In defending herself against her brutal husband, 18-year-old Ruby Clark is forced to flee London for Cliffehaven. At first it seems she's fallen on her feet with a job and a room in a billeted home. But when her host makes advances, Ruby is left homeless once more. Until Peggy Reilly welcomes her into the warmth of Beach View boarding house and Ruby dares to hope for a brighter future.
As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View Boarding House is still full of uncertainty. Rosie's plans for her wedding to Ron Reilly are plagued with misunderstandings. Ron takes on a secret assignment just days before they are due to say their vows, jeopardising their plans. Meanwhile, Peggy Reilly embraces her new managerial role at the uniform factory, but when an old school adversary starts work, Peggy must win her own battles on the home front. As a new year dawns, hopes grow for the return of loved ones - but a big sea change is still to come before Victory in Europe can be declared.
When Commander Martin Black is shot down over enemy territory and ends up in a POW camp, his wife Anne comes back from the country to live with her mother, Peggy Reilly at Beach View Boarding House whilst they wait for news.
February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London's East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William.
Cliffehaven, 1944. Peggy Reilly is enjoying a rare moment alone in the garden of her Beach View Boarding House. Against the now familiar backdrop of squadrons roaring overhead, it seems both impossible that war continues, and yet inconceivable that it will ever come to an end. Meanwhile Ron Reilly is headed to his grandson's send off, ahead of the awaited Allied invasion. But when the celebrations get out of hand, Ron lands himself in hot water with his sweetheart Rosie. As much as Peggy tries to keep the peace, she can't work miracles. With family, friends and her evacuee chicks scattered across the world, the war has forever changed the lives of those she loves.
The war in Europe is over, but for the residents of Beach View Boarding House its effects are still far reaching. Cockney evacuee Ivy and her sweetheart Andy are saving to get married and return to London. But when her sister and parents succumb to one of the last V-2 attacks, Ivy must make a heart-wrenching choice. Meanwhile Peggy Riley is doing her best to keep spirits at Beach View high whilst she anxiously awaits news of her husband Jim, who is still serving out in the Far East.
The war in Europe is over, but for the residents of Beach View Boarding House its effects are still far reaching. Cockney evacuee Ivy and her sweetheart Andy are saving to get married and return to London. But when her sister and parents succumb to one of the last V-2 attacks, Ivy must make a heart-wrenching choice. Meanwhile Peggy Riley is doing her best to keep spirits at Beach View high whilst she anxiously awaits news of her husband Jim, who is still serving out in the Far East
