About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. Late one night, as a delivery driver pulled up outside Neate & Pugh, he swore he heard someone whispering from within the empty building. Curious, but cautious, he peered through the window and saw nothing but shadows dancing across the walls. Suddenly, a voice called out from inside: 'Hey, are you delivering pies?' The driver shook his head and drove off, laughing. To this day, locals joke that Neate & Pugh still serve the best desserts in town.
2. Late one night, as a delivery driver pulled up outside Neate & Pugh, he noticed an old man standing in the shadows of the building. The man kept pointing towards the window where lights were on late into the evening, whispering something about ‘the magic hour’. Curious, the driver walked inside just as the clock struck midnight. Inside, everyone was hard at work—except for one empty desk with a note: 'Back at dawn.' Turned out, it was just an overworked partner taking his famous 'magic-hour' break.
3. Late one night, as a delivery driver pulled up outside Neate & Pugh, he noticed an eerie humming coming from inside the building. Curious but cautious, he peered through the window and saw only shadows moving behind the curtains. Suddenly, one of the shadows reached for something on the desk, revealing a pair of old spectacles and a quill pen. The delivery driver chuckled to himself, thinking it was just an eccentric lawyer working late. As he drove away, though, he swore he heard someone whispering ‘Next Monday… nine o’clock sharp.’
4. Late one night, as a delivery driver pulled up outside Neate & Pugh, he heard an ominous voice whispering from the shadows: ‘You’ve got mail—from beyond!’ Curious, the driver approached the ominous figure and asked what kind of mail it was. With a sinister chuckle, the shadow replied, 'Just a reminder that your next delivery is due at midnight.' The next evening, the same driver received another cryptic message: 'Your package has been signed for… by someone who doesn’t exist!'