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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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A black and white photograph of the Odeon Cinema during it's construction in 1937.
A black and white photograph of the Odeon Cinema during it's construction in 1937.
A black and white photograph of the interior of the Odeon Cinema during its construction in 1937.
A black and white photograph of the Odeon Cinema in the early stages of it's construction.
83 second recording of the sound made by industrial knitting machines.
10 second sound recording of keys jangling, and a door being unlocked opened and closed.
Newspaper article describing how Wimbledon House has been taken over by Final Impressions.
Colour photograph of Wimbledon House.
Colour photograph of Wimbledon House and Wimbledon Works
Curve grows, with Alexandra House and other buildings in the background. A colour photograph.
The distinctive shape of Curve's exterior begins to show. A colour photograph.
Colour photograph of the completed Curve which looms large next to the older buildings of the area.
A colour photograph of Urray House, disused and dirty. Detail of a doorway.
A colour photograph of Urray House, disused and dirty.
A colour photograph of the empty space where the Curve was eventually built. Urray House has now been demolished.
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 1 minute and 43 seconds) of a man talking about his memories of the Cultural Quarter in the 1980s, 1990s, he mentions several of the nightclubs and the Leicester United Caribbean Centre.
Colour photograph showing detail of the moulding on Alexandra House. Elephant heads are depicted above a figurine.
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.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House. The Athena can be glimpsed to the right of the photograph.
Colour photograph of a door with the letter F depicted above.
An early photograph of Alexandra House.
Collection of photographs of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph showing the detail of the roof of Alexandra House.
Black and white photograph of Alexandra House. Photograph commissioned by Carol Leeming to accompany her choreopoem.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding Faire Brothers Ltd.
11 second sound recording of a toilet flushing.
34 second sound recording of a lift operating, including the sounds of the doors opening and closing, and the audio guide.