George Dixon was a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham of the 1870's and a renowned educational pioneer in the city. He founded Edgbaston High School for Girls in Westbourne Road to educate young women, the daughters of artisans and craftsmen in Birmingham. The George Dixon Grammar Schools were built in 1906 to honour his memory on the mile-long City Road, built at the turn of the 20th century during the municipal boom in Birmingham inspired by Joseph Chamberlain who at that time founded the University of Birmingham also in Edgbaston.
George Dixon to those 'Baby Boomers' who grew up in 1960's Britain meant a kindly, avuncular copper who pounded the beat in Dock Green in East London on black and white TV on BBC1 on Saturday evenings.
Did you know how PC George Dixon got his name...?
Sir Michael Balcon, then Head of the Ealing Studios was a former pupil of the George Dixon Grammar School for Boys in City Road, Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Ealing Studios released a film called: 'The Blue Lamp' in the early 1950's starring Jack Warner as PC George Dixon. PC Dixon was shot dead by a very young actor named Dirk Bogarde (remember him...?) who played a petty villain on PC Dixon's beat in bomb-damaged London.
PC George Dixon's name was inspired by Sir Michael Balcon's former school George Dixon Grammar in Birmingham.
PC Dixon was reincarnated for the very successful 'Police Procedural' TV show of the 60's and 70's on BBC1, still played by the original actor from 'The Blue Lamp': Jack Warner.
Sir Michael Balcon's daughter Jill Balcon established links with her father's old school in Birmingham some years ago. Jill was part of an acting dynasty and married into the Day-Lewis theatrical family which includes double-Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis whose grandfather is Birmingham-born Michael Balcon
The Old Dixonians Rugby Football Club for whom Sir Michael Balcon played after the First World War celebrates its centenary 1913 - 2013 on September 14th 2013 with a 'Grand Centenary Dinner' at the Botanical Gardens in Westbourne Road Edgbaston.
Anyone with connections to the former George Dixon Grammar School and its rugby club: Edgbaston Dixonians RFC is welcome to attend the centenary dinner to celebrate 100 years of Dixonians rugby, the club being historically based in Bearwood, Edgbaston and Harborne drawing its players from those areas
George Dixon to those 'Baby Boomers' who grew up in 1960's Britain meant a kindly, avuncular copper who pounded the beat in Dock Green in East London on black and white TV on BBC1 on Saturday evenings.
Did you know how PC George Dixon got his name...?
Sir Michael Balcon, then Head of the Ealing Studios was a former pupil of the George Dixon Grammar School for Boys in City Road, Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Ealing Studios released a film called: 'The Blue Lamp' in the early 1950's starring Jack Warner as PC George Dixon. PC Dixon was shot dead by a very young actor named Dirk Bogarde (remember him...?) who played a petty villain on PC Dixon's beat in bomb-damaged London.
PC George Dixon's name was inspired by Sir Michael Balcon's former school George Dixon Grammar in Birmingham.
PC Dixon was reincarnated for the very successful 'Police Procedural' TV show of the 60's and 70's on BBC1, still played by the original actor from 'The Blue Lamp': Jack Warner.
Sir Michael Balcon's daughter Jill Balcon established links with her father's old school in Birmingham some years ago. Jill was part of an acting dynasty and married into the Day-Lewis theatrical family which includes double-Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis whose grandfather is Birmingham-born Michael Balcon
The Old Dixonians Rugby Football Club for whom Sir Michael Balcon played after the First World War celebrates its centenary 1913 - 2013 on September 14th 2013 with a 'Grand Centenary Dinner' at the Botanical Gardens in Westbourne Road Edgbaston.
Anyone with connections to the former George Dixon Grammar School and its rugby club: Edgbaston Dixonians RFC is welcome to attend the centenary dinner to celebrate 100 years of Dixonians rugby, the club being historically based in Bearwood, Edgbaston and Harborne drawing its players from those areas
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