“The end of the old world” people said about the long hot summer of 1914. That summer Aunt Tilly..

Manchester 1943. Emily is enjoying her new job as a station porter until she learns that a trusted f..

A body neatly wrapped in brown paper is found by the gardener Mr Turtle on his garden rubbish heap. ..

Oxford Street London 1915Sally Harper quietly battles to keep Harpers afloat in the difficult days o..

Summer 1916. Despite the misery of war in the air some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge rem..

August 1940. The war is raging in Europe but on the home front conflict still seems far away. Dot li..

1938 Britain and Germany are on the brink of war and tension and fear is felt throughout Europe. In ..

Spring 1942. Lizzie is making plans for her wedding with fiance Bill. But preparations during wartim..

Manchester 1944. Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy s..

In the drab Yorkshire town of Garsthwaite Lacey Barraclough works hard in the textile mill determine..

Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

Cathie Kinrade is used to hardship. Growing up in a fishing community on the Isle of Man in the 1930..

London October 1940. Dot is finding her independence and takes a full-time role as an ARP warden. As..

Sylvia Joy and Pearl are preparing to compete in a major national ballroom competition - not easy in..

When Kate Mitchell was offered the job of part-time secretary at Tor-Fret a lonely old house on the ..