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..

1942. Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trix..

1901. Tina Rose is the beloved daughter of a wealthy Jewish family while Edward grew up with an abus..

When her mother dies in childbirth Pearl Edwards is left in the care of her aunt Annie Grafton. Anni..

It is 1931 and once again Europe is heading towards disaster. Life must go on however and a new gene..

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works with her younger sister Bea. Wh..

Peace has finally been declared in the Far East but for those living at Beach View Boarding House th..

In 1946 Alice Quigley returns to her childhood home on Penny Lane having lost her house in Bootle an..

Cambridgeshire - 1941_x000D_As the war rages on in Europe it brings untold heartache to the Talbot f..

Ever since her mother died Martha Mary had had to take over the running of her home a sprawling mans..