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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Kent 1815. When the beautiful but naive Grace Lennicker falls for Isaiah Feasey son of a rival smugg..

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