A group of modern shopkeepers and their families live and trade through six key eras of history. They begin their journey in the 1870s, when the high street was born.

The shopkeepers move on to the Edwardian era, where they are joined by a dressmaker.

The shopkeepers and their customers are plunged into World War Two.

The shopkeepers and their customers move into the swinging sixties.

It's the end of the journey for the shopkeepers and their customers head to the 1970s.