Teesside Students Say Middlesbrough Is Ready To Be A City
A group of Teesside students have launched a campaign to start the conversation about Middlesbrough's status from town to city.
A group of Teesside students have launched a campaign to start the conversation about Middlesbrough's status from town to city.
Monumental Middlesbrough was created by media and journalism students Abbie Osguthorpe, Amy Oram, Chloe Churchill, Jack Crute and Jodie Lightfoot.
It's already received the backing of Middlesbrough council and aims to boost the town's status and draw attention to it's positives.
The group are using social media to spread the word, and hope to have a campaign video filmed later this week.
Third year multimedia journalism student, Abbie Osguthorpe, said: “As a visitor to Teesside I was shocked when I found out Middlesbrough held a town status.
“It has a very city feel to it with plenty of things to do and the people from the area seem to have a lot of home pride.
"I would love to see Middlesbrough become a city, hopefully it would enhance the already up and coming businesses in the local area.”
The group have also received the support from Middlesbrough Mayor Dave Budd.
He said: “It’s often said that Middlesbrough is a city in all but name, and it’s not hard to see why.
“Historically we are at the heart of an area with a proud industrial heritage that is the match of anywhere in the world"
“We already compete on an equal footing with other towns and cities across the UK and beyond - city status will help us move forward and on to the next level.”