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

Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

Manchester 1940. By day Betty works cheerfully with her best friend Sally now the manager of the sal..

1890. Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family working at the local cotton mill. But when she s..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When Cissie Brody was 15 fever swept the English countryside killing her parents and leaving her to ..

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

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

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