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A man in a smart suit preparing to throw darts outside whilst others watch on

Eamonn Andrews at Le Court
Close up of HM the Queen Mother smiling with Leonard Cheshire next to a printing press

The Queen Mother inside Le Court
A man and a woman in a recording studio, recording from documents they are holding.

Recording the Cheshire Voice
Four men in wheelchairs in a workshop with various equipment smiling at the camera

Fun in the workshop
A posed group of people standing and in wheelchairs outside the Le Court building

Japanese visitors to Le Court
A woman in a black and white spotty dress talking to a man in a dark jumper on the terrace outside a brick building

Tom and Rosemary at Le Court
A man painting a picture using a paintbrush in his mouth, assisted by a woman in a nurse uniform

Albert Baker painting
A man kneeling and a man with crutches standing in front of a fireplace, with Father Christmas crawling out from under a table

Father Christmas, Neville and Derek

Cheshire Smile Summer 1983

Cheshire Smile January 1994
A young man in a wheelchair operating a large printing press machine

Printing the early Cheshire Smiles

Interview with Lady Sue Ryder
Posed photo of eight female residents in wheelchairs and four members of staff outside a brick building

Ladies together
Woman helping a man in a wheelchair to use a specially adapted telephone

Making a call

Cheshire Smile Winter 1963
Man in a wheelchair holding a remote control sat next to a TV with a wall of video tape covers behind him

Heatherley Video Club
A group of people, some in wheelchairs in a new workshop, some holding painted pictures

Le Court workshop opens
Leonard Cheshire in a chair talking to a man in a wheelchair in the gardens at Le Court

Leonard Cheshire and Lawrie Mawer

Cheshire Smile Winter 1964
A man in a wheelchair sat next to a sign congratulating Prince Charles and Diana on their wedding

Snowy congratulates Charles and Diana
A male resident with shaving foam on his face being given a wet shave by a woman

Wet shave

Cheshire Smile Spring 1972
Man in a wheelchair doing craft work at a table

Crafts at Le Court
Group of staff standing up in a roof garden overlooking Leonard Cheshire talking with guests below

Fete at St Cecilia's

Cheshire Smile September 1957
Two women, one in a wheelchair, talking in a lounge in front of a window

Chatting in the lounge

Cheshire Smile Autumn 1970
A garden pathway leading to a view of a statue in the distance

Statue at Le Court
Leonard Cheshire reading documents in a temporary office on a minibus

The Mission Bus

Cheshire Smile Spring 1977