Josie Morrow and Lina Braid are the best of friends. Josie's parents run a boarding house in Queensferry and while Josie has an "understanding" with Lina's brother Angus, she has her sights set on Dun
For Madge Gilbride, her Edinburgh tenement home in the shadow of the Castle is the best place in the world. But in the post-war boom she is forced to move to a bungalow on the outskirts of the city, f
The war has brought devastating changes to the people of Portobello, a seaside district of Edinburgh. But as Victory in Europe day nears, Tess Gillespie and her mother are feeling hopeful. Tess is loo
The Millar family live next door to the Riettis on Ginger Street, a row of Victorian tenements on Edinburgh's south side?but their circumstances couldn't be more different. Ruth Millar would like to s
