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Lady sitting in an armchair wearing a festive party hat smiling at the camera

Resident festivities
A man in a white coat standing behind a man in a wheelchair who is holding a box on his lap

Resident outside Le Court
A posed group of people standing behind 4 residents in wheelchairs, two holding paintings or pictures

Residents and staff at Le Court
Two ladies in armchairs, one eating from a plate. One lady standing in front of a buffet table

Residents at St Cecilia's
Two men and a woman sitting outside with Staunton Harold Hall behind them

Residents at Staunton
3 men at desks in a bedroom working on typewriters, with a lady helping one of them

Residents at work
Three men and two ladies walking towards the camera at a fete, including a smiling Leonard Cheshire and Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough at Le Court
A man in a smart suit and a woman in a polka dot dress playing roll a penny at a fete

Richard Attenborough at the Le Court fete
Leonard and Christopher Cheshire as boys riding on a pony with a woman watching on

Riding out
Two female residents in wheelchairs and five other people in a posed photo on the terrace at Le Court

Russian visitors at Le Court

Sermon by Group Captain Cheshire, Guildford Cathedral
Group of young people sitting at desks taking notes with a woman writing on a blackboard

Service Corps in the classroom
Six young women in nursing uniforms lined up in a posed photo

Service Corps ladies
A woman sitting in a wheelchair in her bedroom with her hair in a net underneath a portable hair dryer

Shampoo and set
Man in a wheelchair reading a story to a young girl.

Sharing a story
Close up of a young man in a leather jacket talking to a female resident in a wheelchair outside a brick building

Sharing wisdom
Young man in a wheelchair beside a table in a shop

Shopping at Heatherley

Silver Jubilee address by Group Captain Cheshire
Man in a wheelchair lighting his pipe, caught in a shaft of sunlight through a glass door

Smoking in the lounge
A man in a wheelchair sat next to a sign congratulating Prince Charles and Diana on their wedding

Snowy congratulates Charles and Diana
Photo of the snow covered grounds at Le Court

Snowy Le Court grounds
A man using a telephone installed at a lower level to be accessible for wheelchair users

Snowy using the telephone
2 men and a woman in wheelchairs holding drinks in front of the bar, with a man serving them

Socialising at Le Court
A group of men and women in smart clothes sat at a dressed dinner table

Special occasion dinner at Le Court

Speech by Group Captain Cheshire at St Ignatius School

Speech by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire at RAF Marham

St Cecilia's - A collection of speeches from Family Day 1958

St Cecilia's - Speeches at the laying of the Foundation Stone
Full shot of St Cecilia's house with ivy on walls, bay windows and small balcony

St Cecilia's Cheshire Home
View of the outside of St Cecilia's house with lawns and gardens

St Cecilia's exterior view