Series taking a nostalgic and affectionate look back at the working lives of men and women in the North East, featuring previously unseen archive footage. Including the boy who saw the aftermath of the bombing of York, the Middlesbrough evacuees who found new friends and family in Malton, the Home Guard going to war on their bikes, Swaledale farmers digging fior victory and the celebrations in Gateshead to amrk the end of the war