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At 11, I passed the scholarship - only just; I wasn't very good at maths - to Ilford County High for Girls. When the Second World War started we were evacuated, first of all to Ipswich, and then to Aberdare, Queen of the Valleys, in south Wales.
Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
| Florence Ballard, Musician (1943) |
| Robert Ballard, Scientist (1942) |
| Fantasia Barrino, Musician (1984) |
| Frederic Bastiat, Economist (1801) |
| Vincent D'Onofrio, Actor (1959) |
| Laurence Fishburne, Actor (1961) |
| John Gay, Poet (1685) |
| Franz Halder, Soldier (1884) |
| Margery Allingham, Writer (1966) |
| Buddy Hackett, Comedian (2003) |
| David Harris, (2004) |


