In 1897 four-year-old Lucy Thornbury’s parents are killed in a train crash. Taken in by her kindly..

1925. Attractive and strong-willed 23-year-old Isla Scott leaves her job as a nurse in Edinburgh to ..

May 1945. In post-war Leith the Anderson family must come to terms with the reality of peacetime Bri..

World-renowned war artist Dame Laura Knight is commissioned to paint propaganda portraits of factory..

The streets in Leith are rife with news of the war raging in Europe and the Glass family is struggli..

Anna Campbell's life is dedicated to raising her six foster children. A pillar of the community her ..

When 17-year-old Marie Sinclair travelled to Strathlinn in Scotland in 1920 to visit her brother and..

In 1946 Alice Quigley returns to her childhood home on Penny Lane having lost her house in Bootle an..

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

For ten years Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack and as a young unmarried mother lif..

1666. A child is born in the farmhouse at Windebank in Yorkshire. Named Rejoice (Joy) by her dying f..

March 1944 West London: It's been five months since Verity Clement fled home for a life on Britain's..

June 1944. As the planes continue to circle over Cliffehaven Peggy Reilly’s sister Doris must seek..

Liverpool 1939. As winter descends on Tuppenny Corner and rumours of war float across the canals 15-..

It is 1870 and railway workers and their families have flocked to the wild and inhospitable moorland..