Dolly Perkins and Jack Larkin have grown up in the notorious gin palaces of Birmingham. It’s a wor..

1939. Eve Armstrong is being evacuated to Devon. As the train pulls out of London she takes a last l..

Devon 1943. In the village of Burracombe 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While..

Cock Shield Farm 1881. After Molly Geary finds herself pregnant with landowner Angus McBain's child ..

A small Welsh town hosts a lively and varied community - and none more so than Nelly Luke the cheerf..

When Sally Beth Margaret and Rachel meet at a job interview for the wonderful new store in Oxford St..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons most of them bastards. But to all of them he passed o..

Adam and Polly Fitch face a bleak future after being sold for just five shillings to Miss Reed's orp..

1851. After her husband saved her from a life of prostitution Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a hou..

London 1913. The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are happy in their work and their l..

Victoria Wild is only four years old but already knows about heartbreak having been abandoned by her..

Aurora Pettigrew has a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. She's waiting for the right man..

An only child 15-year-old Angeline Stewart is heartbroken when her beloved parents are killed in a c..

March 1915. Caroline Lilley's fiancé Reggie is away at the Front and Caroline gives up her job and ..