
What is recorded here
This grey commemorative plaque records: Time Capsule buried by George Howard Chairman of The British Broadcasting Corporation on 17th November 1982, not to be opened until 3982.
A time capsule buried at Castle Howard by George Howard, then chairman of the BBC, in 1982, intended to remain sealed for two millennia, serves as a cultural snapshot and historical curiosity linking the early 20th-century aristocracy with future generations.
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