{"id":31363,"date":"2021-10-08T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31363"},"modified":"2023-11-14T15:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:25:12","slug":"jk-rowling-table-saved-from-cafe-gutted-by-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31363","title":{"rendered":"JK Rowling table saved from cafe gutted by fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A cafe table where JK Rowling wrote sections of her Harry Potter books has been salvaged from a huge fire, which devastated the building.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 She wrote in The Elephant House cafe in 1996 and 1997, after her first Harry Potter book was published\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

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The blaze on Edinburgh’s George IV Bridge last month badly damaged flats and businesses including The Elephant House cafe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The cafe’s owner David Taylor said he was “immensely relieved” to find the table used by Rowling among the rubble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said the table had suffered water and smoke damage but would be restored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Elephant House cafe was one of two used regularly by Rowling when she was writing the stories of the boy wizard in the mid-90s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She wrote in The Elephant House cafe in 1996 and 1997, after her first Harry Potter book was published, and often sat at the antique wooden table…..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The enduring popularity of the Harry Potter series has led to the Elephant House being a popular stop-off for fans of the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But Mr Taylor told BBC Scotland it will be about a year before he can reopen….<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n

For more background see Edinburgh Evening News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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