Letter: Library fines for 145 years add up to . . .

Wednesday 19 May 1993 23:02 BST

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Sir: Curious things certainly happen to books both borrowed and lent.

At Sandaig on the remote west coast of Scotland, I found a copy of Richard Mabey's Food for Free. It had been partly eaten by mice.

Yours sincerely,

JOHN DAVIES

Penpont,

Dumfriesshire

18 May

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