Meg just wants to keep her family together. Her mother is desperately ill and her sister is still in..

Tragedy strikes a small Yorkshire mining town when Sarah Wild's husband dies in a terrible accident...

1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled but deep down she is ..

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

The youngest of five siblings Lottie Mortimer has never felt like she belonged. Her mother died shor..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

As the war continues to keep her family far away Peggy Reilly must continue to look after her girls ..

April 1942. New mother Alice Milwood is itching to return to her job as a shop assistant at Libertyâ..

Manchester 1867. Mara longs for a peaceful life free of violence and poverty. But she has married in..

Manchester 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching p..

December 1930. With the Depression biting deeper it looks like many children in the East End will wa..

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

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

London 1899. As she prepares for a glittering ball 20-year-old Gertrude Melrose considers her good f..

As if everyday life in London's slums wasn't hard enough for Jane Roberts and her three children the..