Erection date: 18/1/2011
New Cross Fire, took place at this site on January 18, 1981, Claiming the lives of 14 young people.
Nubian Jak Community Trust
Lewisham Borough Council
SE14, New Cross Road, 439
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 - site of fire
A fire at a teenagers' birthday party caused the death of 14 young people, 13...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
New Cross Fire - site of fire
The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Bor...
London Borough of Lewisham Leland Lewis Duncan, 1862 - 1923, local historian, lived here, 1873 - 1923.
See J. K. Farnell for the story. Also the Telegraph article.
Strangely, there are two identical blue plaques, either side of the entrance.
Vannessa Stephen, Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961, artist, born and lived here until 1904.
The plaques on on the south face of the tower, either side of the entrance. Londonist reported that in the WW2 Blitz (while BBC radio was...
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