Torched chair story profiled on the airwaves (From The Westmorland Gazette)
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Torched chair story profiled on the airwaves
1:26pm Friday 16th February 2007 in
NEWS about a torched chair, which generated interest across the globe, made its way on to the airwaves today (Friday).
The story posted on the Gazette's website in January attracted comments from as far away as New York and Dubai. This morning Westmorland Gazette reporter Andrew Daniels, along with editor/publisher Mike Glover, were interviewed live on BBC Radio Cumbria.
The story, about an office chair that was set alight, in Kendal, attracted a record amount of comments on the Gazette's website.
Dozens of people put their views forward and it even inspired some to pen poems and jokes.
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