sir michael balcon http://www.createdinbirmingham.com Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:05:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CiB-Google-copy-32x32.jpg sir michael balcon http://www.createdinbirmingham.com 32 32 Sir Michael Balcon’s chair http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/10/sir-michael-balcons-chair/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/10/sir-michael-balcons-chair/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:29:11 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=11624 [Read more...]]]> I was at BAFTA this evening (yeah, I know, get me) and, as I took my seat in their cinema, what should I see a couple of seats to my right?

Sir Michael Balcon's chair

It was a bit dark in there, so in case you can’t read it, it says:

Endowed by DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in memory of SIR MICHAEL BALCON

If you’re not sure of who Sir Michael was, then here’s his Wikipedia entry and here’s a good profile in the Birmingham Post by Roger Shannon.

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