[HPforGrownups] Source of Riddle's Diary Solved

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 87432

On 22 Dec 2003 at 3:59, Steve wrote:

> In speculating about how Tom Riddle Jr might have come across his
> diary, some brilliant research has been done by the equally brilliant
> Shaun Hately, who not only found the most likely location of the
> 1940's era Vauxhall Road, but was able to lead us to likely orphanages
> in the area where Tom Riddle Jr could have been living. What I am
> going to propose in no way invalidates, diminishes the significants
> of, or minimizes the substantial amount of research that went in to
> accumulating his data.

I'd just like to point out immediately that while I will happily 
accept some of the credit for identifying a possible Vauxhall Road, 
the identification of the Spurgeon/Stockwell Orphanage as being in 
that general vicinity area was done by somebody else.  

It's perfectly possible that Tom did receive the diary as a present 
from somebody, possibly in the way you describe - but I'd find that 
somewhat unsatisfying personally because it damages Harry's 
deduction that Tom must have been Muggle-born (not that he was spot 
on, on that - given that Tom had a witch mother, muggle father - 
but still I like the idea of Harry making a semi-successful logical 
deduction) given that he bough a diary in Vauxhall Road.




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