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Mon 04 Apr 2009The true value of pounds and sense
LOCAL CURRENCY:A small British village is printing its own currency in a bid to preserve community values and fight climate change
WHEN THIRTYSOMETHINGS tire of London they move to Brighton, where they wear expensive Japanese denim and talk in an accent just this side of Michael Caine. After a few years, their aspirations shift to Lewes, a pretty hillside town in southern England - like Dalkey, but 10 miles inland - which takes Brighton's laidback, arty atmosphere and adds about a hundred grand to the price of a small Victorian terrace.
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