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

Boat building

Cheshire Smile Winter 1958
Woman in wheelchair weaving, with a young woman crouched next to her watching on

Weaving at Le Court
A young Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder in smart clothes standing outside a marquee smiling

Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder at Le Court

Cheshire Smile International January 1997

Cheshire Smile Winter 1971
Leonard Cheshire in a hospital bed leaning over to use tape recording equipment

Leonard at Midhurst Sanitorium

Archive Oral Histories - Frances Jeram
A garden pathway leading to a view of a statue in the distance

Statue at Le Court
Photo showing the grounds and gardens of Le Court from a high window

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

Mote House winning team
Leonard Cheshire giving a speech at a dining table with other guests

Thanking the Carnegie Trust for the new Le Court
Two men in red parachute jumpsuits and blue hats high above the ground after a parachute jump

Colin's parachute jump
Two female residents making cakes in the kitchen at Chipstead Lake with a member of staff

Cake making at Chipstead Lake
Leonard Cheshire sat on a bench outside reading a book

Leonard reading outside Le Court

Cheshire Smile Autumn 1955
Photo of the back of the St Cecilia's building and the lawns and trees

View of St Cecilia's

Cheshire Smile Winter 1981
Two men in wheelchairs filming a man painting using a paintbrush in his mouth

Albert Baker being filmed

Cheshire Smile Spring 1975
A man and a woman, both in wheelchairs, sat in front of a Christmas tree, both holding a balloon

Eric and Nancy

Cheshire Smile Winter 1974

Cheshire Smile January 1993
Group of people outside, two in wheelchairs, measuring a sample door frame to fit wheelchairs through

Wheelchairs through doorframes

Cheshire Smile Winter 1960
Two people in wheelchairs, a man and a woman, holding a trophy cup

Winning team

No Limit
Older lady in a wheelchair with a black handbag on her lap, receiving an award from another lady

Literature prize
A young woman serving another woman in a tuck-shop style shop, with toiletries on the shelves behind

Le Court shop
A young man in a wheelchair operating a large printing press machine

Printing the early Cheshire Smiles