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10:44 AM April 29, 2021
CCC chairman, Cllr Mac McGuire with The Hunts Post and the time capsule at Alconbury Weald.
- Credit: TIM GEORGE
A time capsule has been buried at Alconbury Weald to mark the opening of the new county council headquarters.
Cambridgeshire County Council chairman, Cllr Mac McGuire buried the capsule, which contained a copy of The Hunts Post, on April 22.
He was accompanied by CCC chief executive Gillian Beasley and Paul Hutchinson, from construction firm R G Carter. A time-lapse video of the new building being constructed has also been put together.
The time capsule is filled with postcards from council staff, councillors and school children describing life during the pandemic and people s hopes for Cambridgeshire in 25 years’ time. It also includes the front pages from newspapers in Cambridgeshire.