When protesters wore duffel coatsThere seem to be daily protests going on around the world at the moment for multifarious reasons and it got me thinking about the first street demonstrations I witnessed first-hand in England as a teenager back in the Stone Age. There were also numerous sightings of duffel coats with all those toggles. He wore a green duffel coat and recalls plenty of repartee with onlookers. Fashionably warmThe aforementioned duffel coats were named after the Belgian town of Duffel where they manufactured the thick material. In addition to CND marches, duffel coats were widely used in World War II and Field Marshal Montgomery was frequently spotted wearing one.
Source: Bangkok Post October 24, 2020 22:07 UTC