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

Bolton Lancashire: 1943. Livvy knows that her family's survival rests on her shoulders - with her pa..

Agnes Cavanah has watched her mother Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed..

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

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

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

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

There were plenty around Fellburn who said Maggie Rowan was as plain as a pikestaff a woman consumed..

To outsiders Dr Paul Higgins' life appeared to be happy and contented. Everyone had a good word for ..

When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

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

The most painful of Evie Cormac's memories have been locked away ever since she was held prisoner as..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

Western Australia 1928. Out on the Tolhurst farmstead Detective Constable Hartley is working on his ..

During a broiling heatwave the inner circle of a high-profile charity attend a critical meeting at W..