Arthur Dykes
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Le Court – The first Cheshire Home
Exterior shot of the old Le Court building, including the caption " Le Court - The First Cheshire Home 1948-1954"...
International Women’s Day
...main job was to find funding for patients in hospital. Frances had been working at the Portsmouth Chest Clinic, and in 1948 heard of the work Leonard Cheshire was doing...
A Top Secret D-Day mission
Find out more about the part Leonard Cheshire played in D-Day
Discover our history with Resonate
...in his own home in 1948. You can also read about our exciting sound heritage project, Resonate. Our digital volunteers continue to transcribe our sound recordings and so far have...
Gift from Australian Forces
Residents and Frances Jeram (far left with the dog) outside old Le Court with a sign reading "Gift from the returned soldiers, sailors and Airmen's Imperial League New South Wales...
Group Captain Leonard Cheshire Interview Part 9
Soundtrack for a Service Corps training scheme, recorded in the 1970s. Leonard discusses how state provision for disabled people and attitudes have changed since he began his work in 1948,...
Rewind exhibition at London’s gallery@oxo
The free exhibition will feature films, photographs and stories from the charity’s archive, sharing recollections of disabled people, staff and volunteers involved with the charity from 1948 to...
Old Le Court building
Exterior photograph of the old Le Court building...
Welcome to Rewind!
...includes one of our most important collections, that of Le Court in Hampshire. Le Court was Leonard Cheshire’s home and also the first ‘Cheshire Home’ in 1948 from which our...