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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allimages aicontinue="20171019200628|Eagle_inn_salford.jpg" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allimages>
      <img name="Eggtimer_ballo_tacettop_crop2.png" timestamp="2023-11-13T09:09:38Z" user="Admin" url="localhost/wiki/images/6/6d/Eggtimer_ballo_tacettop_crop2.png" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:Eggtimer_ballo_tacettop_crop2.png" ns="6" title="File:Eggtimer ballo tacettop crop2.png" />
      <img name="Mechanical_labelled_600_450px.jpg" timestamp="2023-11-09T19:56:17Z" user="Admin" url="localhost/wiki/images/6/67/Mechanical_labelled_600_450px.jpg" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:Mechanical_labelled_600_450px.jpg" ns="6" title="File:Mechanical labelled 600 450px.jpg" />
      <img name="Club_db.jpg" timestamp="2018-05-01T15:57:52Z" user="Phil Morton" url="localhost/wiki/images/e/e9/Club_db.jpg" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:Club_db.jpg" ns="6" title="File:Club db.jpg" />
      <img name="St_Brides_Percy_Street.jpg" timestamp="2018-01-04T10:22:58Z" user="Phil Morton" url="localhost/wiki/images/d/da/St_Brides_Percy_Street.jpg" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:St_Brides_Percy_Street.jpg" ns="6" title="File:St Brides Percy Street.jpg" />
      <img name="EarCleaning.jpg" timestamp="2017-11-23T14:17:57Z" user="Phil Morton" url="localhost/wiki/images/6/67/EarCleaning.jpg" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:EarCleaning.jpg" ns="6" title="File:EarCleaning.jpg" />
      <img name="Philmorton_258.jpg" timestamp="2017-10-25T08:38:22Z" user="Phil Morton" url="localhost/wiki/images/b/b0/Philmorton_258.jpg" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:Philmorton_258.jpg" ns="6" title="File:Philmorton 258.jpg" />
      <img name="UCan_600px.jpg" timestamp="2017-10-25T06:40:40Z" user="Phil Morton" url="localhost/wiki/images/6/6b/UCan_600px.jpg" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:UCan_600px.jpg" ns="6" title="File:UCan 600px.jpg" />
      <img name="Whereisthemoney01_copy.png" timestamp="2017-10-21T08:04:11Z" user="Phil Morton" url="localhost/wiki/images/3/39/Whereisthemoney01_copy.png" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:Whereisthemoney01_copy.png" ns="6" title="File:Whereisthemoney01 copy.png" />
      <img name="PhpBB_banner.png" timestamp="2017-10-21T07:44:44Z" user="Phil Morton" url="localhost/wiki/images/7/78/PhpBB_banner.png" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:PhpBB_banner.png" ns="6" title="File:PhpBB banner.png" />
      <img name="Acw.homepagelogo.png" timestamp="2017-10-21T07:30:55Z" user="Phil Morton" url="localhost/wiki/images/a/af/Acw.homepagelogo.png" descriptionurl="https:///localhost/wiki/index.php/File:Acw.homepagelogo.png" ns="6" title="File:Acw.homepagelogo.png" />
    </allimages>
  </query>
</api>