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No plans to open police station time capsule

Evie Lake
BBC News, North East and Cumbria
Dock Museum A close up of the Barrow crest on the time capsule which looks like black leather. The crest is yellow and red and has a knight, ship, stag, arrow, bee, and snake on it.Dock Museum
The time capsule, held by The Dock Museum curator Charlotte Hawley and Sgt Paul Holmes, was found in the foundations of the old Barrow police station

An unopened time capsule discovered at a former police station has been put on display.

Believed to be from the 1950s, it was found underneath the foundation stone of Barrow Police Station when it was being demolished in 2018.

It was ed back to Cumbria Police last year by the site's new owners, but was not opened by the force as it did not want to damage it and has been given to The Dock Museum.

Curator Charlotte Hawley said it would be opened eventually, but "the big question for us is 'when":[]}