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Obituaries for Shops

The Potting Shed Tearoom (1995–2026)

Fictional café famed for scones the size of hedgehogs.

Scones, remembered.

Scones, remembered. Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, “Crumpets & Scones - English Tea Room, Covington, Louisiana”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Fictional Potting Shed Tearoom closed after its famous outdoor seating area relocated to Kinross without permission. Regulars remember the cheese scones and the waitress who called everyone ‘hen’, including the minister.

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