UK pub owner finds time capsule from the 1970s in the walls.
“These walls don’t have ears, but they have been harboring secrets.”
The following written content by Ann W. Schmidt
These walls don’t have ears, but they have been harboring secrets.
A man in the U.K. recently found a time capsule from the 1970s hidden in the walls of his pub.
Toby Brett, 41, has owned Holcombe Farmshop and Kitchen, in the English town of Radstock for 11 years. However, he only discovered what had been hiding in his walls recently, as he was renovating the 200-year-old building, according to SWNS.
“It was certainly a surprise to find it,” Brett told SWNS. “It was a really pleasant find. There’s some really interesting stuff in there.”
The time capsule included a price list from 1971, a few pounds of ha’ppenies (or halfpennies), stamps, a wage slip, old beer mats and car tax discs, SWNS reported.
“It was quite funny to see the price list from 1971 for Wadworth Brewery, which is a brewery we still use today,” Brett said. “It’s definitely changed a bit since then.”
Brett also told the news agency that the person who left the time capsule even wrote a note apologizing for only leaving halfpennies.
It appears one of the pub’s previous owners left the time capsule in the walls while he was doing his own renovations in the 1970s.
The capsule also included a note — dated July 13, 1973 and signed by Pockson — that said: “To the present owner from a past owner, good luck.”
Pockson also included some of his ID cards in the time capsule.
Tony Brett, the owner of The Holcombe Farmshop and Kitchen, decided to put the contents of the time capsule on display in the pub. (SWNS)
Brett said of the previous owner: “I like that he had clearly given some thought as to it being found in the future, and who might find it. It’s nice that someone had the foresight to do that.” Read more from F.N.
