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

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

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

When Pearl’s grandmother Nell dies unexpectedly she and her family - mother Diana sister Lucy - re..

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

Liverpool 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool Shane Quinn decides to move his fa..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

Yorkshire 1944. The end of the war feels close but Air Transport Auxiliary girls Bobbie Viv and Mary..

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

It wasn't a privileged childhood but it was a happy one. Sybil and Lizzie Cream brought up in a fish..

It's 1959 and eighteen-year-old Sophie is determined that now is the time for her real life to start..

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

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

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