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Rasher of bacon found in Worthing Library book
2:00pm Tuesday 22nd September 2009
A rasher of bacon was found in a returned book by a Worthing librarian.
The lender had used an object usually found between two slices of bread rather than pages as a bookmark.
This was just one of the oddities artist Dan Thompson, of Lanfranc Road, Worthing, has come across while collecting quirky items found in second-hand and library books for a decade.
Dan's collection includes a wide range of ephemera dating back to the 1940s, including family photographs, concert tickets, a Kevin Keegan soccer card, numerous postcards, including a historic view of the Mersey Tunnel, a map of Hong Kong, a Eurostar ticket, a Lottery ticket, and folded paper, or origami figures.
There is also a small birthday card dated 1942 and a leaflet published by the Jamaica Cricket Association to publicise a match between Pakistan and the West Indies in 1958.
Now they have gone on show at the town's main library in Richmond Road.
There's no sign of any bacon in the glass showcase, but Dan said it was not as unusual as you might think to find a rasher of bacon in a book. A similar inspired this website, bibliobuffet, which lists people who have found rashers in books.
However, Dan has made this bookmark which you can print out and use as many times as you like.
Have you found an unusual item in a book?
Tell us below or email Paul Holden
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kumquat, London says...
2:47pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Andre Spooner, Brighton says...
3:43pm Tue 22 Sep 09
To make matters worse, it made me smell of bacon the whole day - which has a most unsettling effect on my horse. The last person who smelled of bacon was a horse thief. And I tell you now, the last thing Spooner needs is a mistrustful horse.
I spent two hours scouring my legs with a lavender scented brush before me and my mighty horse were reunited. That, truly, is the aroma of companionship and success.
Wivvy Dave , Wivelsfield says...
3:56pm Tue 22 Sep 09
johnmil, says...
4:14pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Masterchav, Brighton says...
5:25pm Tue 22 Sep 09
I have done rasher things myself though.
tinkywinky, Brighton says...
5:28pm Tue 22 Sep 09
I have had the royal chuff vlued by sothebys for two hundred pounds.
tinkywinky, Brighton says...
5:30pm Tue 22 Sep 09
tinkywinky wrote:The highly offensive word filtered out by the Argus is F A R T S
I bought a cushion from an antique shop and to my amazement when fluffing it up at home, I found one of Queen Victoria's ****. I have had the royal chuff vlued by sothebys for two hundred pounds.
GreenGiant, Brighton says...
6:53pm Tue 22 Sep 09
kkj, Brighton says...
7:39pm Tue 22 Sep 09
I'm also intrigued to know why the librarian found it necessary to pass this on to the collector, rather than either dispose of it or eat it.
The most unusual thing i've found in a book has been a dead spider.
Christophe Hawtree, Hove says...
8:27pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Yes, it looks as if Jubilee Library will get chiller cabinets instead of proper shelves and copies of Animal Farm will come with a 10p-off-bacon voucher.
Dave Taliban, says...
10:38pm Tue 22 Sep 09
About as useful as a bookmark made from a cows spleen.
RickH, Hove says...
9:46am Wed 23 Sep 09
tinkywinky, Brighton says...
10:09am Wed 23 Sep 09
NIck99, Brighton says...
1:21pm Wed 23 Sep 09
CeeBee, Hove says...
2:33pm Wed 23 Sep 09
chickboy69, London says...
1:31pm Thu 24 Sep 09
Rasher of bacon found in Worthing Library book
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KennyKoala, Brighton says...
2:23pm Tue 22 Sep 09