When thirty or forty letters come pouring out of the kitchen chimney at number four, Privet Drive, Uncle Vernon has had enough. He packs everyone into the car and drives around for hours. The family ends up in Cokeworth and stay the night in the Railview Hotel. Read More
Uncle Vernon rows the family out to the hut just off the coast. He brings a rifle along. However the only food he brought was a couple of bags of crisps and some bananas. Harry and Dudley sleep in the front room while Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia sleep in… Read More
While eating breakfast — stale cornflakes and cold tinned tomatoes on toast — the owner of the hotel lets them know that about a hundred letters have arrived at the hotel for Harry. The address on each one says “Mr. H. Potter, Room 17, Railview Hotel, Cokeworth.” Uncle Vernon sees… Read More
Uncle Vernon drives all over the countryside, trying to get away from whomever is watching them. Exactly what he was looking for, none of them knew. He drove them into the middle of a forest, got out, looked around, shook his head, got back in the car, and off they… Read More
Harry spent the night before his birthday laying on the cold floor of a shack that was built on top of a large rock, way out to sea, watching his watch tick over until it hit midnight and became officially his birthday. And once it did, he got a visitor… Read More
After trying out a large number of wands, none of which seem quite right, Harry is handed a holly and phoenix feather wand: Harry took the wand. He felt a sudden warmth in his fingers. He raised the wand above his head, brought it swishing down through the dusty air and a… Read More
Harry and Hagrid visit Diagon Alley. Harry realizes how famous he is when he is recognized at the Leaky Cauldron. At Gringotts, Harry learns of his parents’ fortune and Hagrid retrieves the Philosopher’s Stone. Harry meets Draco Malfoy for the first time at Madame Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions. Harry… Read More
Hagrid retrieves the Philosopher’s Stone to take it back to Hogwarts, and helps Harry to withdraw some gold from the fortune he never knew his parents had left him. (PS5) After entering the huge, grand bank and explaining what they want to a goblin, Hagrid and Harry are… Read More
Both boys get fitted for their Hogwarts robes at the same time. But Draco talks about Quidditch, being spoiled by his parents, his confidence in being sorted into Slytherin, unkind things he’s heard about Hagrid (who is waiting outside with ice cream), and his belief that Muggle-borns shouldn’t be allowed… Read More
While shopping in Diagon Alley for Harry’s school things, Hagrid purchases a snowy owl at Eeylops and presents her to Harry as his birthday gift (PS5). Harry later names her Hedwig, a name he finds in A History of Magic (PS6). Read More
He is directed by Voldemort to attempt to steal the Stone, but he fails. As a result of this failure, Voldemort decides to possess Quirrell in order to control his actions more closely. Read More
For the last month before Harry was to start Hogwarts, the Dursleys ignored him and acted like he didn’t exist. They were both furious and scared of him. It wasn’t just that they wouldn’t speak to him, they would also view any chair that he was sitting in as being… Read More
On September 1st, 1991, Harry Potter boards the Hogwarts Express to travel to Hogwarts. After dark he arrives at Hogsmeade Station and travels across the Lake to the school, where he is Sorted into Gryffindor. He experiences his first Welcoming Feast after which he follows Percy, the Gryffindor Prefect, up… Read More
After the Dursleys leave Harry near the clearly marked Platforms 9 and 10, he decides to ask the guard about the train to Hogwarts but refrains from asking about the apparently absent Platform 9 3/4. The guard gets annoyed with Harry when it turns out he doesn’t even know where… Read More
She notices that he appears a bit lost, so she tells him that he must run straight into a metal barrier. By this point, Harry has witnessed enough magic — his Muggle blindness is leaving him, you might say — and he takes her at her word. He runs into… Read More
Harry catches the Hogwarts Express at 11 am at King’s Cross Station, where he is helped by Molly Weasley and encounters several members of the Weasley family. He and his fellow students then travel until evening to Hogwarts. Harry properly meets Ron Weasley and they share a compartment; he and Ron immediately… Read More
The Dursleys took Dudley “to a private hospital where the staff was very discreet, and said that a wart had got out of control.” (PS6, Sch2)… Read More
