CAN YOU HELP? Kildare builder's name appears on note left in police station building in 1970s

By Kildarenow Reporter
Published 30th Oct 2023, 13:33 GMT
The note and the police station in Liverpool in the 1970splaceholder image
The note and the police station in Liverpool in the 1970s
A Kildare builder is mentioned in a time capsule note found after an old police station was refurbished.placeholder image
A Kildare builder is mentioned in a time capsule note found after an old police station was refurbished.

The words: "J Feeney, Rathangan, Co Kildare, Eire" are contained in the tattered piece of paper placed in the bricks of a Liverpool police station in 1971.

Builders who worked on the St Anne Street Station put their names on the notes as well as a copy of the Daily Mirror from that date 52 years ago.placeholder image
Builders who worked on the St Anne Street Station put their names on the notes as well as a copy of the Daily Mirror from that date 52 years ago.

St Anne Street Station reopened recently after a two-year refurbishment.

Merseyside's police commissioner Emily Spurrell said the capsule, buried by builders from the Cubitts firm, was an "unexpected surprise".

The station now has a new floor and will accommodate about 450 officers and staff.

A Merseyside Police spokeswoman was keen to add "no crimes are believed to have been committed during the building of St Anne Street".

The BBC website is already reporting on the story and has reproduced a a copy of the note. 

Do you know the J Feeney from Rathangan? Get in touch at [email protected].

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