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

January 1945 West London: Sylvia Simpson has become an invaluable member of the Marigold's crew - bu..

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

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

Nell Whitaker is 15 when war breaks out and her mother sends her to live with her Auntie Kath in a r..

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

August 1955. Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother’s Blackpool boardinghouse before..

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

Miranda Lovage and her mother have a blazing row when Arabella tells her daughter that she can no lo..

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

A young family has to relocate from the countryside to Hull looking for work. They find somewhere to..

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

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it..

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

1937 Edinburgh. Attractive dark-eyed Jinny Hendrie is happy enough in her job in the accounts office..