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The New Cross house fire was a fire that occurred during a party at a house in New Cross, south-east London, in the early hours of Sunday, 18 January 1981.
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The New Cross Fire killed 13 young Black people during a birthday party in a house in New Cross, southeast London on Sunday January 18, 1981.
Sep 1, 2021 · In the early morning on Sunday 18 January 1981, a fire broke out at 439 New Cross Road in the London Borough of Lewisham. The house had been ...
Jan 17, 2021 · In 1981, a blaze killed 13 black teenagers at a London house party in a suspected racist attack. What can be learned from the legacy of the ...

New Cross house fire

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The New Cross house fire was a fire that occurred during a party at a house in New Cross, south-east London, in the early hours of Sunday, 18 January 1981. The blaze killed 13 young black people aged between 14 and 22, and one survivor killed... Wikipedia
Date: January 18, 1981
Location: New Cross
Deaths: 13 (1 suicide two years later)
The story of the New Cross house fire of 1981, in which 13 young black British people died, and how its aftermath ignited an uprising by the black British ...
The fire occurred in the early morning of 18 January 1981 during a birthday party for Yvonne Ruddock (aged 16) and Angela Jackson (aged 18). The fire resulted ...
Dec 23, 2022 · The New Cross Fire 1981 reveals the experiences of family and friends of Yvonne Ruddock, the birthday girl who was one of 13 teenagers and ...
Jun 9, 2019 · The New Cross Fire was a significant turning point in Britain in terms of black Britons, the police and the media's relationship and ...
Nov 2, 2021 · The blaze broke out on 18 January 1981 at a joint birthday party for Yvonne Ruddock and Angela Jackson at 439 New Cross Road in Lewisham. The ...
Jan 15, 2021 · The blaze killed 13 young people who were all between the ages of just 14 and 22. Unable to live with the memory of the trauma, one survivor ...