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LO: I know what the house on the postcard is!

Discuss the companion books of the HDM trilogy: Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North.

LO: I know what the house on the postcard is!

Postby kyrabelacqua » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:46 am

You know on the postcard, how there's a house, with a sign in front of it that says Norham Gardens? Well, I figured out that the house is where St. Sophia's school is in Lyra's Oxford! Cause Dame Hannah says that her College aquired a large house in North Oxford to set up the boarding school, and Mary Malone says the house is near her flat is in North Oxford, and on the map in the book, St. Sophia's is right near Mary's flat! So yay! I've solved the mystery! It's not Will's house, as some people thought...
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Re: I know what the house on the postcard is!

Postby Enitharmon » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:36 pm

St. Sophia's is right near Mary's flat! So yay! I've solved the mystery! It's not Will's house, as some people thought...
Fine - the house on the postcard may well be St Sophia's boarding school. It's not St Sophia's College though - that in our world is Lady Margaret Hall, which you can see on the ground in 'our' Oxford.

Whyever would anybody think it was Will's house? Will's house is in Winchester, not Oxford. An hour's drive down the A34.
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Postby kyrabelacqua » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:54 pm

Because there are some not-so-bright people out there!
So yeah, I'm pretty sure that it is St. Sophia's Boarding School.
Shoot me if it isn't.

Oh, and this is off topic, but what is with that 'Grazer', 'Sraffie' thing under the usernames? Is it a kind of hierachy, or something?
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Postby Cookiemonster » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:05 pm

Oh, and this is off topic, but what is with that 'Grazer', 'Sraffie' thing under the usernames? Is it a kind of hierachy, or something?
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Postby Alewyn » Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:21 am

DING DING DING
WINNER! if you're right that's bloody amazing. PP did say that everything had to do with something else.
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Postby kyrabelacqua » Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:23 am

Well, read the end of The Amber Spylass, look at the Lyra's Oxford map and read the postcard. Then you will see that it is [i] bloody amazing![/i]
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