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A hand-typed letter detailing why a food parcel was sent to Le Court Nursing Home in November 1949

Olive Selkirk - Australian Food Parcel Letter
Two women in long coats standing outside a building with a car behind them

Outside at Heatherley
People standing outside a fete marquee looking up into the sky at a parachute jump coming in to land

Parachutes at Le Court
A teenage Leonard Cheshire carrying a briefcase down a street with people in the background

Leonard as a teenager
Man in a wheelchair at a table, holding a tea cup.

Afternoon tea at Mote House
An older Leonard Cheshire in a smart suit holding his Order of Merit in a display case

Order of Merit
HM The Queen Mother being shown the printing press used to produce the Cheshire Smile with Leonard Cheshire nearby

The Queen Mother at Le Court
Group of seven people, many in wheelchairs sat around a table with music keyboards

Heatherley Music Group
Sue Ryder, Leonard Cheshire and two Nurses pose together with the newborn Jeromy Cheshire

Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder
Two nurses in full uniform standing in front of a fire place

Nurses at Le Court
A man in a wheelchair with papers on his lap sat in front of shelves of craft materials

Le Court Craft Centre manager
Two men in red parachute jumpsuits and blue hats high above the ground after a parachute jump

Colin's parachute jump
A man and woman walking along a garden path in front of a typical English country cottage

Leonard's parents
Photo of an older building with a cement mixer in front and a man bent over working

Building works at St Cecilia's
A close up of an older woman wearing glasses making a basket

Making baskets
Five residents in wheelchairs with their escorts, holding glasses of wine at an awards event

Winning group
Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder shaking hands and talking with a man in a wheelchair outside Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey
Six young women in nursing uniforms lined up in a posed photo

Service Corps ladies
Colour photo of the outside of a single storey brick building with wooden doors leading to rooms for residents

Newly built Three Forests
Four residents in wheelchairs and three staff members at a crafts awards event

Mote House winning team
Leonard Cheshire in a hospital bed leaning over to use tape recording equipment

Leonard at Midhurst Sanitorium
A man standing on a platform in a smart suit giving a speech in front of an old house with flags decorating the windows

Eamonn Andrews opens the fete
A group of 6 staff members standing in front of a painting of a lake

Chipstead Care Team
A young Leonard Cheshire sat a desk with typewriter and letters

Leonard at his desk
Leonard Cheshire and a woman talking to a man in a wheelchair in the Le Court grounds

Leonard talking at Le Court
Group of men, some in wheelchairs holding gift boxes, with a woman holding a dog standing beside them

Gift from Australian Forces
Posed group of several people in wheelchairs and priests in black outfits standing behind, outside at Le Court

Priests visit Le Court residents
Colour photo of the Heatherley building, taken through trees, with pink and purple flowers in the foreground

Heatherley flowers
A man pushing another man in a wheelchair across a pedestrian crossing with shops in the background

Going shopping
A man lying on the ground talking to another man in a wheelchair, with the old Le Court house in the background

Relaxing outside