[[File:SMS.png|thumb|right|250px|A [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] owl recruitment poster.]]
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[[File:SMS.png|thumb|right|230px|A [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] owl recruitment poster.]]
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In the late [[1990s]], the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] was planning to set up a '''Secret Messaging Service''' ('''SMS''').
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The Ministryneededthebest [[owl]]stoset up this service, so, there were owl recruitment adverts asking for people who had Grade 1 owls toattend the recruitment meeting at [[WoodsideArboretum]].<refname="HPLE">''[[HarryPotterLimitedEdition]]''- ''AGuide to theGraphic Arts Department: Posters, Prints, and Publicationsfrom the HarryPotter Films''</ref>
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The '''SecretMessagingService'''('''SMS''') was an [[owl]]-basedcommunicationsystemthat the [[BritishMinistryofMagic|MinistryofMagic]] wasplanning to setupin the late[[1990s]].
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The Ministry needed the best [[owl]]s to establish this service, so it distributed notices asking for people who had Grade 1 owls to attend a recruitment meeting at [[Woodside Arboretum]].<ref name="HPLE">''[[Harry Potter Limited Edition]]'' - ''A Guide to the Graphic Arts Department: Posters, Prints, and Publications from the Harry Potter Films''</ref>
The Secret Messaging Service (SMS) was an owl-based communication system that the Ministry of Magic was planning to set up in the late 1990s.
The Ministry needed the best owls to establish this service, so it distributed notices asking for people who had Grade 1 owls to attend a recruitment meeting at Woodside Arboretum.[1]
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