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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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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GJ0qsp.MG9@lugnet.com... (...) They (...) its (...) Anglia (...) search (...) 1960s... (...) There are still a few on the road so it doesn't really date it any more accurately than (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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