"Eleven years"

[aggiepaddy]

No: HPFGUIDX 106252

Annette:
SNIP. . . and noticed that in the first chapter of SS, where 
> > the wizarding-world is all atwitter about the happenings at 
>Godric's Hollow,  JKR says something to the effect of "it was the 
>most exciting thing that had happened in eleven years."
> > 
> > So, what happened eleven years before?  Am I forgetting some big 
event in 
> > the WW?


Jem:
> Maybe it was when Voldemort tried to kill Harry and the AK curse 
> rebounded on Voldemort seemingly destroying him and making 
>Harry "The Boy Who Lived", scarring him, imparting some of Voldy's 
>powers to him and basically the event that was the catalyst of the 
>HP series.


Aggie:
I think Annette was referring to eleven years BEFORE Harry got his 
scar.

My take on it was that eleven years prior to GH was when VW1 
started.  That there was more partying than had happened in eleven 
years because for eleven years all the WW had been living in a war 
zone.
 
Could I have *said* eleven years any more times?  ;0)