 When did people start using the Bristol Pound?
But they will only work if Britons are ready to accept that they have the power to invent their own currency. Everyone has gathered to decide what a Glasgow Pound might look like at a time when many are asking if local currencies can work at all. The founders of the Brixton Pound wanted to do something to stop 80p of every £1 spent locally from leaking out of the area into the pockets of corporations, at the expense of small local traders. So they printed a currency that would have the same value as the pound, but could only be traded in independent Brixton shops, where the shopkeeper would also have to spend it locally.
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