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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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