Just When You Thought It Would Be Safe To Go To Church And Pray,

the Health & Safety brigade walk in and say it is a death trap! when the pews are full at Worcester Cathedral for the past 20 years 900 plastic chairs have been used for worshipers, but now officials say the fabric covers are a fire hazard and the cathedral is spending £140,000 on new wooden ones, Churchgoer Martin Spence, 56, said: 'it is completely barmy, the plastic chairs are only brought out when the pews are full, how anyone can say they are a fire hazard when the majority of the church is wood is plain daft,' cathedral steward Les West said safety chiefs had claimed the same chair material was responsible for a fire at Bristol Cathedral, like wooden ones do not burn? well I guess Health and Safety know best, but here is the thing, lets look at the fire at Bristol Cathedral, it was deliberately set by an arsonist, the fire was quickly put out by members of staff, but would the fire have been better or worse if the pile of chairs was made of wood and really caught hold? you decide.