1990 Time Capsule

In 1990, Bob Kennett, Chair of Governors at that time, presided over the burying of a time capsule containing a cache of items representing life at Patana in 1989. As one of the first of the official 50th Anniversary celebrations, Bob returned to Patana to supervise the opening of the capsule on Tuesday 24 April 2007.

Items inside the capsule included a copy of the bangkok Post, a School Prospectus, a ten baht note and the plans of the proposed new school buildings. The capsule was buried in the concrete base of the old school flag pole.

Click on one of the small pictures to the left to see a large photograph of the items that were in the time capsule.

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Where were you on the 12th December 1989?

"I never knew a time capsule was buried since before the Year 13s were born."

Abhijay Mahajan, 7T
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

 

"I think its a great idea to create time capusules. I was not born, it was 6 years before I was born. I cant wait to make a new one. "

Lily McDonald, 6R
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

 

"Wow you guys put the capsule in cementand managed to look inside it! I wasn't born yet."

Jonathan Bildan, 8A
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

 

"i wonder what it was like back then when they were inserting items into the capsule..."

Kishen 6B,
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

 

"Wow, that's some pretty cool stuff they found in there !"

Jake Griffin, 7C
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

 

"That is sweet, I have always been intrested in history of places I have been to and this is a great opportunity for me to learn the history of Patana."

Ronak Tibrewala, 8G
Thursday, April 26, 2007

 

"I never knew there was a time capsule buried in that block of cement ! That's some really cool stuff in there !"

Anjalika Madduri, 7T
Thursday, April 26, 2007

 

"Those items buried in the capsule are all very ancient! I really cant belive those items were 50 years old!"

Alisha, 5G
Friday, May 04, 2007

 

"Wow.. talk about a flashback to the past. I was one of the students present when they sealed this capsule and remember the day very clearly. Myself and a few friends (Devan, Erik, Bishan, and Claudia - you can see our names on the list) were pulled out of class to make a trip to the new campus that was still under construction for the sealing of the capsule. We were all excited as can be about the idea. Every once in a while I remember that day and have wondered if the capsule was still there, or if anyone even knew about it since the flagpole was moved. It's so great to see it opened up for another generation of students to see."

Jasmeet Chawla, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

 

"I found this so interesting and I can't wait for the new capsule to be opened lots of years later."

Tatiksha, 6B
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

 

"Its amazing to see how different school was in 1990. Now we are in 2007, and everything's changed!"

Angelo, 6A
Thursday, May 17, 2007

 

"Woah! Think about the future! What if historians came and dug up this capsule... think about what would happen!"

Pasorn, 7H
Thursday, May 24, 2007

 

"It's so amazing to see the difference of 1990 and 2007. Their year book looks so old but I still like it."

Proud Chanarat, 5R
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

 

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