A loving and hard-working child Emily goes into service when she is twelve at the house of Roger Fra..

In 1897 four-year-old Lucy Thornbury?s parents are killed in a train crash. Taken in by her kindly u..

For Amelia and her siblings the grim past which their mother Emily had endured seemed very far away...

For ten years Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack and as a young unmarried mother lif..

Young Mikey Quinn scavenging on the streets of Hull is thrown into prison for stealing a rabbit from..

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

1850. Beatrix is just 18 when her father tells her she is to marry a stranger. Upon meeting her futu..

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

Although she believes nothing can come of it ladies' maid Daisy March is eagerly awaiting the return..

Margriet grew up as a lonely child in the old town of hull. Her adored father travelled often to the..

A young family has to relocate from the countryside to Hull looking for work. They find somewhere to..

1940 London. The Ten Bells Street girls best friends from childhood now find themselves surviving th..

Despite an early life marked by tragedy and hardship Beth Sherwin dreams of staying on at school and..

When Rosie Jones' lover Sean Quinnan is killed in a building accident she knows the blame lies with ..

Pretty and bright Cleopatra Kelly dreams of a life without the shadow of fear cast by her abusive st..