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...
Greater London Council Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, 1828 - 1913, surgeon, scientist and teacher, lived here.
Refer to Sloane Court East V1 bomb for info about the event. The number of dead is not accurate on either plaque. At the time the death t...
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The Criterion Restaurant is on the ground floor with the entrance at the left of our photo. The meeting at the Criterion took place on N...