Press Release – Marlborough District Council
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.”
Marlborough’s Anzac Day services take place this weekend on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April.
Mayor John Leggett will lead the dawn service in Picton and the Blenheim service at 11.00 am on Sunday. He will also attend the Ward service on Saturday 24 April at 2.00 pm.
Deputy Mayor Nadine Taylor will attend the 6.30am service in Seddon on Sunday.
The Picton dawn parade gets underway at 6.00 am on Sunday. Street closures include London Quay (from Auckland Street to Wellington Street) and High Street (from London Quay to the intersection of Dublin Street/Waikawa Road/High Street) from 5.00 am to 8.00 am.