After the market crash of 1929 the Bowmaker family in Leigh-on-Sea are struggling to make ends meet. In these harsh times they must support each other or they risk their tight-knit family falling apart. But Pamela Bowmaker has a secret. Her sweetheart is George Bryant whose family has been feuding with the Bowmakers' since before she was born. With a baby on the way Pam will need her family's help more than ever. Can their love heal old wounds for the sake of their baby or are some grudges too deep to mend?