A LIBRARY worker is being investigated by police after thousands of pounds worth of rare books and documents vanished from Manchester's Central Library.

 

The losses came to light after someone approached Manchester council - which runs the library - to say some of the books had been advertised on the eBay auction website.

 

The police were called in and took hundreds of books from the employee's home.

 

At least one of the missing books is thought to be over 300 years old and worth more than £20,000. The total value of the missing volumes is thought to be in the hundreds of thousands of pounds.

 

The worker was arrested following the search and released on bail while police continue to sift through items recovered from his home.

 

A police spokesman said: "A man was arrested in relation to the theft of a number of books from Manchester Central Library.

 

"The man from Hulme has been bailed until June 28, pending further inquiries."

 

The library, built in the 1930s, is home to thousands of books, boasting extensive archives and valuable reference materials. In 2000, precious archives were unlocked for a major exhibition celebrating 150 years of public access to archives at the library.

 

The exhibition included a copy of the first Radio Times, a hand-written songbook from George Harrison and a Manchester theatre programme listing Dickens as a cast member.

 

Several manuscripts, including volumes from the Manchester Concerto Partbooks, acknowledged as an important source of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, were also displayed.

 

Manchester council has declined to comment on the investigation.

 

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk

And he would have gotten away with it if it wren't for those meddling kids.

He could have bought a whole street in Hulme with that 20k

And he would have gotten away with it if it wren't for those meddling kids.

 

haha!! this was actually a good one.... :lol:

haha!! this was actually a good one.... :lol:

 

Why sound so surprised my dear? We should mate.

Hi jenje, me and the faceman are trying to get alan partridge promoted to moderater. I was just wondering if we could have your support on such a matter. It is the year of the comebacks after all,just look at noel edmonds.

Indeed, if we start here then he could be back on prime-time television before you know it. His fate rests in your hands.

posting off-topic in threads wouldn't really be the right starting point, would it?

posting off-topic in threads wouldn't really be the right starting point' date=' would it?[/quote']

 

 

:lol:^ good one!!

 

 

Sorry Faceman... my alliance is with the missus.... :P

 

-- did they arrest the bloke or not?

And he would have gotten away with it if it wren't for those meddling kids.

 

 

Lol, nicely put :laugh3:

^ Ditto

 

LOL