Book returned to library over 50 years after it was borrowed in Lowestoft
5 years ago
AN “embarrassed” reader has returned a library book 52 years after it was borrowed, enclosing a £100 cheque to cover the fine. Jo Wilde, manager of Lowestoft Library, said she was “amazed” when the copy of The Metaphysical Poets arrived in the post. She said it was accompanied by a typed letter, initialled by the borrower, which explained the overdue book was rediscovered during a house move. “They said they settled after moving around a lot and discovered the book,” said Ms Wilde. “They were very embarrassed and can only think they took it out while staying in Lowestoft in the late 1960s with their parents, and enclosed the book and cheque.”
10 years ago
FACEBOOK has made changes to its privacy settings, with new users now sharing updates only with friends by default. Previously, when users first joined the social network, the default setting was for all updates to be “public” and visible to everyone who uses the site. But after feedback from users, Facebook said they had decided to change this to give users more privacy. A Facebook spokesman said: “While some people want to post to everyone, others have told us that they are more comfortable sharing with a smaller group, like just their friends. We recognise that it is much worse for someone to accidentally share with everyone when they actually meant to share just with friends, compared with the reverse.”
25 years ago
WHILE the Saints of Perth were celebrating their first European qualification for 28 years, the team they pipped for third place in the Premier League to earn their spot in the Uefa Cup, Kilmarnock, must wait to see if they will be Scotland’s third representatives in the same tournament. Killie, who drew 1-1 with Rangers at Ibrox while St Johnstone were beating Dundee 1-0 at Mcdiarmid Park, are 95% certain to get there as leaders of the Scottish Fair-play League, as Scotland are top of the European league of the same name, but one team stand between them and certainty of a Uefa place.
50 years ago
A MAJOR campaign to clear litter from the waters and beaches of the Firth of Clyde is being mounted this summer by the Clyde River Purification Board. Thousands of pamphlets and posters will be distributed to local authorities and schools in the area and to sailing, cruising, and sea angling clubs. Mr David Wardley, chairman, said yesterday that the board were seriously concerned about the litter. “This problem has greatly increased in recent years. The discarding of empty plastic and metal containers, which even the cleansing action of the sea cannot easily destroy, has aggravated the situation and it is now only too common to see polythene bags, plastic containers, bottles, and beer and soft drinks cans strewn over beaches.”
100 years ago
LADY Astor, MP, paid a visit to the Educational Exhibition, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, yesterday afternoon. Accompanied by Lord Provost Montgomery, Sir Charles J Cleland, and Captain Elliot, the Unionist candidate for Kelvingrove, she made a tour of the exhibition. She took an animated interest in all she saw. In the cooking class she addressed two smiling girls and said: “You look far too pleasant to be cooks.” She commanded them to look cross, but her only reward was a broader smile.