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1960s Time Capsule Found in Rubble of Burnt-Out Lanarkshire Church
The time capsule was found due to a parishioner’s discovery of an order of service; it included 1964 newspapers, coins, and church documents, recovered after deliberate fire damage.
- On August 2 the B‑listed St Mungo's Church was deliberately set alight, and demolition teams recovered a time capsule placed beneath the foundation stone in November 1964.
- A parishioner found the Order of Service from Saturday, November 7, 1964 among her late mother's papers, which stated that 'a canister containing records and coins shall be laid in the foundations' laid by General Sir Richard O'Connor, prompting demolition teams to search the rubble.
- Inside were presbytery papers, draft layout ideas and pre-decimal coins, plus copies of the Cumbernauld News from November 6 and October 16, 1964, reporting Rev Simon Roy MacKintosh's death.
- The congregation and residents were devastated after the blaze this year, with early-stage talks between the Church of Scotland General Trustees and the local authority continuing in the new year, while Police Scotland said inquiries established the fire was deliberate and appealed for information.
- Designed by Alan Reiach, the modernist church was an important local landmark, and St Mungo's had recently become part of Trinity Parish Church following a 2024 union.
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The Independent (US)Time capsule discovered following arson attack of ‘iconic’ church
The session clerk described it as a ‘wonderful and unexpected find’
·London, United Kingdom
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Time capsule from 60s found in rubble of burnt-out Scots church
A time capsule from the 60s has been found buried in the rubble of a Scots church razed by a deliberate fire.The discovery was made by a demolition crew tasked with clearing away the burnt-out remains of St Mungo's Church in Cumbernauld. A mysterious metal canister was found after being placed in the lower structure of the landmark building, where the foundation stone was laid in November 1964 – 61 years before it was deliberately set on fire.Th…
·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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