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BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Barrow Police time capsule to remain unopened at Dock Museum
An unopened time capsule discovered at a former police station has been put on to be from the 1950s, it was found underneath the foundation stone of Barrow Police Station when it was being demolished in was passed back to Cumbria Police last year by the site's new owners, but was not opened by the force as it did not want to damage it and has been given to The Dock Charlotte Hawley said it would be opened eventually, but "the big question for us is 'when?'" After receiving the time capsule, police in Barrow found a newspaper article from the 1950s which listed what was inside and satisfied the force's need to open Paul Holmes told BBC Radio Cumbria its contents include building plans for the old station, a truncheon, handcuffs and a police time capsule sat on a shelf in the superintendent's office before the force decided to pass it over to The Dock Museum. "It'd be really interesting to see them because obviously technologies and the equipment we use now will be nothing like it used to be in the past," he he added: "We felt, knowing what the contents are, we would leave it sealed."Ms Hawley said it was her "natural inclination to see what's in it", but the museum did not currently have any plans to open it."Time capsules are eventually designed to be opened and I think the big question for us is 'when?'" she said."I think because we know what's in it, we don't have any immediate plans to open it because obviously it would damage it." Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Missing sign found across the sea more than FIVE years later
Have you ever lost something and not found it for ages? How about more than five years?That's how long this missing museum sign was gone for before it was discovered by a 7-year-old girl and her dad. They were walking along the coast near Bangor in Northern Ireland when they spotted the piece of wood that turned out to be a sign for The Dock searching on the internet they found out the museum was all the was across the Irish Sea in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. After discovering where the sign was from Jonny's daughter suggested that they contact the museum to let them know they had found Museum's manager John Irving said that the staff "burst out laughing" when they received the email from Mr Smith. "It was such a gorgeous story," Mr Irving said. "I've been here five years and I've never seen that sign, so it's got to [have been missing for] over five years." The sign is in a surprisingly good condition according to Mr team at the museum think that a storm blew the sign off and then it ended up in the sea. However, it will now make its way plan is for Mr Smith and his daughter to travel over to Cumbria to hand it back in Irving said The Dock Museum would give Mr Smith and his daughter "VIP treatment" and that the story of the travelling sign would eventually end up somewhere in the museum.
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Missing Cumbria museum sign found in Northern Ireland
A museum sign missing for more than five years has been discovered washed up across the Irish Smith and his seven-year-old daughter were walking along the coast near Bangor in Northern Ireland when they spotted a bit of wood which turned out to be a sign for The Dock an internet search, they realised The Dock Museum was in Barrow-in-Furness, manager John Irving said staff "burst out laughing" when they received an email from Mr Smith revealing the find. "It was such a gorgeous story," Mr Irving said."I've been here five years and I've never seen that sign, so it's got to [have been missing for] over five years." The sign is in the shape of an arrow, with the The Dock Museum and 0.5km written on it."I'll be using those sign writers again, it's in good nick," Mr Irving said having seen how well it has been museum team believe a storm must have dislodged the sign and it ended up in the sea. Reunion plans Mr Smith said his daughter was "over the moon about" the discovery."I originally thought it maybe came from Belfast. "Even if it had come from Belfast that would have been quite a journey- we're talking seven or eight miles."His daughter was the one who suggested they contact the museum to try and get the sign back to plan is for them to travel over to Cumbria to hand it back in person."It's a good excuse to come to Cumbria, I've always wanted to come to Cumbria," Mr Smith said."It seems like a beautiful part of the world."Mr Irving said The Dock Museum will give Jonny and his daughter "VIP treatment" and the story will eventually appear somewhere in the museum. Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
