Conner St War Tuppence To Tooley St Ironmong Omnibus

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Conner Street's War (1988) --> Behind the grimy wharves of Londons dockland lies Conner Street, home to a close-knit community where women stand gossiping in doorways, small boys play marbles on the cobbles and the dockers pop down to the Eagle for a quick pint. Corner shops nestle beside the tiny terraced houses and two minutes away is the lively Tower Road market, where it is said, if you can't buy something then it's not made. Once World War Two breaks out, however, life in Conner Street changes dramatically - for ever...Tuppence to Tooley Street (1989) --> Returning home wounded from Dunkirk, Danny Sutton finds that much has changed. With his wounds precluding him from heavy work, and women taking the light jobs, he becomes a bookie's street runner. Worse still, his sweetheart has taken up with local mobster Jack Mason...Ironmonger's Daughter (1989) --> Ironmonger Street in 1920 is one of the most unsightly turnings in Bermondsey. Connie and Molly are born to two sisters in a slum block: one is born illegitimate, the other disabled. They grow up together and won't be parted for the world, until Connie gets a new job and a new man...