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Actually, in the second book, The date is revealed.. the story for the
second book takes place around 1991, which means the rest would be the
following years.
Later!
-Jay
In lugnet.harrypotter, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.harrypotter, Evan Butzlaff writes:
>
> > Hmmmmm, I am pretty sure that "Harry Potter" takes place in our times. They
> > have cars and everything. Sounds like it could have been in the 1970's+
> > Maybe the books would release a date in one chapter.... I am pretty sure its
> > in our time period.
>
> I agree. A British car buff familiar with Ford products may be able to pin
> it even more accurately because the Weaselys (in book 2) have a Ford Anglia
> that is referred to as "old" and "rusty" but not "antique". A cursory search
> in Google seems to indicate that this model was made in the 1950s and 1960s...
>
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/2640/history.html
>
> So that supports 1970s to my way of thinking.
>
> I would not read too much into the fact that the Hogwarts Express is steam
> powered, but I DO set a bit of stock in the fact that no one has cell phones.
>
> Of course, dating fantasy (alternate timeline/reality?) worlds by using
> technology is a bit, well, fantastic, so... YMMV.
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