
"Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band."
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Lynda Mansell

Eric

Dave

Mrs. Parfitt

Joan Figgis
Tap Dancing Lady
Valerie
Hubert Mansell

Gillian
Margaret
Aunt Millie

Lynda Mansell (aged 11)
Margaret (aged 7)
Lynda’s Mother

Harry Figgis

Cinema Manager

Brian

Passenger with Brolly
Mental Patient
Dr Holroyd
Uncle Brian
Mrs Hartley
Fish and Chip Shop Van Customer

Policeman

Maisie Mathews

Vickie
Café Manager

Cook
The Baby
Lady with Hurt Knee