The start of an adventure...

 

"I remember that it was a Thursday that by adventure started. I was showing Dad my home-made Nuclear Clock, reflecting only slight un-ease about the geopolitical situation.

My brother has having his hourly de-bogey-ing, courtesy of Mrs Gladwin, our neighbour.

Mother was boiling some fish-fingers in the kitchen, little expecting the unscheduled arrival of the 47th Airborne Division a few hours later."

Bonus -