Ireland 1848. The potato famine has left the Cavanah family destitute. Kitty and Peter manage to sec..

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...

In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham. A..

Having recently arrived in England abandoned by her father and brother Isabella is left to look afte..

In 1946 Alice Quigley returns to her childhood home on Penny Lane having lost her house in Bootle an..

It is 1900 and Adeline Warburton and Arnold Haslington have fallen deeply in love. But though both a..

Hitler's war is reaching out to affect every member of the Neyler family. Val Neyler driving an ambu..

East Kent 1876. With doting parents and siblings she adores 16-year-old Rose Cheevers leads a conten..

When war broke out 17-year-old Christie could have stayed down on the family farm in Norfolk where s..

1856. Christine Banner is alone after her father's death. Determined to make her own way in the worl..

London 1912. Twins Lester and Lillia Holdsworth are destined for the stage. Lester is a brilliant pi..

Sent to the workhouse as a child all Ella Hathaway can remember is a voice whispering `Dearie promis..

It's 1962 and Freda Scott and her five schoolmates are eager to embark on their life journeys. Madly..

1961. Lucia once dreamed of a man who would love her. She has lost hope because what man would when ..

1957. Newly-wed Val Walker is looking forward to starting a family. Her best friend the previously f..