Marlborough Town Council
Cooper's Meadow Site Meeting
Thank you to everyone who came along to the first User Group meeting last month.
There's a site meeting taking place on Wednesday 8th July in the Meadow at 2 pm (changed from 11 am). All welcome to come along.
News
A Minute to Remember
On the Town Hall steps and following a minute's silence at midday, the Town Mayor and her Chaplain, The Reverend Dr David Campbell, led Councillors, staff and the police in prayers to remember the victims of last week's attack in Tunisia.
Alice's Enchanted Family Picnic
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Mayor is inviting families and children to Alice's Enchanted Family Picnic in Priory Gardens on Sunday 5th July between 11.00am - 2.00pm. Come along and enjoy music and dance from Marlborough Acadamy of Dance and Drama, street theatre from Marlborough Young Actors, face painting, arts and crafts - a real community event with something for everyone. Lots of Cheshire Cat smiles and regal cupcakes to enjoy. Wonder if we'll see any white rabbits?
Magna Carta Celebrations
Our Town Mayor, Councillor Margaret Rose, was honoured to be asked to lead Marlborough in a parade in Salisbury, home of one of the original Magna Carta documents, at an event on Monday 15th June to celebrate the 800th anniversary of its sealing. It was a stunning display featuring 18 larger than life rebel Barons representing Wiltshire's communities. Young people played an enormous part in the pageant with Scouts marching behind an imaginative banner and alongside Marlborough's Baron which had been designed by students at St John's Academy and was magnificent. Cllr. Rose said: "I was very proud to represent Marlborough as their Mayor and be part of this historic event. More in the Mayor's Blog and on Wiltshire
Cooper's Meadow User Group
The sheep have returned for their summer grazing in Cooper's Meadow, with a new grazing licence in place signed between Action for the River Kennet (ARK) and the Town Council.
If you use the meadow and have ideas about how it could be used in the future, please get involved with the new User Group, to run along similar lines to the well-established User Group for the Common.
The first meeting is taking place on Wednesday 24th June in the Town Hall at 1.30 pm - all welcome.
Mayor lends her support to radiotherapy appeal
Mayor Margaret Rose and daughter Mary Garner lent their support to the launch of the Brighter Futures appeal on Thursday 28th May. The appeal aims to bring radiotherapy services closer to home so that people won't have to make the round trip to Oxford in future to receive their treatment.
You can read about the charity on the Brighter Futures website, and Marlborough News Online has a good detailed article - click here to read it.
Mayor's charity gets off to a flying start
Our new Mayor, Margaret Rose and her Mayoress, daughter Mary Garner, (pictured) would like to thank all those who came along to help with the street collection on Saturday 23rd May on behalf the Brain Tumour Charity, her charity for her Mayoral year. Particular thanks go to the soldiers from 4MI (4 Military Intelligence Batallion) who generously gave their time to help.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed - they collected a fantastic £941.60. To find out more about the charity and how it helps people, please take a moment to watch this film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoTWzw8aaBY&list=UUWau-eFdLHLIsvlzEpfcvpA