IT certainly brought them to the yard.

Police and firefighters who rushed to tackle a "suspicious liquid" being poured through a Hampshire letterbox yesterday have been left all shaken up - after discovering it was a strawberry milkshake.

Emergency crews arrived at Terrier Close in Hedge End this afternoon after two cannisters, one containing pink liquid and one containing white liquid, were thrown through a family's door.

Sharon Piper, 36, was in the house at the time.

She said: "I was in the house and I heard water being poured through the letter box, at first I thought I had left a tap on.

"It is a bit frightening because it is your home."

Miss Piper, who was left to clean the substance off the door and carpet, added that the liquid appeared to be a milkshake.

She added: "We have not got any enemies that I know of, they thought it could be the wrong house."

A Hampshire Fire and rescue spokesman said: "We believe around one litre of an unknown liquid was thrown over a house in the road, but after inspection it is not believed to be hazardous.

"We were called as the resident was concerned by what the liquid could be.”

A Hampshire Constabulary spokeswoman said officers were called to the scene to reports of a suspicious liquid being found in one of the houses.

The spokesman added: “Police do not believe there is any risk to the community.”

Crews were called at around 2.30pm and left just before 4.30pm.