Families have paid tribute to the 14 young black people who died in the New Cross fire, using a service marking the 45th anniversary of the blaze to implore people to “hold one another with compassion and care”.
Every seat in St Andrew’s Church in Brockley, south-east London, was filled on Sunday afternoon as more than 200 people gathered to honour the youngsters, aged between 14 and 22, who died as flames engulfed a birthday party in New Cross Road on January 18 1981.
