The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 Time Capsule and Tree planting
To honour HM the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 the Town Council will be burying a time
capsule and planting a tree in Monastery Park.
The Town Council is calling for residents of Bishop’s Stortford to supply a record of their
memories’ of the Queen’s 70 year reign to be included in the capsule. The entries can be written
text or stories, drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings or small physical items etc. The
Council will also include items representing Bishop’s Stortford in 2022 such as a map, newspaper
etc.
All entries can be dropped off to the Tourist Information Centre either in person, via post or
electronically via tic@bishopsstortford.org until 4pm on 22 June 2022 (this deadline has been
extended from January 2022). Physical entries must be submitted with a donation form available
from Town Council’s website or at the Tourist Information Centre. For preservation all entries
must be in polyethylene bags (a sandwich bag). Please not do include any entries with batteries,
staples, paper clips, rubber bands, cling type films such as protective wrappers or any food
products as this destroys preservation.
The time capsule will be buried and the tree will be planted on 2 July 2022 in Monastery Park,
where there will be a ceremony with the Mayor. Members of the public are also invited to attend
the ceremony and further details will be released soon.
The Tourist Information Centre is located at 2 Market Square Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3UU and is
open Monday to Saturday 9:30am-4pm, closed for lunch from 12:25pm – 1pm and is closed on
Sundays and public holidays. There is limited space in the capsule so entries will be accepted on
a first come first served basis. Maximum size of any item is 30cm (L)x20cm (W) x 10cm(D) cm
and have a maximum weight of 250g.
