When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

In the mid-1850s life for an orphan was grim as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died s..

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

Hopes are high at the Fitzroy Hotel on Edward VII's Coronation Day. London is full of people celebra..

June 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazin..

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

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

Manchester 1940: the minute war was declared best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home gu..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

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

Can she escape her past and start again? Essex 1941_x000D_Unhappy with life at home with her privile..

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

When tragedy strikes Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute fending for herself on the capital..

Leaving Liverpool behind Libby Gilbert embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfou..

Eleanor Saint loves helping in the community of her small mining town even though her snobbish grand..