Save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry

Save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry

Started
16 March 2017
Petition to
Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Signatures: 28,505Next Goal: 35,000
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Started by The East End Preservation Society

We the undersigned wish to publicly register our very serious concern about the imminent loss of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

Bells have been made continuously in Whitechapel since the 1570s. The business has been on its present site since the mid 1740s. It is one of just two remaining bell foundries in Britain, and the foundry is reportedly the oldest manufacturing company in the UK.

This is the foundry that made Big Ben in 1858, the world famous US Liberty Bell and many many more. 

We are very concerned that we will lose not only specialized jobs and skills, but that this type of business and trade is part of the historic essence of our towns and cities. How is Britain allowing this national treasure to slip through our fingers?

 

 

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  • Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government