Yardley Pharmacy

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as customers shuffled in for their daily prescriptions, an elderly voice crackled over the intercom: ‘Attention, everyone—your pills are now on sale!’ A delivery driver, startled by the announcement, almost dropped his boxes of medicine. A regular customer turned around and asked, 'Did you hear that? My blood pressure meds just went down from $9.99 to $9.98!' Everyone burst out laughing, realizing it was just another day at Yardley Pharmacy—a place where even sales announcements were a joke.

2. At dawn, when most pharmacies were still locked tight, a delivery driver arrived with a mysterious package. The label read simply: ‘For Yardley Pharmacy Only.’ Curious, the pharmacist opened it and found only a small box of candy. A note inside said, 'To brighten your day—from a neighbor.' From that moment on, whenever deliveries came early, everyone in town would smile and wait for the surprise treat.

3. At midnight, when even streetlights dimmed, a soft humming could be heard coming from Yardley Pharmacy's closed door. Curious neighbors peered through windows, but saw only flickering shadows and the occasional flash of light on old-fashioned bottles. One night, a delivery driver swore he saw an old gentleman in a long white coat handing him a mysterious package. When asked who he was, the figure replied, 'Just a ghost from the apothecary’s past.' The next morning, the pharmacist found a vintage bottle of cough syrup labeled ‘Special Recipe’—and no trace of the delivery man.

4. At dusk, when children rushed home from school, one boy stopped dead in his tracks outside Yardley Pharmacy. The smell of old books and medicine had always filled him with curiosity, but today something new lingered—an aroma like fresh cookies wafting through the open door. Inside, a regular customer was chatting with the pharmacist about the week’s weather. ‘I swear,’ he said, sniffing the air, ‘it smells like Mrs. Jenkins is baking her famous oatmeal raisin!’ Sure enough, it turned out that an elderly neighbor had brought her homemade cookies as a surprise for everyone who worked there. The whole town ended up gathering for a little cookie party before going home for supper.