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Exterior view of a brick building being built with scaffolding

East Wing being built
Colour photo of the front of the building, with the sign for the home and trees in background

Front view of Three Forests
A man at a desk in front of a window typing on a typewriter

Writing at Staunton
A man in a wheelchair in a hallway looking at pots of jam and fruit and vegetables gathered for a harvest festival.

Harvest Festival at Le Court
Older man wearing a festive paper hat receiving a wrapped present from someone dressed as Father Christmas

Presents at Christmas
Posed shot of five people sat on a wall outside a house, with a late teenaged Leonard Cheshire sat on the ground in front

Cheshire Family Photo
A group of people, some in wheelchairs in a new workshop, some holding painted pictures

Le Court workshop opens
Colour photo showing the lawns and buildings at Le Court

Le Court sunshine
Man in a wheelchair lighting his pipe, caught in a shaft of sunlight through a glass door

Smoking in the lounge
A woman sitting in a wheelchair in her bedroom with her hair in a net underneath a portable hair dryer

Terasa getting her hair done
Several people in a room holding a meeting

Le Court Meetings
A group of men and women in smart clothes sat at a dressed dinner table

Special occasion dinner 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
Close up of two men holding three young children

Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd at Le Court
Several people in wheelchairs creating paintings and artwork

Painting at Le Court
Parachuting soldiers landing on the lawn, with crowds watching in the distance

Parachute Drop
A close up of a man weaving a seat for a stool

Weaving a chair
Photo showing the outside of an old, rapidly deteriorating building

Old Le Court building
Close up of a man in a wheelchair wearing a bow tie looking at the camera

Smartly dressed
A lady in a wheelchair doing embroidery, with shelves of embroidered dolls, coat hangers and socks next to her

Selling embroidery
Leonard and Christopher Cheshire as young boys sat in front of a tent in a garden

Leonard and Christopher
A man in a smart suit and a woman in a polka dot dress playing roll a penny at a fete

Richard Attenborough at the Le Court fete
Man in a wheelchair surrounded by vinyl records and record-playing equipment

Heatherley DJ
A man dressed as Father Christmas sat in front of a decorated fireplace

Father Christmas arrives at Le Court
Young male carol singers standing on a staircase, with others standing below

Christmas Carols
5 men relaxing, sitting on the ground at an RAF base, some with bicycles

Relaxing at RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Six residents in wheelchairs relaxing outside a brick building with trees in the background

Relaxing at home
Posed photo of eight female residents in wheelchairs and four members of staff outside a brick building

Ladies together
Four men sat behind two tables with BBC filming equipment on them recording an episode of Any Questions

Any Questions filmed at Le Court
A man poking his head out of a minibus, smiling cheekily at two women dressed in swimsuits

Neville Thomas and the Windmill Girls