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.
Speakers include Dan Cruickshank (Historian & Local Resident), Unmesh Desai (London Assembly Member, City & East), Dilowar Khan (Director of East London Mosque), Adam Lowe (Director of Factum Foundation), Shahed Saleem (Survey of London) and Clare Wood (Director of UKHBPT). If you care about the future of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry come along to learn more.