Black Rigg Rapper has its beginnings in early 2007 when three members of Jet Set Border Morris decided to attend a workshop run by Sallyport and hosted by Pengwyn Rapper in Darlington.

Little did we know!

However, having got hooked on the form, two of us decided to try and start our own rapper team.

Threats, cajoling, temper tantrums and bribery led to a first meeting of interested parties at The Marine in Saltburn and we discovered we had enough people to make a go of it.

More research found us a pub that let us practice in the upstairs room - The Winning Post in Redcar - where we practised for over a year.

We are currently a mixed side but hope eventually to have both a male and female side - if you're interested use the contact pages!

We had many a meaningful discussion over the style of our kit.

The final decision was black shirt and shorts - hoggers - with a sash which is purple on one side and green on the other. One green and one purple sock with black shoes completes the outfit.

However the final, final decision was somewhat different – due to sock samples not arriving we ended up doing our first gig in black trousers instead of hoggers and this seems to have stuck.

The colours are meant to reflect the moors and hills of North Yorkshire and the black - obviously - links in with Black Rigg (which is to the south of Wheeldale Moor on the North York Moors, although there are dozens of "black riggs" around the country).

....and this is the Black Rigg in question:

© Copyright Stephen Horncastle