UK AIDS Quilt 018
This is Quilt 018 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 UK AIDS Memorial Quilt 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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Patrick Cowley
Patrick Cowley was a music producer of disco and hi-NRG music. He worked with the artist Sylvester. He died in 1982 aged 32.
Music producer Patrick Cowley with Sylvester
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Nigel Sturdy
Listen to a poem for Nigel from his friend June.
Nigel died aged just 26
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Tommy Nutter
Tommy Nutter was a London based tailor famous for reinventing Saville Row in the 1960's. He designed the Joker's outfits for the 1989 Batman film. He died in 1982.
Calderdale HIV/AIDS Link (CHAL) Absent Friends
CHAL Opened in 1992 and now known as The Brunswick Centre serving the area around Halifax, Yorkshire.
To our absent friends, you will forever be in our hearts
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Amanda Blake
Tim
Juicy
Juicy was very honest about having AIDS, and let his feelings of Denial, Anger, Hope, Optimism and Love flow and then 'Release it' As seen on the quilt
The Story of Juicy, also known as Juice
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Vito Russo
Vito Russo was an American activist and film historian known for his book The Celluloid Closet.
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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