Leaky Cauldren, real location?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 76681

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
> <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Re the comment made by someone about Charing Cross Road, it is 
not 
> > exactly a short road. It makes an end-on connection with 
St.Martin's 
> > Lane just north of the National Gallery and ends at St.Giles 
Circus, 
> > the meeting point with Tottenham Court Road and New Oxford Street.
> > 
> > I am prepared to hazard that it is meant to be on the north side. 
> > Most of the big shopping streets are on that side of the Thames - 
> > Oxford Street, Regent Street, Bond Street for example. If you go 
> > south of the river, you're tending to get into the administrative 
> > district - Whitehall, Parliament Square etc. The major shopping 
> > street here is Victoria Street.
> > 
> > I seem to recall that in the film, the shooting location was 
Borough 
> > Market, further to the east



bboy_mn:
> I will always yield to superior knowledge but I have consulted 
several
> maps, both on-line and off, and the only Charing Cross Road I can 
find
> is about 1 kilometer long, and is on the eastern border of the Soho
> neighborhood.
> 

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> 
> But then what do I know, I've never been there.
> 
> By the way is it Char-ing Cross Rd. as in Charcoal, or is it a long
> 'A', more like Chair-ing Cross Rd. On the other hand, it could be
> Kar-ing Cross or Kare-ing Cross. 


I have an adavntage in that I lived in South London from 1949-94. 1 
kilometre is not a short road in London terms. To me, a short road 
would be a couple of hundred yards and there are plenty of central 
London streets in that category. It's a matter of perception.

Pronunciation. It's a short "a" ie Charring Cross would give you the 
best result. It's named after the one of the Eleanor crosses which 
stands in the forecourt of the main railway station.

Geoff