Bank - The Powdered Earth

Gloucester City Old Bank
We are re-establishing the Gloucester City Old Bank here for fun.

The note below belongs to a friend and fan of The Powdered Earth who has allowed us to take a copy and share it with our fanbase. It was issued in the 19th century and signed by James Wood. He was the proprietor of the Gloucester City Old Bank which was once the third oldest private bank in England and operated from 1716 to 1838. Wood was known as "Jemmy" - the miser of Gloucester - and is apparently the inspiration for Charles Dickens' character "Ebeneezer Scrooge" in The Christmas Carol. George wrote a song "Coals" for his 2018 Spaces project inspired by Jemmy Wood. You can read the lyrics, find out more and listen to it by clicking here.

Every donation made here and payment made on Bandcamp will be recorded anonymously in a ledger and the balance displayed below.
The balance of funds will be used to service the costs of the Fan Club. From time to time we will make a deposit ourselves.

At some time in the future we will issue a physical copy to everyone who makes a donation and submits their postal address.
Current Balance £0.00 (updated 23 Feb 24)
Currently it costs us money to keep making music.
Our short term aim is to make what we do cost neutral. Our long term aim is to generate income that matches our creative ambitions.

Each time you listen to a stream it generates a miniscule royalty (average £0.003 per stream so you'd have to listen to it 1000 times for us to be paid £3).

Our online music is available on a pay what you want basis from from The Powdered Earth official Bandcamp.

You can still download or listen for free, but we have a range of merchandise items for sale that accompany the music.

Therefore you might consider supporting our music-making with the following ways:

Pay what you want on The Powdered Earth official Bandcamp for lossless audio files.
Buy our album sleeve note books, CDs, vinyl, clothing and other merchandise.
Make a donation into the fan club bank below. Your donation offsets our postage and production costs.

Gloucester City Old Bank

Current Balance £0.00 (updated 23 Feb 24)