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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 colour photograph of the empty space where the Curve was eventually built. Urray House has now been demolished.
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 of graffiti style artwork on the wall of Studio 79, a dance studio opposite the Phoenix car park.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House.
An early photograph of Alexandra House.
Collection of photographs of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding Faire Brothers Ltd.
A 1 minute 35 second sound recording of a van being loaded at Phoenix Arts.
A 7 second sound recording of the clanging of a metal gate.
Black and white photograph of the Pfister and Vogel Warehouse, built in 1923.
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 entrance to the Pfister and Vogel warehouse in a state of disrepair.
Colour photograph of the former Pfister and Vogel leather factors building showing detailed carved stonework and leaded windows. The building has been redeveloped and is now apartments.
Colour photograph of graffiti with the Phoenix building in the background, taken from alongside St George's Way.
A colour video (duration 1 minute 28 seconds) of a man talking about Phoenix Arts, in particular his memories of working there and his enjoyment of going to see films at the Phoenix.
13 second sound recording of water pouring from a tap.
Colour photograph of graffiti opposite The Shed music venue on Yeoman Street.
Black and white drawing of St. George's Mills, appearing in Leicester : its civic, industrial, institutional and social life, 1927
Colour photograph of Wimbledon Street and St. George's Mills.
Colour photograph of Helsinki's gay bar, previously J. Herbert Marshall Music Depot
Black and white photograph of the detail above the door at Helsinki's bar, previously J. Herbert Marshall Music Depot. Photograph commissioned by Carol Leeming to accompany her choreopoem.
Black and white photograph of the interior of the Leicester Secular Hall.
Black and white drawing of the exterior of the Leicester Secular Hall. Initialled S.J.B. '99.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding nightclubs, in particular Zoots.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding The Studio nightclub in Humberstone Gate formerly known as The Leicester Palais de Danse.
Black and white photograph of the outside of Zoots night club. The building was formally the Palais de Danse