Teesside Gazette as "the Pink". To encourage people to buy the sports edition, at a time when television was affecting its sales, competitions were run "In the Pink" with cash prizes. In a similar vein, a sports newspaper published in Sheffield is known as the "Green Un" for the green newsprint used. Teesside Gazette The Teesside Gazette is a newspaper serving the Teesside area of England. It is published by the Gazette Media Company Ltd, which is a regional arm of the Trinity Mirror group. The Teesside Gazette is written and published in Middlesbrough, along with many other publications. The Gazette Media
Trolleybuses in Teesside Trolleybuses in Teesside The Teesside trolleybus system once served the conurbation of Teesside, in the North East of England. Opened on , it was unusual in being a completely new system that was not replacing any previously operating tramway network. By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Teesside system was a small one, with a total of three routes, and a maximum fleet of only 21 trolleybuses. However, it was unusually long-lasting, as it did not close until , and was therefore the penultimate system in the UK to do so. Three