London 1910. Lily is ten years old when she realises her grandmother a washerwoman is seriously ill...

1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled but deep down she is ..

Norfolk 1939. The residents of Great Plumstead agree to open up their homes to evacuees from London...

Kent 1814. Molly Dawson now a respectable married woman lives with her husband and three daughters o..

After being orphaned as a child Mary is taken in by her mother’s friend - and ex-prostitute - Nell..

Liverpool 1935. Monica Savage is delighted when the Copperfields move in next door and she quickly b..

Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Her..

1943. After the heartache of the previous year Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl c..

Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

The hedonism of London in the roaring twenties is a world away from Annabel Tarleton's ordinary coun..

1939. When the man Georgie has always loved is sent to France on a secret mission every knock of the..

1937. Alice Edith and Marg face hardships every day growing up on one of the poorest streets in Blac..

When her beloved mistress dies lady's maid Phoebe Parsons is forced onto the poverty-ridden streets ..

May 1941. Three young women join the war effort during the Yorkshire Blitz. Connie an ARP warden per..

Norfolk 1940. As war rages on the residents of Great Plumstead are doing all they can to help the wa..