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Four residents in wheelchairs and three staff members at a crafts awards event

Mote House winning team
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
A small boy pulling along a younger boy sat on a pull-along steam train in a garden

Leonard and his young brother
Posed photo of eight female residents in wheelchairs and four members of staff outside a brick building

Ladies together
Two young men and a woman in wheelchairs sat in front of a building smiling at the camera

Nipper and Molly at Le Court
Leonard Cheshire in a striped jacket talking and shaking hands with a woman in a nurse uniform

Nurse at Midhurst
Three men in a workroom doing woodwork and painting

Woodwork in the workroom at Le Court
Leonard standing by the windows inside, behind two men in wheelchairs

Opening of the new workshop
Leonard Cheshire with two women at a fete day, all holding and eating ice cream cones

Ice cream at a Fete
Two young children holding hands with their parents walking in a garden with a house in the background

The Cheshire Family
Male resident, Ian, showing his handmade model barge to Head of Home Peter Wetherly

Boat building
A young Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder in smart clothes standing outside a marquee smiling

Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder at Le Court
Two ladies in armchairs, one eating from a plate. One lady standing in front of a buffet table

Residents at St Cecilia's
A man in a horizontal wheelchair with several South African women and children outside a woven hut

Frank Spath in Africa
Male resident making a wooden stool with assistance from staff, with two female residents watching on

Craft activities at Chipstead
Colour photo of the Heatherley building, taken through trees, with pink and purple flowers in the foreground

Heatherley flowers
Close up of two men holding three young children

Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd at Le Court
A man in a suit jacket and tie standing doing physiotherapy at Staunton

Physiotherapy at Staunton
A woman in a wheelchair pouring a drink behind a bar for another lady in a wheelchair

The bar at Le Court
Man in a wheelchair doing craft work at a table

Crafts at Le Court
A man in a wheelchair sitting next to an early type accessible telephone

Frank Spath
A distant shot of Leonard Cheshire praying at Lourdes, with two donkeys in the foreground

Our Lady of the Sorrows
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
Lady in a black coat shaking hands with and talking to a wheelchair sportsman

Sue Ryder with the Wheelchair Sports Association
A smiling older man being hugged by a younger woman, with a woman looking on in the background

Snowy at Le Court
A woman in a wheelchair at a desk using a pen to hit the keys on a typewriter

Frances using a typewriter
Leonard Cheshire laying mortar for bricks watched by a woman in a dress and photographers

Mote House foundation stone
Leonard Cheshire with a shovel turning soil outside new bungalows with staff and residents looking on

New bungalows at Mote House
Group of people outside, including Leonard Cheshire, listening to a man speaking into a microphone

Earl Ferrers opens Staunton Harold Hall
Colour aerial view of the Le Court estate buildings and grounds

Aerial view of Le Court