Comments on: Hope For The Whitechapel Bell Foundry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Tina Gregoriou https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1382812 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:46:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1382812 Fab news and an beautiful piece by grayson. I agree, it would be good if grayson Perry could perhaps write a bit about the bell he has made and the about the details on it.

]]> By: Kay Harding https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381752 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:10:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381752 Thanks for not giving up on these places.my family are from the east end and none of us wants the proposed changes, especially the bell foundry.
This article suggests there is hope.
This has made my day.
Thankyou
Kind regards
Kay Harding

]]> By: Dee https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381626 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:51:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381626 Very well said! I do hope a copy of your writing here could be sent to the PM. It is important that Government realise the importance of these historical places to the value of the British people and our culture. As a bell ringer of some years the thought of the future Without the Foundry is very dire indeed.

]]> By: Heather Fenton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381623 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:39:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381623 Some good news about the Mulberry tree, and even, dare we hope, the Bell Foundry! With regard to the shopping mall, I thought these were going out of fashion post covid. In other places local authorities seem to be thinking about changing some of them into local housing….!
I do not live in London, but I do have family connections with the Thames and also Rotherhithe, so am always very interested in the sort of things The Gentle Author writes about. Such a brilliant blog! Thank you!

]]> By: Ann V https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381488 Mon, 31 May 2021 10:11:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381488 I echo all the responses you already have. Our heritage is precious and must be protected. Let’s all hope the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, as well as other pieces of our heritage can be kept and preserved. Thank you for what you have done so far.

]]> By: Kelly Holman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381486 Mon, 31 May 2021 09:17:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381486 Wishing you the very best of luck.

]]> By: Patricia Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381481 Mon, 31 May 2021 08:40:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381481 A glimmer of hope indeed – politicians always need our votes – maybe that would have an effect if they thought they might lose them. Would approaching the owner of Truman Brewery be of any use by appealing to his sensitivity and making him feel good about himself. How about dangling a Knighthood in front of him if he does the right thing !!!

]]> By: Tanya reynolds https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381470 Mon, 31 May 2021 06:53:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381470 HEAR HEAR!

]]> By: mlaiuppa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381458 Mon, 31 May 2021 03:13:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381458 I was hoping that some miracle would be pulled from a top hat and the foundry would be saved. If those supporters in Westminster are going to do anything the pressure needs to be put on them by the public and kept on them. The media needs to keep this in the public forefront until the foundry is well and truly saved. The fight is not over. Developers wait until the pressure is off and the public is distracted and that is when they swoop in and the war is lost.

The Truman Brewery is what we call the camel’s nose. Once a camel get’s it’s nose in the tent, before long the entire camel will be inside. You are correct in that if the developers get the brewery, it will set precedent and so many would followed, being toppled by greed at the expense of history.

What’s the point of there being any sort of protected status if it doesn’t truly protect?

]]> By: Robin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/30/hope-for-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry-x/#comment-1381444 Sun, 30 May 2021 22:17:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187266#comment-1381444 Is it time for another letter-writing campaign aimed at Jenrick? At Whitechapel Bell Foundry supporters in Parliament?

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