[HPforGrownups] Re: Godric's Hollow and Neville---Some Unexamined Assumptions

[Katze]

No: HPFGUIDX 31901

virtualworldofhp wrote:

> I agree with where the line lies (who said Wales was too far north?  I
> have the line going directly through southern Wales, across the Irish
> Sea, and up  through lower Ireland, etc).  I don't suppose Godric's
> Hollow could be right OUTSIDE Bristol, on the coast.  I mean, a baby
> falls asleep relatively quickly...and since Hogsmeade is explicitly
> stated as the only wizarding town in the UK, why do we all
> automatically assume Godric's Hollow is also a wizarding town, with
> ties to Godric Gryffindor of Hogwarts?  Perhaps it was founded as a
> "blend-in" town by a few wizards for a good place to live among
> Muggles.  Is there any sort of Welsh culture-ties that could somehow
> fit a description of Godric's Hollow, or all we all grasping at straws
> here?

I remember reading something (possibly in GoF) that stated, "Lily and
James were living just like Muggles." Fro some reason, I'm thinking
Hagrid may have said this. I always had the impression that Godric's
Hollow was a Muggle town.

-Katze