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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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13 second sound recording of water pouring from a tap.
59 second sound recording of excited children shouting and squealing at Vestry Street swimming baths.
Colour photograph of Wimbledon Street and St. George's Mills.
60 second sound recording of a bus. The recording includes sounds of the engine, brakes, and the bus passengers voices.
Colour photograph of Helsinki's gay bar, previously J. Herbert Marshall Music Depot
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.
Palais de Danse during its post war heyday. This Art Deco influenced building was constructed around 1927, opening as the Palais de Danse. The building was used as a club for music and dancing.
A black and white photograph of the crowning of Cinderella at the Palais de Danse.
A colour photograph of the Sosho nightclub previously known as Zoots, The Studio and the Palais de Danse. Photograph taken from the corner.
Collection of newspaper cuttings reporting on the trial of the "Crazy Gang" at Leicester Crown Court.
Black and white artist impression of the new Freeman, Hardy and Willis building designed by the architects Lewis Solomon Son & Joseph.
Collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding the Centre Hotel, Leicester.
Black and white photograph of the corner of Humberstone Road and Rutland Street, eventual site of Freeman, Hardy & Willis.
Black and white photograph of the Freeman, Hardy and Willis building, before it was destroyed during World War II.
Black and white photograph showing the damage done to the Freeman, Hardy and Willis building during a German bombing raid in 1940.
Black and white photograph of a demolition site facing Humberstone Gate showing the remains of the 1880's warehouse being cleared for reconstruction.
Brief newspaper article discussing plan to turn former British Shoe Corporation warehouse into hotel and office complex.
Collection of Urban-exploration style photographs of Volcrepe (Woods) Mill, Glossop.