Woman borrows 25,000 books from library

July 29, 2009 3:49 PM

A 91-year-old woman who has been using her local library since 1946, has borrowed a whopping 25,000 books.

Louise Brown, from south west Scotland, has taken out over six books each week for the past 63 years - she now borrows (and reads) 12 per week.

Even more amazingly Louise says she has never even had to pay an overdue charge.

Louise mostly enjoys family sagas but added that she indulges in the odd large print Mills and Boon for reading at night.

Louise first became a library member at Castle Douglas Library in 1946 says she recalls fond memories of the staff who worked there. In 2002 she began using Stranraer Library when she moved there to live with her daughter.

Dumfries and Galloway Council now want to know if the pensioners book borrowing is a record and have appealed for any other prolific readers to come forward.

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