History and Myth Behind HP

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 126011


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kate Williams 
<kayt.williams at b...> wrote:

Fitzov:
> The Chapter Title of "Spinner's End" also has me intrigued.  It 
actually sounds more like a house name than a street name to me. I 
wonder, therefore, if this is the name of Sirius' own house: the one 
that he bought at the age of 17 with his Uncle Alphard's gold (OOtP, 
p104 (UK Ed.))?  I've read some speculation that Sirius leaves Harry 
Grimmauld Place, but it seems more likely that he would leave him his 
own house that has more pleasant connections for him, whilst leaving 
Grimmauld Place to the Order.  
> 
> JKR has said that Harry leaves Privet Drive early in Book 6 for 
a 'pleasant reason'.  Maybe this is to visit Spinner's End and 
discover more about his parents and Sirius there.  
> 
> BTW, the Weston-Super-Mare connection is interesting.  WSM is a 
seaside town near to Bristol and therefore, probably not far from 
Godric's Hollow.  (Hagrid flies over Bristol on his way from Godric's 
Hollow to Surrey.)

Geoff:
We had a long series of contributions last year about Spinners End
and asociated ideas.

If you pick up in the archive at about message 116923 and follow
through (the threads sometimes change names), you might find some
posts which may be of interest.

It also includes some discussion that Godric's Hollow is in Wales and 
not Somerset.....