Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Steve Constantine Collins was born on 2 May 1963 in Hackney and died, aged 17 years, on 18 January 1981 in a fire at party being held at 439 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA. He was buried on 6 February 1962 in Lewisham.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Steve Collins
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New Cross Fire - Fordham Park
In memory of the young people who died as a result of the New Cross fire 18th...
New Cross Fire - Town Hall
Unveiled by Sybil Phoenix, a community leader who had been called to the scen...
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William Lambert
Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion.
Edward Charles Dodd
The Junior 3rd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website that (in April 2022) incorrectly gives his age as 39 years at the time of his deat...
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Ron Greenwood
E13, Green Street, Boleyn Ground
This stadium was demolished in 2016 and we can't find out what happened to the plaques so we have marked them all as lost.
Nelson's Tree
NW1, Kentish Town Road, Castle Tavern
This 1843 picture of the tree, from the Illustrated London News comes from View from the Mirror.
Matchbox cars - sculpture
E9, Homerton Road, Matchmakers Wharf
Frustratingly, we cannot discover the name of the sculpture who has solved the puzzle of how to create a sculpture of miniature objects w...
Bowler plaque - Purse and Coins
E1, Middlesex Street
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017 so are grateful to Spitalfields Life for their photo. This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 ...
Verlaine and Rimbaud
NW1, Royal College Street, 8
Chosen as our featured memorial in July 2004. The decadent relationship lived by this outrageous pair has left a trail of plaques across ...