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.
And, your listing agent should be willing to analyze it and give you his/her opinion on the likelihood of the house being closed within the contingency period….
Looks like you showed it who’s boss.
G’Deve, y’all!
When I lived in San Jose there was a little old Vietnamese woman who did that. I'd put the redeemable stuff on top for her, she really appreciated that!
It was showing me who’s boss until the very end!
You’re not afraid of many things, I think.
You’re not afraid of many things, I think.
“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love and of a sound mind.” [2 Tim. 1:7]
I try to keep that verse in mind, but don’t always succeed!
Wow, that’s great!
Morning Silentgypsy. Australian mixed with Southern ?
w00t!
We got another offer.
The contingency is the owner’s 2nd home and it isn’t on the market yet. The new offer is lower but a cash offer. There’s supposed to be a 3rd offer being prepared.
Our realtor told everyone who has shown the home we’re in a multi-offer situation and anyone interested in buying should make their best offer by EOD tomorrow. We’ll see how that goes.
When young ArGee was in Boston she put the redeemable stuff in its own bag and set it next to the bin.
That is great!
Cash is often “king” even if a bit lower as it removes the mortgage contingency... Being in a “highest and best” situation is great for you as the seller!!
🤞🏻
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