By Aaron Cordy
THE Rotary Club of Shepparton dug up their time capsule on Thursday, February 27, surrounded by an excited crowd of onlookers. The wonderful treasure-trove of memories was excavated from its location at the lake before being whisked away to be sorted.
The time capsule was first buried in 1973, then dug up and reburied in 2000 with 480 keepsakes. Many heartwarming stories came from last week’s unearthing of the time capsule, with letters, old photos, coins, old school banknotes and collectables, the experience was shared across generations of families.
Rodney Brown was five when his grandfather, Maurice (Morry) Lovell took him to the 2000 burying. Morry was part of the RCS committee of the day and along with his wife Shirley ran Lovell’s Newsagency, the family put letters, photos, newspapers, coins and other items in the envelope.
Rodney, who is now based in Essendon, had hand and feet imprints on the cover of the capsule and was on hand last week for the latest unavailing.
“It was very special for our family to be part of it at the time. I was about the size of the capsule at the time it went down, fortunately, I’ve grown since then,”
“It’s a different kind of experience that we don’t really have too much these days with instantaneous messaging and sharing photos and whatnot, as putting something away for 25 years then digging it up and finding photos of when it went in, and reflecting on that today is pretty special,” said Rodney. The time capsule will then be reburied on Saturday, May 31, 2025, and raised again on the 26th of January 2050.
New envelopes for sale will be available until Sunday, May 11. You can find them at Everyday Supplies, Traffik Boutique, and Lovell’s Newsagency. Costs vary from $10, $25, $50 and $100 depending on the size.
If anyone missed out on collecting their buried letters, you can get them by contacting Rotarian Angie Talarico on 0408312559 to arrange collection.
