
Iris Chadwich, acum în vârstă de 83 de ani, a împrumutat în 1939 de la Bilioteca Cubitt Town, o carte cu partituri din opreta „Rose Marie”, pe care a înapoiat-o abia zilele astea. După şapte decenii, bătrâna a regăsit cartea pe când făcea curat în casă. „Am luat-o în braţe după mult timp, m-am bucurat mult că am găsit-o, pentru că pur şi simplu este parte a copilăriei mele. Tot atunci mi-am amintit şi de profesorul de pian la a cărui sugestie am împrumut partiturile de la bibliotecă”, a mărturisit bătrâna.
Dacă ar fi trebuit să plătească taxă de întârziere, femeia ar trebui să înapoieze 2500 de lire sterline, caluclând cu 10 peny pentru fiecare zi de întârziere, atât cât se percepea la vremea respectivă. Rofique Ahmed, un reprezentant al bibliotecii a spus :”E mai bună dovadă că niciodată nu e prea târziu să înapoiezi o carte”.
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