Day 320: Time Capsule

We decided to leave our mark on the property in a different way today by building a time capsule. I doubt that this will have the same impact as the Boston Time Capsule - but hey, you never know.

So the key question .. what do you put in one of these things? Obviously nothing of too much value as we are essentially throwing it away, to possibly be found some ways away in the future, if ever. A little research online didn't help much - it appears there isn't a consensus on what people in the future (or aliens) would hope to find in such a piece of history.

So we looked around the house and decided to put in the following:

• The Economist (best way for future people to understand current news around the world)
• Time Out London (so future people can get a glimpse of life in London)
• City AM (just for the title, post Brexit they may not be saying much of that for a while)
• A letter to future people telling them about us and the work we are doing on the house - D'Oh, forgot to put a link to this website. There again, I'm sure this site will be a household name by the time anyone opens the capsule#
• Photos - of course. Maybe a bit creepy, but needed to be done. Random pictures of the family and the house
• Money £££ - not a lot, just a selection of random coins. Guess it replaces the shilling that I found earlier
• Single socks - they must have ended up in there, as I can never find a matching pair these days!

All of these things were then placed in a Tupperware container and sealed with Duct Tape. Both are scientific marvels of today in their own right.

The container was then place in a secret location..... The fireplace opening in our kitchen that we are closing off. Shhhhh, don't tell anyone ...

The box fit nicely on top of the old chimney stone. And then it was covered with a piece of plasterboard and taped over. Later this will be plastered and painted and nobody (aside from my loyal blog readers) will know it's there. 

Just a little piece of history waiting to be found.