When did LV open the Chamber?

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No: HPFGUIDX 112544

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tylerswaxlion" 
<ctcasares at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "romuluslupin1" 
> 
> > Romulus Lupin wrote:
> 
> > Ok, now, Frank Bryce. The Little Hangletonians at the pub say 
that 
> > Frank hadn't been right in the head since his return from war. 
But 
> > the war ended in August 1945, and I got the impression Frank's 
odd 
> > behavior had been going on for a while before the Riddle died, 
not 
> > just a few weeks.
> > 
> 
> Frank Bryce may not have been in the war till the end.  He may have
> been discharged with "battle fatigue" (what we now call post-
traumatic
> stress disorder) in '41 or so.  Much earlier at any rate than VE-
day.
> 
> -TL

in GoF it is said of Frank by the villagers that 'he had a hard war' 
and that 'war turned him funny' and in the text that he 'had come 
back from the war with a very stiff leg ..." - all statements that I 
believe have led most readers, certainly me, to assume that 'the' 
war referred to is in the past/over. I don't think this is 
incorrect. However, if we are (yet again) nit-picking JKR's dates it 
will be no surprise at all (to me for one anyway) to find 
discrepancies. IMO too many of her statements of time are to create 
an impression rather than intended to be accurate, to withstand 
scrutiny - obvious examples include youngest seeker in a century, 
haven't won the cup in (however long it was) since Charlie Weasley's 
time, old and valuable Whomping willow etc. Some of JKR's dates WILL 
be significant, but many won't be - read them for their sense - 
literaryness not literalness.