Why did "The Book of Fines" make the news in 1985?

TabbyTom

It was returned to the Somerset County Records Office, from which it had been borrowed by the Bishop of Winchester in 1650, making it the most overdue library book on record. http://www.gizmo1.demon.co.uk/li/archive/tfir0610.htm Mar 21 05, 2:42 AM

gmackematix

Yay TT! A £3000 fine for "The Book of Fines" has a wonderful irony don't you think? Mar 21 05, 4:40 PM

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