One of Alnwicks longest serving councilors has “outraged” locals after he announced his intention to change his name by deed pole. Councilor Jack Swan of Narrowgate is to be renamed Harry Lemon at the beginning of April, a move that has been greeted with dismay by his fellow councilors.  At last weeks council meeting, held in an undisclosed public house, due to the foot and mouth crisis, members decided to draw up a petition in opposition to his new name. Councilor Ian Mince- Poodle said “we don’t think the name Harry Lemon is appropriate for a historic market town like Alnwick. Where on earth he got the name from I don’t know but it is’nt in keeping with an ancient town where Robbie Burns once urinated, why he wants to change his name is beyond me”. Monty Overall, a local for many years, said he thinks the name change is aimed at attracting attention and young people. He said “does that sound like the name of an old man who lives just around the corner from Alnwick Castle. Alnwick used to be a nice family place, one of the few places I could take my wife out without everybody feeling uncomfortable”. Local historian Basil Clivararse claims that poet. Robbie Burns, who once urinated in Narrowgate, would be “outraged”at the name Harry Lemon if he was alive today. Mr Clivararse said that to locals Harry Lemon would always be remembered as Jack Swan, whatever it says on his passport. Responding to the criticism, Jack Swan said he could not understand what all the fuss was about. The name “Harry Lemon” he said was thought of during the councils recent fact finding tour of all the pubs in Dublin, Middlesborough and Whitley Bay. He said “it is an interesting and controversial name, but at the end of the day, who gives a shite anyway”.