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HM The Queen Mother holding a small doll and talking with another woman at a table inside

The Queen Mother visits Le Court
8 men in RAF uniforms sat on the grass at a barracks. Leonard Cheshire in the centre

35 Squadron

Oral Histories - Trev, Sobell Lodge
Several women cooking in an outside kitchen

Cooking outside
3 women standing and 4 in wheelchairs outside all looking at a booklet called 'The Cheshire Homes'

Looking at the Cheshire Homes

Cheshire Smile October 1987
Leonard Cheshire and a woman talking to a man in a wheelchair in the Le Court grounds

Leonard talking at Le Court
HM The Queen Mother shaking hands with a female staff member outside Le Court

The Queen Mother meeting staff at Le Court
Smiling woman in a wheelchair polishing a metal teapot in a kitchen

Polishing time
A young man in a suit in a wheelchair sat outside with a building behind him

Johnny at Le Court
A woman standing putting a lady's hair in rollers, with another lady in a wheelchair sat under a hairdryer

Hairdresser at Le Court
Female resident using a sewing machine, watched on by two schoolgirl volunteers

Embroidery at Chipstead
A group of people in seats and wheelchairs gathered for an event inside Le Court

Le Court gathering

Cheshire Smile June 1991

Cheshire Smile Autumn 1983
A group of men and women in smart clothes sat at a dressed dinner table

Special occasion dinner at Le Court
Man in a wheelchair at a computer, with a man and woman watching on

Computer demonstration at Heatherley
Close up of an older Leonard Cheshire dressed in a smart suit

Leonard Cheshire in conversation
Leonard Cheshire standing between two men in wheelchairs holding a presentation book

Leonard with Frank and Bob
Man and woman in wheelchairs eating at dining table.

Dinner at Heatherley

On Reflection: Staunton Harold

Oral Histories - Maggie, Hydon Hill
Leonard and Sue smiling, standing at the bottom of the steps to an airplane

Off to India
Female resident in a wheelchair behind a shop counter with sweets and chocolates on shelves in the background

Hydon Hill tuck shop

Cheshire Smile Winter 1981
A woman in a bedroom looking excitedly at a budgie in a cage next to her

Budgie at Le Court
Posed group of international visitors and two residents in wheelchairs

Visitors at Le Court

Cheshire Smile Summer 1956
Man dressed in a Father Christmas outfit carrying two sacks of presents

Father Christmas at St Cecilia's
A man dressed in a wizard outfit, a woman in a long flowing dress and a shorter man in a bellboy costume

Pantomime at Le Court