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.
Those grenades were sold at surplus stores, and were ALWAYS deactivated. I cannot imagine, even in the’40s, anyone keeping a live grenade in their house.
shucks Another ear of cornbread YUMMY
Thank You Red Badger and Thank You Face and Red Badger for being first collaboratives to collaborate a massive concoction of collaboration into involvement stretching each collective mind to Infinity and into the Blind.
There be explosives in here You’All
I promise my promise has not been relegated to the trash. I still owe you dinner and a drink.
Wakey, wakey, everyone! Brand new day in brand new digs!
Schoner Mittwoch!
Up and at ‘em!
Gobmomomg! Mwake!
Thank you, Red Badger, for the new digs.
As long as nothing exlodes, they’re great!
Good morning, everyone. Happy Humph Day!
I need to check my pings more during the week. I almost missed the move.
Things have calmed down here. Barring any unexpected events with M-I-L it looks like smooth sailing into Thanksgiving.
I even had a decent Wordle score this morning. Almost a 3.
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Here at Eglin AFB and all around it UXO is found when building new condos and roads. This entire area was a firing/bombing range for the Navy and Army prior to WWII and back to WWI.
Be careful where you dig here. Even your back yard.........
Glad to see you in our almost freshly minted digs.
Found it, just getting settled in...
And... here... we... go... /Joker
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Good Morning of Thanksgiving Eve!
Smooth sailing is always preferable to the alternative!
Hoping that everyone can get their preps done in time to be able to relax as well...
I finally broke that string of 4s today, in the better direction as well...
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Lol!!!
Thanks for posting!
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The kid’s name wasn’t Muhammad, was it.??
Good morning. I just got back from spending the night with my granddaughter.
Excellent! Good for you in finding us and getting settled.
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