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150-Year-Old Time Capsule Found in Wall of Oldest Synagogue in Manchester
Construction workers at the site of a former Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in Manchester, England, found a time capsule from the 1870’s.
The glass jar was extracted recently from a wall of what is now the Manchester Jewish Museum, The Guardian reported Thursday.
It contains newspapers, synagogue documents and a handful of coins and will go on display as part of the museum’s permanent collection chronicling the lives of Manchester Jews through the ages.
The building was erected in 1874 and is now closed for a major renovation project, according to the Jewish Chronicle of London. It’s also the oldest surviving shul building in Manchester.
