Posted on 11/26/2024 11:19:27 AM PST by Red Badger
No matter what students bring to future "show and tells" at Orchard Junior School in the Southampton area of England, they will never be able to top this year's spectacle that shut down and evacuated the school.
One bonkers little tyke brought in a bit of vintage "unexploded ordinance" to show his mates.
The school quickly evacuated all the students, called the police, and texted the parents:
Schools are being closed & evacuated - please collect your child from Noadswood field ASAP.
Imagine getting that little note in the middle of the school day.
Laura Holloway, a mother of one of the students was at work at the time. She said,
It was so worrying. Another parent had called saying there were police everywhere. I knew my youngest would have been so scared.
But, she added:
Both schools seemed to deal with it all very well and had the kids lined up and checked off - it must have been very upsetting for everyone involved.
Once the students were out, the police showed up and sent in the bomb squad.
The police's full statement said: ‘We were called at about 1.30pm to a report that a child had brought what may have been a potentially unexploded ordnance to Orchard Junior School.
‘The school was calmly evacuated and a disposal team attended to take the item away to be destroyed as a precaution.'
Not an easy task by any means.
The real question everyone wants to know is "What kind of ‘historic incendiary device' are we talking about here?"
This is England after all. They've been blowing stuff up and getting blown up for centuries.
It could've been anything from a 16th-century mortar to a WWII hand grenade to that morning's beans on toast.
I was fully functional. Kathleen and I went to “University of Scouting” and learned knots and lashings, orienteering, some camping stuff, and the dreaded ScoutBook software. A lot of it was review, but that’s okay, and we had a good lunch - hallal, because quite a few participants were Muslims, mostly women and girls - and an overall good time.
See above, I was out all day with Kathleen.
How gorgeous is that cat!! A redhead.
It’s certainly dramatic.
*yawn* ‘morning...
Something I have to do again. The papers seem to multiply while they’re up here. Not so much in the drawers, but... And the rapidity with which it is done is amazing!
Wow! Whoever would have believed that a cat’s genes could cause that deep a red? What a stuning beauty!
Good morning. I hope your day out with Kathleen was enough of a change to give you a good night’s sleep.
Two people sent me the link for the Stake Conference for yesterday’s session, but I would rather have had today’s session. I’m glad they have it up and running.
I’m still not sure how I feel about going to 1030 church, but it’s what I’m assigned, so I’ll try to adjust.
It’s 18° out and a high of 47F guessed for today. Unngh.
It’s morning here, too.
We had a nice time, and I went to bed around 9:00, having come in last in a game of Wingspan with DP, Tom, and Vlad. Tom says that he now has six, rather than five, beaver ponds in his research project, because the beavers built a new one over the Christmas break.
It’s Jameses’ and Kathleen’s birthday today. We’ll celebrate for James and have Kathleen’s Birthday Observed on February 28.
That is great! I really don’t sing very well... do a better job humming!
I’m not sure what this storm is... not supposed to arrive until Monday night into Tuesday... seems that points south of us may get more precip... we shall see...
Good Morning! I think that cat is called Rusty.... :)
It wouldn’t surprise me. My grandmother always named her cats after their color.
Beavers are amazing little engineers, aren’t they? They know exactly where to cut the tree and in what direction it will fall as well as how much to cut. Fascinating critters!
I watched the new DI on DIP, over Friday and Saturday, and Cathrine had it right when she said he was, “Rude!” I loved it. But I also loved Darlene when she said, “With respect, Sir. Shut UP!” I love that show!
Happy birthday to both the Jameses and to Kathleen, though I’m sure I’ll be able to tell her again next month.
I’m hearing that we’ll get the Weathers late on Tuesday. My husband is planning for Armageddon, like he does ...
Darlene has turned out to be a great character. The new DI has the potential to be fun. We’ll see!
I agree about Darlene. Now though, we have to worry about Dwayne’s replacement. We never did see Fidel again, but JP turned back up and Darlene and Dwayne have both returned as well as DI Poole as his own ghost. DI Parker had a role in an early episode as well as this DI. So I’m guessing most actors love their gigs in Paradise.
I hope the show goes on for a few more years. I have a lot of fun, binge-watching them when I feel sad. Guaranteed to pick me up again!
The new uniformed officer will need to be a man. Maybe it will be a white man, since the new DI is black. That would be different!
Many decades ago I knew an old fellow with a heavy accent, he used to call his orange cat “Roooosty!”
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