Vauxhall Road and the Elixir of Life ( was The Diary (just where did V get

[Geoff Bannister]

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Shaun:
> 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.
> 

Geoff:
That's interesting if it's correct. It didn't apparently show up on 
the search Linocow mentioned in message 86721.

I say "if it's correct" because I have just consulted a 1934 London 
bus map in my archive and the road is shown as Upper Kennington Lane, 
part of the present day Kennington Lane which runs from Vauxhall 
Cross (the south side of Vauxhall Bridge) through to the Elephant and 
Castle. 

Roads in that area are not major shopping roads, but there are corner 
shops and, certianly in the time when Tom Riddle was obtaining his 
diary, there would be small newsagents who, still today, stock odds 
and ends like biros and notebooks etc.

Geoff