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7 unusual facts about Ron Dawson


Aston Hippodrome

The opening chapter of Ron Dawson's novel, The Last Viking, vividly describes one of the 'strip tease shows' which dominated the Hipp's offerings during the mid to late 1950s.

Durdle Door

Ron Dawson's children's story Scary Bones meets the Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Coast creates a myth of how Durdle Door came to be, as an 'undiscovered' dinosaur called Durdle Doorus is magically transformed into rock.

Kingstanding

Kingstanding is featured in the novel The Last Viking by Dr Ron Dawson.

Ron Dawson

Adopted aged two by Thomas Dawson (canal boatman) and his wife, Henrietta of Kingstanding, Birmingham.

(DUKW) tells how a Birmingham gang captured and looted the island of Guernsey in the 1950s.

Ronald Dawson

Ron Dawson, Special Educational Needs (SEN) educator, psychologist, researcher and author

The Bartons Arms

It also features in the 2006 novel by Ron Dawson, The Last Viking: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Heist; as the gang of robbers meet in the pub.



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