Confronting the sceptics
Northumberland Foods and the celebrity brand future

Lifeboat's busy new year
Stormy weather means many call- outs

Report those potholes
County council wants to know

Good to see the 'Boys in Orange'
Polar Bear skipper on the RNLI

Amble GPX
Wanted: young people for computer game project

Walkies on the wild side
Anguish of dogs lost on dunes

Well done!
Lifeguard training in Amble

End Polio
Rotary club campaign

Remembering Kit
Kit Rollo Obituary

Amble and the RAF
Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith on our links with the Royal Air Force

Muslims visit Friendliest Port
Pilgramage brings group of Muslims

Community Forum on Facebook
How to join in on your laptop

Police Forum
Help Amble Police help us

Out of the Trees
Music festival raises money for Bobby Robson Foundation

From the Team
Something of a dilemma!

Lush Acoustics
Original meets traditional. And it's FREE

Pam's back in business
Why she's a Swiss Army Wife

Fire Works
Coquet High School students on team building and self esteem course

Gok's fashion fix
Gok's team are looking for help

Coquet Medical Group
Easter hours

Breast screening
Mobile screening Unit invitations

Your letters and email
Harrison clocks, colliery checks and council newspapers

Supporting your voice
NHS help for complainants

Bootcamp classes
New excercise classes to target every area of the body

The Lost Sister:
Part two of our online serialisation of Paul Harris' book. 2/6

ACT becomes CCT
Amble Churches together and thoughts of resolutions

Bovril for birds
Help Northumberland Wildlife Trust win £20k for local wildlife

County council budget
Report form recent meeting

Artograffi
It's Spring!

David's Diary
News from Amble Development Trust

Town council report
News and updates from the Town Council

County Councillors reports
Reports from Robert and Jeff

Free computers
Help for low income families

Penny...
reflects on the weather

Photo Gallery
Your wintery pictures

St George's day event
Now an annual community event

Aln Valley Railway
Plans are progressing

Through the Lens
Last call for photography competition entrants

Action week
Raising awareness of what is on offer in the community

Pont of Punch magazine
The life of a famous cartoonist with Warkworth connections

What's On
Including Easter services, live music and drama group productions

Cross country success
Youngsters challenging run

Richard qualifies
Local swimmer in National Junior championships

Help us put Amble at the Top
Pete Banks on motorcycle racing

Ray King
On footballing celebrations

Bruner’s Beasties

In this column we take a look at the mythical and imaginative world of Mr R. Galvin. Kindly and selflessly contributing to The Ambler (without any benefit of the tea and cakes happily supplied to the members of the Editorial Team) he has tirelessly put forward practical and fun suggestions for the local community, turned his hand to a self- help article and even suggested the following, which we are most happy to print.

We often associate the reign of Queen Victoria with airs and graces, stern faces and straight laces but even in these dark days the people of Northumberland still cling to the superstitions of old.

For example the good people of Warkworth told stories of the Warkworth Imps, spindly fairy like creatures that made their homes on the riverbank and prevented children from drowning in the river. It was said that they would use their “imp strings” to drag them out of the water, a motif that in other stories was often adopted by violinists and other players of stringed instruments.

Parents would encourage their children to bring gifts for the imps in order to gain their favour and records often speak of “simple bonbons” and “loafes” being left on the riverbank. While people of the time believe the imps did consume these gifts it was more than likely the work of local swans or maybe a local vagrant trying to avoid the workhouse!

The stories of the Warkworth Imps eventually fell out of favour when proper safety equipment such as rubber rings and warning signs were introduced to the riverbank. It may seem sad to have lost these myths but I daresay what we have now is a little bit safer!

Jonas Bruner
Amateur Cryptozoologist