Whitechapel Bell Foundry
About Whitechapel Bell Foundry
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was a business in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. At the time of the closure of its Whitechapel premises, it was the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain.
On the show — 3 mentions total
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which has been going since the 1500s, has shut down because it looks like a hotel is going to be moved in in its place, a sort of hipster kind of hotel.
from No Such Thing As A Holiday On Uranus, 2021-05-28 at 00:22:03 · read transcript
Other times Whitechapel Bell Foundry came up
He didn't come out and say, we know you like the iPhones, but here's a new thing. It's a 400 tonne bell. It's a real problem. They made the White Chapel Bell Foundry, made two bells for Westminster Abbey in 1583, which are fine. They're still working. They don't need upgrading, they don't need changing. So bell companies have a nightmare if we're not on a period of active church building.
375: No Such Thing As A Holiday On Uranus, 2021-05-28 · listen
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