What a wonderful night with so many coming along to watch the Christmas lights being expertly switched on by Emily Barnett of St Peter’s School. Emily was chosen from those school choirs performing in the Christmas Choir Competition at St Mary’s Church. All sang beautifully. After some wonderful musical entertainment on the steps of the Town Hall, the Mayor, his Mayoress and Father Christmas helped Emily to do her magic and turn on the lights for Christmas 2013.
Emily meets the Mayor
Emily Barnett switches on the lights
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4 Military Intelligence Battalion hold Afghanistan operational medals parade in historic Marlborough
80 soldiers of 45 Company, 4 Military Intelligence Battalion (4MI Bn) who have recently returned from a challenging and successful six month deployment in Afghanistan received their operational medals at a parade in historic Marlborough today (Thursday 28 November 2013).
They were joined by over 100 of their fellow soldiers from the Battalion and marched from Marlborough College into the High Street to be presented with their medals by The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), General Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB CBE ADC Gen The Colonel Commandant of the Intelligence Corps and the Mayor of Marlborough, Mr Guy Loosmore.
They were led in by The Band of the Grenadier Guards, one of the world’s premier military bands and The Battalion's adopted greyhound "Blue". 4 MI Bn also exercised its Freedom of Marlborough by marching with fixed bayonets and flags flying. This was granted to the battalion in June 2011 making it the first Army unit to have been awarded Marlborough’s Freedom of Entry since 1204.
4MI Bn as it is known today, was formed on 3 September 2001 but can trace its roots back to the D-Day landings of the Second World War. 4 MI Bn’s mission is to deliver intelligence and counter intelligence support to the Army. In Afghanistan, the Battalion provided vital information to the Chain of Command in order for tactical decisions to be made.
General Houghton addressed the troops saying:
“I think the links that exist at a local level in towns such as Marlborough and units of the Army and the Armed Forces are fundamental in helping those units when they deploy on operations and the knowledge that they have that close association and close support. ”
Major Jim Holl, the Officer Commanding the recently returned 45 Company said:
"What a day! The towns folk turned out in huge numbers. A huge and proud day for the battalion and great for my soldiers - just fantastic."
The parade was watched by both Marlborough Town Council dignitaries and families and friends, and hundreds of school children turned out to wave and cheer. The close ties between the town and the Battalion is underlined by the Battalion’s use of the greyhound as its emblem as illustrated in the Town’s coat of arms.
photo's courtesy of Cpl Daniel Wiepen RLC
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The public and any interested party are invited to attend an exhibition relating to a proposal for residential development on land off Rabley Wood View, Marlborough.
The event will be held at Marlborough Town Hall on Tuesday 29th October 2013 between 3.00pm and 8.00pm.
The site is the existing area of open space to the north of Rabley Wood View and lies within the limits of development of Marlborough. The site is owned by Wiltshire Council but the application is to be made by the Manton Estate.
The proposal is to develop the existing 1.7 hectare area of open space (owned by Wiltshire Council) for housing and provide a large replacement area of open space (14 hectares in size) in the form of a Country Park on the adjacent land which forms part of the Manton Estate.
The proposal is to submit an outline planning application for the residential development of the site. Whilst the application will be in outline form it will be supported by an indicative layout. Details of the scale and form of the proposed development will also be provided.
People who are interested are invited to call in at any time between the hours above to view the plans and discuss the proposal with the applicant’s agents. There will also be an opportunity to leave written comments should you wish to do so.
In due course a planning application will be submitted to Wiltshire Council when you will have a further chance to comment on the proposals.
See also online press coverage at Marlborough News Online
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Marlborough Town Council
Next year sees the centenary of the start of the First World War, an event that changed the world forever. Every family in Britain was affected to some degree and those living in Marlborough and the surrounding villages were no exception.
Our Town Mayor, Guy Loosmore married his Mayoress, Fiona Lawson, at St Mary’s Church on 10th August followed by a reception at the Town Hall. Councillor Loosmore now moves into the history books as the first Mayor of Marlborough to be married whilst in office. Congratulations to them both.