Dut

There was a kid at our school called Dean Smith who used to wear a 'Benny Dut' to demonstrate how unfathomably stupid he is.

The result is that I’m entering Ward Jackson Park, near Hartlepool Cricket Club, dressed in people shorts, comfy top – and traditional blue-and-white Pooly dut (for culture starved southerners, a woolly cap).

Grab your dut – we’re off for a trip down memory lane for a hot pork pie from Seaton Baths![…] These singing angels, pictured at a previous Hartlepool Christmas lights switch-on, are all kitted out in their duts (woolly hats) for winter.