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]

Howya, everyone. It’s a busy weekend for choir: a funeral and practice today, a wedding tomorrow, and our regular service on Sunday. I’m having nightmares about mixing up all the pages.

[Dead Corpse]

Condolences on the funeral and felicitations on the wedding.

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A terminally ill man says to his wife, “Promise me you’ll marry Carl.”

She replies, “But you hate him.”

He says, “Exactly—I want him to suffer.”

[Tax-chick]

Thank you. The lady who died was in her 80s and had been sick for a year or more.

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[zzeeman]

It certainly sounds busy!

[Tax-chick]

[zzeeman]

Looks like someone was shopping at Costco!

[Tax-chick]

I didn’t know Costco sold cats.

[zzeeman]

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[Silentgypsy]

Happy Father’s Day to all the UT dads!

[zzeeman]

Thanks SG, hoping all is well with all y’all..

[Silentgypsy]

All y’all, too! Looking forward to cataract surgery this week—it’ll be fun to see again, especially when driving!

[Tax-chick]

Good luck with the surgery!

[zzeeman]

Hoping that it goes well, seeing well again will be a definite plus!

[Tax-chick]

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That must be boxwood...

[ArGee]

Good morning. Happy Monday!

I’ve dealt with a sore throat and runny nose all weekend compliments of my B-I-L. Father’s day was carrying stuff up and down stairs. At least it should be over soon.

I’m going to go in a minute to try for the 3rd time to get my car inspected and the oil changed. Hopefully this will go well. I took Mrs. ArGee’s car to Jiffy Lube yesterday because I didn’t want to wait any longer.

Tricksy wordle for me today.

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[ArGee]

Seeing is a good thing.

Especially when driving.

Good luck with the surgery.

I’ll be interested to know if things look lighter when you have them removed. Mrs. ArGee is resisting having her cataracts removed and she’s always complaining about how dark it is in our apartment. I don’t feel like it’s dark.

[zzeeman]

Great place for a nap!