[HPforGrownups] Re: Vauxhall Road and the Elixir of Life ( was The Diary (just where did V get

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 86755

On 8 Dec 2003 at 21:54, Geoff Bannister wrote:

> Geoff:
> However, before you start re-locating Tom Riddle's orphanage to 
> Chepstow (I do prefer names like Cas-Gwent and Cas-Newydd to the 
> mundane English versions), remember that, in canon, the book 
> carried "the printed name of a newsagent's in Vauxhall Road, LONDON" -
>  my emphasis.

Kennington Lane in Kennington (which is part of London) was known for a long 
time as Vauxhall Road. I'm not sure when the change occurred - I do know it was 
still Vauxhall Road as late as 1942.







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