Swindon woman finds century-old time capsule under floor

"It was really interesting," Ms Goodwin said

A woman has pledged to add to a time capsule which she found hidden in her home.

Madeline Goodwin, of Swindon, was told about the capsule after selling a table online.

The woman who came to collect the table said the Victorian house had been in her family for years and the capsule started a century ago.

After two hours of searching, Ms Goodwin found the capsule underneath the floorboards.

"We would have had no idea it was there, it was only because of the table that we found out," she said.

Ms Goodwin found the time capsule underneath the floor boards

The woman told Ms Goodwin the Victorian house had been in her family for most of the house's existence.

The time capsule was hidden under floorboards in the cupboard under the stairs when she sold the house in 2007.

"After she left, we immediately ripped up the floorboards and found it," Ms Goodwin said.

"It was really interesting, there were newspaper clippings, an old Bible, coins from the early 1900s, a cigarette packet and a letter."

The box contained coins from the early 1900s

The letter was no longer legible, but Ms Goodwin said the woman plans to re-write a similar one to put back into it.

"We will add to the time capsule, we already started thinking about what to put in it," Ms Goodwin added.

"Then we can put it back when it comes to us selling the house."

Ms Goodwin said she will be adding things to the time capsule