Meriel grows up in England a tomboy helping her beloved grandfather with DIY. At school she discover..

1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..

After a stray bomb destroyed his childhood home the only thing that has kept Francis Brady going is ..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

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..

'Any rag and bone!' Everyone recognises the cry of Meg Sutcliffe as she plies her trade along the ba..

“She's not worth more than tuppence that child!” Those are the words that haunt Sadie Linthorpe...

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

Lancashire 1934. When Tam Crawford is unexpectedly bequeathed some money he can finally realise his ..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..