Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

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

Sunderland 1944. As the promise of victory draws closer this Christmas will surely be one to remembe..

Louise Polmar begs her former nanny to care for her baby then she flees. Ella grows up unaware that ..

Charlotte knew nothing of her parents except that they'd died when she was a child. And when her aun..

1937. Alice Edith and Marg face hardships every day growing up on one of the poorest streets in Blac..

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

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that 17-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even wit..

Lou Channer wants a life outside of North Devon somewhere she's never left. She yearns to contribute..

White Waltham 1943. As Italy surrenders and victory looms on the horizon Ellie's doing what she does..

1943. Gloria is reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the N..

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works with her younger sister Bea. Wh..

High above the river stood the small terrace of miners' cottages known as Fenwick Houses. And here d..

Hampshire 1940. Ellie Simpson is attached to an Air Transport Auxiliary base in Hampshire. Life as a..

As Christmas approaches Alice Edith and Marg continue to face hardships growing up on one of the poo..