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

December 1930. With the Depression biting deeper it looks like many children in the East End will wa..

Bristol 1939. School leaver Maisie Miles suspects her father a small-time crook has an ulterior moti..

London 1913. The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are happy in their work and their l..

Oxford Street London 1915Sally Harper quietly battles to keep Harpers afloat in the difficult days o..

August 1955. Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother’s Blackpool boarding house befor..

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

1914. Growing up on a farm in the country Annie Cradwell has always dreamt of singing on stage. So w..

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

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

As a small child Nellie Peace was always dreaming but sensed her mother’s rejection. Abandoned and..

1850. Beatrix is just 18 when her father tells her she is to marry a stranger. Upon meeting her futu..

Halifax 1876. On the death of her mother and sister Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and ..

Elsie Barker is desperate for a new start after her husband leaves her. When her friend Izzy - who n..

Summer 1945. The nation rejoices as the Second World War comes to an end but Banbury Street matriarc..