Sun, Feb 2, 1975
Harvey Whitlow has been back from World War I for a year and he's been having a hard time making a go of it. He lives with his mother a travels from farm to farm buying and selling anything he can. Business is not good and if truth be told, many of the locals are tired of seeing him everyday. His mother suggests tat he try a new area and there he meets Mrs. Sadgrove and her daughter Mary. They seem quite pleased to trade with him and eventually ask him to Sunday dinner. Eventually, Mrs. Sadgrove asks if he would like to marry her daughter. She points out that she is in poor health and that her daughter will inherit the farm when she's gone. Harvey already has a girlfriend, Sophy, who quite likes him. He makes his choice but realizes too late it may not have been the right one.
Sun, Feb 9, 1975
When Gerald meets Orianda, he almost immediately falls in love with her. She mentions to him that she is alienated from her father and has not seen him for three years. He convinces her to visit and on arrival, she realizes that her father is living with another woman, Lizzie. Orianda decides to stay permanently and although her mother is dead, she takes it upon herself to ensure that Lizzie leaves. Gerald is somewhat puzzled by Orianda's attitude as from all appearances, Lizzie is a good woman and her father is happy. Orianda sets about scheming to destroy their relationship and in the process ultimately destroys her relationship Gerald.
Sun, Mar 4, 1979
Tommy Adams has become quite the grown man. Now 19 years old, he is the man of the house, working full-time and supporting his widowed mother. He has also taken quite a fancy to Rachel Sullens, a 26 year old woman who lives with her 19 year old sister, Lindy. Rachel goes for a walk with him and even kisses him, but makes it known that she is engaged to Arthur Dagnall and Tommy shouldn't get any ideas. Tommy offers to marry her when she becomes pregnant and the baby's father, Arthur, vanishes. Tommy's mother knows something is going on and warns Tommy that he cannot marry without her permission until he is 21. Soon however, Tommy begins to step out with Lindy and when she too becomes pregnant, Tommy finds himself about to become a father.
Sun, Feb 2, 1975
David Masterman is an artist and a teacher who has the pleasure of teaching an art class to a group of lovely young women. Three in particular are of interest to him. First are Ianthe and Katherine Forrest, who have little artistic talent but are both quite attractive. The third is Julia Tern whose artistic talents in some areas match his own. There are few young men around - it's the years just after World War I - and mores are changing. Masterman doesn't see himself as having the temperament to settle down with just one woman, but when one of them leaves for several months, he wonders if he has fallen in love.
Sun, Feb 23, 1975
At 17 years of age, Leslie Hartop's parents decide the time has come for her to move out and make her way in the world. She moves in with the Hollands who live in a old mill. Mr. Holland doesn't use the mill per se and is a scrap dealer by profession. Mrs. Holland suffers from the dropsies and spends most of her time in bed either writing to their son, a soldier stationed in Germany, or reading letters he has written them. Leslie is a hard working girl, but also quite innocent. When Mr. Holland makes sexual advances, she submits but soon finds herself pregnant.
Sun, Dec 30, 1973
Tom Richards is a farmer who lives alone and decides to advertise for a companion-housekeeper to come and live with him. Tom is a good, kind man but is illiterate and as a bachelor hasn't put much effort into keeping house. He works his farm with the help of Jack and basically keeps to himself. When Edna Johnson applies for the job, he is quite pleased. She is attractive and a hard worker. They develop a mutual respect that leads to love and soon they are sharing the same bed. Edna soon realizes however that Jack has been taking advantage of Tom's good nature and sets out to rectify the situation. Jack however isn't going to just sit there and has his own plan, particularly when he learns Edna's secret.
Sun, Mar 4, 1973
After his father's death, George Pickard has a strange dream where his father tells him he's traveling to the small town of Skelby Moor. His father, Albert, was a traveling salesman who worked a large territory but the name is familiar to him. He takes his holiday there staying at the same hotel his father used. He finds that his father used an assumed named and at one point, was sad to the point of tears. George learns what was upsetting his father and also learns a good deal about his mother.