IDEAS are being sought for items to be put in a time capsule to be buried in Bradford for 100 years.

Staff at the new Wright Enterprise Centre, on the junction of Albion Road and Thorp Garth, Idle, have started the appeal for suggestions of things that encapsulate the area as it is today.

It could be newspapers like the Telegraph & Argus, sim cards for a mobile phone or photographs of Idle as it looks now.

The project follows the discovery of a time capsule dating back more than 140 years at the site.

The original glass capsule, which featured coins, newspapers and pamphlets, was found by builders at the £1.4 million centre in August last year.

They hope to conduct the new capsule ceremony at a date at the end of March, which has yet to be confirmed.

The new items will be buried in the original time capsule at the Wright Watson Enterprise Centre site, redeveloped by the Inspired Neighbourhoods Community Interest Company (INCIC), with an instruction to open it up in 100 years time displayed on it.

Organisers say they do not want actual items at this stage, only suggestions.

They also hope schools in Idle will come up with suggestions of items during their history lessons to be buried during their history lessons.

Colin Brear, community lead at the Wright Watson Enterprise Centre, who is organising the project, said they hope to provide a picture of life in Idle in 2015 through the items for generations to come.

He said: "We want to do this so we don't lose the history. We want items from now to put into the capsule.

"We would like suggestions on things that represent Idle today.

"We also hope to put back what was taken from the original capsule.

"A lot of people have grown up and lived in Idle all of their lives. We would like to hear from them.

"Hopefully the burial ceremony will take place at the end of March.

"It was very exciting to find the original time capsule last year.

"Before we hold the ceremony we want to involve the local community and provide an opportunity for their input."

INCIC chairman, Councillor Jeanette Sunderland, (Lib Dem, Idle and Thackley) said: "I think it's a brilliant idea to get items from today to celebrate the change from now and 100 years' time.

"Maybe we could put in something that illustrates how we communicate with each other now. Something that illustrates the internet."

The original time capsule was first buried in 1870 at a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Idle. The building was demolished in the 1980s and replaced by Thorp Methodist Church but the capsule was not found at the time.

To suggest contents for the new time capsule, email Mr Brear at c.brear@incic.co.uk or call 01274 665598.