A chair with an unique Abergavenny flavour was discovered in a shop on the other side of the world by a former resident of the town while window shopping.

The curious chair was found in the town of Mittagong, which is located in Australia's New South Wales and is often referred to as the Gateway to the Southern Highlands.

At the last count in 2006 the little town down under only had a population of 7,460 people which makes it all the more surprising that a chair with such a unique Abergavenny connection was found in the back end of beyond.

The chair is lovingly upholstered with rare poster designs boasting the renowned events Abergavenny's Master of Ceremonies Eddie Tattersall used to organise at the Town Hall, including the famous appearance by a little band of cheeky scousers called The Beatles on April 19, 1963.

The women who found a little nostalgic slice of her home town sitting pretty in a Mittagong shop window was Jackie Sampson, who has been living in New Zealand for the last ten years and was visiting her near neighbours in Australia.

Jackie's mother Mrs Sampson kindly brought the pictures of the chair in question to the Chronicle's attention and explained, "Jackie couldn't quite believe it when she saw it. I mean, what's the chances of a person from Abergavenny bumping into a chair like that in a little town in Australia?

"She dearly wanted to buy it, but the shop wanted 479 dollars for it, so she couldn't quite afford it. So she took a picture instead which is the next best thing."

Where did it come from? How did it get there? And who made it?

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