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Cheshire Smile Autumn 1975
Leonard Cheshire talking to a man in a wheelchair holding a lampshade, with two other men in the background

Leonard with residents at Le Court
Colourful poster with text details and cartoons advertising activities at a fete at Le Court Cheshire Home

Le Court Fete Poster 1963
Two female residents in wheelchairs and five other people in a posed photo on the terrace at Le Court

Russian visitors at Le Court
Man in a wheelchair reading a story to a young girl.

Sharing a story

Oral Histories - Tim, Sobell Lodge

Speech by Group Captain Cheshire at St Ignatius School
Group of people standing next to a bus

Visiting Farnborough
A man in a wheelchair using a rear moveable ramp to access a minibus, assisted by another man

Accessing the Le Court bus
A man and a woman sitting in deckchairs outside drinking from teacups

Leonard's Father and Stepmother

Cheshire Smile Winter 1959

Challenge - a documentary about the Le Court Film Unit

Cheshire Smile Summer 1976
Close up of a woman in wheelchair doing needlework

Needlework at Heatherley
Several people eating at a long table, with a group of people behind at a large serving trolley dishing out food

Dinner at the old Le Court
A man in a wheelchair with headphones and microphone in a home-based recording studio, with another person wearing headphones in the background

Cheshire Voice studio

Cheshire Smile Spring 1980
Lady in a black and white spotty top with a typewriter has a letter read to her by another lady

Letter time
A young Leonard Cheshire sat a desk with typewriter and letters

Leonard at his desk
A man in a specially adapted horizontal wheelchair outside a brick building with windows

Bobby at Le Court
Leonard Cheshire and HM the Queen Mother talking to a man painting a picture at a table

The Queen Mother meets artists at Le Court
A man dressed in a smart jacket and tie sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket on his lap

Peter Wade at Le Court
A posed group of men and women, including Leonard and Sue on the TV set of This is Your Life

This is Your Life 1960
A man sat outside at a table with a white West Highland Terrier dog sat on the table next to him

Hydon Hill westie
Posed group of 6 men in suits and dress uniforms, four of them wearing medals

Air Squadron Annual Dinner 1978
A woman sitting at a desk reading a book placed in an automatic page turner

Barbara reading at Le Court

Oral Histories - Carol, Hydon Hill

Le Court Sales Brochure 1892
Man dressed in a Father Christmas outfit carrying two sacks of presents

Father Christmas at St Cecilia's
Close up shot of a crib and stable Christmas scene made from matchsticks, with model animals and people

Matchstick Crib