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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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10 second sound recording of keys jangling, and a door being unlocked opened and closed.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding Bond Street Fabrics.
Black and white photograph of Wimbledon House and Wimbledon Works.
Colour photograph of Wimbledon House and Wimbledon Works
Curve begins to take shape, with the Exchange Buildings visible in the background. A colour photograph.
Colour photograph of empty building on Rutland Street, demolished in 2005 to to make way for Curve. The Leicester United Caribbean Association building is visible to the right.
A colour photograph of Urray House, disused and dirty. Detail of the front windows.
A colour photograph of Urray House, disused and dirty.
A video (duration 34 seconds) with the image blanked out , the audio is a man talking about his positive memories of taking part in the play "East" by Stephen Berkoff at Curve, directed by Paul Kerryson, and how the experience influenced his future.
A video (audio only, duration 2 minutes 1 second) of David Cole talking about his memories of the Leicester Expressive Arts organisation that was based in the Leicester United Caribbean Centre (LUCA) between 1985 and 1990. Audio ends abruptly.
Colour photograph of graffiti style artwork on the wall of Studio 79, a dance studio opposite the Phoenix car park.
Colour photograph of the entrance to Alexandra House.
Colour photograph showing the detail on Alexandra House. An Atlantes figurine supports a bracket on the main cornice. A letter F is depicted above.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House. Atlantes figurines support the brackets on the main cornice.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of a door with the letter F depicted above.
An early photograph of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph showing the detail of the roof of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph showing the detail of the roof of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the courtyard area at Alexandra House.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding Faire Brothers Ltd.
11 second sound recording of a toilet flushing.
Colour photograph of Deuce House, from the corner at Southampton Street and Wimbledon Street.
A 39 second sound recording of the hubbub in the Phoenix CafeĢ.
Colour photograph showing the Pfister and Vogel warehouse with boarded up windows and peeling paintwork.
Colour photograph showing some of the ornate decoration on the Pfister and Vogel warehouse.
Colour photograph showing the Pfister and Vogel warehouse with boarded up windows and peeling paintwork.
Colour photograph showing the entrance to the Pfister and Vogel warehouse in a state of disrepair.