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Photo showing the entrance hall at the new Le Court, with a sideboard covered in vases with plants

Entrance hall new Le Court
Six young women in nursing uniforms lined up in a posed photo

Service Corps ladies
Five people in wheelchairs in a corridor ready to do a fun run with a man standing nearby cheering them on

Ready for the fun run
A group of people around a dinner table in a dining hall, a man in a white shirt and bow tie being assisted with eating by a carer

At the Le Court dinner table
Close up shot of Leonard Cheshire as a toddler using a watering can in the garden

Watering can
An older man in a wheelchair outside talking with a young woman sat next to him

Talking outside at Le Court
Four older people sat in armchairs. Two holding cups of tea, one holding a cat and one doing needlework

Tea time at St Cecilia's
Man with a beard sat at a table with a computer

Steven at the computer
Man in a bathtub modified into a car-type vehicle, with balloons on the back

Fundraising 'bathmobile'
Leonard Cheshire, wearing his medals and his daughter Elizabeth Cheshire at a function talking to HM The Queen Mother

Leonard and The Queen Mother
A man in a horizontal wheelchair with several South African women and children outside a woven hut

Frank Spath in Africa
A lady in a headscarf using a shovel to plant a tree, watched on by two men clapping and a crowd behind

Sue Ryder planting a tree
Leonard Cheshire looking through a script, sitting in a director's chair in a film recording studio

Recording 'Thoughts for the Future'
A man at a ceremony to lay a large square stone, holding a mallet in his hand, with a crowd behind

Foundation stone of Le Court
View of the outside of St Cecilia's house with lawns and gardens

St Cecilia's exterior view
Three men in a garden with the old Le Court house in the background.

Garden entertainment
Two women in wheelchairs inside a marquee being offered sandwiches by another woman

Iris and Nina at the International Day
A group of people in an editorial office working on documents and letters

The Cheshire Smile Editorial Team
Several women cooking in an outside kitchen

Cooking outside
Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder shaking hands and talking with a man in a wheelchair outside Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey
Leonard Cheshire standing in the centre of a posed photo with six young people outside a wooden hut

Leonard Cheshire with the Service Corps
A man in a wheelchair with papers on his lap sat in front of shelves of craft materials

Le Court Craft Centre manager
A man kneeling in front of a fireplace offering a drink to a man dressed as Father Christmas sat in a wheelchair

Neville offering Father Christmas a drink
Female resident in a wheelchair being pushed along a woodland path by a man and a woman

Woodland walk
Woman helping a man in a wheelchair to use a specially adapted telephone

Making a call
Colour photograph of a 3 storey detached house with bay windows

First family home
A man in a wheelchair outside a marquee with a man and two women

Frank Spath with Dame Sybil Thorndyke
Photo of the ambulance or minibus used by residents at Hydon Hill, with a resident in the foreground

Hydon Hill ambulance
Woman in wheelchair weaving, with a young woman crouched next to her watching on

Weaving at Le Court
Five residents in wheelchairs with their escorts, holding glasses of wine at an awards event

Winning group