1943. Gloria is reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the N..

January 1945. Spring is in the air. And so is victory. . .Wedding bells are ringing at long last for..

Judith is suddenly all alone in the world. Her husband Jack has left her - why she doesn't really kn..

Queenie Bonner is only two when she is taken from her large family in the slums to a big house in th..

Ten-year-old Jack Larkin has seen more than his fair share of shocking sights growing up in the noto..

When the parish guardians send Lydia daughter of convict James Knowles to apprentice in the cotton m..

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..