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Dame Myra Hess was a leading internationally renowned pianist who garnered great fame during the second World War for organising some 1700 afternoon concerts and it was for this morale boosting effort that she was awarded the with a DBE in 1941, having previously been bestowed with a CBE in 1946.
She lived on 48 Wildwood Road and a plaque remains on the property in honour of her.