I've had two emails today (Companies I buy books from) informing me of this fact.

I remember my youngest reading the first book - he'd have been 8 at the time - and loving it.

I've never read any of them....nor watched the films ..never fancied them ...although my kids and grandkids keep trying to persuade me 

1st one i read was goblet of fire..i loved it, then i read from the start-really loved the whole series

we were at the 1st showing in the country for the 1st film..the press were there, there was only a few of us..my ex had her sons pic in the paper,

in the afternoon, we told the neighbours, they said dont be stupid, we wasnt the 1st to see it (apart from the premiere)

the afternoon edition of paper came out & said we were the 1st people in UK to see it

that shut the effing neighbours up

27th JUNE ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO :

Toby Maguire born 1975

Nico Rosberg born 1985

Catherine Cookson born 1906 (deceased)

EVENTS :

Two boys charged with murdering James Bulger - 1993

First American to orbit the earth (John Glenn) - 1962

The world's first ATM cash machine was unvelied at a Barclays branch in Enfield, London 50 years ago today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40404814

5 years ago I  was in Boston watching the olympic flame on its journey 

machel posted:

5 years ago I  was in Boston watching the olympic flame on its journey 

How lovely Machel 

Saint posted:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published 20yrs ago today 

 

A modern classic was born 

I love them all - what an imagination and a very clever plot imo.   The really grew from 'kids' books (I think the Philosopher's Stone was quite simple) into much more of an adult read as they progressed.    I was working away when the last book came out and I remember waiting impatiently for it and not going home that weekend -  stayed in and read it all.    Fabulous - was gutted that it was over.     Never really a fan of films after books, they were ok, but didn't have the same effect as the books for me.

28th JUNE . . .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO :

Weesmurf 

Henry 8th  born 1491 

John Wesley born 1703

EVENTS :

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo  1914

Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey 1838

Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France 1919

29th June . . .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY :

Nicole Scherzinger born 1978

EVENTS :

1966Barclays Bank introduced the Barclaycard - the UK's first credit card.

1986Millionaire Richard Branson smashed the world record for the fastest powerboat crossing of the Atlantic.

1829The first policeman to be murdered in Britain was Constable Joseph Grantham in Somers Town.

1620After denouncing smoking as a health hazard, King James I of England banned the growing of tobacco in Britain.

America kinda followed suit in 1964 after the Surgeon Generals Report 

30th June . . .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY :

Mike Tyson born 1966

Cheryl Tweedy-Cole-Nandos-Versini born 1983

EVENTS :

2007 A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, believed to be a terrorist attack.

1997 Britain handed Hong Kong back to China at midnight, when the 99 year lease expired.

1937 The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London.

The final chapter of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables novel was published in France 155 years ago today in 1862. It's a very long book at 655,478 words in French.