Fury as historic 450-year-old Bell Foundry where Big Ben was forged is vandalised with graffiti - after workshop was closed in 2017 and sold to US developers

The group hoping to re-open the East London foundry, which began operating in 1570, called the sight 'painful' when they posted the sad image of the desecration on social media this month.

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