The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

Took Spanish Club (11 Mexicans, 1 American) to the Lakes, Ate supper at tea house. Everybody had a good time. Now I want to go swimming – don’t want to chaperone any more!

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth took place at Westminster Abbey in London.

BBC Television made its first outdoor broadcast to cover the king’s coronation procession

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