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and described her travels in Lisbon-based newspapers, including the Anglo-Portuguese News. In 1976, the first changes were made to the Board of the
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Denise Lester had numerous operations throughout her life due to the rare blood-circulation problem she had inherited from her mother. These culminated in April 1964 when she had both legs amputated. Feeling that she did not have long to live, she set in motion the establishment of the Denise Lester
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Lester then went to work in the south of France, considered to offer a climate more favourable to her health problems, at the request of the Girl Guide movement. At the same time, she taught
English at a private school. With the collapse of that school, she returned to England. She was then sent by
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to cover the school's costs. She also helped raise funds for charities, and the school both served as a centre to help refugees and admitted refugee children. Between 1935 and 1945, children of 27 different nationalities attended the school. In April 1943 she received an award from the
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Margaret Denise Eileen Lester was born in London on 29 March 1909, the daughter of Gordon and
Margaret Lester. Her mother suffered from a rare and disabling disease, which Denise inherited. Between the ages of 5 and 18 she attended boarding school at
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