Covid vaccine, Belton Cheese recipes and a phone go into Whitchurch primary school pupils' time capsule

Students and staff at Whitchurch Primary school joined The Wrekin Housing Group, partners and members of the community at the Pauls Moss site to bury the capsule – which includes items designed to showcase life in Shropshire in 2024.

Construction is currently underway at the £19.1m development, which is a collaboration between the Wrekin Housing Group, Shropshire Council, NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and local GPs. 

Work on the state-of-the-art £4.6m health centre and 71 apartments offering combined housing and care services for the over-55s is set to be completed later this year.

Items added to the stainless steel time capsule included a mobile phone, recipes provided by Belton Cheese and letters from partners including Churchmere Medical Group. Local newspapers with the days’ headlines, as well as information about the Pauls Moss site have also been buried.

Helen Morgan, MP for North Shropshire also donated several items from parliament, including a letter from the granddaughter of suffragette Emeline Pankhurst.

Other items include personal protective equipment and a Covid vaccine, photos and magazines from local groups.

Jane Kind, development manager at The Wrekin Housing Group said: “Burying a time capsule is a wonderful way to commemorate this project and it was a pleasure to watch the community come together to leave a legacy for future generations. 

"I’m sure future residents will find the contents intriguing when its unearthed.”

Richard Williams, project manager at Vistry Group, added: “We are delighted to be part of this project and play our part in local history. It is fascinating to see how local people see life in 2024. 

"What better way to commemorate this than to have a bit of history built within the foundations of the new development Vistry has helped to build?”