In July 1969 Alan Johnson and his young family left West London to start a new life. The Britwell Es..

How would it feel if all your sons and daughters were caught up in war? That was the heart-wrenching..

Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual particularly for a man who was destine..

Having survived their voyage to Carcassonne pensioners Terry and Monica Darlington could easily have..

It's December 1963 when Billy Hopkins and his wife Laura arrive home in Manchester after five years ..

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The opening of the pioneering Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the rai..

There are almost one billion guns across the globe today. There are 12 billion bullets produced ever..

Czechoslovakia October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestig..

In 1895 nine American heiresses travelled across the Atlantic to bag themselves husbands and titles...

Jonathan Cranston is no ordinary vet. In addition to his day job in the Gloucestershire countryside ..

Dublin November 1856. George Little the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus is found de..

Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common it seemed all too likely tha..

It's 1950 and when Laura and Billy Hopkins return to Manchester from their honeymoon they're in seve..

Driven by his own passion for collecting Hunter Davies packed his notepad and set off in search of B..