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Photo of the back of the St Cecilia's building and the lawns and trees

View of St Cecilia's
A man and a woman sitting in deckchairs outside drinking from teacups

Leonard's Father and Stepmother
A woman in a wheelchair smiling at a man pretending to be a doctor with a nurse standing next to them

Neville and Molly
Colour photograph of a 3 storey detached house with bay windows

First family home
Leonard Cheshire, wearing his medals and his daughter Elizabeth Cheshire at a function talking to HM The Queen Mother

Leonard and The Queen Mother
A woman in a wheelchair at a desk using a pen to hit the keys on a typewriter

Frances using a typewriter
3 men at desks in a bedroom working on typewriters, with a lady helping one of them

Residents at work
Two ladies, one in a nurse's uniform, talking with others in the background

Staff at St Cecilia's
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
Close up shot of Leonard Cheshire as a toddler using a watering can in the garden

Watering can
A close up of an older woman wearing glasses making a basket

Making baskets
A group of people, some in wheelchairs in a new workshop, some holding painted pictures

Le Court workshop opens
A man in a horizontal wheelchair with several South African women and children outside a woven hut

Frank Spath in Africa
A man talking to a woman in a wheelchair, with others in the background

Talking with Muriel
A man in a smart suit sat at a desk doing paperwork

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

Leonard and Christopher with their father
Patrick Moore shown giving something to a little girl with others in the background

Patrick Moore at Le Court
An aerial view of the Le Court Cheshire Home, showing brick buildings and lawns and gardens

Le Court from the air
Two men in wheelchairs filming a man painting using a paintbrush in his mouth

Albert Baker being filmed
Woman in a wheelchair using a guillotine to make greetings cards in the foreground, with other residents at tables in the background

Making cards at Heatherley
Many people in wheelchairs sitting at dining tables having dinner

Dining room at Heatherley
Several people sitting in wheelchairs or on stools in a workshop setting doing various activities

Activities in the Le Court workshop
Photo inside a card. Leonard Cheshire talking to a priest in the grounds at Le Court

Father Devine 50th anniversary
Close up of a man in a wheelchair wearing a bow tie looking at the camera

Bow tie
A young Leonard Cheshire using a watering can in the garden, watched by a lady

Watering the plants
Man in a wheelchair sat a table with a computer, smiling back at the camera

Using the computer
A man sat a desk wearing dark glasses in front of a typewriter, with a bed in the background

Steve at Le Court
Leonard Cheshire as a young teenager holding a gun and carrying a dead rabbit, with two dogs in the foreground

Country Hunt
A posed group of young college students holding tennis racquets, some sitting on a sofa

Tennis at Oxford
A man using a telephone installed at a lower level to be accessible for wheelchair users

Snowy using the telephone