'''Arkie Alderton's Kwik-Repair Shop''' is a specialised establishment that repairs [[broomsticks]]. Its founder, [[Arkie Alderton]], was a well-known [[broomstick]] designer.
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'''Arkie Alderton's Kwik-Repair Shop''' is a specialised establishment that repairs [[broomsticks]].<ref name="AQ!">[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html "J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007 (2.00-3.00pm BST)"] at [http://www.accio-quote.org/index.html Accio Quote!]</ref> Its founder, [[Arkie Alderton]], was a well-known [[broomstick]] designer.<ref name="DH13">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 13 (''The Muggle-Born Registration Commission'')</ref>
==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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*Inanonlinechat with [[J. K. Rowling]] she recommended this shop to a [[Wizards|wizard]] whose [[Nimbus 2000]] "had a terrible knack of veering left."
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*Thisshopwasonly mentioned in the ''[[Bloomsbury Live Chat]]'' with [[J. K. Rowling]], where she recommended this shop to a [[Wizards|wizard]] whose [[Nimbus 2000]] "had a terrible knack of veering left". [[Arkie Alderton]] was first mentioned as a "well known broomstick designer" in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', which had been published nine days before the chat took place.
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