The Motley Crew ...

... the LGS members near the first at Chester-le-Street - my 33 points was good enough to win the Silver Salver :D

The best-known wearers of motley were jesters of harlequins and the patchwork costume became their standard style of stage dress.


From the 17th century onward, any miscellaneous ragbag of undisciplined ne'er-do-wells might find themselves described as a 'motley crowd', 'motley herd', 'motley assembly' etc. Added to this list, but with no especial significance came 'motley crew'.


And, playing on Radio Sandhoe today:  Eddie Vedder - Rise (from Into the Wild)