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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 Sosho nightclub previously known as Zoots, The Studio and the Palais de Danse. Photograph taken from the corner.
A colour photograph of the Sosho nightclub previously known as Zoots, The Studio and the Palais de Danse. The sign is visible.
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 warehouse not far from completion in 1956. St. George's Mills, one of Faire Bros. works, can be seen in the background.
Black and white photograph of the Freeman, Hardy and Willis building, before it was destroyed during World War II.
Brief newspaper article discussing plan to turn former British Shoe Corporation warehouse into hotel and office complex.
Colour photograph of the former Leicester International Hotel customer car park entrance.
Colour photograph of the tower of the former Leicester International Hotel.
A colour video (duration 1 minute 9 seconds) of a married couple talking about their first date at the Baker's Arms pub and their memories of the Cultural Quarter before it was redeveloped. The start of the video appears to have been cut off.