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In 2002, a new action in the High Court led to an order for a second inquest, which was held in 2004. This second inquest also resulted in an open verdict. The coroner said that the fire was probably started deliberately by one of the guests, but as he could not be sure of this, he returned an open
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has a strong connection with the victims, as many of them attended the youth club there. In October 2002, Lewisham council installed a special stained-glass window at the church in their memory. On 16 January 2011, a memorial service was held there, with speakers including George Francis, chair of
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The party was a joint birthday celebration for Yvonne Ruddock (one of the victims of the fire) and Angela Jackson (who survived) and was held at No. 439, New Cross Road. It began on the evening of Saturday, 17 January 1981, and continued throughout the night and into the early hours of Sunday, 18
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carrying placards that bore statements including: "Thirteen Dead, Nothing Said", "No Police Cover-Up" and "Blood Aga Run If Justice Na Come". One slogan read: "Dame Jill Knight Set The Fire Alight!"; an apparent reference to a controversial speech by
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in 2011 as "the blaze we cannot forget", is significant as a turning point in the relationship between Black Britons, the police and the media, and marks an "intergenerational alliance to expose racism, injustices and the plight of black Britons".
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in east London, and a memorial plaque on the wall of Catford Civic Hall listing the names of the "fourteen young people who died in the New Cross Fire of 18th January 1981". This was updated and refurbished in 2024.
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No one has ever been charged in connection with the fire, which forensic science subsequently established started inside the house. Inquests into the deaths were held in 1981 and 2004. Both inquests recorded
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One week after the fire, on 25 January, a meeting was held at the Moonshot Club in New Cross, attended by more than one thousand people. The meeting concluded with a march to the scene of the fire and a
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armchair in the front room of the property at 5:40 am on Sunday morning. There had been some early complaints from neighbours about excessive noise from the party. A white
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described the march as "the largest mass movement for racial justice on British soil at the time", but also noted that "journalists stationed in the offices of
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The Action Committee organised a "Black People's Day of Action" on 2 March, when 20,000 people marched over a period of eight hours from
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there, which blocked New Cross Road for several hours. The New Cross Massacre Action Committee (NCMAC) was set up, chaired by
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in 2011 ruled out a firebomb attack, finding instead that the fire had started when somebody in the house set fire to a
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into the deaths of the 13 teenagers, began on 21 April 1981. The initial police suspicion was that the party had been
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The deaths in the fire were commemorated or mentioned in a number of reggae songs and poems at the time, including
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Documents and papers related to the New Cross Massacre Action Committee's campaign are held in the archives of the
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The victims of the fire were all young Black, Mixed Race, British people between the ages of 14 and 22. They were:
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There is also a memorial to the victims consisting of a park bench, plus 13 trees with a plaque at either end, on
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In the immediate aftermath of the fire, a New Cross Massacre Action Committee (NCMAC) was set up, chaired by
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On 14 January 2011, an event called "Remembering the New Cross Fire 30 Years On" was held at the
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Deptford Fun City: a ramble through the history and music of New Cross and Deptford
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documentary entitled "From the Ashes of New Cross", an episode in the series
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The victims were also commemorated in January 2011 with a blue plaque from
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Unsolved 1981 house fire that killed thirteen people in south-east London
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Police also ruled out the theory that a fight had taken place. The
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Remembering the New Cross Fire 30 Years On - promotional video
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In 2017, the "13 Dead, Nothing Said" exhibition was hosted at
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from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube.
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and can be accessed by the public. The Black Power group
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and was an evening of spoken word, film, discussion and
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chanted monkey noises at the protestors down below."
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