These trees were planted in the memory of the 13 children who died in the New Cross fire on the 18th Jan 1981.
E5, Corner of Downs Park and Queensdown Roads, Hackney Downs
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
New Cross Fire - Hackney
A fire at a teenagers' birthday party caused the death of 14 young people, 13...
The first church on the site was part of St Thomas's Hospital in 1212. it was named after St Thomas a Becket, because pilgrimages to his ...
The quotation compares The Cock with Vauxhall Gardens.
15 August is the official VJ Day in the UK so erecting this plaque on Wednesday 16th was perverse.
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 September 1661 which brought about the disinterment of the bo...
We bet this corner of London looked more interesting in 1500.
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