August can be a very wicked monthMy goodness, we are already into August, but with the coronavirus it feels like the year has hardly got started. As a kid I used to look forward to August with a mixture of excitement and just a little trepidation. As August coincided with the English school holidays, in the 1950s and early 60s the month witnessed a mass migration to the coast for a couple of weeks by the working and middle classes. When they returned they would flaunt their new-found tans and start dropping French phrases into their conversation to show how sophisticated they were. From what I recall, most were war films like Reach For the Sky, The Dam Busters and The Cockleshell Heroes.

Source: Bangkok Post August 01, 2020 22:07 UTC