Column -->\n<style>\/* widget: Table One Column *\/\n\ntable {\n  margin-bottom: 0;\n}\ntr:first-child{\n  border-top: 3px solid #002B49;\n}\ntr:last-child{\n  border-bottom: 3px solid #EE3831;\n}\ntr{\n  border-left: 1px solid #7C878E;\n  border-right:1px solid #7C878E;\n}\n.right-point{\n      clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 96% 0%, 100% 50%, 96% 100%, 0% 100%) !important;\n\t  background: #002B49 !important;\n \t \tborder-right-width: 0px;\n  \t\t\t\t\tborder-bottom-color:#7C878E;\n}\n\n.second-row{\n  \t\tborder-left-width: 0px;\n  \t\t\tborder-bottom-width: 1px;\n \t \t\t\tbackground: #fff!important;\n  \t\t\t\t\tborder-bottom-color:#7C878E;\n}\n.first-item{\n  color:#fff !important;\n  font-family: Lora;\n  font-style: normal;\n  font-weight: bold;\n  font-size: 20px;\n  line-height: 33px;\n  margin:0px;\n}\n.second-item{\n  font-family: Source 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  <td class=\"second-row\">\n      <p class=\"second-item\">\n        The Club opens its Swimming Pool & first Squash Court\n      <\/p>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<tr>\n    <td class=\"right-point\">\n      <p class=\"first-item\">\n        27th October 2018\n      <\/p>\n    <\/td>\n    <td class=\"second-row\">\n      <p class=\"second-item\">\n        The Silom Wing development opens\n      <\/p>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<tr>\n    <td class=\"right-point\">\n      <p class=\"first-item\">\n        29th August 2019\n      <\/p>\n    <\/td>\n    <td class=\"second-row\">\n      <p class=\"second-item\">\n        The British War Memorial is rehoused at the Club\n      <\/p>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<tr>\n    <td class=\"right-point\">\n      <p class=\"first-item\">\n        5th March 2022\n      <\/p>\n    <\/td>\n    <td class=\"second-row\">\n      <p class=\"second-item\">\n        The Phase 2 Poolside development opens\n      <\/p>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n\n<\/table>\n<!-- end Table One 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