November 1915. For young housemaid Anwen Rhys life is hard in the Welsh mining village of Dorcalon. ..

Between work and home life there's plenty to keep Flo occupied. Not least new deputy store manager H..

Lancashire 1842. Sixteen-year-old Bessie works long hours as a weaver in Blackburn helping to suppor..

October 1942. Viola loves her new job away from the factory and hopes that her romance with the hand..

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

Throughout County Tipperary the three sisters were known as the Sisters O'Donnell. Together they mov..

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

Life changes for the Palin children when Mam dies and it’s up to twelve-year-old Sally to take her..

Cathy is glad to have her husband back now the Great War is over. Struggling to keep the peace Cathy..

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

Bath 1912. When Miss Pennington sends Amelia Wakefield to study the department stores of New York sh..

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

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

Since the death of her parents orphan Ann Felton has had to struggle to survive. The grimy and gruel..

As the drums of war begin to beat louder on the continent 17-year-old Jeannie McIver heads to the wi..