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Colour photograph of the exterior view and grounds of Chipstead Lake Cheshire Home

Grounds at Chipstead

Cheshire Smile March-May 1958

Cheshire Smile Summer 1966
Man in a bathtub modified into a car-type vehicle, with balloons on the back

Fundraising 'bathmobile'

Cheshire Smile Summer 1968
A man in a wheelchair using a rear moveable ramp to access a minibus, assisted by another man

Accessing the Le Court bus
A group of people dressed in pantomime costumes

Old pantomime at Le Court

Living Proof (Audio Described)

Cheshire Smile Winter 1967
A man and a woman holding gifts standing behind two women in wheelchairs, with Leonard Cheshire standing beside them

John Regan retires from Le Court
A man in a wheelchair in front of a decorated Christmas tree being hugged by two young women

Christmas for Neville

Speech by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire at RAF Marham

Oral Histories - Barry, Chipstead Lake
A male resident with shaving foam on his face being given a wet shave by a woman

Wet shave
Two women in wheelchairs laughing. One doing needlework, one with a food bowl on a table across her chair

Chatting 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 man in a wheelchair with papers on his lap sat in front of shelves of craft materials

Craft Centre manager

Cheshire Smile Autumn 1970
Full shot of St Cecilia's house with ivy on walls, bay windows and small balcony

St Cecilia's Cheshire Home
A distant shot of Leonard Cheshire praying at Lourdes, with two donkeys in the foreground

Our Lady of the Sorrows

Cheshire Smile Summer 1982

Article by Frances Jeram in the Institute of Medical Social Workers Journal July 1951
5 men relaxing, sitting on the ground at an RAF base, some with bicycles

Relaxing at RAF Linton-on-Ouse
A man in a wheelchair presenting a painting of Leonard Cheshire to HM the Queen Mother whilst others watch on

Jimmy Best meets the Queen Mother
Two men in wheelchairs filming a man painting using a paintbrush in his mouth

Albert Baker being filmed
A small boy pulling along a younger boy sat on a pull-along steam train in a garden

Leonard and his young brother

On Reflection: Staunton Harold

Silver Jubilee address by Group Captain Cheshire
A close up of a man using specialist tools to mend a watch

Intricate watch work
Leonard Cheshire aged about four standing inside a garden gate with a woman pushing a pram

Out for a walk