Mile End Girl

Can this East End girl find a better life?

Born in a tenement on the Isle of Dogs, Jessie has higher hopes for her future. When she manages to land a job at the Telephone Exchange, her earnings allow her to join the choir at the People''s Palace. There, she catches the eye of the charming James Medway who sweeps her off her feet.

But married life isn''t a bed of roses, and when Jessie falls pregnan...