Born into poverty and hardship Ruby Skinner's decision to approach the unscrupulous East End villain..

It is 1919 and Liverpool has been devastated by World War I. Sons husbands and fathers have been los..

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

Hull 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When during ..

Blackpool summer 1942._x000D_Meet the Ballroom Girls: Sylvia Pearl and Joy. Three girls dancing thro..

Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

Sheffield 1867. It's the height of a long-running and violent campaign known as the Outrages where m..

Fiercely independent Marguerite Sinclair has the opportunity of a lifetime to become a nurse and con..

Grace and Dougie have been courting for years so when Dougie decides to emigrate to Australia he exp..

Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of ..

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born his mother had ..

The cinder path which led from the Northumberland farmhouse would always symbolise defeat for Charli..

Monica Eustace and Joan McDonald met as next-door-neighbours living in Mersey View in Liverpool. Tho..

1813. Meg Marsh will do anything to keep a roof over her family's head - even getting involved in a ..