Logistics and timescales and cruel things to do to Lucy...

[ineptshieldmaid]

When the Blitz began in September 1940, there were clear grounds for evacuations. Free travel and billeting allowance were offered to those who made private arrangements. They were also given to children, the elderly, the disabled, pregnant women, the ill or those who had lost their homes (some 250,000 in the first six weeks in London). By the

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[venilia]

For accruacy's sake (and I'm going from memory, so I may be a little off) in LWW Lucy was set at eight, Edmund nine, Susan eleven and Peter twelve. Lucy might have been nine, but the age gaps still stand (Edmund one year older than Lucy, Susan two years older than Edmund, and Peter one year older than Susan). Understandably, they upped the ages in the movie though again I think the gaps remained solid.

[ineptshieldmaid]

Yeah, I just found the reference to Edmund being one year older than Lucy... but Lewis doesn't give a specific age anywhere, does he?

[elliemurasaki]

Wiki says Lewis said the Pevensies were born in 1927, '28, '30, and '32 (and presumably Edmund was born late enough in the year and Lucy early enough that it's reasonable to say there's only a year's difference between them), and the wardrobe adventure was 1940. But as you point out above, it makes no sense for the wardrobe adventure to be 1940.

[animus_wyrmis]

(Hi, I somehow got linked to this from someone? But it's excellent because I'm trying to figure out timelines and tearing my hair out, so, uh, hi and thanks! I hope it's okay that I am commenting and rambling; timeline stuff in this fandom fascinates and confuses me