Comments on: Whitechapel Bell Foundry Alert

By: C Rabourdin

C Rabourdin — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 14:10:43 +0000

Just seen this after the council meeting sadly so can’t circulate, but why is the petition only open to people who live or work in the area? I am almost certain that you would get London-wide support to keep the foundry alive. C

By: K Boldero

K Boldero — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 03:08:13 +0000

Once gone, the history is lost! Let’s top down the House of Parliament!

By: Christopher Walton

Christopher Walton — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:49:20 +0000

We must save this important London business and landmark.
While things have and always will change and develop in this great city of oues, this must be balanced with retaining the traditional trades that have been with us for centuries.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:19:09 +0000

I wish I was eligible to sign! If there is another petition please let me know.

By: Janice Gordon

Janice Gordon — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:00:04 +0000

It’s such a shame that this borough has so much interesting history and we are being robbed
The London hospital has a museum in the basement where John Merrick the elephant man
Once lived. Shame on us.?

By: Jean Walters

Jean Walters — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:06:33 +0000

As an descendant of William Mears and a ringing member of the Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers and Halifax Archdeaconry Guild of Change Ringers I wish you every success. So sorry I am unable to sign the petition., being outside the area.

By: Rebecca Aylward

Rebecca Aylward — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 16:18:44 +0000

Save the bells

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 15:52:56 +0000

The foundry is in our street, it would be very sad to see it turned into a hotel, i’ve signed and asked some neighbours too.

By: mlaiuppa

mlaiuppa — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 08:38:38 +0000

Nothing beats going door to door to get signatures. It doesn’t take an army and people who may not live in the area and be able to sign themselves can certainly do their party by carrying petitions and getting them signed. Create a map for volunteers and assign them areas to avoid duplication and make sure all areas are covered. Hit the local pubs and other places where the locals meet. You can’t get them signed in church but you can certainly stand outside when people exit. If you want 2,000 signatures (or more), while an online petition is convenient, there is power in the written signature. Print out some petitions and have them taken around the entire qualified area and have the collectors talk to people, explain and make sure that their signatures are eligible. There is nothing so powerful as a set of hand signed petitioned, taped end to end and rolled out as a long scroll at a meeting. Trust me. I’ve attended many a school board meeting where that is exactly what was done. I myself walked petitions up and down the entire length of my street, from the north end to the south end, both sides and we have mid-block high pressure sodium streetlights to deter crime and the line for eminent domain was moved 100 feet to save dozens of single family homes from the threat of redevelopment.

Print them out, walk them around, get them signed. It may be old fashioned but it is powerful. You can get an easy 2,000 physical signatures this way. Printing out the ones from the internet is just the icing no the cake. (Or the nail in the developer’s coffin if you will.)

By: Shona Marshall

Shona Marshall — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:25:20 +0000

I don’t live in Tower Hamlets but fully support keeping the bell foundry! Shame on those who want to develop it!