Tail-Twig Clippers
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Broomsticks
A maintenance tool for keeping a broomstick‘s tail in peak condition. Read MoreA teddy bear transfigured• Trivia
Ron tells us that “… when I was three, Fred turned my teddy bear into a great big filthy spider because I broke his toy broomstick …” That means that Fred Weasley at age five was able to transfigure a teddy bear into a live spider (CS9). Clever boy! At age… Read MoreThunderbolt VII
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Broomsticks
Thunderbolt VII brooms were ridden by the Nigeria National Team at the Quidditch World Cup in 2014. Thunderbolt Broom Manufacturers have a bad reputation for designing brooms that favour speed over safety (Pm). After the tail of a Thunderbolt VII broom disintegrated when hit by a Bludger during… Read MoreTinderblast
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Broomsticks
The Tinderblast was a broom produced by the German company Ellerby & Spudmore in 1940, twelve years before they released the Swiftstick. It was somewhat slower than the Comets and Cleansweeps of its time and thus was never used in sports (QA9). Read MoreTonks, as part of the Advanced Guard, escorts Harry Potter to Grimmauld Place• Event
Tonks arrives with the other members of the Guard in Privet Drive and remarks about the “unnatural” cleanliness of the Dursley’s house. When the group travels from Little Whinging to Grimmauld Place, Tonks flies with Harry’s trunk suspended under her broom. Read MoreTorquil MacTavish• Character
Torquil MacTavish was a Scottish wizard who participated in a broom race that led to the destruction of the Colosseum. MacTavish and his Italian rival Silvio Astolfi flew a close race from Aberdeen to Rome. In the explosions at the end of the race that destroyed the Colosseum, MacTavish was… Read MoreToy Broomsticks
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Games, toys, and jokes
Toy broomsticks are tiny broomsticks for toddlers, which rise about two feet in the air. Read MoreTragic Gaelic poem written about the game of Creaothceann• Event
The poem tells of twelve men playing a round of Creaothceann during which “…ten of their number were fated to die.”… Read MoreTwigger 90
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Broomsticks
The Twigger was developed by Flyte and Barker in 1990 as an alternative to the popular and technically advanced Nimbus series of brooms. The Twigger was an expensive and good-looking product but ultimately its defects meant that it was only bought by wizards who wanted to flash their money… Read More
Broomsticks
Thunderbolt VII
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Broomsticks
Thunderbolt VII brooms were ridden by the Nigeria National Team at the Quidditch World Cup in 2014. Thunderbolt Broom Manufacturers have a bad reputation for designing brooms that favour speed over safety (Pm). After the tail of a Thunderbolt VII broom disintegrated when hit by a Bludger during… Read More
Tinderblast
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Broomsticks
The Tinderblast was a broom produced by the German company Ellerby & Spudmore in 1940, twelve years before they released the Swiftstick. It was somewhat slower than the Comets and Cleansweeps of its time and thus was never used in sports (QA9). Read More
Tonks, as part of the Advanced Guard, escorts Harry Potter to Grimmauld Place
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Tonks arrives with the other members of the Guard in Privet Drive and remarks about the “unnatural” cleanliness of the Dursley’s house. When the group travels from Little Whinging to Grimmauld Place, Tonks flies with Harry’s trunk suspended under her broom. Read More
Toy Broomsticks
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Games, toys, and jokes
Toy broomsticks are tiny broomsticks for toddlers, which rise about two feet in the air. Read More
Twigger 90
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Broomsticks
The Twigger was developed by Flyte and Barker in 1990 as an alternative to the popular and technically advanced Nimbus series of brooms. The Twigger was an expensive and good-looking product but ultimately its defects meant that it was only bought by wizards who wanted to flash their money… Read More