Reference
CCV104
Title
Duplicate Time Capsule
Date free text
1988
Production date
From: 1988 To: 1988
Scope and Content
Duplicate ""Time Capsule"" containing copies of items deposited in a container buried in the pavemented area in front of County Hall, by the Chairman of Bedfordshire County Council on 14th March 1989, to commemorate the centenaries of the County Council and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Contents are as follows:
A) Bedfordshire County Council items
1. Bedfordshire County Council Annual Report 1988
2. Bedfordshire Business Guide 1988 with details of business in Bedfordshire.
3. Bedfordshire County Council Calandar 1989
4. Bedfordshire County Guide containing a forword by Mr J. Kinchella J.P, Chairman of Bedfordshire County Council and:
The Coat of Arms; County Council services; Educational Opportunities; History; Towns and Villages; Leisure; Where industry prospers
Bedfordshire's technology park; Luton International Airport; Contacts Directory; General Information; Maps.
5. Bedfordshire Education Service Supporting Education Autumn 1988
6. Arts and Recreation Leisure Map 1988
7. County Structure Plan 1987
8. Transport Policies and Programme 1989-90
9. County Council Year Book 1988-90 Containing : Calendars; Dates of Meetings; County Council Officers; Details of Committees; Electoral Divisions; Senior Council Employees; Members of Parliament; General County statistics
10. Press Notice 1989 Giving details of a time capsule to be buried outside County Hall Bedford by the Chairman of Bedfordshire County Council on the14th March 1989, to commemorate the centenaries of Bedfordshire County Council and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
List of items to be included in the time capsule.
( 3 sheets )
11. Radio interviews on BBC Radio Bedfordshire, to mark the County Council Centenary 1989 February 6th - 10th Details of the interviews. (2 Sheets); 2 cassette tapes. Cassette 1. 120 minutes; Cassette 2. 90 minutes.
12. Bedfordshire Youth Orchestra in Paris 1 Cassette tape. 90 minutes.
13. Centenary Wood 1 leaflet detailing plans for a commemorative wood at Pulloxhill
14. Bedfordshire County Council A hundred years.. at your service
1889-1989 Centenary booklet about the history and work of Bedfordshire County Council.
15. Luton Herald February 9th 1989 Newspaper article on Council Centenary. pages 36-7.
16. Centenary Excavation 1989 Poster depicting a Roman Broach found a Sandy and advertising the excavation.
17. Leaflets on Roman Sandy excavation 1989: 1 information booklet; 1 information leaflet; 1 invitation to a reception; 1 card detailing support for the project; 1 certification thanking the R.S.P.C.A. for donations (5 pieces)
18. Samples of animal bone from the Sandy archaeological dig 1989
19. Samples of pottery from the Sandy archaeological dig 1989
20. "" Discovering our past poster 1987 Finds from Bedfordshire archaeological sites and historic buildings No. 4. February 1987.
21. Six postcards in colour, of Bedfordshire leisure sites: a) The Swiss Garden, Old Warden, Bedfordshire; The Swiss Cottage viewed from the South; b) Bromham Mill, Bedfordshire; c) Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire; d) Town Bridge, Bedford; e) Harrold-Odell County Park, Bedfordshire; f) Bedfordshire; Moot Hall, Elstow; Stevington Windmill; Bromham Mill; Swiss Garden
22. Poster on Medieval Bedford 1985 Medieval Town Plan
B) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds items (R.S.P.B.)
23. General information on the R.S.P.B. (5 sheets)
24. Adhesive picture of the R.S.P.B. Birdbus
25. R.S.P.B.'s Birds Magazine Spring 1989
26. R.S.P.B.'s Bird Life magazine February 1989. For members of the Young Ornithologists' club
27. R.S.P.B. Reserves Visiting 1987 Detailed guide to the R.S.P.B. reserves in the United Kingdom.
28. R.S.P.B. Reserves For The Disabled Leaflet describing facilities for the disabled at R.S.P.B. reserves.
29. R.S.P.B. Conservation Review 1988. A detailed report on conservation projects in the U.K and abroad.
30. Happy 100th Bird-Day1989 11/2/89. BBC Radio 4 programme, celebrating the centenary
of the R.S.P.B. 1 cassette tape. 90 minutes.
31. R.S.P.B centenary postage stamps. Commemerative issue presentation pack. 4 stamps : 19p, 27p, 32p, 35p. Each depicting an endangered species of bird. Free R.S.P.B. reserve season ticket. Information leaflet.
NOTE: The following items listed in the contents list (C.C.V 104/10) were not included in the duplicate Time Capsule :
Centenary Christmas Card - December 1988
List of endangered species of birds
Leaflet on how to Protect Bird Life
Milestones in the Development of the R.S.P.B.
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