Erection date: 10/2/1997
{On circular plaque:}
In memory of the young people who died, New Cross fire, 18 January 1981.
{On rectangular plaque below are listed 14 names. See Subjects commemorated.}
Unveiled by Sybil Phoenix, a community leader who had been called to the scene the morning after the fire.
SE6, Rushey Green, Lewisham Town Hall
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
New Cross Fire - Town Hall
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
New Cross Fire - Town Hall
Born Sybil Theodora Phoenix Marshall in British Guiana (now Guyana). Communit...
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