Marlborough Town Council
Platinum Jubilee
Thank you!
A big THANK YOU and congratulations to the many people who helped to make Marlborough's Platinum Jubilee celebrations a wonderful reality.
We hope everyone who came along will have happy memories for many years to come, and will join us once again to say "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your 70 years of service".
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Lots of High St Party thank you’s coming up……. There are quite a few, so put the kettle on and take a seat!
Big thanks to Waitrose, Tesco, Rick Stein, Marlborough College, and The Polly Tearooms for the donations of food and goodies for our Platinum Guests and to Anne, Sally and all at The Jubilee Centre for hosting and taking such good care of them on the day. To Kennet Community Transport and the wonderful Link drivers for collecting and dropping them home.
Our thanks to Dible & Roy for their help sourcing the fabric for the wonderful bunting our ‘crafty’ volunteers created and to TH White for installing the columns that it is hanging on!
Our thanks to St Peter’s Church for opening up their grounds for picnics, Mr & Mrs Johnson for donating the commemorative Oak tree, now planted in Priory Gardens as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy, Daniel Claridge for supporting us with First Aid, Roger Grant for all his work organising the stage, PA and the music and to The Castle & Ball for supplying power for it. Thanks also to Marlborough Choral Society for getting the party started with their rendition of the National Anthem and to Karen Gardner from BBC Wiltshire Radio for being our compere for the day.
Our thanks to Georgia Montague, for her work behind the scenes on the programme design and to Scott Granger, and Marlborough Community Choir for their musical performances at the Beacon lighting. (Scott & Georgia are both students at St John’s).
Our thanks to Neil and Sue at Marlborough News and Gavin James for capturing the day’s events, members of 4MI Battalion for giving up their bank holiday to help up set up and clear away at the end!
We would also like to say a big thank you to The Merchant’s House, The Emmanuel Church, Marlborough College, U3A in Kennet, St Peter’s, St Mary’s & St George’s Church, The Parade Cinema, the Rotary Club and Manton Villagers for planning and running such fantastic events across the Jubilee weekend …… and, the events simply would not have happened without the help and support of ALL THE AMAZING VOLUNTEERS …. Too many to name here, but you know who you are!
And last but definitely not least, to our own TEAM MTC who went above and beyond to make sure everything was running smoothly.