Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe June 21 (UPI) -- An assistant working at a British library said she was stunned when a man returned a book that had been checked out in 1969. Marina Rees, a library assistant at the Shrewsbury Library in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, said in a video posted to the library's Facebook page that a man came in Monday to return a book he said was "rather overdue" -- about 53 years. Advertisement The book, One-Family Housing: Solutions to an Urban Dilemma by Hubert Hoffman, had been due back May 14, 1969. The man, who now lives in London, told Rees he was a patron at the Shrewsbury Library as a child and he recently came across the book while sorting through his belongings. Rees said the overdue fee for the book would have been $5,100.65 at the standard rate, but librarians waived the fine. Read More Mexico breaks Guinness record with boxing lesson for 14,299 people Bear pays a nighttime visit to Florida sheriff's office Baby goat born with 19-inch ears in Pakistan