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Gathered crowd outside looking up at an unseen speaker on a stage

Crowd at Staunton Harold
Young woman in a wheelchair in a floral dress holding a plaque jointly with Leonard Cheshire

Leonard at Heatherley
Leonard standing by the windows inside, behind two men in wheelchairs

Opening of the new workshop
Group of people standing on a lawn, one in a wheelchair. Some holding croquet mallets

Croquet at Le Court
Group of people in fancy dress, some in wheelchairs, in a posed photo

Theatre at Le Court
Jock Moncrieff, Leonard's Wireless Operator with 35 Squadron and Leonard Cheshire at a Black tie event during the Second World War.

Leonard and Jock Moncrieff
Photo inside a card. Leonard Cheshire talking to a priest in the grounds at Le Court

Father Devine 50th anniversary
Smiling young woman sitting beside a handmade dollhouse, with a trophy next to her

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

New bungalows at Mote House
A man sat in a child-sized bus surrounded by other people and children in front of a marquee

Jimmy Edwards opening Le Court Fete
Leonard Cheshire, wearing his medals and his daughter Elizabeth Cheshire at a function talking to HM The Queen Mother

Leonard and The Queen Mother
Man dressed in a Father Christmas outfit carrying two sacks of presents

Father Christmas at St Cecilia's
Colour photo showing the new Le Court building and gardens

Sunny Le Court
Four older people sat in armchairs. Two holding cups of tea, one holding a cat and one doing needlework

Tea time at St Cecilia's
A young Leonard Cheshire using a watering can in the garden, watched by a lady

Watering the plants
An old building in ruins, with no roof or glass in the windows

Old Le Court in ruins
Two men looking at turnips in a vegetable garden.

Vegetables at Le Court
Man standing making speech at a table, Leonard Cheshire and others at a table watching on

Carnegie Gift to Le Court
A young Leonard Cheshire holding a trowel and playing with sand and buckets in a garden

Playing with sand
Two men in wheelchairs, one reading a newspaper, one shelling peas with a tree and fields in the background

Activities at Le Court
A woman in a wheelchair being pushed up a ramp whilst others in wheelchairs watch from behind

Molly Conibear
Leonard Cheshire standing in the centre of a posed photo with six young people outside a wooden hut

Leonard Cheshire with the Service Corps
Man in a wheelchair surrounded by vinyl records and record-playing equipment

Heatherley DJ
A posed group of men and women in uniform with a man and woman in wheelchairs

RAF Odiham visit
A man sat a desk wearing dark glasses in front of a typewriter, with a bed in the background

Steve at Le Court
Lady sitting in an armchair wearing a festive party hat smiling at the camera

Resident festivities
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 Cheshire in a striped jacket talking and shaking hands with a woman in a nurse uniform

Nurse at Midhurst
An older woman sat in a chair doing embroidery

Embroidery at Mote House
Woman in a wheelchair using assistive technology with her feet to operate a computer

Foot-controlled computers