Teesside Fettlers Procession", an imaginary account of a Royal visit to open a Hospital Ward in Middlesbrough. Written by Graeme Miles, it paints a humorous picture of life in the rough end of town. "Ring of Iron" (Miles), Chemical Workers Song (Angel) and "Blue Sunset" (Miles) describe the pollution and hard working conditions of local industries. "Beauty and the Beast" (Skingle) and "I will Stay" (Skingle) describe the contrast between the hard industrial development of Teesside and the open moorland less than 20 minutes by car. "The Blackleg Miner" (Traditional) foretells the likely fate of those who would break strikes at the
County Borough of Teesside County Borough of Teesside Teesside was, from 1968 to 1974, a local government district in northern England. It comprised a conurbation that spanned both sides of the River Tees from which it took its name. The district had the status of a county borough and so was independent of the County Councils of the North Riding of Yorkshire and of County Durham, in which it was geographically located. The River Tees formed the historic county boundary between Yorkshire and Durham. A continuous conurbation had built up around the mouth of the river, increasing greatly in population from the nineteenth century