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06 Sept 2025

The perfect prescription for an inspiring business...

Sometimes Torbay Weekly photographer Stephen Coombes will take a wander outside the boundaries of the Bay

Sometimes Torbay Weekly photographer Stephen Coombes will take a wander outside the boundaries of the Bay for a touch of inspiration - and why not?
He certainly found it over in Newton Abbot's Queen Street as a business from the past is being brought back to life for the future.
The old Pharmaceutical Chemist Shop, owned by Newton Abbot's oldest tradesman, M. John Henry Bibbings (1852 to 1942), is now the Pharmacy Cafe and steeped in history. Stephen says: "It looks great as it has kept a lot of the old fittings. And great coffee and home made cakes."
Some may say a perfect prescription for the future....

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