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Leonard Cheshire and the Queen Mother walking through a doorway towards the camera

Queen Mother at Le Court
Woman helping a man in a wheelchair to use a specially adapted telephone

Making a call
Patrick Moore shown giving something to a little girl with others in the background

Patrick Moore at Le Court
Colour photograph of the exterior view of Chipstead Lake Cheshire Home

Exterior of Chipstead Lake
A man dressed in a wizard outfit, a woman in a long flowing dress and a shorter man in a bellboy costume

Pantomime at Le Court
A group of young smiling women sitting and standing in two cars waving at the camera

Windmill Girls at Le Court
Two ladies standing next to a bus talking to a monk

Farnborough Abbey
A smiling lady in a wheelchair holding two pot plants, sat next to a plant bench, with a lady helping her

Looking at pot plants
Three men in wheelchairs in a room with shelves stocked with shop supplies

Heatherley shop
A man and a woman in wheelchairs sat next to a sign for Prince Charles and Diana's wedding

Congratulating Charles and Diana
Parachuting soldiers landing on the lawn, with crowds watching in the distance

Parachute Drop
Group of staff standing up in a roof garden overlooking Leonard Cheshire talking with guests below

Fete at St Cecilia's
Woman pushing a man in a wheelchair who is walking a dog alongside, with trees and buildings in the background

Going for a walk
Leonard standing by the windows inside, behind two men in wheelchairs

Opening of the new workshop
A posed group of people standing behind 4 residents in wheelchairs, two holding paintings or pictures

Residents and staff at Le Court
A distant shot of Leonard Cheshire praying at Lourdes, with two donkeys in the foreground

Our Lady of the Sorrows
A man at a desk in front of a window typing on a typewriter

Writing at Staunton
Group photograph of residents in wheelchairs holding various award certificates

Creative Activity Contest
Leonard and Sue standing on a bridge over a pond, with a house in the background

Leonard and Sue at Cavendish
A posed shot of Leonard and Sue in the office at their Cavendish home

Leonard and Sue at home
A man demonstrating being lifted up from a bed in an electric hoist

Jimmy demonstrating a hoist
A baby being handed to a woman in a deckchair, sat in a garden

Leonard with his mother
Posed shot of Leonard Cheshire holding a newborn Jeromy, with Sue Ryder standing over them

Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder
Man in a wheelchair and a lady kneeling beside him, both holding a statue of Buddha

Buddha
Leonard Cheshire with a shovel turning soil outside new bungalows with staff and residents looking on

New bungalows at Mote House
A man standing on a platform in a smart suit giving a speech in front of an old house with flags decorating the windows

Eamonn Andrews opens the fete
Full shot of St Cecilia's house with ivy on walls, bay windows and small balcony

Old House at St Cecilia's
A young man in a suit in a wheelchair sat outside with a building behind him

Johnny 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
Photo showing the old Le Court building on the left, and the newly built Le Court on the right

Old and new Le Court