March 1944 West London: It's been five months since Verity Clement fled home for a life on Britain's..

London 1910. Lily is ten years old when she realises her grandmother a washerwoman is seriously ill...

In the aftermath of the General Strike times are tough for coal miners and their families. When Call..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

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

Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

Lancashire 1932. Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie scrimpi..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

Evie spent her early years left outside on the step. With a drunk for a father and a neglectful moth..

As the war continues to keep her family far away Peggy Reilly must continue to look after her girls ..

'Any rag and bone!' Everyone recognises the cry of Meg Sutcliffe as she plies her trade along the ba..

When her mother dies in childbirth Pearl Edwards is left in the care of her aunt Annie Grafton. Anni..

When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket Ava..

1914. While their men fight in France at home in Britain women are finally seizing the opportunity t..