What You Say#156
Christmas jumper fundraiser for Amble Food Bank
The staff of 1911 coffee house ran a Christmas jumper fundraiser for Amble Food Bank. All the tips received for three days were donated.
The photo shows Marion and Terry from Amble Food Bank accepting a £100 donation from 1911 staff, Angela, Ria and Shania.
Thanks to all the generous people in Amble for helping to raise this amount.
Patricia Bettaney
via email
News from Amble Club Ltd aka The Top Hoose
As a year draws to a close it is natural to reflect on all that has happened over the past 12 months and longer.
This time last year the Board of Directors of Amble Club Ltd were preparing to close the club premises on Bede Street because the business was in financial difficulty, due to the unprecedented rise in fuel costs, as well as a diminishing customer base.
The board had sounded the alarm in August 2024 and there followed months of meetings with interested shareholders whose decisions helped to shape the future of the club. In October, a prospective buyer of the premises was found and it was thought that the sale would be completed before the end of the year (but it has taken quite a while longer than that).
Shareholders were reluctant to turn their backs on the 122 year history of Amble Club Ltd and asked the board to explore the possibility of downsizing into smaller premises – the empty Mason’s Arms. This was thought to be a good idea because of the premises having rental rooms, whose income would supplement the bar sales. A verbal agreement was made with the owner, subject to the sale of the club. Shareholders voted on a name change, to reflect a new beginning for the business. By a narrow margin, the name chosen was ‘Top Hoose’ as that was what the pub had been referred to colloquially.
We closed the premises at Bede Street on 10 January 2025 and moved into the Mason’s where we opened for business on 30 January, on a rental arrangement, pending the completion of the legal formalities. The sale of the club was completed on 6 May with the purchase of the Mason’s on 16 May. The new signage was erected in August and the rental rooms opened in September.
All in all 2025 was a very eventful one for Amble Club Ltd.
Alongside the day to day operation of the business in my role as secretary, I completed an audit of the shareholder register and by the end of June I had validated 595 shares which have now been registered at Companies House. (Please note that if you are in possession of, or have inherited a share, then it can still be validated by making contact with me via the Top Hoose).
Notice of AGM
All shareholders are invited to attend the annual AGM of Amble Club Ltd which will be held on Sunday 1 March 2026 at 11.00am at the Top Hoose.
Please note that George Nelson, Chairman and Carol Nelson, Secretary have given notice of their intention to step down from their roles at that meeting. If any shareholder is interested in taking up a position on the Board of Directors, then please let your intentions be known in advance and in writing, thank you.
Carol Nelson,
Secretary, Amble Club Ltd
Can you help Amble Lifeboat?
All at Amble RNLI would like to thank everyone who supported us in 2025 – individuals, businesses, clubs both from the local community and further afield. We are very grateful for your support in helping Save Lives at Sea, without it we could not provide lifesaving services around our coastline. In 2025 the crew attended 35 shouts.
Our regular monthly coffee mornings start in February, please come along and join us there are wonderful views and tasty home baking for takeaway or sitting in.
Lifeboat Day 2026 will be confirmed shortly, please follow our fb page for information.
Amble RNLI Crew Vacancies
We are looking for volunteers to join the Inshore and All-Weather Lifeboat crew. If you’re interested, please contact us: Tel 01665 712460 or see our Facebook pages:- Amble Lifeboat Fundraisers and RNLI-Amble Lifeboat Station.
Baptised in Amble at age 50
I was baptised at Amble Methodist Church, by Minister Christopher Wood-Archer, on 18 January this year, just after my 50th birthday.
For many years I had always planned to return to Amble, where I grew up, and return often to visit my sisters Yvonne Moore and Karen Welsh as well as my school friends. I originally left Amble at 19 years of age to go and study in Barnsley, where I still live today. I turned 50 this year and thought to tie my baptism in with my mam’s birthday.
Sadly my mam Marjorie Moore passed away in 2016, and to make her feel part of my special day I chose her birthday, 18 January.
It was a very happy day, I was surrounded by family and friends, and the parishioners of the church.
For the celebration, I chose Hauxley Village Hall, as my mam used to spend a lot of time there as a child, where her grandparents used to take in bed and breakfast for extra income, Mam and her cousins would help their grandparents to dry the washing on the dunes in Low Hauxley.
Hauxley was always where mam was at her happiest.
Lindsey Moore
Celebrating 100 years of dance
My pupils recently took a Dance Exam with Northern Counties Dance Teachers Association, to celebrate 100 years of Dance, 1925 to 2025.
Everyone excelled in their exams, the school gained 23 Honours and 13 Distinctions. All candidates received an award and a certificate in Freestyle Dance. Very Proud of all of my Dancers.
The next event will be taking part in the Annual Scholarships with N.C.D.T.A Ltd in February. Good Luck and here we come.
Carol Gray, CG Dance School, Amble
