A PRIMARY school is asking for help to locate a time capsule that was buried when it moved to its current home.
On February 25 Blackhorse Primary School will celebrate 20 years in Blackhorse Lane, Emersons Green, where it moved from its previous site in Beaufort Road, Downend.
Executive head teacher Simon Botten says a time capsule was buried during a ceremony in 2005, when the school was officially opened by the then-Kingswood MP Roger Berry and then-head teacher Debbie Fraser.
Staff hope to unearth the capsule as part of the anniversary celebrations.
However the exact location of the spot where it was buried has been lost, and the school is asking for help from past pupils, staff and the local community to help uncover its location.
Mr Botten, who joined the school in 2011, said: “Until we started discussing the 20th anniversary, we had no idea that there was a time capsule buried somewhere on the school site.
“We’d love to be able to find it in time for the birthday celebrations, so please let us know if you can help solve the mystery.”
A parent of a current pupil has offered to use a sonic device which usually scans for buried utilities to try to locate the capsule, but Mr Botten also hopes someone may still remember where it is.
The original Blackhorse County Primary School opened its doors in April 1958, on a site where where the Badminton Garden Care Home stands today.
It was set up to accommodate children transferring from nearby Downend Primary School, which was closing.
In 1964, it increased from 210 to 310 pupils, new classrooms were built and the school split into separate infant and junior schools.
The two schools were reunited under their original name, Blackhorse Primary School, in 1982.
By the Millennium, it was decided that the original 1950s building was no longer capable of meeting the needs of a modern school and in 2002, South Gloucestershire Council announced plans for a new school on Blackhorse Lane, with work starting the following year.
The school is holding a tea party on the evening of February 25, from 5-6pm, when former pupils from 1954 to 2020 are being invited to come in and look through old photo albums and log books.
Anyone who thinks they know where the time capsule is, or would like more information, should email the school office at office@blackhorsepri.org.uk.