London 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son he vis..

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

Liverpool 1847. At 17 Delilah Shaw is the eldest of the eight Shaw siblings and the one who must tak..

Liverpool 1861. Annie Shaw longs to be taken seriously. At 14 she's fed up of being babied by her bi..

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

Lancashire 1929. Holcombe Hall's enigmatic owner has passed away and as the roaring 20s come to an e..

Jenny starts her training as a nanny but does she have what it takes - and will her family survive w..

Spring 1943. After a visit to see her mother in Sussex with Ned it's time for VAD nurse Evie Jones t..

Kathleen Gallagher is 16 when she shares her first kiss with Liam Flynn the older brother of her bes..

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

May 1943. The tide of war has turned at last with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain but..

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

North Atlantic Ocean 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores ..

Will love or duty be her downfall? Wivenhoe 1940. As war tightens its grip the residents of Harbour ..

Can one young woman find the truth about herself and heal an age-old family secret? Ireland 1937-194..