We have a mantle clock in the family that survived the Blitz even though it fell from the mantle shelf and the house was completely destroyed.
The clock though slightly damaged remained with my Grandfather who was away at the time with the RAF for the rest of his life. It was always his intention to have the damaged dial repaired. This was never done.
After the death of my Grandfather and Grandmother in 2000 the clock became Mum’s. She constantly procrastinated about having it repaired.
Somebody made sure that she kept her promise.
On the aniversary of the death of the rest of the family, during the Blitz, September 29th 1940, Mum was woken by a crash. The clock had once again fallen from the mantle shelf, missed the hearth in which it would have shattered and was only slightly damaged. This prompted certain repairs to be made, including those of 1940. It has never happened again since!!
Spooky!
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