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Close up of a man in a wheelchair wearing a bow tie looking at the camera

Bow tie
A young man in a wheelchair at a workbench inside a workshop

The Le Court Workshop
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
A man standing outside a house holding hands with two young children in winter coats

Leonard and Christopher with their father
Above view of a man in a wheelchair using special glasses and a mirror to undertake craft work

Adapted craft work at Le Court
2 men and a woman in wheelchairs holding drinks in front of the bar, with a man serving them

Socialising at Le Court
A posed group of young college students holding tennis racquets, some sitting on a sofa

Tennis at Oxford
A man poking his head out of a minibus, smiling cheekily at two women dressed in swimsuits

Neville Thomas and the Windmill Girls
Two men looking at turnips in a vegetable garden.

Vegetables at Le Court
Close up of a lady in a wheelchair smelling some flowers on a tree

Beautiful flowers
Leonard Cheshire on a stage in robes receiving a doctorate

Honorary Doctorate
A small boy pulling along a younger boy sat on a pull-along steam train in a garden

Leonard and his young brother
A man in a bedroom in his wheelchair reading a newspaper

Reading the news
An older Leonard Cheshire in a smart suit holding his Order of Merit in a display case

Order of Merit
Man in a wheelchair lighting his pipe, caught in a shaft of sunlight through a glass door

Smoking in the lounge
Leonard and Sue standing on a bridge over a pond, with a house in the background

Leonard and Sue at Cavendish
An older man in a wheelchair at the bottom of a step with two other men leaning on the chair, all smiling at the camera

John, Bob and Ed
Leonard and Sue smiling, standing at the bottom of the steps to an airplane

Off to India
Colour aerial view of the Le Court estate buildings and grounds

Aerial view of Le Court
Leonard Cheshire making a speech at a table with others watching on

Leonard Cheshire accepting the Carnegie Gift
Man in a wheelchair reading a story to a young girl.

Sharing a story
Male resident making a wooden stool with assistance from staff, with two female residents watching on

Craft activities at Chipstead
Close up of a young man in a leather jacket talking to a female resident in a wheelchair outside a brick building

Sharing wisdom
Man in a wheelchair surrounded by vinyl records and record-playing equipment

Heatherley DJ
Male resident in a wheelchair wearing headphones being fed by a female carer in his bedroom

Bedroom at Hydon Hill
Leonard Cheshire and another man talking with 3 cast members from a theatre production

Midsummer Nights Dream at Le Court
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
Female resident in a wheelchair being pushed along a woodland path by a man and a woman

Woodland walk
A man in a wheelchair with his face up to a camera on a specially adapted monopod

Neville's camera
Photo showing a grand staircase, paintings and pillars inside the entrance at Le Court

Grand entrance