{"id":2348,"date":"2010-09-17T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T13:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2010-09-17T14:46:25","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T13:46:25","slug":"the-brixton-pound-celebrates-its-first-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-brixton-pound-celebrates-its-first-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brixton Pound celebrates its first birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/brixton\/features\/images\/brixton-pound-party-18.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brixton Pound 1st Birthday Party at the Brixton Village, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, Lambeth, London UK 15th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first local currency in an urban area in the UK, the Brixton Pound  is designed to support Brixton businesses and encourage local trade and  production.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> It works as a complementary currency, working alongside (and not  replacing) pounds sterling, for use by independent local shops and  traders.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from the party celebrating the Brixton Pound&#8217;s first  year at the Brixton Village&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/brixton\/features\/images\/brixton-pound-party-02.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brixton Pound 1st Birthday Party at the Brixton Village, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, Lambeth, London UK 15th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/brixton\/features\/images\/brixton-pound-party-05.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brixton Pound 1st Birthday Party at the Brixton Village, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, Lambeth, London UK 15th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/brixton\/features\/images\/brixton-pound-party-09.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brixton Pound 1st Birthday Party at the Brixton Village, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, Lambeth, London UK 15th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/brixton\/features\/images\/brixton-pound-party-17.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brixton Pound 1st Birthday Party at the Brixton Village, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, Lambeth, London UK 15th September 2010\" width=\"580\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/brixton\/features\/brixton-pound-party-brixton-village.html\">Loads more photos here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first local currency in an urban area in the UK, the Brixton Pound is designed to support Brixton businesses and encourage local trade and 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