Horder Centre, Crowborough, East Sussex

Mrs Cecilia Bochenek (?-1981), founder of the Horder Centre, sitting at a table (centre right) in the cafe, together with others, some of them in wheelchairs. Despite being crippled by arthritis and confined to a wheelchair, Mrs Bochenek and her friend, Dr Joyce Peake, set up the Horder recuperative home at Crowborough in East Sussex, specifically for people with arthritis. The centre was named after Lord Horder of Ashford who became the first President

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