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Leah Cavendish and Nora OBrian seem to have little in common - except their friendship. Nora is a domestic and Leah the daughter of a wealthy haulage magnate but both are isolated beneath the roof of the opulent Cavendish household. Instantly, they reconise kindred spirits in each other. When Nora is flung out on the streets by Leahs grasping brother-in-law, the outraged Leah Cavendish and Nora OBrian seem to have little in common - except their friendship. Nora is a domestic and Leah the daughter of a wealthy haulage magnate but both are isolated beneath the roof of the opulent Cavendish household. Instantly, they reconise kindred spirits in each other. When Nora is flung out on the streets by Leahs grasping brother-in-law, the outraged Leah follows her, dramatically desclaring her intention to move to Liverpools docklands, alongside Nora and her impoverished family. But nothing can prepare Leah for the squalor that greets her in Oil Street. Nor for Sean Magire, Noras defiant Irish neighbou...