Norfolk 1940. As war rages on the residents of Great Plumstead are doing all they can to help the wa..

Liverpool 1901. The Tempest family is barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill w..

Manchester 1940. By day Betty works cheerfully with her best friend Sally now the manager of the sal..

February 1945. When April Green's father is killed by a bomb life without him is hard to bear. April..

The Broadhursts were a mining family and to outsiders they appeared to be happy loyal and united. Bu..

Manchester 1908. Attractive intelligent Mary Maitland is furious to learn that her pompous boss will..

There were plenty around Fellburn who said Maggie Rowan was as plain as a pikestaff a woman consumed..

The Llewelyn family's livelihood largely depends on the ferry run by Siona Llewelyn the kindly yet r..

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

Sunderland 1942: Polly's heart and her future are hanging in the balance...Polly's sweetheart Tommy ..

1943. Gloria is reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the N..

The Second World War is finally over when Lola Brown meets Harry Riggs at a dance. It is love at fir..

In 1871 young Daisy Fraser is living in the Yorkshire Dales with her beloved family. Her sister Kitt..

Liverpool 1939. Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent stepfather in the midd..

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..