Picton Library leaves mark on pages of historySCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF The Picton Library will be moving next door after closing yet another chapter on its history. As the doors to the old Picton Library close for the last time, reporter Paula Hulburt takes a look back at the rich history of Marlborough's first public library. READ MORE:* Picton Library ponders 18,000-book puzzle on moving day* Picton library designs revealed* Time-poor Marlborough families drive call for longer library hoursSUPPLIED The former Picton Library building was the first to be established in Marlborough. "Picton Library! FILE PHOTO Eleanor Johnson-Firth, left, 8, Tove Schoni, 9, and Antonia Schotanus, 9, at a Picton Library reading programme in around 2011.

Source: Stuff November 21, 2017 21:56 UTC