Norfolk 1944. Great Plumstead is buzzing with news that the American GIs have arrived on the nearby ..

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

North Atlantic Ocean 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores ..

Kay Duffield's fiancé is about to leave the country and her own duty with the WAAF is imminent when..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons most of them bastards. But to all of them he passed o..