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Harry Potter and War Memorials.... No really.

 
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:49 pm    Post subject: Harry Potter and War Memorials.... No really. Reply with quote
It's possible that the names of the two churches in Leith with war memorials, Lockhart and its neighbour St Mungos, have become immortalised in fiction.

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4131

J.K. Rowling lived in Leith when writing her first Harry Potter novel. In an interview she said she took the name of Lockhart from a war memorial, so possibly the church instead of the actual names on it? and St Mungos was the name given to the hospital that featured throughout the books.

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4798

http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2002/1102-fraser-scotsman.html

Derek.
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