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Bringing the keep fit movement vividly to life in 1940s' London, Pam Evans' family saga will inspire and enthral anyone who has ever dared to dream of a better life. In the middle of a party to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935, Mollie Fisher's good-for-nothing husband walks...

West London, 1936. Looking forward to a more prosperous future after the Depression, 15-year-old May Stubbs and her family take on a derelict cricket pavilion, convert it into a café and general store, and find it quickly becomes the hub of the community. Then May contracts tuberculosis. Leaving...

It is February 1945 and April Green wonders if the war will ever end. Then the local pub takes a direct hit and April's father is killed in the blast. Life without him is hard and April and her brother do all they can to help, particularly when their mother announces she is pregnant. Volunteering...

It's 1940 and, as London battles the hardships of war, Rose Brown, a young widow grief-stricken by her husband's death on the Western Front, decides to put aside her own personal sadness and take a job as a postwoman. Out and about in the shabby, war-torn streets, she's reminded that she isn't th...

As German bombs wreak havoc on West London, residents have little choice but to carry on with their daily lives. But when Megan Stubbs' father Dai is killed in an air raid, she vows to continue his legacy by doing his milk round by horse and cart.

It's 1920, and ex-land girl Clara Tripp is back home in West London with her family. Despite her engagement to local boy Arnold, Clara is feeling trapped in her dead end job and longs to return to the countryside. An unexpected meeting with old flame Charlie Fenner leads to a temporary job at his...

It is 1938 and the threat of war looms on the streets of London. But, when the lights go down in the cinema aisles, usherette Daisy Blake is transported to a world of glamour and romance. Among the staff there is much merriment and Daisy soon falls in love with the handsome organist, Al Dawson. T...

During the Second World War, Nell Porter gets a job as a reporter on a local newspaper. During her work she stumbles upon a world of crime running parallel with the patriotic selflessness of the majority of the population. Then she falls for Gus Granger and subsequently discovers that he is a cri...

It's 1940 and, as London battles the hardships of war, Rose Brown, a young widow grief-stricken by her husband's death on the Western Front, decides to put aside her own personal sadness and take a job as a postwoman. Out and about in the shabby, war-torn streets, she's reminded that she isn't th...

As German bombs wreak havoc on West London, residents have little choice but to carry on with their daily lives. But when Megan Stubbs' father Dai is killed in an air raid, she vows to continue his legacy by doing his milk round by horse and cart.

It is 1938 and the threat of war looms on the streets of London. But, when the lights go down in the cinema aisles, usherette Daisy Blake is transported to a world of glamour and romance. Among the staff there is much merriment and Daisy soon falls in love with the handsome organist, Al Dawson. T...

When Polly Pritchard learns that her husband has been killed in action, she brings up their young daughter Emmie alone. To make ends meet she gets a job at the Cherry Ballroom in West London and it is here that she meets James, a Canadian airman, and they fall in love. But then Polly's husband tu...

It's 1912, & close sisters Bessie & May live a happy but frugal life in the busy maritime village of Tideway in Essex. But trouble divides the family when May falls pregnant, & she is sent away to London. Once in London, heartbroken May refuses to have an abortion & stays on in the city to bring ...

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London, sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and laughter at the local ice-rink. Then a handsome American serviceman catches their attention, and so begins heartache between the sisters. Dora is increasingly jealous of her sister's blossoming roma...