It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfa..

Minnie Maddox cares deeply for mothers and their babies - she makes a living by taking in unwanted c..

Manchester December 1940. This winter the girls boarding at Star House - Betty Sally and Lorna - are..

1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

Charlotte Booth loves her father and the home they share which is set high up in the limestone escar..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

Having lost her mother at a young age Maria Conti is close to her father Leo who owns an Italian res..

Lancashire 1842. Sixteen-year-old Bessie works long hours as a weaver in Blackburn helping to suppor..

Surrey 1940. Overhead the Battle of Britain rages. Below at the Poppy Factory disabled WWI veterans ..

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

A dismal cottage in the heart of Bolton Lancashire has been Sally's prison since Joseph Goden 'bough..

Separated from each other soon after being taken from their mother Tilly by a travelling group of gy..

It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Be..

After her husband Jack is transported to Australia as a convict Hannah and her children are sent to ..