UK AIDS Quilt 012

This is Quilt 012 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.

UK AIDS Quilt at St PaulsAIDS Quilt UK

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 

AIDS Quilt 12AIDS Quilt UK

Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer best known for black and white photographs. His controversial works examined the gay S&M subculture in New York

Keith Haring

New York based graffiti artist Keith Haring became known for his activist art 'Ignorance = Fear'  'Silence = Death' work in the 1980's and 90's. His images are still popular today.

012 Tom Lawrie
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Tom Lawrie

Tom's friend Alastair tells his story. Listen here.

AIDS Quilt 12 Tom Lawrie, From the collection of: AIDS Quilt UK
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Tom came back alive and very well, minus the wheelchair and with a tan! He looked stunningly healthy. 

AIDS Quilt 12AIDS Quilt UK

Kim

Michael Sundin

Michael was a presenter on Blue Peter (UK children's TV Show) in 1984/5

Sheffield AIDS memorial

Peter Allen

Peter was an Australian musician, once married to Liza Minelli and wrote hits for Olivia Newton-John

Kevin, Dave, Jeff, Steve

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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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The story featured may in some cases have been created by an independent third party and may not always represent the views of the institutions, listed below, who have supplied the content.
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