UK AIDS Quilt 031
This is Quilt 031 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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Malcolm
Tracy and Paul from Middlesborough made this panel. A friendship cut short by when Malcolm died
Malcolm was a special person with a lovely sense of humour
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Louise
Louise was the most loveable person I've ever known...
After being diagnosed HIV+ Louise had no will to live.
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Steven Amaral
I know Steven is now at peace...
AIDS made Steven a warmer person
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The Moment
David Von Richthofen
Bob Townshend
"Within 6 months it was all over for him, released from pain". Listen to his friend Claire tell the story of Bob.
Bob moved to Brighton at 16 to build a better life for himself
Bob's ashes were scattered on the south downs
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Robert Glassett
Robert was from the Glastonbury area, his panel was made from items his Buddy Janet found in his flat after his death...
Robert carried crystals around with him and there are some sewn onto his panel
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Abstract Design
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.
