8370 research outputs found
Sort by
Video of a couple remembering their first date at the Baker's Arms pub
No full textA 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.M: And shortly afterwards I met Jenny ...
F: His wife
M: My wife. And for our first date she told me to meet her in a pub called the Baker's Arms.
F: Which is now called The Musician …
M: A great pub called The Musician. Now I didn't know where the Baker's Arms was so I caught a bus to Charles Street. And then I walked past the bus depot which is now the LCB Depot and I walked through the Cultural Quarter, this is the first time I'd ever been to this area we call the Cultural Quarter now and I remember the buildings being very grand and dilapidated and it was very dark and there was one light spot on my journey through this area and it was Helsinki. I eventually found the Baker's Arms which was a completely isolated pub all on its own in the industrial area of Leicester and we had our first date and I was late and we're still together now.
F: I was just leaving actually as he was walking through the door.
M: Shut up, I'm telling this story! She then took me to the Helsinki just
An Imperial Typewriter.
No full textFinal version of the flash fiction commissioned as part of the Arts & Humanities Research Council's Affective Digital Histories project
Critical Mass bike ride in Orton Square.
No full textAn 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
Butter dish.
No full text6 second sound recording of a lid being removed and replaced on a ceramic butter dish
Film projector.
No full text1 minute 4 second sound recording of a film projector whirring and clicking
Helsinki, 2014
No full textBlack 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
Dennis Dominator bus entering the depot tunnel.
No full text21 second sound recording of a Dennis Dominator entering the depot tunnel. Featuring engine sounds, horn and squeaking brakes