Smooth...Pay by Text live demo
Our pay by text live demo during our second Birthday event last week went glitch-free (we still skipped a heart beat of course), and we are delighted that pay by text transactions have now started within participating businesses. Indeed it is exactly one week since the launch of the new pay by text system and the unveiling of our new notes at our event on Thursday 29th September.
We are humbled by all the support we have received and we are delighted about the very positive feedback about the new notes.
We would like to give special thanks to our speakers on the night: Chuka Umunna, Shadow Minister for Small Business and Enterprise and MP for Streatham, and Derrick Anderson, Lambeth Council Chief Executive.
Thanks also to our special guests, the Garrison’s family, and Luol Deng’s agent, Steve Vear, and to our wonderful entertainers: Trevor Lock – Comedian, El Crisis – poet, Jamie Pyke – hip hop artist, DJ Mike from Urban75 and our very own DJ Zac.
Len Garrison's family with Chuka Umunna
Last but not least, thanks to to EVERYONE who came down on the night, it was great to see your faces and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
You can read more, and register for Pay by Text here.
Our 1st and 2nd edition collector packs and notes are availble here.
And you can also check out this very pictorial blog about the event.
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Foxies and Cherries on B£ note!
Foxes and Cherries, Lucy Casson 2010
You must have marvelled by now at the extremely different look our second edition notes are donning… And indeed each note is a unique combination of local iconic images and design elements, and of course new faces. But who is the inspiration behind such cool new looks?
In this blog we shall focus on the B£20 note, or ‘the Szabo’.
Featuring WWII secret agent Violette Szabo on the front, the back of this note is just as eye catching, with two sleek foxes meandering in their foxy pursuits. The inspiration came from the very quirky sculpture that dominates the skyline along Electric Avenue.
Indeed as you cast your eyes upon the roof of the building on the corner between Electric Avenue and Electric Lane, you’ll be forgiven for emitting a very pleasantly surprised ‘ooh!’
‘Foxes and Cherries’ was created by Lucy Casson in 2010, for Electric Avenue in Brixton. Constructed from reclaimed metals, they sit high on a building looking down on to Brixton’s fruit and vegetable market. ‘I see foxes as another layer of life in London, scavenging in the night’, Casson tells.
Lucy Casson is a prolific artist whose work spans a range of scale and materials. Some recent public art work includes: Bronze/granite seating Leeds City centre, Climbing Animals at Moorfields children’s Eye Hospital London, sculptures for Sustrans cycle way Thames Oxon.
She has exhibited at numerous galleries, including:
- Rebecca Hossack gallery London, 2010
- Velvet Da Vinci group show San Francisco USA, 2005
- ‘Smile’ at Ruthin touring site in North Wales
You can find out more about Lucy’s work here, and also read a review here.
The Brixton Pound are proud to feature Lucy Cassons’ Foxes on our new B£20 – such eye catching local feature is hard to go unnoticed! So next time you’re out shopping, do take a look at those Foxes and Cherries, they are for us all to enjoy.
foxes and cherries Lucy Casson 2010