Osborne House 1879. Queen Victoria has occupied the British throne for over 40 years. Bringing toget..

Now in her early teens Laura moves to the village of Candleford Green to work in the post office und..

Liverpool 1939. Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent stepfather in the midd..

Liverpool 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool Shane Quinn decides to move his fa..

Liverpool 1940. When war comes to Britain Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity t..

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

We take summer holidays for granted but back in the 1940s war had gripped Britain. Bombs fell beache..

No turkey. No fruit to make a decent pudding. No money for presents. Your children away from home; y..

After joining the Lovat Scouts at the outbreak of the Second World War Donald Angus Gillies is sent ..

Ardnish 1944. On his deathbed Donald John Gillies sends for a priest to hear his last confession. Wa..

Dympna Byrne lives a simple life with her family on the Connemara coast. She adores her father Miche..

1936. Polly's guardian angel has to work overtime when her large family is forced to move from the c..

Liverpool 1917. When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with ..

It wasn't a privileged childhood but it was a happy one. Sybil and Lizzie Cream brought up in a fish..

After the death of leading haematologist Professor Anstruther antiquarian book dealer Anthony Sparro..