Workmen at Tottenham Court Road

"All right, darling? Fancy a drink? Ditch ginger and come and have a pint!"

- One of the men shouting to Hermione Granger

A group of Muggle workmen were out drinking at pubs on Tottenham Court Road on the night of August 1, 1997. They spotted Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley that night, just after the trio Disapparated from the Burrow after the Death Eaters took over the Ministry of Magic. The men wolf-whistled at Hermione, and one drunkenly asked her to go get a drink with him. She ignored him, and entered a café with Harry and Ron.

After the trio unknowingly triggered the Taboo curse on Voldemort's name, they were tracked by Death Eaters Antonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle, who disguised themselves as workmen and followed Harry, Ron, and Hermione into a café, where a brief skirmish ensued.