Life in 1930s Liverpool is tough, especially for Biddy O'Shaughnessy, who is left destitute when her widowed mother dies. She feels that her fortunes may finally change when she meets Dai, a young trawler worker from Wales.
Life in 1930s Liverpool is tough, especially for Biddy O'Shaughnessy, who is left destitute when her widowed mother dies. She feels that her fortunes ...
Liverpool, December 1905. In the breaking dawn of a raw, windswept morning, a newborn baby girl is left at the door of an orphanage. Young Nellie McDowell adopts the orphan, and the two become even closer than sisters as they struggle through life.
Liverpool, December 1905. In the breaking dawn of a raw, windswept morning, a newborn baby girl is left at the door of an orphanage. Young Nellie McDo...
One wild night midwife Patty Peel is called to attend a birth on the opposite side of Liverpool. She pedals off into the storm and delivers a baby girl in a filthy slum dwelling, just as the mother dies. The drunk and violent father tells Patty to get rid of it, so she takes the child away, meaning to deliver it to the nearest orphanage.
One wild night midwife Patty Peel is called to attend a birth on the opposite side of Liverpool. She pedals off into the storm and delivers a baby gir...
Liverpool, 1935: Kathy Kelling is coming home from her first day at the High School, longing to tell her friend, Jane, all about it. Then her brother, Billy, has a serious accident. Now, the Kellings' life becomes a struggle; Billy needs constant attention so Mrs Kelling takes in lodgers since she's determined Kathy's schooling must not suffer.
Liverpool, 1935: Kathy Kelling is coming home from her first day at the High School, longing to tell her friend, Jane, all about it. Then her brother,...
Emmy lives with her widowed mother in the dirty, cramped Nightingale Court. Her aim in life is to escape and she sees marriage as her best way out. When Peter Wesley, First Officer aboard a cruise ship, proposes, she accepts eagerly. They have a baby, Diana, and all seems set fair for the small family, but Peter is killed and Emmy left penniless.
Emmy lives with her widowed mother in the dirty, cramped Nightingale Court. Her aim in life is to escape and she sees marriage as her best way out. Wh...
Rose McAllister is waiting for her husband Steve to come home. He is a seaman, often drunk and violent, but Rose does her best to cope and sees that her daughters, Daisy, 8 and Petal 4, suffer as little as possible.
Rose McAllister is waiting for her husband Steve to come home. He is a seaman, often drunk and violent, but Rose does her best to cope and sees that h...
The Todd family are strangers to city life when they move into a flat on the Scotland Road; their previous home was a canal barge. When war is declared the older girls join up, leaving Evie and Martha to cope with rationing, shortages, and the terrible raids on Liverpool, which devastate the city.
The Todd family are strangers to city life when they move into a flat on the Scotland Road; their previous home was a canal barge. When war is declare...
The Second World War has been declared, and Pete decides to leave his native Australia for England and joins the RAF. But before he leaves, he makes a promise to his mother - he will meet up with her old friend in Liverpool. But, with half the city reduced to ruins, Pete arrives to find her house destroyed and her daughter missing.
The Second World War has been declared, and Pete decides to leave his native Australia for England and joins the RAF. But before he leaves, he makes a...
It is a cold night and Sylvie Dugdale is weeping as she walks by the Mersey. A figure approaches and, dodging aside to avoid him, she falls into the river. Constable Brendan O'Hara, just coming off duty, sees the girl's plight and dives in to save her. He is dazzled by her beauty but Sylvie is already married.
It is a cold night and Sylvie Dugdale is weeping as she walks by the Mersey. A figure approaches and, dodging aside to avoid him, she falls into the r...
