Tom Riddle and history - 1937 to 1944 - The Hogwarts Years

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 191058



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

Steve:
> Here is probably the most authoritative resource on all things Harry Potter -
> 
> The HP Lexicon -
> 
> http://www.hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html
> 
> And specifically on Tom Riddle -
> 
> http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/riddle.html
> 
> According to this -
> 
> " Tom Marvolo Riddle, Jr./Lord Voldemort:  Born of a witch mother (Merope Gaunt) and a Muggle father (Tom Riddle, Sr.) on December 31, 1926 [year is approximate]. ..." 
> 
> Kids typically start school at age 11, to 1926 + 11 = 1937, and they go to school for 7 years, so 1937 + 7 = 1944. 
> 
> That very much covers Hitler's rise to power and fall from grace.

Geoff:
Hmm. I shall have to contact the Lexicon on that one.

At that point in time, all children in the UK went to ***senior*** school at 11 
and many stayed only 4-5 years. There was a selection system at 11+ and the 
Sixth Form years were solely in grammar schools. Mandatory schooling still 
stops at 16 today.

At that time, children began at school when they were 5, which was the norm 
until things like reception classes appeared; my granddaughter is just about to 
start in one in September at the age of 4.

Transfer to High School/Community College/Secondary School can now be 
between 11 and 13 depending on which LEA (Local Education Authority) the 
school is in.