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Catherine Swan

Tynemouth ice cream café hopes to be heart of community after support from locals helps business survive

Dibbley’s in Tynemouth offers more than 30 flavours of ice cream, gelato and sorbet - but passersby may not know that it offers a lot more than your average café.

For owner Debs Yeaman, setting up her own food and drink venue marked a big career change - she used to be in the Army with the Royal Military Police. But Debs, 51, decided to indulge her creative side by venturing into the world of ice cream with the help of her husband.

“We were at this age where we thought: should we do something really different and exciting, or should we pay off the mortgage?” Debs laughs. Luckily for Tynemouth, they went down the exciting road.

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