A group of 40 friends gathered from around the world to go on a night out with a cardboard cut-out of their beloved pal who sadly lost his battle with cancer. Lee Clarke had hoped to make it on the jolly boys' trip to Skegness with his mates, but tragically died in February aged just 50 after a two-year battle with bowel cancer.
However, close pal Darren McLean, 52, was determined to take Lee along in his own special way and ordered a cardboard cut-out of his dear friend for the night out. Darren, from Humberston, Lincs., said: "When Lee was coming to his latter days, when I arranged the coach, he said that he didn't think he would make but I said even if you don't, we'll have a cardboard cut-out.
"It was always planned to be on there, it was either Lee in person if his health would have held up, or the cardboard cut-out. He thought it was a great idea, he just wanted to be remembered and not forgotten so that's what we are trying to do."
