In just over a week, we have reached our target of 2000 signatures of local residents on the petition to Tower Hamlets Council which triggers a debate at the full council meeting on 18th September to make it Council policy to Save The Whitechapel Bell Foundry as a working foundry.

Council officers will now check the signatures and any from outside the borough will be discounted, which means we need to continue collecting up to around 2200 signatures to be sure of getting 2000 that are residents, workers or students in Tower Hamlets.

The East End Preservation Society & The East London Mosque are collaborating in organising a public meeting on MONDAY 9th SEPTEMBER at 6:30pm at the Mosque, 82-92 Whitechapel Rd, E1 1JQ. 

This will be a chance to hear from UK Historic Building Preservation Trust and Factum Foundation about their proposals for the future of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry as a working foundry.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE

“There is no better use for an old bell foundry than to be a bell foundry. There is a demand for bells and there is a viable continuation of industrial use on that site. It’s that or another boutique hotel, and the poor East End has lost so much of its authenticity and employment.” – Dan Cruickshank   Photo copyright © Sarah Ainslie

Photograph by Peter Dazeley from his book UNSEEN LONDON ©Peter Dazaley 

If you have not yet done so, please click on the link below to sign our petition of local residents and then circulate this to all your friends, family, workmates and neighbours in the borough.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION IF YOU LIVE, WORK OR STUDY IN THE BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS

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