A NORTH Berwick art gallery has re-opened its doors, just a month after it was devastated by flooding.

A faulty boiler in an upstairs flat is believed to have been the cause of a flood that caused more than £10,000 worth of damage at Greens and Blues, on High Street, last month.

Exactly a month on, the refurbished gallery opened its doors to the public.

Bryan Ross, who runs the gallery, was absolutely delighted to see it back open.

He told the Courier: “When I came in and saw the gallery looking the way it was, with lights hanging out of what remained of our suspended ceiling and water still pouring out of the front door, I never imagined we would be open for business only 28 days later.

“I am so grateful to all my staff and family who worked so hard to ensure that we suffered the minimum disruption to the business.”

The gallery re-opened last Saturday, but Mr Ross admitted further damage had been averted thanks only to the work of his staff and firefighters from East Linton.

He said: “It was so fortunate that we had our other gallery on Market Place to move all our stock into, where we were up and running from by the Tuesday after the flood.”

The stock that was saved from the High Street gallery was moved to the nearby Market Place, and Mr Ross thanked all his family, staff and customers for their support during the last month.

He added: “My thanks go to all our customers who continued to support us on Market Place during our temporary absence from High Street and for all the good wishes extended to us when we re-opened earlier this month, especially to one of our regular customers who wrote us a poem to celebrate the re-opening.

“I’ll look forward to welcoming all our loyal customers back in the near future.”