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

Folding paper
Male resident making a wooden stool with assistance from staff, with two female residents watching on

Craft activities at Chipstead
Colour aerial view of the Le Court estate buildings and grounds

Aerial view of Le Court
A young man using a power fretsaw at a bench, watched on by another man in a wheelchair

Leonard and Jimmy in the workroom
A man in a wheelchair in a light sunny room weaving a basket on his lap with a table covered in books behind

Bill at Le Court
Male resident, Matthew, and member of staff, Di, looking at a model theatre made by Matthew.

Model theatre
Two men and a woman smiling and talking, standing outside a brick building holding booklets

Staff discussion
Smiling young woman sitting beside a handmade dollhouse, with a trophy next to her

Dollhouse
A close up of a man using specialist tools to mend a watch

Intricate watch work
Jock Moncrieff, Leonard's Wireless Operator with 35 Squadron and Leonard Cheshire at a Black tie event during the Second World War.

Leonard and Jock Moncrieff
Man in a wheelchair doing craft work at a table

Crafts at Le Court
A man poking his head out of a minibus, smiling cheekily at two women dressed in swimsuits

Neville Thomas and the Windmill Girls
Photo of a wooden building with white windows in a parkland setting

Exterior view of Hydon Hill
Man in a wheelchair using accessible devices on his lap to operate a computer

Assistive technology at Heatherley
Parachuting soldiers landing on the lawn, with crowds watching in the distance

Parachute Drop
A man in a wheelchair with his face up to a camera on a specially adapted monopod

Neville's camera
A lady in a wheelchair doing embroidery, with shelves of embroidered dolls, coat hangers and socks next to her

Selling embroidery
A young Leonard Cheshire holding a trowel and playing with sand and buckets in a garden

Playing with sand
A woman standing in a doorway with another woman with a purse in her lap in front of several boxes of cigarettes

Old shop at Le Court
A man sat in a child-sized bus surrounded by other people and children in front of a marquee

Jimmy Edwards opening Le Court Fete
Leonard Cheshire looking through a script, sitting in a director's chair in a film recording studio

Recording 'Thoughts for the Future'
Female resident in a wheelchair behind a shop counter with sweets and chocolates on shelves in the background

Hydon Hill tuck shop
A man in a workroom using a large old duplicating machine

Jimmy in the workroom
A man and a woman sitting in deckchairs outside drinking from teacups

Leonard's Father and Stepmother
Close up photo of a man painting using a paintbrush in his mouth

Close up of Albert Baker
A posed group of people standing and in wheelchairs outside the Le Court building

Japanese visitors to Le Court
Group of people, some in wheelchairs, posed for a wedding photo

Le Court wedding
Sue Ryder, Leonard Cheshire and two Nurses pose together with the newborn Jeromy Cheshire

Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder
Photo of an older building with a cement mixer in front and a man bent over working

Building works at St Cecilia's
Two ladies in armchairs, one eating from a plate. One lady standing in front of a buffet table

Residents at St Cecilia's