Plaque

New Cross Fire - Town Hall

Erection date: 10/2/1997

Inscription

{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.

Site: New Cross Fire - Town Hall (1 memorial)

SE6, Rushey Green, Lewisham Town Hall

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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New Cross Fire - Town Hall

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New Cross Fire

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Anthony Berbeck

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Humphrey Geoffrey Brown

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Peter Campbell

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Steve Collins

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Sybil Phoenix OBE

Born Sybil Theodora Phoenix Marshall in British Guiana (now Guyana). Communit...

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