Victorian trousers left in personal 'time capsule'

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2004

LONDON (AFP) — Workers renovating a British theatre have uncovered a personal time capsule left the last time the building was spruced up, containing a letter and, more curiously, a pair of Victorian trousers.

The note, written on March 6, 1901 by a man identifying himself as Frank Morrill, requests that the well-used workman's trousers be handed to a museum.

The time capsule, also containing some tools, was found behind a ceiling panel this week at the 17th Century Sheldonian Theatre, part of Oxford University, a university spokeswoman said on Friday.

"The trousers are quite holey, it looks like the moths have been at them. There is no designer label and they have a high back to attach braces to," the spokeswoman said.

"Dear Friend," the note...