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Library services for Staunton residents

Residents of Staunton Harold using the Leicestershire County Council Mobile Library Service....

Eastwood Rotary Speech by Leonard Cheshire 1955

A recording of a speech given by Leonard Cheshire to the members of the Eastwood Rotary Club in September 1955. Leonard discusses the origins of the charity and the beginnings...

Group Captain Leonard Cheshire Sermon at Staunton Harold Church

Thanksgiving sermon for Staunton Harold Hall Cheshire Home at Staunton Harold church in Leicestershire. 1974....

International Women’s Day

...after a 2 year stay recovering from TB. At this time he was involved with a community project in Leicestershire to establish a country house as a ‘Cheshire Home’. This...

On Reflection: Staunton Harold

Leonard Cheshire describes how Staunton Harold Hall became a Cheshire Home. Part of the On Reflection: In Conversation with Leonard Cheshire series. Subtitles are available for this film....

Archive Oral Histories – Margot Mason Gibb

An oral history recording with Margot Mason Gibb who worked at Staunton Harold Hall with the Earl Ferrers before the Hall was sold to Leonard Cheshire and became a Cheshire...

Group Captain Leonard Cheshire Interview Part 1

Soundtrack of an interview with Leonard Cheshire talking about the impact of being diagnosed with Tuberculosis on his life and charity work. He discusses the beginnings of Staunton Harold Hall...

Speeches by Leonard Cheshire added to Rewind

...Evans, a resident at Le Court. In the final newly added item, we have digitised a speech given by Leonard Cheshire in 1955 at the Eastwood Rotary Club in Leicestershire,...

Group Captain Leonard Cheshire Interview Part 3

Soundtrack of an interview with Leonard Cheshire, talking about the renovation of Staunton Harold Hall to become a Cheshire Home in 1954, and using that as a springboard into starting...

Tea break at Staunton Harold

Workers helping to decorate at Staunton Harold Hall get a tea break....