Latest news with #timecapsule

Barrow Police time capsule to remain unopened at Dock Museum

BBC News

a day 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.

Vision 2020 plaque removed for safety reasons, says KL Tower

Free Malaysia Today

2 days ago

Business
Free Malaysia Today

Vision 2020 plaque removed for safety reasons, says KL Tower

Visitors queuing up to enter the Kuala Lumpur Tower after its reopening. The Vision 2020 time capsule was opened on April 13. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA : A plaque marking where the Vision 2020 time capsule was planted at the Kuala Lumpur Tower was removed for safety reasons, according to the skyscraper's operator. LSH Service Master Sdn Bhd said the plaque originally functioned as a cover for the special chamber where the time capsule was located, but could no longer be securely closed after the capsule was opened on April 13. 'This posed a risk of injury to visitors passing by the area. Therefore, it was removed for safety reasons, in line with the management's priority to ensure the well-being of all visitors,' said the company's CEO Khairil Faizal Othman in a statement. Khairil added that there were no longer any historical elements or artifacts stored in the chamber after the time capsule was opened by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He also said the plaque had not been discarded but has been 'properly stored' by the company, though he did not elaborate on its whereabouts. Khairil also denied that the company intended to erase or alter history by removing the plaque, in response to a claim by Bersatu MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan. He said: 'All actions taken were based on safety considerations, corporate compliance, and a commitment to preserving the legacy of KL Tower.' Khairil added that the plaque featured the tower's old corporate logo and that it cannot be used for official display in line with the skyscraper's rebranding. Earlier today, Wan Saiful reportedly urged communications minister Fahmi Fadzil to explain why the plaque had been removed, saying it should have stayed put since it was meant to commemorate the time capsule planted in 1996. The Tasek Gelugor MP questioned if the government was attempting to erase history, particularly Mahathir's role in planting the time capsule.

Beeston church renovation unearths items from early 1900s

BBC News

12-05-2025

General
BBC News

Beeston church renovation unearths items from early 1900s

Renovations of a church in Nottinghamshire have unearthed a number of old items dating back to the early 1900s. A redevelopment project at Beeston Methodist Church, on Chilwell Road in Beeston, started in February as part of plans to create a "bright and accessible space" for the members of the church planned to bury their own time capsule before the work began, and since then, evidence of a much earlier youth group has been uncovered. The organisation said the "interesting" items found under the church balcony floor included cigarette cards - collectible cards once issued in cigarette packaging - biblical quotations and a possible love letter. Chris Bridges, chairman of the church's redevelopment group, said: "We think this must have been where the youth group met." A member of the redevelopment group at the church, Dave Lowe, added the team "smiled and had a laugh" when they discovered the their own time capsule, the current church group has selected a Bible, a hymn book, a statement by the minister - the Reverend Andrew Checkley - a selection of current coins, a photograph of junior church members and staff, and photographs of the church before the redevelopment started. As part of the redevelopment, the floor of the church is being flattened to make it more accessible, which has involved removing the church was under the floorboards that builders found an old boot, believed to have been placed there when the church opened in 1902. An old tradition of concealing shoes in walls and other areas of buildings was said to have brought good luck and warded off evil church said the boot that was found had been registered with the Concealed Shoe Index at Northampton Museum - started as a result of hundreds of concealed shoes being discovered - and will be replaced under the church floor so it can be rediscovered in the future.