The Gateacre Hall Hotel on Halewood Road closed its doors in October 2003. During the course of demolition at the site that winter, a TIME CAPSULE was found and rescued by one of the building workers. It had originally been put together and hidden away by two teenage boys in the spring of 1881.

The bundle of well-preserved documents it contained was handed over to the Gateacre Society for safe keeping, and it has helped us paint a picture of Gateacre village in late Victorian times. The discovery was featured on the BBC's North West Tonight TV programme, Radio Merseyside and Radio Lancashire in November 2005. This media coverage has since brought to light more treasures!

The contents of the time capsule were displayed at our AGM in October - but for the benefit of those who weren't there, as well as those who were but would like to see and hear more, we have arranged a special meeting on the afternoon of Sunday 29th January when our Committee member Beryl Plent will guide us through what has been discovered.