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An older Leonard Cheshire with a group of people, some in wheelchairs in front of a brick building

Leonard with Chipstead residents
Two men and a woman in wheelchairs putting copies of the Cheshire Smile into envelopes to be sent off

Dispatching the Smile

Cheshire Smile Spring 1962
Leonard Cheshire and another man talking with 3 cast members from a theatre production

Midsummer Nights Dream at Le Court
Group of people in fancy dress, some in wheelchairs, in a posed photo

In costume at Le Court
Men and women in decorating clothes having a tea break

Tea break at Staunton Harold

No Limit

Oral Histories - Linda, Sobell Lodge
A man painting using a paintbrush in his mouth, being filmed by two men in wheelchairs

Albert Baker painting
An older Leonard Cheshire dressed in peer's robes on the occasion of his investiture

Baron Cheshire of Woodhall
Distance shot of HM the Queen Mother in a courtyard surrounded by people in smart clothes

The Queen Mother in the Le Court courtyard
A man in a wheelchair at a workbench working on a piece of wood in a clamp

Neville in the workroom

Oral Histories - Anne-Marie, Chipstead Lake

Oral Histories - Leslie, Heatherley

Article by Frances Jeram in the Institute of Medical Social Workers Journal July 1951
Sunny view of gardens and several brick buildings with some people in the distance

Hydon Hill in the sunshine
Female resident in a wheelchair behind a shop counter with sweets and chocolates on shelves in the background

Hydon Hill tuck shop

Le Court Foundation Stone 1953
A woman in a wheelchair in her bedroom smiling at a budgie in a cage

Pam and her budgies
A woman in a wheelchair talking with two men in suits holding wine glasses

Barbara meets Lord Snowdon

Cheshire Smile International Summer 1994
Man at an easel using a paintbrush in his mouth

Albert Baker at his easel
A man in a wheelchair leaning back to use an old printing machine

Ted printing in the workroom

Cheshire Smile Spring 1965

Cheshire Smile Summer 1983
Smiling woman in a wheelchair polishing a metal teapot in a kitchen

Polishing time
A man poking his head out of a minibus, smiling cheekily at two women dressed in swimsuits

Neville Thomas and the Windmill Girls

Cheshire Smile Spring 1973

Cheshire Smile Autumn 1984
Leonard Cheshire and a woman talking to a man in a wheelchair in the Le Court grounds

Leonard talking at Le Court