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:Â 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 John Tallis, 1816 - 1876, publisher of London street views, lived here.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
Arthur Onslow (1691 - 1768), Speaker of the House of Commons from 1728 to 1761 lived in a house on this site. (1926)
See the mosaic for more information about the Casualty Department.
Herbert Howells, 1892 - 1983, composer and teacher lived here 1946 - 1983. English Heritage
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