Halton Housing Trust has joined forces with Halton Lodge Primary School in Runcorn to preserve a slice of 2006 history for future generations.
Children from the School Council will be joining Trust Chairman David Felix, Mayor Cllr John Swain and Trust Chief Executive Nick Atkin for the burial of a time capsule in the grounds of the Runcorn school on Tuesday (December 12).
School children and the Trust have filled the time capsule with artefacts from the area and time including:
- A 2005 calendar highlighting transfer day
- A DVD used in the consultation process
- A page from the Doomsday Book which makes reference to Runcorn
- A photograph of the Trust’s oldest property, built circa 1926, in Saxon Road, Runcorn,
- A scroll with the school creed and pupil signatures
- A school bag
- Photographs of the school pupils
The items have been gathered to document the Trust’s inaugural year and how local people lived their lives in 2006.
The time capsule will be buried deep in the ground with instruction that it should not be opened until at least 2031.
The time capsule burial is just one of a series of events the Trust is holding throughout December and early in the New Year to help celebrate its first anniversary and reach out to its customers in the community.
Halton Housing Trust is committed to taking an active role in the communities in which it works; in particular working closely with local schools in the communities where customers live. A second time capsule will be buried in the grounds of Simms Cross Primary School, Widnes on Thursday (December 14).
Trust Chairman David Felix said: “As well as being good fun this is an ideal opportunity for the children to start thinking about the wealth of history in their area.
“It would be nice if some of these children could return to the school when the time capsule is dug up in 25 years time.”
Over the years David has developed close ties with Halton Lodge Primary School as the former Chairman of the Governors and vicar of the parish.