Elementary school evacuated after student brought “historic unexploded ordinance” for show and tell

Not The Bee ^ | November 26, 2024 | Staff

[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.

[Tax-chick]

Fortunately, I like my Walmart. We saw two friends from church there this morning.

[Tax-chick]

It’s my mother’s birthday, too.

[zzeeman]

She was quite a little dynamo! 😂

[zzeeman]

At least this time you needed something!

[zzeeman]

w00t!!

[zzeeman]

Ahhh, my father’s birthday is (was) June 21...

[no-to-illegals]

May the fifth be with you also. (if needed) ……

[Tax-chick]

[ArGee]

Thank you!

[ArGee]

Good morning. Happy Twosday!

Young ArGee’s cat is from the dark side, also.

We have a guess of 80 for the high today. Rain either tomorrow or Thursday will put us back to the 60s if the weather crystal ball is correct.

The basement guy is coming to fix his leak this morning. Hopefully that will go well.

I got another 2 runs today, giving me 4 for the over.

Wordle 1,781 4/6

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[zzeeman]

Good Morning!

Looks like we are guessed for some rain every other day for the rest of the week... we will take what we can get...

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Took a bit of noodling on this one...

Wordle 1,781 4/6*

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The 2 runs give me 5 for the Over...

[ArGee]

OK, now I have a headache...

[ArGee]

Basement guy has come and gone. He re-sealed the crack and put a membrane over it. He also chipped into the floor and put the membrane there to direct water to the bed of rock under the floor. Considering the tiny leakage we had come through during the heavy rain we should be OK.

Time will tell.

[zzeeman]

Humans are funny creatures...

[zzeeman]

👍🏻

[Tax-chick]

[ArGee]

Good morning. Happy Humph Day.

We haz rain. It hit 80 fs yesterday but the guess for today’s high is 68.

Mrs. ArGee is unhappy with the membrane on the basement wall. She says it will scream to potential buyers (someday) that we had a problem. We’ll get another basement guy to look at it, maybe next year.

I’m on a 4-streak with Wordle. 2 runs today gives me 6 for the over.

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[Tax-chick]

Good morning. It’s chilly here and supposed to rain by tonight.

Kathleen and I are going to the cat cafe at noon. We will not bring back a cat.

[zzeeman]

Good Midweek Morning!

It looks like we are back into the “tease of some rain” for a bit... shrug...

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Almost got it on three to my surprise!

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The 2 runs give me 7 for the Over...

[ArGee]

We will not bring back a cat.

That's what they all say.