Leaky Cauldron, real location? I Know!
nineve_laguna
nineve_laguna at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 11 21:50:20 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 76604
I remember, even though cannot say exactly which page, in PS/SS that
Hagrid and Harry get the train to LONDON BRIDGE, which is south of
the river, full of little scruffy non-descriptive shops, back alleys
hidden to public view, and with a pub near it on a main road with
loads of passing-by-fast-but-not-stopping-here trafic. I have seen
the place before I read the books, and associated straight away with
Diagon Alley and The Leaky Cauldron. In fact, the pub I am talking
about is very thin, and has a hidden alley on the back with loads of
warehouse suppliers that you can only get to if you know they are
there, thruw a small hidden passage in a back road. You can hear the
buzz from the wharehouses from the pub, but from the main road you
can`t. Also from the warehouses you can only see the brick wall of
the pub and other buildings, that form a high wall in the shape of a
half moon, where you do`t hear the main road either. The locals at
the pub look "suspicious" or like hags. And the warehouses are
suppliers of imported goods, such as exotic spices, oils, and some
strange things in glass jars.
I have been meaning to go back there, but never really had the time.
London Bridge is a most weird place, and it fits in with JKR's
description.
Nineve.
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