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Cheshire Smile Winter 1965
A group of people outside, some in wheelchairs, looking at plans and pictures of a new building

New building plans at Le Court
A man in a wheelchair sat next to a sign congratulating Prince Charles and Diana on their wedding

Snowy congratulates Charles and Diana

Cheshire Smile Winter 1958

Oral Histories - Leslie, Heatherley
A woman standing behind a counter with a man in a wheelchair, serving a woman buying something from a tuck shop

Le Court tuck shop
Group of many people, some in wheelchairs, standing in front of a blue minibus

Three Forests minibus
Leonard Cheshire talking with Cardinals in ceremonial clothing, with 2 men in wheelchairs in the middle

Leonard awarded membership of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory The Great

Challenge
Posed group of international visitors and two residents in wheelchairs

Visitors at Le Court

Cheshire Smile August 1990
Photo showing a brick building with white patio doors and gardens in the foreground

New Mote House extension

Cheshire Smile Autumn 1971
A young Leonard Cheshire holding a trowel and playing with sand and buckets in a garden

Playing with sand
HM The Queen Mother holding a painting of Leonard Cheshire created by a resident with staff in the background

The Queen Mother admires a painting of Leonard Cheshire
A group of people in seats and wheelchairs gathered for an event inside Le Court

Le Court gathering
Two ladies, one in a nurse's uniform, talking with others in the background

Staff at St Cecilia's
Man in a wheelchair in the foreground with a woman next to him, and a woman in a nurse's uniform sat behind

At Lourdes
Woman in a nurse's uniform talking to a man sat at a dining table with teacups on

Teatime at Heatherley
Close up of a side-on shot of Leonard Cheshire sat outside holding one hand to his forehead

Leonard at Midhurst
A young Leonard Cheshire standing on a lawn in front of several bushes

Leonard Cheshire in the Le Court grounds
A hand-typed letter detailing why a food parcel was sent to Le Court Nursing Home in November 1949

Olive Selkirk - Australian Food Parcel Letter
Lady in a black coat shaking hands with and talking to a wheelchair sportsman

Sue Ryder with the Wheelchair Sports Association
A man in a wheelchair sitting next to an early type accessible telephone

Frank Spath

Oral Histories - Lynny, Sobell Lodge
A young man in a wheelchair at a workbench inside a workshop

The Le Court Workshop
Two people sat at a desk in a home-based recording studio, one wearing headphones and smiling

The Cheshire Voice studio

Oral Histories - Anita, Alder House
Distance shot of HM the Queen Mother in a courtyard surrounded by people in smart clothes

The Queen Mother in the Le Court courtyard
Two female residents making cakes in the kitchen at Chipstead Lake with a member of staff

Cake making at Chipstead Lake