1916 Scotland. Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory newly pregnant Ellen is rushe..

Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly Mirabel finds hersel..

Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-m..

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

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

From the age of eight Charity Crosse has been living with her grandfather and begging on the streets..

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

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

In the Nightingale Hospital Matron Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly disco..

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

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

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

Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen Lucy Pocket has spent all her life with her di..

Liverpool 1848. Meg Shaw is the middle child of eight siblings not old enough to bring in a wage to ..