[HPFGU-Movie] "50 years ago..." COS timing question - COS spoiler

[rvotaw at i-55.com]

lipscombgene wrote:

> COS says that Hagrid was expelled 50 years ago and that Dumbledore <BR>
> kept him on as gamekeeper after that. That would of course make <BR>
> Hagrid something like 60+ years old.<BR>
> <BR>
> In GOF, Molly Weasly remembers being a student at Hogwarts and talks <BR>
> about her memories of the gamekeeper BEFORE Hagrid who was there when <BR>
> she was at school.<BR>
> <BR>
> How old is Molly?<BR>
> <BR>
> It does read this way, doesn't it? Or have I missed something?<BR>

Well, basically it's because Dumbledore got Dippet to keep Hagrid on to be 
*trained* as gamekeeper.  You can't just stick a 13 year old kid as gamekeeper 
at a place as big as Hogwarts.  So I'd imagine he was something of an 
apprentice for several years, probably during the time Molly was at Hogwarts. 
When the gamekeeper retired, then Hagrid could've taken over. Julie Walters is 
53 now, and she fits the part well.  So I'd have no problem believing Molly to 
be anywhere in her late forties or fifties.  Hagrid could well have been "in 
training" for ten, fifteen or even twenty years. (It's a big job!)

Richelle


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