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
A fire at a teenagers' birthday party caused the death of 14 young people, 13...
Berbeck actually escaped the fire, but became mentally disturbed and died aft...
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Humphrey Geoffrey...
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Peter Desmond Cam...
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Steve Constantine...
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...
LCC James Boswell (1740 - 1795), biographer, lived and died in a house on this site.
English Heritage Count Edward Raczynski, 1891 - 1993, Polish statesman lived here, 1967 - 1993.
This is the foundation stone from the Norwegian church that preceded St Olavs, at another site.
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889 - 1964, First Prime Minister of India, lived here in 1910 and 1912. English Heritage
John Templeton, 1802 - 1886, opera singer, lived here. Refurbishment by Berkshire Securities Limited.