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

Leonard at Midhurst Sanitorium
A dining room with several people around tables, and one woman being helped to drink a cup of tea by a nurse

Afternoon tea at Le Court
A group of people around a dinner table in a dining hall, a man in a white shirt and bow tie being assisted with eating by a carer

At the Le Court dinner table
HM The Queen Mother holding a painting of Leonard Cheshire created by a resident with staff in the background

The Queen Mother admires a painting of Leonard Cheshire
A close up of a man in glasses with a moustache and a pipe in his mouth

Reginald Marsh at the Le Court fete
Colour photo showing the lawns and buildings at Le Court

Le Court sunshine
An older man in a wheelchair with a copy of the Cheshire Smile on his lap tray with two men talking behind him

Frank Spath with Lord Snowdon
A man in a wheelchair using a camera tripod set in his lap, with a man in white overalls watching on

Laurie tries a new camera tripod
Shop window displaying posters asking for donations towards Staunton Harold

Fundraising for Staunton Harold
Group of residents and staff talking with each other outside a wooden building

Having a chat
Young man in a wheelchair beside a table in a shop

Shopping at Heatherley
A man reading a newspaper in front of a TV with a woman in a wheelchair in the background

Neville and Wyn
A group photo of residents and staff with visitors from Japan

Japanese visitors to Le Court 1980
A man in a wheelchair with windswept hair and a younger man filming with a video camera in a town centre

Brian Line in Basingstoke
A man painting using a paintbrush in his mouth, being filmed by two men in wheelchairs

Albert Baker painting
Man standing making speech at a table, Leonard Cheshire and others at a table watching on

Carnegie Gift to Le Court
Several people eating at a long table, with a group of people behind at a large serving trolley dishing out food

Dinner at the old Le Court
A woman in a wheelchair making a toy panda

Making pandas
A man demonstrating being lifted up from a bed in an electric hoist

Jimmy demonstrating a hoist
Two young men and a woman in wheelchairs sat in front of a building smiling at the camera

Nipper and Molly at Le Court
Colour photograph of the exterior view of Chipstead Lake Cheshire Home

Exterior of Chipstead Lake
Leonard Cheshire reading documents in a temporary office on a minibus

The Mission Bus
Patrick Moore shown giving something to a little girl with others in the background

Patrick Moore at Le Court
Leonard Cheshire giving a speech at a dining table with other guests

Thanking the Carnegie Trust for the new Le Court
Parachuting soldiers landing on the lawn, with crowds watching in the distance

Parachute Drop
A lady in a wheelchair doing embroidery, with shelves of embroidered dolls, coat hangers and socks next to her

Selling embroidery
Two women in wheelchairs inside a marquee being offered sandwiches by another woman

Iris and Nina at the International Day
Woman standing, handing a pile of dishes to a man in a wheelchair in front of a kitchen sink

Cleaning the dishes
A woman in a wheelchair being pushed up a ramp into a bus with other people watching on

Moving house