Published:
2:00 PM January 30, 2021
Past and present Blue Peter presenters Simon Groom (top left) Simon Thomas (top second left), (L-R) Janet Ellis, Konnie Huq, Peter Purves, Val Singleton, John Noakes, Katy Hill and Matt Barker in the Blue Peter Garden, with the show s first two time capsules, pictured in January 2000
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Fifty years ago Blue Peter buried objects in a time capsule capturing the imagination of children and adults. Nick Richards looks back at similar projects on a local level
As ideas for recording the past go, a time capsule is a wonderfully cheap and engaging way of documenting a period of time for future generations to marvel at.
There is limited option for siting the new class base block. The siting has been devised to ensure no loss of formal sports pitch provision. The staff and pupil movements to and from the school would increase from the proposal, but the social benefit is clear and the necessity to increase school spaces in the area to cope with the expanding community in Costessey would be met. Whilst the proposal would not result in any highways issues because of this, there may be an impact on residential amenity to the west of the site. However, the social benefit from the necessary expansion of the school would more than outweigh the limited additional impact.