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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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1 second recording of a drawer opening.
24 second sound recording of water splashing from a shower.
Black and white photograph showing the entrance to the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market on Halford Street.
A black and white photograph of the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market in Halford Street in 1914.
Colour photograph showing modern art at Two Queens gallery and studio.
Colour photograph showing modern art at Two Queens gallery and studio.
6 second sound recording of ice cracking when liquid is poured over it.
1 second sound recording of ice cubes falling into an empty glass.
9 second sound recording of a glass being filled and rinsed out under a tap.
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.
11 minute 20 second interview with Beverley Haddon, in which she describes how she and a friend made an accidental visit to the G-Spot c. 2009. She also speaks about how the architecture of Leicester has changed over the years, her doubt regarding the truth of the title "The cultural quarter", and the lack of culture for the Black and white communities in the city.
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.
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 the Queen's Building showing part of the Dielectric night club entrance.
A colour photograph of detail 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.
Inside the Queen's Building, 37-43 Rutland Street.
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.
Colour photograph of the interior of the Curve Theatre, Leicester, showing lighting equipment in the stage area.
Colour photograph of the Snooker sign above a door on Queen's Building.
Colour photograph of 1930s former Odeon Cinema, now Athena conference and entertainment venue.
Colour photograph of the Athena building, formerly Odeon Cinema
Black and white photograph of the Johnson and Barnes factory.
A black and white photograph of the Odeon Cinema during it's construction in 1937.