Locos in Motion are a mixed border morris side based at the village of Sadberge, near Darlington. We say mixed, meaning for male and female dancers but currently, the dancers are all female (although some of the musicians are of the male persuasion).

We are dancers in the traditional Welsh Border (i.e. the English counties bordering Wales) style. This involves blacking up our faces to disguise ourselves and dancing vigorously while forcefully clashing sticks of various lengths.

Our costume (as modelled by the lovely Monica) includes the traditional rag jacket and clogs but, in our case, the jackets are black and silver and we wear tall, stove pipe hats with big black and white feathers and, of course, lots of bells. All these things are to represent that famous old steam engine after which we are named - Locomotion Number One. The hat is the funnel and the black, white and silver of the feathers and rags represent smoke, steam and sparks.

We meet on Tuesday evenings at 8.00 p.m. in Sadberge village hall and then, all being well, after much dancing and merriment, adjourn to one of the village pubs at 10.00 p.m.