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.
Great job!
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Yup, if you buy a ticket or two... definitely a non-zero chance...
Happy Hogmanay...
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I’m glad to know your M-i-L is doing better. It makes it much easier for everyone involved when she adjusts well to the situation at hand.
How are the Princess Dog’s liver numbers these days? Has she stabilized?
I’m glad you had heat overnight. Last year, I used the heater in the living room and kept having to turn it on and off because it heated the place up too much. This year, I turned the one in the kitchen on and it has kept the kitchen and living room warm.
Good that it was a quiet night for MIL, and that your heat was working overnight! Both pluses!
Good Morning!
Busy day to get ready for the next set of grands to roll in around dinner time... late Christmas for them, but Christmas just the same... It will be ‘interesting’ to see how the new puppy (named Arthur, BTW) will react to all of the fresh chaos...
I needed a good Wordle outing after the recent past...
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On my streak, but this one was a little tough for me. It shouldn’t have been, but I just couldn’t pull the rabbit out of the hat, Bullwinkle!
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Good morning. It was sunny and pleasant here this morning, but now, it’s cloudy, windy, and spitting rain. Not cold, though. DP has decided to rummage cabinets, which makes me unreasonably anxious, so I’m about to declare Naptime.
I went to the bank this morning. They’re always pleasant there.
I used to hate when Igor rummaged anywhere. I could never find anything after he was done, so I understand your anxiousness on at least one level.
My bank has pleasant employees, as well. I only go there when I need laundry money, but some people have been there since I opened my account there.
I slept fairly well last night, but I could use a nap right now, myself. I hate to get started at that. What will I do to fill my evenings if I napped so well that I stayed up until all hours?
LOL!
Well, it’s about that time.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Backatcha! Be safe!!
It really is... House is cleaned... 5 lbs of smoked pork butt keeping warm, 2-3 gallons of various alcohols, sodas, and other comestibles awaiting my guests...
Out Of Office set until Monday morning.
I’ve rarley felt more blessed than I do right now.
Happy News Years ya’all...
Happy New Year, UTers!
Happy New Year!
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Happy 2025!
Were you bothered by fireworks last night?
I heard a few around 2230, but then I went down for the count. I think they came from the park, and maybe some from LaVerkin, they sounded so far away.
Actually, I didn’t sleep well for some reason. I just kept waking up and looking at the clock about every two hours after 0200. Hmm.
I kept thinking yesterday that today would be a good day to mail a package to FD with some of her things in it, and during the night, I realized I couldn’t do that! LOL! Time has no meaning when one is retired! Except for Sundays.
Good morning. I heard some, but they didn’t bother me. Kathleen said the dog she walking was pretty upset, though, and this morning, she had to persuade him to come out of a closet.
Sunny and 40s now, supposed to be 50s later. Frank is still at his friend’s house, but James and Vlad made it home from Sally’s, and James paid me his rent!
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