Nine great Harry Potter pictures from Hartlepool and East Durham as Marks & Spencer launches new collection

What a treat we have for Hartlepool Harry Potter fans with these reminders of times gone by.

By Chris Cordner

Published 18th Oct 2020, 07:00 BST

Updated 18th Oct 2020, 15:10 BST

We are putting these wizard photos back in the limelight after we told yesterday how Marks & Spencer has launched a new collection of Harry Potter sweet treats in partnership with Warner Bros - and they could make ideal stocking fillers for all wizarding fans this Christmas.

But Hartlepool and East Durham is no stranger to Harry Potter scenes as these images show.

We have compiled a collection of Hartlepool Mail archive photos and hope they bring back happy memories. Take a look and see if you can spot someone you know.

1. A magic reminder of 2018

Cleveland College of Art and Design student, Tyler McKeown with a Harry Potter Shield. Remember this? Photo: Frank Reid

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2. Back to 2015

Central Library hosted a wizard fun session for children in 2015. They celebrated their first Harry Potter book night and here is Hope Jordison aged 8 enjoying the occasion. Photo: hm

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3. Celebrating Harry in 2015

This Harry Potter event at Throston Grange Library was for the children of Throston School and it celebrated the Reading Agency's official Harry Potter Day five years ago. Photo: Stu Norton