I come from Blyth, and my maternal grandparents, who lived there, were Dixon. They died in the late 1940s. But I think they originated from York.
I have a vague memory of a boy at BGS called Hudson - I'll let you know if I recall more.
It's just come back - Peter Hudson, he was the same age as me, born 1935-6. A very clever boy. He lived in Seaton Sluice, near the end of the road from Seaton Delaval.