At twenty-five teacher Phyllis Bird is still living with her parents her brothers lost in the Great ..

At twenty-one Lily Knowles is desperate to leave home so she escapes to London to train as a nurse. ..

When fifteen-year-old Lily Hayes loses her mother she is forced to leave London to live with her est..

Wesley Curnow a young Cornish miner arrives in the United States to seek an uncle who is working on ..

Nurse Marie Larsen has grown used to the challenges of keeping Hull Royal Infirmary running during t..

Belfast 1939 and Martha's daughters are beginning to make their way in the world. Irene the eldest i..

In the autumn of 1942 fifteen year old Ruby is collected from her aunt's guesthouse by her grandfath..

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

Sally who married young to escape her appalling childhood is often left to bitterly reflect on the h..

It is 1941 and the Second World War is in full swing. Young Theresa Compton is left devastated after..

1938 Britain and Germany are on the brink of war and tension and fear is felt throughout Europe. In ..

On New Year's Day 1925 Ivy Rose Murphy awakes to find her world changed forever. Her irresponsible D..

It's August 1917 and WW1 continues to take a toll. The villagers of Dorcalon try to keep hope alive;..

Spring 1919. WW1 might be over but the inhabitants of Dorcalon in the Welsh Valleys still feel the p..

Roddy Greenbank was brought by his father to the remote Northumberland community of Langley in the a..