Terry Waite and Harry Potter

[Mary Jennings]

DH and I went to see Terry Waite speaking at the local theatre last night, 
and Mr. Waite had this lovely story.

Mr. Waite grew up in a small Cheshire village and attended the village small 
village school.  A couple of years ago this school had an extension made and 
Mr. Waite was asked if he'd like to do the official opening.  He gladly 
agreed.

While he was waiting to cut the ribbon he suggested to the Head Teacher that 
the youngest pupil of the school should help him out, so the Head motioned 
to a small boy to come forward.  To make things easier Mr. Waite lifted the 
boy up (he's 6'7") and, when he asked the boy what his name was, the boy 
replied "Harry Potter"!

Mr. Waite later spoke to Harry's mother, who confirmed that this was indeed 
his name, given to him before the first book came out.  Every time mother 
and son went into a bookshop, the boy would ask, "Mummy, why is my name on 
that book?"

Best of all, the headline in the local newspaper ran along the lines of 
"Harry Potter opens school extension, aided by Terry Waite"!

It was an informative evening, improved by the fact that myself (aged 33) 
and DH (aged 38) appeared to be the youngest people in the theatre by at 
least 15 years.  I haven't felt so full of the joys of spring for eons ;)

Mary Ann
(whose premature grey hairs blended in nicely for a change)

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