UK AIDS Quilt 042
This is Quilt 042 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
AIDS Quilt 42AIDS Quilt UK
John Curry
John Curry was an Olympic figure skater and the world's first openly gay high profile sportsperson.
Watch some of John's Olympics Highlights
AIDS Quilt 42AIDS Quilt UK
Georgie Long
We were the two halves of the one person, you know, soul mates.
Listen to Georgie's story, written by his partner Frankie.
Georgie died on 26th October 1992
He was a beautiful man, very sensitive, very loving and made me feel safer than anyone I have ever known.
AIDS Quilt 42AIDS Quilt UK
David Clay
John VAD Haycock
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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