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Suzie_Q and I have just got back from an evening’s pram stroll up to the Yicken Chinese take-away on South Street to grab some easy dinner. On the way up we passed Waterstones bookshop where what looked like homeless people had taken up residence in the doorway. As we got closer I could see a sign outside saying ‘Welcome Muggles’ and it became clear that these were not vagrants but parents and children huddled with blankets awaiting the launch of the final Harry Potter book ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’. It’s actually quite cold out this evening after the downpours, I’m quite surprised that the children can tolerate it, especially considering that they’re just going to find out that Harry dies and then cry themselves to sleep.

No I’m kidding! I’ve no idea what happens in the book but as it’s the last one I’m guessing he dies or gets sucked into a parallel universe like Billie Piper in Doctor Who. Unlike most of the world I never made it beyond the first three pages of my first JK Rowling novel without thinking ‘this is a kid’s book’ and promptly putting it down, I missed the addiction element. However, Oxfam books has recently relocated to the corner of Dene Street, there on display in the window is a book which sounds far more exciting; ‘Salmon Fishing in Yemen’ - a popular book I guess as I couldn’t even find a book of nursery rhymes in there on Wednesday.

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