Sally's Spirit WAS Re: Shared thoughts

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 108813

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" 
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
> <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
> > <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Kneasy:
> > > How certain is this timeline?
> > > Yes, it was 50 years since the last opening of the Chamber, but 
my
> > > understanding is that CoS was set in 1995 or maybe a year or so 
> > later.
> > 
> > Geoff;
> > Surely it's fairly well established that Harry was born in 1980 
so 
> > his First Year at Hogwarts was 1991/2 and thus his Second Year 
was 
> > 1992/3. Harry hears the Basilisk's voice for the first time after 
> > doing his detention with Lockhart in September 1992 which dates 
the 
> > previous events as 1942, if it is exactly the 50th anniversary.
> 
> Carolyn:
> Alas, RL has temporarily interrupted the post I was writing in 
> response to Kneasy, but on timelines, may I respectfully refer you 
> gents to my post:

Geoff:
Which only underlines my own comments on dates.

Mark you, looking at Pippin's analysis of what Voldemort had to do, I 
think that, from my own experience, the most substantive and most 
productive is item 9a.
:-)