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funnybeam
20 days ago
I like to pretend that was filmed in the Hogwarts sixth form commmon room in the eighties
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amiga386
20 days ago
It pretty much was. It was filmed in a Victorian sanitorium,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holloway_Sanatorium
(built 1873-1885) which is in keeping with your (and JK Rowling's) vision of public schools, in particular Hogwarts was modelled on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fettes_College
(built 1864-1870) in a similar architectural style.
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