I thought this might amuse some of you ............
Library book '100 years overdue'
Library staff waived the £5,000 fee.
A borrowed book has been returned to an Inverness library - 100 years overdue and with a £5,000 fine. But kind-hearted staff at Inverness Library have decided to waive the financial penalty.
Inverness Sketches 1901 to 1904, by Isabel Harriet Anderson, was discovered by Stuart Thomson in South Africa. The 63-year-old, who left Inverness to go overseas in 1971, said he stumbled across the book in Johannesburg when he was moving house three months ago.
Flea market find
Mr Thomson said: "I was just looking at old books, which I collect. When I was moving house three months ago I came across it and thought I should bring the book back home." Inverness Sketches was originally presented to Inverness Library by its author in 1908.
Mr Thomson bought the book at a South African flea market.
Staff said it would be returned to its rightful place in the reference department, and it should not have been loaned out in the first place. Librarian, Edwina Burridge, said: "We already have a collection of Isabel Anderson books, so we can add it to that."
BBC News Online
Maybe we'd all better check our attics, cellars and cupboards!!!!
A somewhat overdue book ....
A somewhat overdue book ....
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