Elementary school evacuated after student brought “historic unexploded ordinance” for show and tell

Not The Bee ^ | November 26, 2024 | Staff

[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.

[Tax-chick]

Our weather is 60 Fs right now, according to my computer. I’ll step outside and see what it’s really like before I decide what to wear.

[zzeeman]

Thanks, you and yours as well!

[Tax-chick]

Well have just the resident household plus Tom and Pat from Uptown.

[Monkey Face]

A little hairy for a turkey, but I’ll take it!

I hope you slept well.

Last night, I made up for the night before, and that’s for sure! It felt so good, and although I’d set the alarm, I didn’t want to get up when it rang. But the beast called, so... Here I am.

I won’t be doing anything today, except just hanging around.

Right now, it’s 29° and our high will be in the low 50s. That’s OK. Like I said, I’m not going anywhere.

[Monkey Face]

[Monkey Face]

Safe travels for you and yours! Enjoy your day.

[no-to-illegals]

Happy Thanksgiving Face !!! and Thank You for the decorations.

[no-to-illegals]

Wow !!! 14F is real weather !!! Wow !!

[null and void]

It’s 13° now, we had graupel yesterday morning. We still had some remaining in shadowed locations in the evening.

[no-to-illegals]

Executive decision …… Ain’t coming till it warms and the worms come out.

[airborne]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm thankful for President Trump being elected!

[null and void]

Somebody's watching me

[null and void]

Sounds reasonable to me...

[null and void]

Yes! Everyone who isn’t terrified is thankful!

[zzeeman]

You too, ‘Face!

🦃

[Monkey Face]

You and about two-thirds of this country and several other countries around the world! Maybe with his help, we can have our country back!

[Monkey Face]

Wise words, Nully!

[null and void]

Might be a good tagline...

[null and void]

Made it down to 12° this morning.

I think we might have had coyotes last night, Tyson-who-is-not-allowed-on-the-furniture spent a lot of time marking the edges of the property.

[Monkey Face]

Go for it!