Spinners End in Sandwell (near Birmingham) and Dudley (OT)

[arrowsmithbt]

No: HPFGUIDX 117082


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
> <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> > 
> > Kneasy:
> > Tut, tut.
> > It's got nothing at all to do with Birmingham and never has.
> > 
> > I speak as someone who was born and bred there, though I've since
> > moved on.
> > All  the old towns that make up the  administrative abortion that 
> is 
> > Sandwell (Oldbury, West Bromwich, Smethwick etc.) were even in
> > a different county (Staffs) to Brum (Warks).
> 
> Geoff:
> My apologies. I have a naughty tendency to mix up Birmingham with the 
> West Midlands authority. You did once comment that you had worked in 
> Brum - ambulances? I didn't realise you also hailed from the area.
> 

Apologies accepted.
No, I  can't conceive of  a Spinners End from the Black Country inspiring JKR
except as maybe where Voldy hangs out - somewhat similar to Orthanc
when Saruman got ideas above his station.

Erm... not quite ambulances; I ran one of the two regional Cytogenetics labs.

Kneasy