Builder finds 'spooky' 1964 time capsule

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A builder in Crystal Palace Park unearthed a sealed time capsule from 1964 while working beneath a bust of Victorian engineer Sir Joseph Paxton. Inside lay coins and a letter, artifacts from six decades ago, preserved in the ground untouched until renovation work brought them to light. The discovery offers a tangible window into everyday life and concerns of Britain in the mid-1960s, when the capsule's creator buried these objects with the hope that someday someone would find them.