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Canoeist in the drink

A bar in Hartlepool is being renamed after back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin. Sinatra’s Bar, near Darwin’s home in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, is changing its name to The Seaton Canoe.

Customers were challenged to come up with a new name for the pub and win £100, but no one came up with the name owners Richard and Angie Lakey had in mind.

Mr Lakey told the Northern Echo: “I am pleased with the name. It stands out and I am sure it will cause a few smiles. Surprisingly, no one guessed the name we had in mind, so we will give the money to the lifeboat, which we thought seemed fitting.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .