Children have visited Barratt Homes North East’s South Fields development recently to bury a time capsule filled with items that they feel epitomise their local area. The capsule included various images and stories about the local area, which pupils have been working on as part of a history project.

Our pupils have spent the last few weeks drawing pictures and collecting photographs of the local area, as well as writing about what Morpeth is like in 2016 to give a little piece of history to whoever finds it in the future. Pupils were then invited to South Fields on Tenth Avenue to help bury the capsule.

Paul Race, Sales Manager at South Fields, commented:

“It was great to engage with the local community and get the children from Chantry Middle School involved. We had a lot of fun burying the capsule at our South Fields development, it’s an exciting prospect knowing that future generations will discover the capsule and gain an insight into both the past and present life in Morpeth. At Barratt Homes, we are eager to nurture the communities in which we build our developments. Morpeth has a wealth of local history and we want to encourage our residents and the wider community to contribute to the continuing story of the area.”

Steven Johnson, Head of School at Chantry Middle School, said:

“The children felt very privileged to be asked to contribute to the time capsule buried at South Fields. They really enjoyed collecting the items, photographs and stories about Morpeth over the last few weeks. It was a fun and exciting project for the children, and helped them learn more about the town and its history.”