In post-war Liverpool, Ellen Butterworth's ambitious sweetheart Brian leaves the Navy and comes ashore so they can begin a future together. An urgent telegram from her younger sister Jeanette interrupts their wedding plans, and Ellen must return to the Yorkshire wool town where she grew up. Unexpectedly, Brian follows her - he wants them to be married there and then in Yorkshire! But, from the moment Jeanette appears in the room, Brian isn't able to take his eyes off her ...