A pub owner in South West England has made a surprising discovery of a 50-year-old time capsule buried in the walls of a building, which dates back to the 1800s, while renovating it. Toby Brett, the current owner of Holcombe Farmshop and Kitchen in Radstock, Somerset, said the discovery of the time capsule—which included a 1971 price list, coins, stamps, a 1 pound (approx. US$1.40) an hour wage slip, a collection of ha’pennies (halfpennies), old beer mats, and car tax discs—was a “pleasant surprise.” One scrawled note, dated July 13, 1973, reads: “To the present owner from a past owner, good luck,” and is signed by an E. Pockson—who included some of his own ID cards in the collection. Meanwhile, a longer letter explains that Pockson had carried out his own “major alterations” to the pub in July 1973, with the help of now-defunct property developers Oakhill Brewery Development. Brett, who …
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