Playgroup’s 50th anniversary

Portrush Community Playgroup is celebrating its 50th anniversary!

To mark the occasion, the Playgroup, which is situated onthe town’s Crocnamac Street, buried a time capsule.

Portrush Community Playgroup started February 15, 1972, and moved to the current portacabin in 1997.

A spokesperson for the Playgroup said: “We buried a time capsule and a tree in the playgroup garden with instructions to open it in 25 years in 2047!”

Portrush Community Playgroup children make the number 50 to mark the group's anniversaryplaceholder image
Portrush Community Playgroup children make the number 50 to mark the group's anniversary

In the time capsule, the children included the following items:

A mask

A lateral flow kit

Money

The attached picture of the children in a 50 shape

Drawings by the children

An orange dinosaur

A newspaper

The playgroup uniform

A phone

A letter to the future

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