UK AIDS Quilt 009
This is Quilt 009 of 042 in the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt collection, created during the late 1980's and early 1990's before there was effective treatment for people living with HIV
The AIDS Quilt Memorial Project
This collection is created in memory of loved ones, friends and family. For some people our archive contains a great deal of information about their lives, for others we hold little, or none.
email aidsquiltuk@gmail.com if you have any information about someone remembered here
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Vaughan Michael Williams
Gill Brigg and friends made this panel for their friend Vaughan. Listen to Gill reading the letter she sent along with the panel.
Vaughan died on 7th February 1990.
We will remember him for his generosity, laughter, honesty, courage, hedonism, music, his dusty houseplants and his rubber vest.
Vaughan was a member of the Insinuendos performance group
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Don Melia
Don was born in Canada and lived in the UK. He was an actor, producer and cartoonist
The rebel son of ministers, Don was an actor, publisher, producer and cartoonist, he was a little man with big ideas. And strong convictions.
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Charles Villalonga & Gilbert Rodriguez
Below is a translation of the phrase on the panel by the Spanish writer Frederico Garcia Lorca.
This extract from Lorca is the only paperwork associated with this panel, its a translation of the Spanish phrase on the quilt.
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Roy
Mark William Tyack
Mark was just 26 years old when he died. Listen to a letter written by his lover, David.
David, Mark's partner, wrote this letter describing how the panel was made
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Steve Waters
Steve worked at The White Swan, a popular gay pub in east London.
He died on 30th April 1989
The panel reflects Steve's early life in the Forest of Dean, his love of Christmas time and of travel and his work at The Swan where he made many friends.
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Baby Jamie
Douglas J McCusker
In her letter about Douglas, his sister Shona remembers him trying all the fashions and sporting a striking mohican hairstyle
Douglas died on 3rd June 1992
He was the warmest, most loving man I have ever known. He was brave by all definitions and I know for sure he is guiding may way now.
Many of the quilts we hold have no back up information. If you recognise any names or panels without information please get in touch. email aidsquiltuk@gmail.com
Thank you to the partnership volunteers and members who recorded the letters and stories associated with the panels made for loved ones lost in the early days of the HIV / AIDS epidemic in the 80’s and 90’s.
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