Spinner's End in Real Life (and a trailor tip)

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 136783

Potioncat wrote:
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I am trying to get the connections between spin (as in spider) spin 
> (as in thread) and spin (as in modern Muggle technology). I suddenly 
> realised that growing up in a town known for it's textile mills, I 
> assumed Spinner's End was located at a mill that did some sort of 
> spinning. I was thinking textiles, but on another site, it's been 
> suggested that the area would make metal line (rope). 
> 
> That's my way of not only seeing Spinner's End the chapter being 
> about the Unbreakable Vow, but also as the address of Snape's 
> childhood home.
> 
> Any ideas out there?
   (Snip)


 There are, of course, multiple definitions of "Spinner" from many 
different areas... it can mean one who spins as in one who makes 
thread or yarn from wool, or one who is a teller of tales, or who is a 
Spin Doctor... one who puts a distinctive positive or negative 
emphasis to known facts(personally I think Snape is a master Spin 
Doctor!!). It also can mean a type of fishing lure (from Webster's 
Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary) "a lure, as a spoon bait, that 
revolves in the water in trolling and casting" (has a barbed hook 
hidden in the end of it-this from a fisherman friend). It is also a 
term from American football(same source) "spinner play-a play in which 
the player carrying the ball twirls about to deceive the other team as 
to where the player intends to hit the line" (Gee, does that fit Snape 
or what!)... it also has a specifically British meaning "Brit. -
informal- a nightjar"... which is a small bird that catches insects on 
the fly with it's big mouth... also called a goatsucker. 
  Spinner's END.... my inclination would be to go with the fishing 
lure definition ... with the UV being the barbed hook. Did Snape's 
hand twitch before the 3rd part of the UV ---

"And should it prove necessary...if it seems Draco will fail..." 
whispered Narcissa, (Snape's hand twitched within hers but he did not 
draw away), will you carry out the deed that the Dark Lord has ordered 
Draco to perform?" There was a moment of silence. Bellatrix watched, 
her wand upon their clasped hands, her eyes wide. "I will," said 
Snape." (HBP, amer. HB edition, page 36/37)

  because he was worried that this part of the UV might conflict with 
other commitments... or was he "setting the hook"... giving a little 
yank to the line and capturing his prey by wedging the barb tightly... 
He now has Bellatrix, who only moments before distrusted him and 
thought LV had made a big mistake, believing he is indeed in LV's 
corner. And he has made a very powerful commitment to Narcissa... one 
that could kill him if he reneges on it. So she too believes he is 
LV's man all the way. I would imagine that between the two of them 
they would spread the word to other DEs who doubt Snape!   

 Deb