Broomsticks

Universal Brooms Ltd. • Broomsticks Universal Brooms Limited is the company that produced the Shooting Star broom. Operating from 1955 until going out of business in 1978, the Universal Broom company’s Shooting Star racing broom was inexpensive and extremely popular. Unfortunately, the broom’s initial good performance did not improve with age (QA9). Read More

Universal Brooms Ltd. goes out of business • Event Universal Brooms were most well known as the producers of the Shooting Star broom. Unfortunately, these tended to lose their speed and ability to fly at height as they aged (QA9). There were still Shooting Star brooms being used at Hogwarts School by students even in… Read More

Universal Brooms Ltd. introduces the Shooting Star broomstick • Event The exciting new Shooting Star broom was released by Universal Brooms in 1955. They were the cheapest racing broom on the market and very popular. Unfortunately, the brooms unfortunately developed problems over time (QA9). Read More