Gazette Celebrates 140 years

The Gazette covers Teesside, Middlesbrough, and the Tees Valley

The Evening Gazette is celebrating a landmark in its history - 140 years of print.

The newspaper was first launched in November 1869 and has published around 45 thousand different issues.

In that time it's covered significant historical events; from the assassination of President Kennedy, through to the moon landings, and, of course, Boro's first trip to Wembley.

The newspaper has changed its name four times since it first started.

Paul Delplanque, a Multi Media Researcher, has worked at the Gazette since 1978 and says he's seen many changes.

The Gazette has changed its name four times in the past 140 years 1870s: The Evening Gazette 1880s - 1938: North Eastern Daily Gazette 1938 - 1940: North Eastern Gazette 1940 - Now: The Evening Gazette

"We used to carry national news, because frankly there wasn't any TV and very little radio so that's how people found out about national news, through their local newspaper."

Paul often goes down into the depths of the Evening Gazette building to the archive room. It holds a copy of every single newspaper ever printed by the Gazette.

The public can request to see a copy of any story from the past 140 years and that's where it's stored.

Strange event in Teesside history

Anthony Vickers is a sports columnist at the Evening Gazette and has worked there for around 20 years.

He does a live online blog from Middlesbrough football games and says the newspaper world he started in has changed massively over the years.

"It's a rolling news world we live in, 24 hour news reporting, because we have a limited set in stone deadline for the paper so very often we get the story first but the deadline's gone. That means putting it on the website first. We're constantly thinking about how can we use this on the web."

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