Three small children peep out their eyes watching me from beneath tousled but clean hair. Their clothes seem to have been put on their bodies to cover them rather than to fit them none wears shoes. Two older girls stand by a table the only piece of furniture I have seen in the house apart from a rickety pram which now stands in the doorway. The crumbling remains of a loaf of bread are being coated with jam & eager fingers await them..." Its the end of the 1950s & Britain is changing. The wars long shadow is fading & while the country gets ready for the swinging sixties Dot is embarking on an adventure of her own. After qualifying as a midwife young Dot has taken a job as a health visitor in the back streets of Birmingham. There shes not just responsible for the babies brought into this world but an army of toddlers tykes & tots who all need a helping h&. For Dot it will be a heartrending journey
- trying to help families with next to nothing sharing the struggles of young mums & discovering how the spirit of the community can overcome the toughest of circumstances."