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Thank you for your fantastically quick response.

Brilliant… so those settings are the correct ones needed then! ok, Great!
And thank you for clarifying why it might still be showing in google.

I picked up your response straight away and I followed your Googlebot link immediately. I have created a GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE ACCOUNT and I am awaiting for it to finish ‘processessing’ before I can submit/request a reindex. Google Search Console said to pop back in a day or so for it to finish processing…. I’ve returned today and it is still in progress…. but I thought I would update you anyway.
Thank you for your help. I’ll keep you updated. Fingers crossed.

In the meantime, yesterday, I installed a plugin called CONTENT CONTROL. In setting this up, this has meant that in the meantime….those pages, if clicked on from google, will redirect to the home page and not allow them to be viewed. BRILLIANT!
Getting there I think.

Now to update my website to a different theme so it is more reflective of what I now need to do…. creating a membership website.

Thank you again