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Over the years, there have been lots of stories written about wartime, usually from the perspective of the many boys and young men who served, endured, suffered and fought during these horrific periods. However, this story is dedicated to the many ordinary, working-class mothers, sisters and daughters who were left behind to cope alone after their men were called-up to enlist in the British Armed Forces (either compulsorily or otherwise) during World War II, 1939-45. The stories are set around a Lancashire shipbuilding town and tell of stoic female determination, of sheer hard work and good...

This is the story of WWII as experienced from the perspective of an ordinary little girl living in a working class shipbuilding town of around 70,000 people in the north-west of England. Both the town and its shipyard made major contributions to WWII, turning out the big guns, destroyers, submarines, surface ships and all kinds of other armaments needed to help Britain and the allies defeat the enemy. The town was heavily bombed during the blitz of 1941, as the enemy aimed to bomb the shipyard.