A black-haired baby was zooming in and out of the picture on a tiny broom, roaring with laughter, and a pair of legs that must have belonged to James were chasing after him.ĭeathly Hallows - page 151 - Bloomsbury - chapter 10, Kreacher's Tale When he pulled it out, it proved to be most of the photograph Lily had described in her letter. ĭeathly Hallows - page 149 - Bloomsbury - chapter 10, Kreacher's TaleĪt last, lying face down on the floor he spotted what looked like a torn piece of paper under the chest of drawers. Of course, James thought it was so funny, says he’s going to be a great Quidditch player, but we’ve had to pack away all the ornaments and make sure we don’t take our eyes off him when he gets going. You know it only rises about two feet off the ground, but he nearly killed the cat and he smashed a horrible vase Petunia sent me for Christmas (no complaints there). One year old and already zooming along on a toy broomstick, he looked so pleased with himself, I’mĮnclosing a picture so you can see. Thank you, thank you, for Harry’s birthday present! It was his favourite by far. Philosopher's Stone - page 107 - Bloomsbury - chapter 9, The Midnight DuelĪnd then an excerpt from a letter from Lily Potter to Sirius Black: Neville had never been on a broomstick in his life, because his grandmother had never let him near one. Everyone from wizarding families talked about Quidditch constantly. Even Ron would tell anyone who’d listen about the time he’d almost hit a hang-glider on Charlie’s old broom. He wasn’t the only one, though: the way Seamus Finnigan told it, he’d spent most of his childhood zooming around the countryside on his broomstick. He complained loudly about first-years never getting in the house Quidditch teams and told long, boastful stories which always seemed to end with him narrowly escaping Muggles in helicopters.
Malfoy certainly did talk about flying a lot.
‘Anyway, I know Malfoy’s always going on about how good he is at Quidditch, but I bet that’s all talk.’ ‘You don’t know you’ll make a fool of yourself,’ said Ron reasonably. I don't think there are laws against young witches and wizards flying before the age of eleven and before they get to Hogwarts.