Larkfleet Homes Host Time Capsule Event For Eye Schoolchildren

Pupils from a Peterborough school have buried a time capsule at a Larkfleet Homes development in Eye, giving future generations a chance to learn about life in 2009.

The schoolchildren from Eye Primary School helped bury the time capsule at The Meadows, a Larkfleet Homes development located off the High Street in Eye. Within the development, Larkfleet Homes is building 31 affordable properties for housing association Cross Keys Homes, with four of these being part of shared ownership schemes.

Inside the time capsule was a folder containing a selection of letters, photographs of the village and drawings by the children, six of whom were present at the time capsule event.

The idea for the time capsule actually came from a health and safety talk by Larkfleet Homes to schoolchildren about the dangers of playing on building sites.

Karl Hick, managing director of Larkfleet Homes, said: “Larkfleet Homes presented a health and safety talk at the school about the risks associated with building sites. A time capsule was mentioned as a way for the children to be part of a historical documentation for future Eye residents of what life is like here today.”

The children, who were provided with hard hats and high visibility coats, looked the part as they took turns covering the time capsule with earth.

Nathanael Robinson, acting headmaster at Eye Primary School, commented: ‘This is a fantastic opportunity for the children to put together a selection of their thoughts and experiences and to document what Eye life is like in 2009. The location of the time capsule at The Meadows development site will also serve as a reminder about the dangers of playing in such areas.”

Cross Keys Homes’ tenant board member, Ted Murray, said: “I was delighted to be a part of this memorable event and look forward to the completion of this exciting housing project which will provide much needed affordable homes in Eye.”

Larkfleet Homes, which has developments in Eye near Peterborough, Turves in Cambridgeshire, Oakham in Rutland and the city of Lincoln, has a reputation for building quality homes and apartments in prime locations throughout the Eastern region.

The Meadows development in Eye offers everything from two bedroom starter homes to three, four and five bedroom family homes and is only a short walk away from Eye’s own nature reserve at Eye Green.

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