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Sunday October 4, 1936

The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, bydiary 2Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

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

The Battle of Cable Street took place on Sunday 4 October 1936 in Cable Street in the East End of London. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, protecting a march by members of theBritish Union of Fascists

 

100,000 leftists marched in Paris in support of the Spanish Republic and fought in the streets with pro-Nationalists

Chicago Sunday Tribune October 4, 1936
Chicago Sunday Tribune October 4, 1936