Archive: All Items

Filter by: All  |  Audio  |  Cheshire Smiles  |  Documents  |  Films  |  Oral Histories  |  Photos  | 

Archive Oral Histories - Nick Dance
A man demonstrating being lifted up from a bed in an electric hoist

Jimmy demonstrating a hoist
A man in a wheelchair exiting a minibus using a rear ramp and another man in a wheelchair in the back of a wheelchair accessible 3-wheel car

Transport at Le Court
A teenage Leonard Cheshire smiling and driving an open top car

Leonard at Stowe School
A man in a wheelchair smiling and talking with 3 other men, one holding a copy of the booklet - The Cheshire Homes A Pictorial Record

Brian Line at the Le Court fete
Male resident in a wheelchair wearing headphones being fed by a female carer in his bedroom

Bedroom at Hydon Hill

No Limit

Cheshire Smile July 1992
Five residents in wheelchairs with their escorts, holding glasses of wine at an awards event

Winning group
A group of people laughing at a programme on television

Watching television
An older Leonard Cheshire dressed in peer's robes on the occasion of his investiture

Baron Cheshire of Woodhall
A smiling young Leonard Cheshire holding a teddy bear, being steadied by his mother

Teddy Bear
A smiling older man being hugged by a younger woman, with a woman looking on in the background

Snowy at Le Court
A man standing beside a white minibus in front of a brick building, near a sign saying fete funds will be used to buy the bus

Minibus Fundraising
Group of young people sitting at desks taking notes with a woman writing on a blackboard

Service Corps in the classroom
A young girl and a young boy laughing, sat together in an adult's wheelchair

Jeromy and Elizabeth having fun
A man at a ceremony to lay a large square stone, holding a mallet in his hand, with a crowd behind

Foundation stone of Le Court
Male resident making a wooden stool with assistance from staff, with two female residents watching on

Craft activities at Chipstead
Two men and two women in a posed photo in front of a window. One man in a wheelchair in the centre.

Jane Asher at Le Court
A young Leonard Cheshire picking fruit in a country cottage garden

Picking fruit
Woman in a wheelchair folding sheets from a large roll of paper

Folding paper
Photo of a driveway between wooden hut-style buildings with a man in wheelchair and woman in the distance

Down the drive at Hydon Hill

Cheshire Smile Spring 1962
A man in a smart suit sat at a desk doing paperwork

Le Court Warden
Leonard Cheshire holding his Order of Merit standing with Elizabeth Cheshire next to a bicycle with a basket

Leonard's Order of Merit
HM The Queen Mother shaking hands with a female staff member outside Le Court

The Queen Mother meeting staff at Le Court

Cheshire Smile Spring 1961
A man in a wheelchair leaning back to use an old printing machine

Ted printing in the workroom
Group of residents and staff talking with each other outside a wooden building

Having a chat

Cheshire Smile Winter 1971