As Liverpool and its residents begin to heal from the wounds and memories of World War I life on Weaver Street in 1924 is blessedly peaceful. At number eleven widow Kitty Conlon is dreaming about her upcoming wedding to John while at number nine her best friend Maggie is cursing her bad luck as she juggles the demands of her cantankerous mother stroppy daughter and fly-by-night beau. At number fifteen Mavis has a mysterious new lodger while further along the street the O Malley family are missing their beloved Ireland. But as the Depression begins to bite and the arrival of the Muller family on Weaver Street signals the worrying drumbeats of conflict coming from Germany the fragile happiness and peace Liverpool has been enjoying looks destined to end. And as the neighbours pull together in the toughest of times the women on Weaver Street face the prospect of waving their menfolk off to war.