Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

Lancashire 1931. When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child he spends a few years travelling..

Lancashire 1932. Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie scrimpi..

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

Christmas 1945. The war is over but the Nightingale Hospital still bears the scars. Matron Kathleen ..

London 1914. While young men enlist up and down the country the Nightingale Hospital has its own set..

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

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

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

Cliffehaven 1944. Peggy Reilly is enjoying a rare moment alone in the garden of her Beach View Board..

Evie spent her early years left outside on the step. With a drunk for a father and a neglectful moth..

Angelina was abandoned on the doorsteps of Brownlow Workhouse when she was just a baby. The only clu..

Patty Jenkins has come a long way from her poverty-stricken days in Brownlow Hill workhouse. She now..

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

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