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Twilight Reminiscences 19- A Summer Holiday-by Sanjiva Wijesinha Source:Sanjivawijesinha We’re all going on a summer holiday No more working for a week or two….” -from a popular song of the sixties by Cliff Richard Isn’t it amazing how hearing a few bars of a song can suddenly trigger the flooding back of a host of memories? I was having dinner at a restaurant with my wife the other day – it was one of those quiet uncrowded restaurants where they have soft music playing in the background. The music is soft enough not to disturb one’s conversation, but just loud enough so that you are aware of the melody being played in the background. We had just given our order and were light-heartedly talking about something totally unrelated when I distinctly heard the strains of the song Summer Holiday – a popular song of the sixties by British singer Cliff ...