Time capsule from 1873 found buried in wall of Manchester Jewish Museum

Builders renovating oldest surviving synagogue in city make discovery in original cornerstone

Hidden deep within a cavity wall of the Manchester Jewish Museum, complete with its wax seal intact, lay a glass jar time capsule buried almost 150 years ago.

As builders renovated the oldest surviving synagogue in Manchester they found the capsule buried next to the Museum's Ark, the chamber which houses the Torah scrolls, filled with synagogue papers, newspapers and some old coins.