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An old building in ruins, with no roof or glass in the windows

Old Le Court in ruins
A man in a wheelchair sat at a desk in front of an early word processor and printer

Dennis Jarrett - editor of the Cheshire Smile
Leonard Cheshire as a young teenager holding a gun and carrying a dead rabbit, with two dogs in the foreground

Country Hunt
A posed group of 31 men in RAF uniforms outside of a white building with windows

RAF Hullavington Training Squadron

Oral Histories - Janet and Fiona, Heatherley
Series of 4 photos showing residents at a film premiere talking with Lord Snowdon

Film premiere with Lord Snowdon

Cheshire Smile February 1988

Cheshire Smile Summer 1968
A man dressed in a smart jacket and tie sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket on his lap

Peter Wade at Le Court
A man in a wheelchair sitting next to an early type accessible telephone

Frank Spath
Woman in a wheelchair folding sheets from a large roll of paper

Folding paper
Leonard Cheshire aged about four standing inside a garden gate with a woman pushing a pram

Out for a walk
A lady lying on a flat wheelchair holding a hose pipe watering a flower bed

Watering plants at St Cecilia's
Shot of a teenage Elizabeth and Jeromy with Sue Ryder and Leonard Cheshire, with Buckingham Palace in the background

Cheshire family at Buckingham Palace
Three men in a garden with the old Le Court house in the background.

Garden entertainment

Oral Histories - Barry, Chipstead Lake
A smiling Leonard Cheshire on a bicycle at an RAF base, with cars and people in the distance

Leonard at RAF Linton-on-Ouse

Oral Histories - Ian and Dave, Sobell Lodge
Four women standing on the steps of St Cecilia's home, two in nursing uniforms

Staff on the doorstep at St Cecilia's
Leonard and Christopher Cheshire as boys riding on a pony with a woman watching on

Riding out
Close up of a woman in wheelchair doing needlework

Needlework at Heatherley
Leonard Cheshire sat up in a hospital bed using tape recording equipment

Recording at Midhurst
Colour photo showing the new Le Court building and gardens

Sunny Le Court

Cheshire Smile December 1985
A man in a wheelchair leaning back to use an old printing machine

Ted printing in the workroom
Leonard and Sue standing in front of a small car along a country lane with bags and documents in their hands

Leonard and Sue in Poland

Founded on Failure (Audio Described)
Colour photo of the outside of a single storey brick building with wooden doors leading to rooms for residents

Newly built Three Forests

Oral Histories - Jean, St Cecilia's
Three residents in wheelchairs talking to four young people outside in the gardens near some benches

Talking in the gardens at Le Court