Cllr Brian Smedley column: The season’s changing, we’re re-arranging

Cllr Brian Smedley column: The season’s changing, we’re re-arranging

When I’ve travelled around central Europe, I’ve always wondered about these ‘Plague Columns’ they have over there. I was told they were built to thank God for the ending of a terrible plague that had befallen the town. But I always wondered, wouldn’t it have been better for him not to send the plague in the first place then they could build one to thank him for not sending the plague and killing them all. Then I thought ‘that’s a bit like the ce…