Larkhall school kids plant time capsule and share vision for the future

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Primary school children in Larkhall have been putting their thinking caps on to ponder what homes and neighbourhood life might look like 200 years from now.Children from Hareleeshill Primary were asked to imagine a community in the year 2222 and draw their vision of a house in the future as part of a community legacy project with Living by Robertson, to mark the beginning of the housebuilder’s new neighbourhood of 128 homes at Seven Hills.And the primary two and three pupils came up with some innovative ideas - slides for stairs, kitchens with sweetie conveyor belts and self-cleaning bedrooms - for a series of specially-designed posters, which have since been sealed in a time capsule to be opened in two centuries.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The completed artwork has been collated together to create a vision of a ‘Neighbourhood Community in 2222’ that will be displayed on 6ft high boards around the Seven Hills construction site at Borland Avenue which the children will pass as they walk to school.As well as the colourful pictures, the time capsule will also contain information about Larkhall to help its finders understand what the community was like in 2022.School pupil Michael said: “In the future my house in Larkhall will have a games room on the first floor with a bunch of games and a