[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Where is 12 Grimmauld Place?

[Kathryn Cawte]

Catlady wrote
 
Did anyone notice that the subject line said 21 Grimmauld Place, 
leading me to wonder if someone had a numerological theory on 
something else being hidden on that block.
 

Me -

Actually we don't really have 'blocks' in the sense Americans do, and 21
would likely be on the other side of the road anyway :)

Then she said -
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> 
wrote:
 
> Roughly, but it would take about 20 minutes to walk from Charing 
> Cross Road to Kings Cross. Kings Cross Station is on the Euston 
> Road, 
 
Where is Euston Station, which JKR admitted is actually the one 
that has the barrier she envisioned the wizards crossing to get to 
Platform 9 and 3/4? 
 
Me -

Slightly further along the Euston Road, to the west I think, about ten
minutes walk from what I remember.

Then she added -

I seem to recall two years ago someone educating us stupid Americans 
that King's Cross and Charing Cross (chere reine cross) are both 
named after crosses some Plantagenet king (I forgot which one) put up 
in memory of his late wife.

Me -

*claps delightedly* See, Americans *can* be taught ;) Very good - you're
referring to the Eleanor Crosses, erected by one of the Henrys (one of the
early ones).
 
Having been told by Bluesqueak that -

> 12 Grimmauld Place could also be in the Kings Cross neighbourhood, 
> which has definitely seen better times. It's currently one of the 
> most notorious red light/drug dealing districts in London, with the 
> local residents fighting a bitter battle to try and get the 
> authorities to clean the place up. If 12 Grimmauld place *is* in 
> King's Cross, I can understand why the kids were only allowed out
> of the house with an adult ;-)
 
She pondered -

How does that affect users of the train station?
 
Me -

It doesn't. When getting off a train you immediately catch the Underground
(attached to the station), a bus (from right out front, away from the main
road), or a taxi, ditto. 


She also wondered -
Any idea after whom 'Joseph Grimaldi Park' is named? 
 
Me -

Joseph Grimaldi perchance? Sorry, couldn't resist. He was a clown.
http://www.clown-ministry.com/History/Joseph-Grimaldi.html

K