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The Affective Digital Histories archive comprises open and publicly accessible data, including images, press cuttings, audio and video clips, and creative commissions. The materials have been digitised and catalogued by researchers at the University of Leicester and can be accessed here via the Explorer, or through the University of Leicester's own Special Collections Online.
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Black and white photograph of a fireman, surrounded by rubble, as he extinguishes the remaining flames of the 1911 fire at Rowley's Queen Street factory.
Black and white photograph showing two women, one wearing the Hindu bindi symbol, using overlocking stitching machines in the knitwear department of Rowley's factory, part of the Courtaulds Group
Colour photograph of the Rowley's factory building. The former hosiery company's building is now apartments.
1 second recording of a drawer opening.
24 second sound recording of water splashing from a shower.
A black and white photograph of the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market in Halford Street in 1914.
Colour photograph of decorative stonework which was originally part of the entrance to the former fruit and vegetable market on Rutland Street, Leicester. The stonework has been restored and relocated to St. Augustine Road, Leicester. The GPS coordinates 52.634883,-1.128573 are for the original site, and 52.63376,-1.142951 are for the current site.
A 37 second recording of the sound of a Closing machine.
Colour photograph showing modern art at Two Queens gallery and studio.
6 second sound recording of a lid being removed and replaced on a ceramic butter dish.
1 second recording of the sound made when opening a bottle containing fizzy liquid.
Colour photograph of the view from 19 Queen Street, Leicester, showing the Phoenix and surrounding buildings.
Colour photograph of the entrance to the Rowley Building taken through a window on the Queen Street car park site. The sign above the entrance reads "Queen Street Apartments, est. 2001"
Colour photograph showing the entrance to Queen Street car park from the other direction.
Some of the original graffiti of Dielectric remains, alongside what looks like much newer graffiti inside the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street.
Some of the original graffiti of Dielectric remains, alongside what looks like much newer graffiti inside the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street.
A colour photograph of a detail of the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street. By 2002 the building was used for a variety of non-industrial uses - this is the entrance to the G-Spot club.
A colour photograph of details of the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street. By 2002 the building was used for a variety of non-industrial uses. Built in 1897 and likely named for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, this handsome run-down building was Grade II listed in 2001. At this point the newly built Curve had opened opposite G-Spot.
A colour photograph of the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street. By 2002 the buildings were used for a variety of non-industrial uses. Built in 1897 and likely named for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, this handsome run-down building was Grade II listed in 2001. At this point the newly built Curve had opened opposite G-Spot.
A colour photograph of the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street. Built in 1897 and likely named for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, the Queen's Building was Grade II listed in 2001. By 2002 the buildings were used for a variety of non-industrial uses.
A colour photograph of the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street. Built in 1897 and likely named for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, this handsome run-down building was Grade II listed in 2001. By 2002 the building was used for a variety of non-industrial uses - the G-Spot club can be seen on the far-right of the photograph.
A colour photograph of the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street. Built in 1897 and likely named for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, the Queen's Building was Grade II listed in 2001. By 2002 the buildings were used for a variety of non-industrial uses.
Colour photograph of Queen's Building showing a notice for a new hair salon and a rainbow flag over the door of Spark nightclub, previously Dielectric.
Smiley graffiti inside the Queen's building where the Dielectric nightclub used to be.
A 2 minute sound recording of passersby outside Curve.
Colour photograph of the Athena, formerly Odeon Cinema
Colour photograph of the Athena building, formerly Odeon Cinema
A black and white photograph of the Odeon Cinema during it's construction in 1937.
A black and white photograph of the Odeon Cinema nearing completion.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding Bond Street Fabrics.