[HPforGrownups] Weasley's and that age gap.

[Heather Edmonds]

No: HPFGUIDX 1710

Sorry I have got really muddled this is what happens when a) you lend your
books and try to work from memory and b) try to write the email explaining
it after a hard day observing in school, then writing up 5 pages of
observations and 10 of lecture notes all on 5hrs sleep argh.  Thank you
everyone will try to read, digest absorb all you said when I am more awake
yet again I've only had 5hrs sleep.

Heather.

NB: to all UK dwellers do not think PGCE is an easy option. Basically you do
tyhe 4yrs of a  BEd compressed into one.  It's killing me.
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Branford <simon.branford at hertford.ox.ac.uk>
To: HPforGU <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:55 AM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Weasley's and that age gap.


>
> "Having been lurking for a long time I am emerging from my corner of the
UK
> to ask for help with something that is puzzling me."
>
> Welcome, from an already emerged UK person. At the moment I am involved in
> the process of writing the FAQ's based on the Yahoo group message archive.
> As I have the Weasley FAQ, excluding Ron, to write I should know something
> about this.
>
> "I have worked on creating a timeline using the books, Steve Bates lexicon
> etc for the Weasley family. According to my amateur calculations based on
> Charlie Weasley being 18 when he left school and that being the year
> Gryffyndor won the Quidditch Championship. IIRC (I've lent my copy -
stupid)
> it says in HP & PS circa 1991 it has been seven years since Gryffyndor has
> won. Therefore Charlie Weasley must have been born in 1966, with Bill
> sometime previously. The next Weasley is Percy who if he left Hogwarts at
18
> in PoA 1994 must have been born 1976.
>
> A couple of corrections are needed in here. In PS (Ch13) it is said that
it
> is seven years since Gryffindor have won the House Cup. It is in PoA that
it
> is said that it is seven years since they have won the Quidditch Cup (PoA
> Chs12 & 15). This means that the ages of Charlie, and therefore also Bill,
> can be reduced by 2 years. This gives the age of Charlie as 26 in GoF
> (corresponding to being born in 1968). This corresponds to an age gap of
> eight years. These eight years would then be 1968 to 1976.
>
> This period would correspond to the some of the time when Voldemort was
> gaining power, but interestingly still leaves Percy, Fred, George and Ron
> being born while Voldemort was still gaining power. With Ginny being born
> around the time of his downfall.
>
> So did the Weasley's at first only want two kids and then decided to have
> more. Or were there a few miscarriages, or other problems, in-between.
>
> "I am puzzled. Please help put me out of my misery so I can concentrate on
> studying for my PGCE which is what I should be doing now. I'm teacher
> training and love the work in the classroom but I'm not so keen on the
> theory, however necessary."
>
> Oh dear - this may not happen. When a discussion starts around here it can
> go on and on and then metamorphosis into many other different topics.
>
> Simon (who needs to get back to writing these FAQ's)
>
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