Stella Ward was a tomboy and a fiery gang leader during her childhood on the Northumbrian coast as WWII came to an end. She was adored by young Dale Ingram and her departure down south at the age of fourteen broke his heart. Thirty years later the two meet quite by chance. Stella is married to Richard who is chairman of a small family brewery company. She is a JP, Chairman of School Governors, a tireless worker on many worthy charitable causes and a pillar of respectability in local Society, whilst Dale is single and a partner in a very old-fashioned firm of licensed property brokers in...