From the age of eight Charity Crosse has been living with her grandfather and begging on the streets..

With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub The Pig & Whistle undergoing renovation proprietors Peggy and Abl..

There would be trouble at Paradise . . . From birth Polly Harper seems destined for tragedy. Raised ..

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

Lake District 1942. Spring is in the air at Mary Vale Mother and Baby Home. Beautiful Stella has bee..

Liverpool 1921_x000D_Pregnant Mary Jane Starling's secret wedding to Paddy Redfern ends in disaster ..

Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-m..

January 1945. Spring is in the air. And so is victory. . .Wedding bells are ringing at long last for..

When her grandmother dies Catherine Llewellyn finds herself alone in the world. Her inheritance is a..

When Kate Mitchell was offered the job of part-time secretary at Tor-Fret a lonely old house on the ..

1952. With smog blanketing London little Grace is in trouble. Her grandmother is dangerously ill but..

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

1942. Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trix..

The Second World War is finally over when Lola Brown meets Harry Riggs at a dance. It is love at fir..

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

When 17-year-old Marie Sinclair travelled to Strathlinn in Scotland in 1920 to visit her brother and..

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

Elsie Weir is trying hard to keep her family together. Living in Kiltie Street tenement in Glasgow w..

Sally Harper is busy juggling running London's Oxford Street Store Harpers and looking after her bea..

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

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen Lucy Pocket has spent all her life with her di..

Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly Mirabel finds hersel..

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

Living in Victorian Oxfordshire Poppy Woods has suffered neglect and cruelty from her very first bre..

Bristol - 1945The war has ended; the men are returning home to their loved ones but for some things ..

Maggie Bailey has not had an easy childhood. Her father Michael always too easy with his fists after..

Cliffehaven 1946. The war is over and those who have spent years fighting behind enemy lines are fin..

It is 1919 and Liverpool has been devastated by World War I. Sons husbands and fathers have been los..

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

Christmas time is fast approaching at Mary Vale and newcomer Libby is ready to start a fresh chapter..

Glasgow WW2. Despite being shy and reserved Jeannie finds herself newly engaged to Arthur the day wa..

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

Tilly was first a rich man's mistress then a frontier wife and now a widow. With her two children ha..

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

Hull 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When during ..

In 1871 young Daisy Fraser is living in the Yorkshire Dales with her beloved family. Her sister Kitt..

The Llewelyn family's livelihood largely depends on the ferry run by Siona Llewelyn the kindly yet r..

Meg just wants her family to be together at Christmas. But her mother's illness gets worse every day..

Coming up 16 Tilly Trotter is different from the other girls in her village. Tall for her age and co..

Tilly Trotter has devotedly served Mark Sopwith at Highfield Manor for twelve years. She is his wife..

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

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

Cambridgeshire - 1941_x000D_As the war rages on in Europe it brings untold heartache to the Talbot f..

It is 1870 and railway workers and their families have flocked to the wild and inhospitable moorland..

Blackpool summer 1942._x000D_Meet the Ballroom Girls: Sylvia Pearl and Joy. Three girls dancing thro..

Monica Eustace and Joan McDonald met as next-door-neighbours living in Mersey View in Liverpool. Tho..

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

Lancashire 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married and her youngest following his dreams of becom..

Lancashire 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies it seems that Elinor Pendleton finall..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

In Western Australia Sarah chuckles as she describes her final will and testament - which will throw..

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

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..