LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

New Cross fire - Community reaction

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:27:35

Description

Press conference in the aftermath of a fire at a party in New Cross, London in which thirteen young black people died (18/01/81). Speakers include: local community leader Darcus Howe; youth leader Sybil Phoenix; Armza Ruddock, mother of Yvonne and Paul Ruddock, whose house was the scene of the fire; Elizabeth Cummings, mother of Patrick Cummings. Various reporters not identified.

Contributors

Darcus Howe; Sybil Phoenix; Armza Ruddock; Elizabeth Cummings

Keywords

Deaths; London; Crime; Law; Fires; Interethnic relations; Police; Adolescents; Children (age group); William Whitelaw; Black peoples; African-Caribbean peoples; Deptford; Arson; Explosives; New Cross; Community organizations; New Cross Fire (1981); New Cross Massacre Action Committee

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