The most overdue library book in North Tyneside’s history has finally been returned - some 56 years late.
Lesley Harrison, 70, and now of Shiremoor, borrowed German language textbook ‘Ich Lerne Deutsch’ from the old Whitley Bay library in April 1966, when she was just 14 years old.
England were still preparing for the World Cup, with families around the country paying nine shillings a week to rent a television to catch a glimpse of Alf Ramsey’s men in action.
