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8 men in RAF uniforms sat on the grass at a barracks. Leonard Cheshire in the centre

35 Squadron
Close up of posed group of 15 men in RAF uniforms in front of a large war plane

35 Squadron and Halifax Aircraft

A Home for Life

A Man and a House
A man in a wheelchair using a rear moveable ramp to access a minibus, assisted by another man

Accessing the Le Court bus
Male and female residents and staff looking at art supplies in the storeroom at Chipstead Lake

Activities at Chipstead Lake
Two men in wheelchairs, one reading a newspaper, one shelling peas with a tree and fields in the background

Activities at Le Court
Several people sitting in wheelchairs or on stools in a workshop setting doing various activities

Activities in the Le Court workshop
Above view of a man in a wheelchair using special glasses and a mirror to undertake craft work

Adapted craft work at Le Court

Address by Group Captain Cheshire at Hertford College Chapel

Address by Group Captain Cheshire at Madison, USA

Address by Group Captain Cheshire at USAF McGuire Air Base

Address by Group Captain Cheshire to the RAAFA

Address by Group Captain Cheshire to Washington Rotary Club
Aerial view of the Chipstead Lake building showing empty driveway and triangular buildings

Aerial view of Chipstead Lake
Colour aerial view of the Le Court estate buildings and grounds

Aerial view of Le Court
A male resident sat a table with a cigarette, with another man holding a lighter

After dinner smoke
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
Man in a wheelchair at a table, holding a tea cup.

Afternoon tea at Mote House
Posed group of 6 men in suits and dress uniforms, four of them wearing medals

Air Squadron Annual Dinner 1978
Man at an easel using a paintbrush in his mouth

Albert Baker at his easel
Two men in wheelchairs filming a man painting using a paintbrush in his mouth

Albert Baker being filmed
A man painting a picture using a paintbrush in his mouth, assisted by a woman in a nurse uniform

Albert Baker painting
A man painting using a paintbrush in his mouth, being filmed by two men in wheelchairs

Albert Baker painting
Photo showing a woman in a wheelchair with Edwina Currie and Leonard Cheshire and another man at a dining table

Annual Conference 1987 with Edwina Currie
Four men sat behind two tables with BBC filming equipment on them recording an episode of Any Questions

Any Questions filmed at Le Court

Archive Oral Histories - Betty Green

Archive Oral Histories - Biddy Murray

Archive Oral Histories - Carmel Short

Archive Oral Histories - Frances Hopwood