Time capsule to be buried in York's city walls

9:28am Monday 18th March 2013 in News

Coun Sonja Crisp and artist Kane Cunningham with volunteers with the clay pot that will become a time capsule in York’s bar walls Coun Sonja Crisp and artist Kane Cunningham with volunteers with the clay pot that will become a time capsule in York’s bar walls

AN edition of The Press which reported on celebrations to mark York’s 800th anniversary has gone into a time capsule which will be buried in the city walls.

People were invited at the weekend to bring a small object, personal to them and their experience of York, to the York Explore Library.

The Press article from July 10 last year reported how hundreds of people had marched through the streets in full song as part of the York 800 celebrations.

Other items donated included a union card, clothing name-tags for a family’s children and a bottle of perfume, brought in by a woman who said it had been her late mother’s favourite scent.

The items were placed in a large clay pot, commissioned from artist and York Stories 2012 curator Kane Cunningham, which will be buried in the foundations of the bar walls to be uncovered again in 2212 when the city celebrates 1,000 years of self- government.

Comments(9)

matroom says...
10:19am Mon 18 Mar 13

Cant wait to see them open it. Excited already......

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Garrowby Turnoff says...
11:18am Mon 18 Mar 13

But, people won't be able to read printed text in 2212. They'll be using digital implants which absorb information from transmitters in space. Newspapers will have died out by then, making fish and chips obsolete and forests bigger. When they find this 200 year old newspaper and pile of rubbish they'll just chuck it in the green waste bin which'll be collected once a day by the Council dustbin space ship. By 'eck.

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Ignatius Lumpopo says...
11:42am Mon 18 Mar 13

Who's going to bother to open it in 200 years time? If they look back to the archives of the Press, THEY"LL ALREADY KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE.

Just how stupid IS this council?

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Ignatius Lumpopo says...
11:43am Mon 18 Mar 13

And "A Union Card"? Isn't that already about 50 years out of date?

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clm058 says...
1:36pm Mon 18 Mar 13

clothing name-tags for a family’s children, wow its going to be so exciting for them :) shame we will miss this one.

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clm058 says...
1:37pm Mon 18 Mar 13

and a bottle of old perfume omg i can hardly control the excitement

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pedalling paul says...
2:38pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Hope my descendants will cycle into town to watch the reopening!!

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capt spaulding says...
10:32pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Bet its full of Jameses bulls**** and great big pictures of himself.
No mention of the wrecked local economy just bull****

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Kane Cunningham says...
8:27pm Wed 20 Mar 13

York Stories pot is a great opportunity to place something special in the city wall. We have memory sticks full of images,hair, photographs and personal items all of which tell a story. I have found that the people of York have something to say, they are special people who make the city a great place to live and work. So its an open the invitation to have your say, make a comment and to be part of something special. The pot is on display until Sunday at the central library, so there is still time to be part of the project. This pot will be famous worldwide for something extra that will be placed in the pot when we put it into the wall. I cannot say yet what it is, however what I can say is that it will have historic and of the moment connections!!

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