A TIME capsule containing the diaries of local author Benita Moore has been buried at Royal Mail's new £20 million rail terminal, in Warrington.

Her husband, Gordon Moore, of Rising Bridge Road, Haslingden, unveiled the plaque marking the site of the capsule at a ceremony attended by his daughters Heidi Moore and Penny Heys, last Thursday.

Benita, who died of breast cancer in June, gave her treasured hand-written log of her battle against the disease with a diary of local and national events, after winning a Royal Mail competition to find contents for the capsule last year.

At the time she said: "I called my idea for the time capsule 'A Woman's Journal' and combined my own feelings with cuttings of recent events from the General Election to the cloning of Dolly the sheep.

"Hopefully, future generations would find it interesting and appreciate what life was like in the North West."

She gave her £1,000 prize money to the Super Scan appeal and accepted an invitation to unveil the plaque before she died, aged 59, two weeks after being honoured with an MBE.

Affectionately known as Mrs Lancashire, Benita worked in the local studies department of Accrington Library and wrote 12 books and volumes of poetry about the days of cloth caps and cobbles which sold almost 30,000 copies.

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