In the mid-1850s life for an orphan was grim as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died s..

Manchester 1940: the minute war was declared best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home gu..

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Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

Helen Bygrove is managing the hotel now that her husband has been conscripted. Against all expectati..

1939. The threat of war is looming over Blackpool but Martha and Trisha are determined not to let it..

Manchester 1944. Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy s..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

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

London October 1940. Dot is finding her independence and takes a full-time role as an ARP warden. As..

Summer 1916. Despite the misery of war in the air some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge rem..

After Pearl's home is destroyed in the Exeter Blitz so too are her dreams of performing onstage. Fin..

Liverpool 1848. Meg Shaw is the middle child of eight siblings not old enough to bring in a wage to ..

England 1941. Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble ..

Bolton Lancashire: 1943. Livvy knows that her family's survival rests on her shoulders - with her pa..