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Elementary school evacuated after student brought “historic unexploded ordinance” for show and tell
Not The Bee ^ | November 26, 2024 | Staff

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.


TOPICS: Education; History; Military/Veterans; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beansontoast; education; england
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To: ArGee

Yes, she’s doing fine. However, she didn’t have her head shaved in the Marines. Women have to have short hair when they get there or put their hair in a bun.


4,481 posted on 08/13/2025 11:14:08 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick

Well, now that wokeness is at an end. If Demi Moore can shave her head, anyone can.


4,482 posted on 08/13/2025 11:15:15 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: ArGee

It seems like it would be itchy. Maybe she means really short, like mine?

She said she’s bored, and the new semester at Oregon State doesn’t start until September 24.


4,483 posted on 08/13/2025 11:16:39 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick

I can remember being antsy for school to start.

I can also remember when I was finally at my first job after graduation feeling strange to not have homework.


4,484 posted on 08/13/2025 11:54:54 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: ArGee

Yesterday it told me that “NOMAS” was a valid word... sigh...


4,485 posted on 08/13/2025 12:42:15 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: ArGee

The other hiker may be in that bag...


4,486 posted on 08/13/2025 12:43:13 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: zzeeman

Or under it.


4,487 posted on 08/13/2025 1:11:13 PM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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4,488 posted on 08/14/2025 1:41:44 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick

Nice little life they’ve got there!


4,489 posted on 08/14/2025 4:04:06 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: MayflowerMadam
There's a whole set of amazing cat houses and cat trees. I like this one, even though the cat is not on it.


4,490 posted on 08/14/2025 4:48:27 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; Covenantor; ...

Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!

I can almost hear the kitteh’s saying, “We’re French! Why do you think we have these outrageous accents?”

Everything’s signed on the offer on the house so we’re just waiting for the mortgage to be finalized and whatever else is needed to set a closing date. We celebrate Tabernacles, which is October 6 - 13 this year. That may complicate setting a moving date. But we’ll see.

I stared at the clues from the first two Wordle guesses a long time before the solution jumped out at me. It was a lot better than yesterday.

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4,491 posted on 08/14/2025 4:48:47 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: ArGee

Congratulations! Sally has found a Honda Accord for me in Salisbury, which is an hour away. I put a deposit on it, and we’ll go up there on Monday. It’s a 2025. I wanted a 2024 or ‘23, but there weren’t a lot of options, and the price difference was modest, especially since I plan to drive it until she takes my keys away.

Once I have it in the driveway, I’ll sell the van to Guadalupe at church. He has a construction business, and he’s been nagging me about it for a couple of years.


4,492 posted on 08/14/2025 4:52:26 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick

Wow. I’d check out that site if we weren’t down to just two kitties now.


4,493 posted on 08/14/2025 5:07:53 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Maybe I’ll get a castle for several cats when I’m done doing other stuff in my life.


4,494 posted on 08/14/2025 5:09:59 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick

That all sounds wonderful. The Accord is a nice car.

We have a 2018 Pilot because Mrs. ArGee likes large “family” vehicles. I’m still a Ford person, but it’s nice.


4,495 posted on 08/14/2025 5:11:22 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: ArGee

After driving a bus for 25 years, I want a sedan. If other people like SUVs/hatchbacks, that’s fine for them.

Toyota has a new model called a Crown, which is bigger than the Accord, but it’s only been out for a couple of years, so I wouldn’t feel confident buying it.

When I test drove the Accord last week, the salesman, who was 6’4”, sat in the passenger seat, and Frank sat behind him and wasn’t crowded. It was impressively spacious.


4,496 posted on 08/14/2025 5:17:13 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick

This complex has Accords (and Camrys) everywhere.

We moved to big vehicles when we were in Texas. Sitting in a small car at a light with trucks and Suburbans to the left, right, back, back left, and back right makes one feel very exposed.


4,497 posted on 08/14/2025 6:19:52 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: Tax-chick

Wow! Incredible castle... they are some lucky cats...


4,498 posted on 08/14/2025 6:21:40 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: ArGee; Dead Corpse; HKMk23; Tax-chick; null and void; All

Good Morning!

Same same here... same on the weather front as well...

So so Wordle today, took me a while to get there...

Wordle 1,517 4/6*

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4,499 posted on 08/14/2025 6:24:42 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: ArGee

4,500 posted on 08/14/2025 6:27:52 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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