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Construction worker backs Epsom Derby winner thanks to ‘spooky’ time capsule tip

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Workers found coins and note from 1964 under a statueWriter urged them to back horse with Christmassy nameA construction site manager is cashing in after placing a bet on the winner of Saturday’s Derby horse race at Epsom, after he was encouraged to do so by a note found under a statue in a 1960s time capsule.Josh Smalls, site manager on the restoration project at Crystal Palace Park in south London, said the note and four old coins were discovered by a colleague underneath the giant bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, the Victorian designer of the Crystal Palace. Continue reading...

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