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. |