Annabella LaGrange was the only child of a wealthy family owners of a glassworks in the North-East o..

Hull 1852. Matty has been the mother to her three younger sisters since their mother’s death ten y..

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

1940. As the bombs rain down on London a close-knit community struggles to survive. Working at the l..

The cinder path which led from the Northumberland farmhouse would always symbolise defeat for Charli..

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

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

1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled but deep down she is ..

After Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve her father comes home drunk and commits an un..

A body neatly wrapped in brown paper is found by the gardener Mr Turtle on his garden rubbish heap. ..

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

Grace and Dougie have been courting for years so when Dougie decides to emigrate to Australia he exp..

Determined not to waste his life toiling for his cruel brother Silas arrives in town to seek his for..

Martha Packer is much loved by everyone in the village of Hillsbridge. As the landlady of The Three ..

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