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

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 86837


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> Geoff:
> I'm interested why you think Hangleton is in the north? The only clue
> I can recall is that it is 200 miles from Little Whinging (end of the
> first chapter of GOF). Agreed, that still places it a long way from
> London but Mrs.Riddle could have come to London after she was thrown
> out. The orphanage knew Tom's name and we have discussed how he might
> have located his father in a previous thread with that knowledge.
>
>

K

There are a very limited number of directions you can travel 200 miles in
from Little Whinging. East or South are pretty much out (depending on
*exactly* where Little Whinging is) and Hangleton just *sounds* northern. I
agree with whoever said it sounded like a pit village in Co. Durham or
somewhere like that.

K