Portsea: a true love story from the Great War

Charlie and Violet were born in Portsmouth at the end of , the Victorian era.

Their story is the true story of two , young people being born and raised in a great garrison , town, becoming childhood sweethearts, and then being , separated by the Great War.

When Charlie returns from , the Western Front, badly wounded, Violet nurses him back , to health but their relationship is affected by the social , changes caused by the war.

Women had found new roles , in society and in the home.

This story shows how the , conflict changed the lives of ordinary people like Charlie , and Vi and how they had to struggle to build a new society , from the ashes.,