Amidst the hard-working mining community of 1958 Ashington, one battered and bruised family need all their inner-strength and courage to survive four months of traumatic events that test their youthful resilience and Geordie sense of humour to the limit. In a town of heroic everyday toil, who are the villains and who are the heroes? Can the family fight through adversity and remain strong enough to pull together or will they crumble and fall; who of them has the strength and courage to carry on no matter what life throws at them? As war clouds loom over Europe, Jane, a public school girl with a privileged upbringing goes against her father's wishes and trains to become a nurse; nearing the end of her training she falls pregnant to Nick, a wounded war hero and her life changes forever. Disowned by her father she marries Nick and moves in with his parents who live in a colliery house in the mining town of Ashington in Northumberland and discovers that her new husband is far removed from the dashing hero she thought him to be. In 1958, Battered, bruised and with four children, she faces four traumatic months that will test her family and her own inner strength and resilience to the limit. Will the support of her Geordie neighbours be enough to help her through her darkest hours?