Blue plaque: Dame Gracie Fields
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Blue plaque: Dame Gracie Fields
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 22 Sep 2016
The blue plaque on Baron Street Image reads: DAME GRACIE FIELDS 1898-1979 10 Baron Street Opposite was Gracie's childhood home from 1902 to 1910, before it was demolished. It was here, the former theatrical boarding house, where Gracie was 'discovered' and encouraged to enter her first singing contest, aged 7. In 1911, Gracie and her family lived at 45 Kenion Street, before it was demolished.
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53.615428
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-2.153694