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.
Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!
I’m back from my trek to NYC. On the road yesterday at 4am and back home at 10pm didn’t leave me any opportunity to check in. Now I feel like I need to just stretch out on a sofa today, like kitteh.
I did get to meet the new CIO. He seems solid enough. A little time to wrap his head around things and we could get this ship sailing again instead of just keeping it afloat.
I got yesterday’s Wordle in 5 (1 run) and today’s in 3 (3 runs giving me 8 for the Over.
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Doh! For some reason I thought that you went to NYC on Tuesday... not Wednesday... /Homer
Good Morning!
Sort of just idling weatherwise, waiting for rain to start this weekend...
Took a while...
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I believe that hit gives me 2 runs today, and 7 for the Over...
In that case ...
DON’T PAY THE RANSOM. I’VE ESCAPED!!! 😁
Good morning. Cold here (30s) with 60s expected this afternoon. I’m hoping to have a day with nothing more exciting than more laundry.
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That’s a chilly start!
Road Trip. Road Warrior. Etc... Seems like it was a productive trip though.
Happy Thursday...
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Yes, it is. It’s a little irksome.
Maybe Road Wearier today.
Good morning. Happy Friday!
Another good day to just sleep on the couch with your kitteh! But I have to go to owrk.
We have sun and a little warmer weather today. The Princess gets groomed on Tuesday. I know she’ll be glad to lose that extra fur.
The neighbor is excavating in his back yard. I think he might be doing some terracing. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
I got 3 runs today, making it 14 for the Over.
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Good Friday Morning!
Looking forward to get some stuff done outside before the rains this evening... 🤞🏻
Been a tough Wordle stretch for me during this Over...
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I believe that hit gives me 1 run today, and 8 for the Over...
It’s cold again this morning. I’d go to bed with a cat if I had the option.
Adulting can be a real challenge sometimes.
Happy Friday.
9.5lbs of pork butt in the smoker for a party tomorrow. Parents are turning 80 this month so we’re doing a big family party at my middle Sister’s house. Supposed to be thunderstorms... The Gods do not approve apparently.
We’re gonna party anyway. :-)
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At this point on the calendar, I don’t think that we will see any more cold mornings until November.... 🤷🏽♂️
Sounds like it will be good! We are guessed for T’storms for Sunday...
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