Liverpool, 1935. Monica Savage is delighted when new neighbours move in next door. It's her friendship with the more confident Joan that gives Monica the courage to pursue her dream of becoming a hairdresser. Joan is lucky enough to get a job at Crawford's biscuit factory. An abandoned child arrives unexpectedly on the Copperfields' doorstep. As war clouds gather, can the girls make their back street dreams reality, or will the families of Mersey View be torn apart?