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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 87019

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:

Geoff:
> > Which raises the additional point of how Tom got hold of a 
> diary from Vauxhall Road in 1942.


Pippin:
> He might have been working there. Although children were 
> moved out of London, many teens found their way back. There 
> was a deperate labor shortage in the factories  and orphans 
> were routinely put to work at Tom's age in any case. Though I 
> prefer to think of Tom skiving off his job and dealing in the black 
> market.

Geoff:
I think it unlikely in '42. He was at Hogwarts. He couldn't have had 
a weekend job during term time and I can't wee the orphanage letting 
him out to that sort of set up during the holidays.