ARTS centre managers have been inundated with suggestions of possible new names for Stanley Civic Hall.
Bosses at the hall were given permission to rebrand the centre to coincide with refurbishment, and invited the public to send in suggestions.
These have included using the name jubilee to coincide with the Queen's Golden Jubilee year, mentioning the area's mining heritage and paying tribute to the men and boys who died in the 1909 Stanley Burns Pit Disaster.
The deadline for suggestions has passed and Derwentside Leisure, which manages the hall, will now draw up a shortlist and submit it to a panel which will comprise friends of the hall, management, users and ward councillor Lyn Boyd.
The centre will be closed from September 2 to 6 for refurbishment work and will reopen on Saturday, September 7.
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