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Man returns his late grandfather's overdue library books... 116 YEARS after they were borrowed

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Man returns his late grandfather's overdue library books... 116 YEARS after they were borrowed
Daily Mail
Daily Mail1 hrs ago
Man returns his late grandfather's overdue library books... 116 YEARS after they were borrowed
Avid reader Walter Griffith Owen checked out Paradise and King Lear over a century ago, in 1910, and failed to return them one week later.
Library book returned after 150 years, $28k fine waived
A NSW library has a book returned rather late, but the policy of fining people for the offence was dropped at some point during the 150 years since it was borrowed.
UPI
UPI🏁 first to report8 hrs ago
Overdue books returned to Welsh library after 116 years
A Welsh library received an unusual visit from a man who arrived to return a pair of books his grandfather had checked out 116 years earlier.
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