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1897: Many ladies of Peterborough would have given careful attention to a small piece in this week's Advertiser.

FASHIONS IN SLEEVES: we learn from Myra's Journal (of dress and fashion) that the Spring sleeves promise to be very pretty. The new sleeves are tight, with a slight fullness or a small drapery at the shoulder. The best dressmakers try as much as possible to cut drapery and sleeve together, as the effect is always better. Ruffled sleeves remain fashionable, and tucked sleeve is daily becoming more prevalent. There is little doubt that the tucks will play an important part in Spring modes, just as they are doing with Winter evening dresses.

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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The United Kingdom European Union (EU)membership referendum took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to ask the electorate if the country should remain a member of the European Union (EU) or leave it. It was called by the Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron as a result of an electoral promise.

Nationally the referendum resulted in 51.9% of votes being in favour of leaving the EU (17,410,742 votes) and 48.1% of votes in favour of remaining in the EU (16,141,241).

Locally the referendum resulted in 60.89% (53 216 ) of votes being to leave against 39.11% (34 176) of votes to remain in the EU.

Although not legally binding the government had promised to implement the result of the referendum.

On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom under Prime Minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, meaning that the UK was due to leave the EU before 11PM on 29 March 2019, when the two-year period for Brexit (Britain's exit) negotiations expired. This did not happen as no deal was reached on the 'divorce' agreement. and an extension was agreed.

The final deadline for leaving the EU was 31 January 2020.

The Brexit Party, formed to ensure Britain's departure from the EU came second in the 2019 Peterborough by-election.

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