A true story set in Burnley, Lancashire tells how Joe and Betty despite enjoying the most blissful courtship imaginable, now face a very uncertain future. It's 1939, the world has turned on its head and Joe and Betty are about to discover their lives will never be quite the same again. Joe enlists in the army and is eventually posted overseas to the most inhospitable and dangerous place imaginable whilst Betty is left to work and look after ailing...