British places, Grindelwald

[Elizabeth Dalton]

No: HPFGUIDX 31921

A few miscellaneous notes:

Gabriel Rozenberg wrote:

> Hmmm. A much more straightforward explanation is that Surrey is a byword for
> suburban, Thatcherite dullness. You get the idea a bit in the film (although
> it is through a rather odd US prism: British mothers tend not to wear
> aprons). 

Very odd, as US mothers tend not to wear them either.

How common is "hired help" in the UK? Here in the US, a family that was well
enough off might easily have someone in to do the cleaning, and possibly even a
cook. I'm wondering why Petunia evidently does both herself. Is it just an
example of how the Dursleys aren't really nearly as "arrived" as they pretend?
Or is that not especially common in the UK?

"raolin.rm" <raolin1 at h...> wrote (regarding Grindelwald):
> Perhaps JKR just found it on a map an -- maybe even subconsciously -

Since we know she gets names from places on maps (Snape is one), this would be
unsurprising.

Elizabeth