While in hospital, Sandra Dunne befriends a girl who lost her memory after being hit by falling masonry. The Dunnes take the amnesiac girl in and call her Molly. Unfortunately, Molly has a compulsion to steal that she is having difficulty in stopping, and covering up for Molly keeps getting Sandra into trouble.
Kathy Gregg lives a hard life slaving for her uncaring aunt and uncle in their cafe. They head off to Spain on a high-paying job, leaving Kathy to fend for herself with no money or food. While trying to think what to do, Kathy has a road accident. Her dazed state has everyone think she has lost her memory and they call her “Tuesday Twelfth” in lieu of a name, after the date of the accident. Kathy ends up in a home, and decides to go on pretending to be amnesiac for as long as she can so as not to go back to her old life.
