Characters
In order of appearance
| Old Peggy: | An aging inmate in a psychiatric hospital in Scotland. |
| The Duchess: | A fellow patient |
| Mother: | Peggy's mother |
| Peggy: | The adolescent incarnation of Old Peggy |
| Father: | Peggy's father |
| Roper: | The newsagent/shopkeeper, Willie Roper with whom Peggy falls in love. |
| Margi: | Peggy's young friend. |
| Boris: | A paperboy at the shop. |
| Daisy: | A confused patient in the psychiatric ward. |
| Foreman: | A supervisor at the mine. |
| Grandmother: | Peggy's grandmother |
| Nurse: | One of the staff at the psychiatric hospital. |
| Lisa: | Willie Roper's prematurely arthritic wife. |
| ARP Warden: | An Air Raid Warden. |
| Canteen Assistant: | A member of the catering staff at the hospital. |
| Lily: | The woman who runs the Mother and Baby Home that Peggy attends. |
| Annie: | A young mother at the Home. |
| Cathy: | Another young mother at the Home. |
| Doctor: | One of the psychiatric team at the hospital. |
| Mrs Stewart: | A prospective parent. |
| Mr Stewart: | A prospective parent. |
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