Jessica Weston suspected she was really Jill Shelton who, as a baby, had been stolen by the couple looking after her. Now she was on the trail of Susie Shelton, her older sister.
Cheryl is being fostered by the Dysons. She is naturally shy and quiet, but then she stands up to a bully, winning admiration from her foster sister and friends. Cheryl then decides that the way to go in not being pushed around is to go all out to get anything she wants, regardless of anyone else.
In Victorian times, Meg Smith turns her hand to any job available to make ends meet for her younger siblings.
The Willing Hands of Meg Smith – 1967
The Willing Hands of Meg Smith – 1977
In the 1880’s, Bess Langley became nursemaid with the wealthy Selby family, who were unaware that their adopted son, Richard, was actually Bess’s own baby brother. Then Bess discovered that Neville Selby, a nephew who had expected to inherit the family fortune, was out to kill the baby. Bess fled with the baby to another town and took lodgings with Mrs Doakes and her daughter, Rosie, but soon discovered that Rosie was ill-treating him in her absence. Leaving the baby at the inn where she worked, Bess returned to collect her things and settle up with Mrs Doakes.
Peggy Price came from a family of winners, but Peggy didn’t seem to be good at anything. The Prices called her a square peg in a round hole. Only rich Aunt Katherine, who was visiting the family from Canada, appreciated Peggy’s caring, unselfish nature. When Mr Price ran into financial trouble, he asked Aunt Katherine for help. She agreed, on condition that the selfish Prices took a leaf out of Peggy’s book.
The Square Peg – Judy: #1514 (14 January 1989) – #1524 (25 March 1989)
Sarah Spence discovered, at fourteen, that she had a twin sister. But Rachel had been brought up in a poor area and resented Sarah growing up in luxury.
Jo Martin had lived a boring, lonely life with her divorced mum until her attractive elder sister, Ginnie, returned from abroad. Jo’s life was so much better that she was terrified something would happen to take Ginnie away from her.
“Don’t Go Ginnie!” – Judy: #1461 (9 January 1988) – #1468 (27 February 1968)
When Hilary Cornwell’s parents went abroad to work for a year, she was sent to stay with her Great-Aunt Jane and her great-great-grandfather. Sir Humphrey. Hilary thought that she was in for a boring time, but she couldn’t have been more wrong.
Great-Aunt Jane – Judy and Tracy: #1412 (31 Jan. 1987) – #1423 (18 Apr. 1987)
Plain Jane Rose enters for a competition which has as its first prize; a holiday in Hawaii. That would be just right for Jane’s widowed mother who works very hard, pandering to the needs of her three other beautiful, but lazy, daughters.
While Petula Franklin’s mother was away taking a teaching course, Petula decides to stay at home and look after her artist Dad. She thinks it will be fun, but how wrong can she be!
