Content Explorer
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 interior of the Odeon Cinema during it's construction in 1937.
An 82 second sound recording of the Critical Mass bike ride in Orton Square, Leicester. Critical Mass Leicester is a fun bike ride which takes place once a month.
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.
Curve grows, with Alexandra House and other buildings in the background. A colour photograph.
Curve begins to take shape, with the Exchange Buildings visible in the background. A colour photograph.
Colour photograph of the completed Curve which looms large next to the older buildings of the area.
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.
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.
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 graffiti style artwork on a shutter at Studio 79.
Colour photograph of the entrance to Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the entrance to Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House. Atlantes figurines support the brackets on the main cornice.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House. The Athena can be glimpsed to the right of the photograph.
Colour photograph of a window embossed with a floral design and incorporating the text Faire Brothers & Co., Limited.
An early photograph of Alexandra House.
Black and white advertisement for Faire Bros. Ltd, appearing in the Leicester Official Handbook 1956
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.
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.