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.
“Big boy toys.”
Frank says he would totally do that.
If I’m ever out in Maryland... :-)
That was just the first one I found on a quick Google search. I know there are others. Even a couple where you can go and drive, or even fire, actual TANKS.
Not sure I’d fit in a tank, but that could be fun too.
I’m not quite adapted to the CPAP, full face mask means I can’t sleep on my side or stomach. My back hurts when I sleep on it. They’re going to switch me to a ‘nose hose’.
Tyson-who-is-not-allowed-on-the-furniture still crowds me so much I have to sleep on my side. Another reason for a nose hose...
Heh. That kind of thing is why it’s so hard to persuade my husband that I don’t want anything for (occasion).
Maybe I’ll get myself a trip to one of those for my 65th birthday.
I pray that you won’t be. 🙏
Sweet kittehs! ♥️
They look big, too. The person’s legs probably fell asleep.
How are you doing?
I’m doing OK, thanks for asking.
How are you and all of the kiddos?
We’re all fine, thanks. Well, pretty much. Tom, #2 Son, has been laid off from his job, but I expect he’ll find a new one before too long.
“You said WHAT?”
I will keep Tom in my prayers that he lands a very good job and soon.
Those are some cute kitties. 😻
I will never be one to argue against such a course of action. Sounds like it would be a blast... :-)
Thank you. We don’t have a cat anymore, so pictures are all I get.
Gives me something to look forward to for a few years.
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