1800s Pharmacy

Walk into the complete 1880s pharmacy, sense the atmosphere and visualise the pills and potions being dispensed to treat nineteenth century maladies.

This pharmacy was made to measure by George Treble & Son, shop fitters, Hoxton, London to the order of Mr. Deeks, High Street, Shanklin, I.o.W. It was made in their workshops and then sent by rail and ferry to be fitted into No.47 The High Street, sometime in the 1880's.

The ownership changed a few times over the next 100 years and the shop was closed around the end of 1990 when the fittings were then sold. We purchased the complete shop interior, with many of the glass jars and bottles in the winter of 1991/92 and erected the building which was made to fit. The shop was refitted into here and the display of medicines and other related items were completed in time for the opening of the 1992 season.

The nest of drawers at the back is called the "drug run" and is 25 feet long, one of the longest to be found in this country. Another nice feature is the two shop chairs monogrammed on the backrest with the letter "D" for Deeks. These were supplied when the shop was fitted out.

We have tried to get the feel of the shop as it would have been at some stage of its life and to get you, our visitors, right into it. However, the contents and doors etc. have had to be alarmed in the interests of safety and security.

Separate pharmacy guide book available.

© Sutton Wind Mill & Broads Museum 2002