Pretty Amy Curran was just 18 years old when she met Barney Patterson,
the love of her life, on Southport pier in 1939. Their romantic,
passionate marriage was made in heaven, or so they both believed. But
when Britain declared war on Germany, Barney volunteered to fight and
the couple were eventually separated for five long years. When he
returned to Liverpool after VE Day he wasn't the same person - and
neither was Amy.