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Lizzie is an orphan living with her Aunt Annie, Uncle Perce and two boy cousins in Liverpool. Lizzie loves her aunt but is hated by her uncle and... Read more

Lottie Lacey and her mother, Louella, share a house in Victoria Court with Mr Magic and his son Baz. Lottie is a child star, dancing and singing at... Read more

Daisy Kildare's aunt, takes her to Liverpool to be a companion to her employers' niece. She meets Jake, the chauffeur's son, and life in... Read more

Michael Gallagher is an Irish seaman, fighting with the Royal Navy. He comes ashore in Liverpool and meets Stella Bennett on the quayside. They fall... Read more

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... Read more

Claudia and her younger sister, Jenny, live with their parents, Louisa and Cormack Muldoon, in their grandmother's house in Blodwen Street. They... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

Laura Collins, a widow, is struggling to make a good life for her daughters. They are living with Laura's sister Millie and her seven children... Read more