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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.