New Cross Fire 1981 Archives

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

New Cross Fire 1981 exhibition at Goldsmiths

May

2023

The new exhibition at Goldsmiths on the New Cross Fire 1981 differs from previous events in that it has been put together by survivors, relatives and others directly affected by the tragic events which occurred just a few hundred metres down the road.The exhibition includes poems, reflections, documents and personal artefacts relating to the fire ...

New Cross Fire remembered one year later

Jan

2023

In January 1982, on the first anniversary of the New Cross Fire '800 people attended a memorial outside 439 New Cross Road where the 13 black youngster died' Lots more information about the New Cross Fire in previous posts here

New Cross Fire mural at Cummin Up

Jan

2022

A new mural was opened this week on New Cross Road to mark the 40th Anniversary of the 1981 New Cross Fire. The piece has been commissioned by Richard Simpson, his wife Sharon and family, joint owners of Cummin Up Caribbean Takeaway(next to New Cross Gate station) as part of their 30 year celebrations. As the ...

New Crass Massahkah on South Bank

Jul

2021

Linton Kwesi Johnson’s New Craas Massahkah poem, about the 1981 New Cross Fire, is on display by the South Bank Centre where the track is being played on the hour every hour until the end of August.

New Cross Fire Memorial in Fordham Park

Feb

2014

In Fordham Park, New Cross (Childeric Road end), there's a memorial to the victims of the 1981 New Cross Fire, with a bench set opposite it for people to sit and contemplate the memorial.The memorial stone was installed in 2012 and lists the 14 young people who died as a result of the terrible fire ...

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